Romantic BalladsTranslated from the Danish and Miscellaneous Piecesby George BorrowContents:PrefaceLines from Allan Cunningham to George BorrowThe Death-raven. From the Danish of OehlenslaegerFridleif and Helga. From the Danish of OehlenslaegerSir Middel. From the Old DanishElvir-shades. From the Danish of OehlenslaegerThe Heddybee-spectre. From the Old DanishSir John. From the Old DanishMay Asda. From the Danish of OehlenslaegerAager and Eliza. From the Old Danish...
慢慢的,陆续的贴一些杂志选用的短篇给大家看。 风格也许有些不一样,网络是自由的,杂志是要符合主题的。圣诞温馨短篇《搬家》 我一直很害怕搬家,因为习惯了的东西就要在短短几天里被摧毁,每次搬家,都要收拾那些杂物,慢慢回忆那些回忆的残渣。 我叫李红,普通的不能再普通的一个二十五岁女孩,因为工作经常变动的原因,搬家无数,但这次却不同,今天是圣诞节。 搬家的原因是我没有钱交房租了,男朋友刘灿在知道我怀孕的消息后说感谢你提前给我的圣诞礼物。 可是我很疼,手术结束时那个孩子看起来虽然血肉模糊,但是我仍然可以想象他长大以后也许是个科学家或者是个明星什么的,在领奖台上含着热泪感谢我之类的情景。可惜它已经变成若干个粘稠的艳红色的血球。...
Seven Discourses on Artby Sir Joshua ReynoldsINTRODUCTIONIt is a happy memory that associates the foundation of our Royal Academy with the delivery of these inaugural discourses by Sir Joshua Reynolds, on the opening of the schools, and at the first annual meetings for the distribution of its prizes. They laid down principles of art from the point of view of a man of genius who had made his power felt, and with the clear good sense which is the foundation of all work that looks upward and may
FAIRY TALES OF HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSENTHE BOTTLE NECKby Hans Christian AndersenCLOSE to the corner of a street, among other abodes of poverty,stood an exceedingly tall, narrow house, which had been so knockedabout by time that it seemed out of joint in every direction. Thishouse was inhabited by poor people, but the deepest poverty wasapparent in the garret lodging in the gable. In front of the little...
Saltbush Bill, J.P., and Other VersesBy A. B. PatersonNoteMajor A. B. Paterson has been on active service in Egyptfor the past eighteen months. The publishers feel it incumbent on them to saythat only a few of the pieces in this volume have been seen by him in proof;and that he is not responsible for the selection, the arrangement or the titleof "Saltbush Bill, J.P., and Other Verses".Table of Contents...
RECOLLECTIONS OF THE PRIVATE LIFE OF NAPOLEON, V10BY CONSTANTPREMIER VALET DE CHAMBRETRANSLATED BY WALTER CLARK1895CONTENTS:CHAPTER VIII. to CHAPTER XIV.CHAPTER VIII.During the whole Russian campaign, the Emperor was nearly always badlylodged. It was necessary, however, to accommodate himself tocircumstances; though this was a somewhat difficult task to those whowere accustomed to lodge in palaces. The Emperor accepted the situation...
The Hunchbackby James Sheridan KnowlesINTRODUCTIONJames Sheridan Knowles was born at Cork in 1784, and died at Torquayin December, 1862, at the age of 78. His father was a teacher ofelocution, who compiled a dictionary, and who was related to theSheridans. He moved to London when his son was eight years old, andthere became acquainted with William Hazlitt and Charles Lamb. Theson, after his school education, obtained a commission in the army,but gave up everything for the stage, and made his
Back Homeby Eugene WoodTOTHE SAINTED MEMORYOF HER WHOM, IN THE DAYS BACK HOME,I KNEW AS "MY MA MAG"AND WHO WAS MORE TO ME THAN I CAN TELL, EVENIF MY TARDY WORDS COULD REACH HERTHIS BOOK IS DEDICATED"That she who is an angel nowMight sometimes think of me"CONTENTSINTRODUCTIONTHE OLD RED SCHOOL-HOUSETHE SABBATH-SCHOOLTHE REVOLVING YEARTHE SWIMMING-HOLE...
PRIOR ANALYTICSby Aristotletranslated by A. J. JenkinsonBook I1WE must first state the subject of our inquiry and the faculty towhich it belongs: its subject is demonstration and the faculty thatcarries it out demonstrative science. We must next define a premiss, aterm, and a syllogism, and the nature of a perfect and of an imperfect...