THE WALLET OF KAI LUNGBY ERNEST BRAMAH"Ho, illustrious passers-by!" says Kai Lung ashe spreads out his embroidered mat under themulberry-tree. "It is indeed unlikely that youcould condescend to stop and listen to thefoolish words of such an insignificant andaltogether deformed person as myself.Nevertheless, if you will but retard yourelegant footsteps for a few moments, this...
The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italyby Jacob BurckhardtTable of ContentsPart One: The State as a Work of Art1-1 Introduction1-2 Despots of the Fourteenth Century1-3 Despots of the Fifteenth Century1-4 The Smaller Despotisms1-5 The Greater Dynasties1-6 The Opponents of the Despots1-7 The Republics: Venice and Florence1-8 Foreign Policy1-9 War as a Work of Art1-10 The Papacy1-11 PatriotismPart Two: The Development of the Individual2-1 Personality...
THE SIX ENNEADSby Plotinustranslated by Stephen MacKenna and B. S. PageTHE FIRST ENNEAD.FIRST TRACTATE.THE ANIMATE AND THE MAN.1. Pleasure and distress, fear and courage, desire and aversion, where have these affections and experiences their seat? Clearly, either in the Soul alone, or in the Soul as employing the body, or in some third entity deriving from both. And for this third entity, again, there are two possible modes: it might be either a blend or a distinct form due to the blending.
Darwin and Modern Scienceby A.C. SewardESSAYS IN COMMEMORATION OF THE CENTENARY OF THE BIRTH OF CHARLES DARWIN ANDOF THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PUBLICATION OF "THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES""My success as a man of science, whatever this may have amounted to, has been determined, as far as I can judge, by complex and diversified mental qualities and conditions. Of these, the most important have beenthe love of scienceunbounded patience in long reflecting over any subject industry in observing and
THE YELLOW DWARFOnce upon a time there lived a queen who had been themother of a great many children, and of them all only onedaughter was left. But then SHE was worth at least a thousand.Her mother, who, since the death of the King, herfather, had nothing in the world she cared for so much asthis little Princess, was so terribly afraid of losing her thatshe quite spoiled her, and never tried to correct any of herfaults. The consequence was that this little person, who...
正文 第一章 代嫁楚风望着镜子中那张平凡的不能再平凡的脸,无奈地轻叹,为何别人穿越,都是那种国色天香,最差也是那种小家碧玉,可是她却…….而且,她现在还是一个心智发育不全的痴儿。上天,也太‘厚爱’她了吧?“小姐,今天是你大喜的日子,你不要一副愁眉苦脸的样子呀。”丫头红玉细心地为楚风装扮着,看到她郁闷的样子,双眸中不由的闪过一丝心痛。她是老爷从外面捡回来的,那时候她才只有四岁,她从小便跟在小姐的身边,她记得,小姐小的时候长得非常的可爱,非常的漂亮,是人见人爱的那一种,但是小姐十岁的那年,生了一场大病,命是捡回来了,但是相貌却变了,变得越来越…….而且大夫还说,小姐的脑子被烧坏了,到现在,小姐的心智就如同十岁的孩童一般。...
Michael, Brother of Jerryby Jack LondonFOREWORDVery early in my life, possibly because of the insatiable curiosity that was born in me, I came to dislike the performances of trained animals. It was my curiosity that spoiled for me this form of amusement, for I was led to seek behind the performance in order to learn how the performance was achieved. And what I found behind the brave show and glitter of performance was not nice. It was a body of cruelty so horrible that I am confident no norm
Satires of Circumstance, Lyrics and Reveries, withMiscellaneous Piecesby Thomas HardyContents:Lyrics and ReveriesIn Front of the LandscapeChannel FiringThe Convergence of the TwainThe Ghost of the PastAfter the VisitTo Meet, or OtherwiseThe DifferenceThe Sun on the Bookcase"When I set out for Lyonnesse"A Thunderstorm in TownThe Torn LetterBeyond the Last LampThe Face at the CasementLost Love"My spirit will not haunt the mound"...