A PRINCESS OF MARSby Edgar Rice BurroughsCHAPTER ION THE ARIZONA HILLSI am a very old man; how old I do not know. Possibly I ama hundred, possibly more; but I cannot tell because I havenever aged as other men, nor do I remember any childhood.So far as I can recollect I have always been a man, a manof about thirty. I appear today as I did forty years andmore ago, and yet I feel that I cannot go on living forever;...
【文案】渔灯隔水,万家灯火,饶是亲身经历其繁华似锦,亦不过隔水相看,身在局外。而当这满目繁华落尽,他想,他也该离开了。(《情何以堪》的一则番外) 渔灯隔水 作者:姒姜 落幕萧萧 明日就是先皇要下葬冀陵的日子了,宣霁微有些发颤地走在由政务房通向安元殿大道上。五尺宽的青石砖大道平阔而绵延,像是无穷铺展开来。他抬头看了看灰蒙蒙,隐隐飘洒下雨丝的秋空,冰冷的、如凉丝般的细雨便洒在他已划上褶纹的脸上。 都七十三了,自己其实也很老了,连他……都走啦! 宣霁在心中暗叹一声,向来清明的眼神里掠过一抹说不清是感慨,亦或是惆怅的意绪,就如同这八月里的秋雨,冰冰凉凉。他把目光稍稍移下,看到了正前方的安元殿,空旷的寂静中,那种巍峨宫房与伛偻身躯的强烈对比,使得宣霁忽然间觉得有些迷惘起来。那座平日里不知要入见凡几的宫殿,也让他有一瞬间的陌生与模糊,这一迟疑,让他停驻了脚步,再...
THE TWO BOOKS OF FRANCIS BACON,OF THE PROFICIENCE AND ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING,DIVINE AND HUMAN.THE FIRST BOOKTo the King1. THERE were under the law, excellent King, both daily Sacrifices and free-will offerings; the one proceeding upon ordinary Observance, the other upon a devout cheerfulness: in like manner there belongeth to Kings from their servants both tribute of duty and presents of affection. In the former of these I hope I shall not live to be wanting, according to my most humble duty,
Arms and the Manby George Bernard ShawINTRODUCTIONTo the irreverentand which of us will claim entire exemption from thatcomfortable classification?there is something very amusing in theattitude of the orthodox criticism toward Bernard Shaw. He so obviouslydisregards all the canons and unities and other things which everywell-bred dramatist is bound to respect that his work is really unworthyof serious criticism (orthodox). Indeed he knows no more about the...
The Diary of a Man of Fiftyby Henry JamesFlorence, April 5th, 1874.They told me I should find Italy greatlychanged; and in seven-and-twenty years there is room for changes.But to me everything is so perfectly the same that I seem to beliving my youth over again; all the forgotten impressions of thatenchanting time come back to me. At the moment they were powerfulenough; but they afterwards faded away. What in the world became ofthem? Whatever becomes of such things, in the long intervals of.
【书名】一个经济杀手的自白【作者】约翰·珀金斯【类别】教育【状态】全本【更新】2010-04-05已更新至5章【本册章节】第1-5章-开始阅读-[1]一个经济杀手的自白(1)[2]一个经济杀手的自白(2)[3]一个经济杀手的自白(3)[4]一个经济杀手的自白(4)我也总是在问我自己:即使美国援助外国的最终目的是实现帝国主义,难道这就是不道德的吗?我发现自己时常妒忌像查理那样的人,他们对我们国家的制度绝对信任,所以他们不遗余力将美国的政策强加给别国。我怀疑,地球上有限的资源能否让全世界人都过上像美国人那样富裕的生活,实际上,在美国境内也有千千万万居民生活在贫困之中。另外,我也并不十分清楚其他国家的人是否真心想要过上和我们一样的生活。美国国内关于暴力、经济衰退、滥用毒品、离婚和犯罪的数据也说明了:尽管我们是历史上最富有的国家之一,但我们也可能是最不快乐的人之一。那么,为什么我们要强迫别人模仿自己?也许这些...
ARATUS271-213 B.C.by Plutarchtranslated by John DrydenTHE philosopher Chrysippus, O Polycrates, quotes an ancientproverb, not as really it should be, apprehending, I suppose, thatit sounded too harshly, but so as he thought it would run best, inthese words:-"Who praise their fathers but the generous sons?"But Dionysodorus the Troezenian proves him to be wrong, and restores...
《嗜血死神》作者:不生不灭第一卷:杀手是这样练成的 第一章:夜杀一九七四年的冬天,赌城澳门遇上了有史以来最为寒冷的天气,温度骤然下降至零度,大街小巷已然不见行人的踪影。偶尔,也有几部汽车从公路上经过,但转瞬便又消失在黑暗的夜幕中。整个赌城在如此寒冷的天气里冷冷清清,显得格外凄凉与萧条。一辆黑色的小轿车从不远处的公路上掉了个头,便拐进这边的岔口,继续又向着山坡上的一座孤伶伶的别墅驶来。车子开得不快,里面坐着两个人。一段段路灯的亮光透过车窗,飞快的掠过两张阴沉、惨白的脸。后排坐位上的男人这时嘴角微微抽动了一下,然后猛吸了口烟,顺手把烟头用力碾灭。随着一阵浓浓的烟雾喷出后,他的手中也多了一把乌黑发亮的手枪。...