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;...
A Millionaire of Rough-and-Readyby Bret HartePROLOGUEThere was no mistake this time: he had struck gold at last!It had lain there before him a moment agoa misshapen piece ofbrown-stained quartz, interspersed with dull yellow metal; yieldingenough to have allowed the points of his pick to penetrate itshoneycombed recesses, yet heavy enough to drop from the point ofhis pick as he endeavored to lift it from the red earth.He was seeing all this plainly, although he found himself, he knew...
故乡都已遥远。生活正在开始。一个古老的都市,一个苦难却又充满刺激充满诱惑的时代。未来的故事,就在一次偶然相遇中开始。谁也没有将目光投向未来,谁也不会在充满热情和理想的年纪,去构想未来漫长曲折的路。更不会料想一次简单的相识,一个寻常到毫无传奇色彩的故事开端,会延续那么悠长,会叠现出那么多的画面,会在散发出令人回味无穷的气息之后又带给人们无穷的遗憾。沈从文与丁玲,相识了。正是开创生活的年纪。回忆往事是许多年之后的心境,此时,则对每天发生的一切都感到新鲜,感到一种亲切。一天早上,我正坐在窗下望到天井中没有融化的积雪,胡带来了一个圆脸长眉的年青女人,来到我的住处。女人站在我的房门外边不动,穿了一件灰布衣服,系了一条短短的青色绸类裙子,什么话也不说,只望到我发笑。教育同习惯使我永远近于一个乡下人,当时是一点不会客气的,我就问她,“你姓什么?”那女子就说,“我姓丁。”好了,...
【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...
对于人类而言,从灵魂到肉体,几乎无时无刻不带有感情色彩。不必去说成年人,就是我们脱离母体、跌落尘埃的那一声啼哭,也完全是人类天然本性中的情感的一次宣泄,也可以说成是人的先天功能。没有感情的人,是不配与人为伍的,是不可能给他人乃至于亲人恩人带来丝毫的亲爱和友善的。相反,他们以灭绝人性的残忍和冷酷,对待世人!“人是感情动物”,这谁都知道。其实,在生物界中,一切有生命力的机体都是有感情的,只不过禽兽的感情无法通过人类的语言来表达罢了。“情”字之于生命,就像人体内的血液一样珍贵。无情的人是不讲恩义的;多情的人是不讲真诚的;乱情的人是不讲道德的……如此看来,一个“情”字,真是人类的宝贝,生命的珍奇,是万万丢它不得的。...
2000年3月10日凌晨,一场绵绵的春雨伴着轰隆隆的春雷声降临到人口密集的西原市。黑沉沉的天空被凄厉的闪电一次次无情劈开,窒息的空气中弥漫着尘土的味道。电闪雷鸣虽然阵势很吓人,但洒下大地的雨水并不多。尽管如此,久旱的城市还是如饥似渴地吞咽着微薄的水量,生命的迹象在湿润的泥土中一点一点伸展出来。灰蒙蒙的街道和尘埃覆盖的树木被冲洗出一丝春天的颜色,柳枝尖绿色的小嫩芽拼命挤了出来,迎春花黄色的小花苞也争相绽放,预示着春天万物复苏的勃勃景象。老百姓手捧着甘甜的春雨喜笑颜开,天还没亮,街头巷尾就已经人头涌动。大家激动地奔走相告,有人义愤填膺,有人感慨万分,有人热泪盈眶,都在议论这场来得非常及时的绵绵春雨。一场再寻常不过的春雨被淳朴的老百姓赋予了生机勃勃、欣欣向荣的寓意,其实只是一种自然的发自内心的借物抒情,表达了百姓们对这座城市美好未来的憧憬和希望。...
第一部分 第1节:野菊之墓(1)每到所谓后之月阴历九月十三日晚上的月亮。的时分,我总是不得不想起那件事。虽然觉得那是因为我还不够成熟,却怎么也忘不了。已经是十多年前的往事,琐碎的细节大多已不记得,可是却觉得像昨天刚发生似的,每每回忆起当时的情景,便又回到当时的心境,泪流不止。此中似乎既有快乐又有悲伤。我并非不想忘掉它,而意念却是一遍又一遍回忆着,便引发了更多梦幻般的兴趣。由于这个缘故,使我有了把它写出来的念头。我家在从松户往下约二里、矢切渡口往东那个稍微高一点的山冈上,同样叫做矢切村的地方。矢切的齐藤,是这一带的世家,听祖父说,里见氏姓氏之一。中世,关东御家人,后来成为安房的战国大名。新田意重的儿子意俊居住于上野国里见村,后以此作为姓氏。的落武者退出军籍者。零落至此的两三个人中,有一人就叫齐藤。宅院的西侧,有四五棵一丈五六尺粗的山毛榉,重叠耸立着。因是村里最大的防风林...
a rich man who had a beautiful and pious wife, and they lovedeach other dearly. They had, however, no children, though theywished for them very much, and the woman prayed for them dayand night, but still they had none. Now there was a court-yardin front of their house in which was a juniper tree, and one dayin winter the woman was standing beneath it, paring herself anapple, and while she was paring herself the apple she cut herfinger, and the blood fell on the snow. Ah, said the woman,...
正在寻找美丽的女孩子们,常常会遇到各种问题。春天要迎战干燥的空气,夏天要提防如火的骄阳,在寒冷的秋冬还要力争“美丽动人”。可娇嫩的肌肤才不理会你明天有没有约会,常常不打招呼就和你闹“面子危机”!你一定很委屈,为什么认真照顾的肌肤不听话?你哪知道肌肤也有自己的委屈呢?薇薇是个细心的女孩,她认真记录了自己一年的美颜心得和困惑。热情的《时尚》杂志社美容专家看过之后,提出了许多专业的建议。这些建议和美容知识,涉及到美容护肤的方方面面,是《时尚》杂志社美容编辑们精心工作的结晶,对每一个爱美的女孩都非常有用。如果,你还没找到自己“面子问题”的答案,不如现在就打开书,看看薇薇怎么做,听听《时尚》美容顾问怎么说。...
"Speaking of Operations"by Irvin S. CobbRespectfully dedicated to two classes:Those who have already been operated onThose who have not yet been operated onNow that the last belated bill for services professionally renderedhas been properly paid and properly receipted; now that the memoryof the event, like the mark of the stitches, has faded out from avivid red to a becoming pink shade; now that I pass a display ofadhesive tape in a drug-store window without flinchingI sit me...
人有的时候就需要别人拿些名言警句来提醒他们认真工作,而并非只靠自觉。随着全球化竞争规模的缩小和激烈度的增加,就业压力与日俱增,这句老话被赋予了新的时代意义。在培训课快结束时,新泽西州纽芬兰的职业投资公司创始人辛迪•罗恩(Cindy Rowan)让参加者将各自的名字和电话都写在纸上,并快速写上能提醒他们保持洞察力和幽默感的东西——这可以是令人捧腹的一个单词,一条短语,或一句妙语。接下来她让所有人都把纸折成飞机,数到三,然后投到空中。每人都要捡一只飞机保存,并且要按照要求在一周后打电话给飞机的主人,把纸上所写内容重复说一遍,然后立即挂断电话。罗恩建议学员们可以在一周后再次通电话,照旧是把纸上所写内容重复一遍,但这次他们可以谈得久一点,做一下自我介绍,还能聊聊天。...
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,