DEMETRIUS337?-283 B.C.by Plutarchtranslated by John DrydenINGENIOUS men have long observed a resemblance between the arts and the bodily senses. And they were first led to do so, I think, by noticing the way in which, both in the arts and with our senses, we examine opposites. Judgment once obtained, the use to which we put it differs in the two cases. Our senses are not meant to pick out black rather than white, to prefer sweet to bitter, or soft and yielding
Alexandria and her Schoolsby Charles KingsleyPREFACEI should not have presumed to choose for any lectures of mine such a subject as that which I have tried to treat in this book. The subject was chosen by the Institution where the lectures were delivered. Still less should I have presumed to print them of my own accord, knowing how fragmentary and crude they are. They were printed at the special request of my audience. Least of all, perhaps, ought I to have presumed to publish them, as I ha
ON SLEEP AND SLEEPLESSNESSby Aristotletranslated by J. I. Beare1WITH regard to sleep and waking, we must consider what they are:whether they are peculiar to soul or to body, or common to both; andif common, to what part of soul or body they appertain: further,from what cause it arises that they are attributes of animals, and...
但是不管怎么琢磨,我不敢去谈论活着的美女和帅哥,原因很简单,他们还没有到盖棺论定的时候,怕结论下得下早以致贻笑大方。那么,就多说说那些死了很久而且结论也定了,但是很少被电影和是电视剧对说到人物吧。 既然说到这些人,那肯定和历史有关了。印象中女人很少有喜欢研究历史的,可能是历史太过于厚重和苍老吧。而女人,最大的心愿是青春和妙曼。 但是,有件事却着实让我惊叹,一个很年轻的女孩,在酒桌上,和几个男人在谈前燕慕容家族的掌故,那段时间正在热播《天龙八部》从前燕到西夏,又从西夏到大辽,到金,一直谈到现在已属于俄罗斯的术赤汗国。在场的所有人全都安静了,只在认真听女孩讲故事。最后,一位看起来有很身份的男子感叹地对那女孩子说:“你跟她们不一样。”我想,那个男人说的“她们”,可以就是一般的女人吧,那个女孩实在跟别的女孩不一样。...
Tea-table Talkby Jerome K. JeromeCHAPTER I"They are very pretty, some of them," said the Woman of the World; "not the sort of letters I should have written myself.""I should like to see a love-letter of yours," interrupted the Minor Poet."It is very kind of you to say so," replied the Woman of the World. "It never occurred to me that you would care for one.""It is what I have always maintained," retorted the Minor Poet; "you have never really understood me."...
Chapter the LastA parting glance at such of the actors in this little history asit has not, in the course of its events, dismissed, will bring itto an end.Mr Haredale fled that night. Before pursuit could be begun, indeedbefore Sir John was traced or missed, he had left the kingdom.Repairing straight to a religious establishment, known throughoutEurope for the rigour and severity of its discipline, and for the...
长期以来,外交一直被蒙上一层神秘色彩。一方面是因为在许多人的心目中,外交是国家大事,高不可攀,不敢问津。另一方面,外交部门也因外交无小事,总是有意无意之中将外交神秘化。但随着经济社会的发展,伴随着中国国际地位的提高,这一做法的弊端逐渐显露出来。由于缺乏了解和沟通,国内公众在一些涉及民族感情的问题的处理上,对中国在一些重大国际事件的态度等问题上对我外交政策产生了一些误解,甚至不满。为了改变这一状况,外交部加强了公众外交方面的工作,希望在逐渐撩起中国外交神秘面纱的同时,争取通过外交部与公众之间的互动,来加强与公众的联系,树立外交部亲和形象,提高公众对我外交工作的认识和理解,为我外交工作的顺利开展争取更广泛的民意支持。...
墓碑。墓碑排山而上,还是一个方阵。一个兵的方阵,鬼雄的方阵。钢盔。蒙着迷彩布的钢盔高低错落,也是一个方阵。一个兵的方阵,人杰的方阵。“中国人民解放军狼牙侦察大队告别南疆仪式现在开始!”夜色中,一个脸庞黝黑的壮汉举起酒碗。刷——身后的一百多个个身穿迷彩服的彪悍侦察兵举起酒碗。“公元1988年7月20日,我中国人民解放军A军区狼牙侦察大队结束南疆保卫战轮战使命,奉命回撤!”侦察大队大队长何志军上校端着酒碗高喊,“各位烈士,我部在前线轮战三年,执行大小任务二百余次,今天子夜时分将跟随我军区A集团军一起告别南疆,撤离战区!我部全体生还将士庄严敬告各位先烈,在我A军区全体将士轮战期间——国土寸土未失,你们可以瞑目!”...
--】第八十三章琉球之殇“总统,不能再管这个倭国的事,这次,这个国家不死也要脱层皮了!”杜莱斯深知不妙,“可能驻冲绳的部队也有不小的麻烦,如果是经济问题,赔点钱也就算了,但如果涉及身体伤害、调戏或强奸,琉球人向海上娱乐帝国申诉,那就惨了!” “那怎么办?总不能……”国防部长刚斯问道。 “没办法的,就看他们的运气了。”杜莱斯分析,“给部队下命令,这几天严禁出军营。” “但如果海上娱乐帝国去抓人呢?” “我不是说了吗,看他们的运气了。”杜莱斯有点烦躁,这个顾问,当得实在有点那个! 内阁无言,心里恨及,但也惧极,毁灭介入刚过,那种威力不是美国能抗衡的。 琉球群岛是太平洋的一系列岛屿,位于中国台湾与日本之间。琉球群岛上过去存在着琉球国,因着水路之便,是邻近国家的贸易枢杻。19世纪末年,被鹿儿岛的萨摩藩侵略吞并。日本明治维新之后,琉球国被并入日本版图,琉球群岛也被鹿儿岛县与冲绳县一...
成功的花 人们只惊慕她现时的明艳 然而当初她的芽儿 浸透了奋斗的泪泉 洒遍了牺牲的血雨 ——冰心 在每个光鲜照人的明星背后,都会有许许多多的辛酸经历。即使是在短短不到三年急速窜红的小天王周杰伦也不例外,这个沉默寡言、害羞、敏感的孩子,和妈妈、外祖母相依为命,音乐是他的世界,所有的心事与梦想都只能透过音符诉说。谁都没有想到,这个一天说不到十句话的小孩,长大后居然成了家喻户晓的超级巨星。 杰伦身为独子,理所当然成为家中长辈——爷爷奶奶外公外婆的宝贝,老人家疼孙子,不论去哪儿一定都会带着杰伦一起,甚至当律师的外公要去餐厅、饭店跟客户讨论案件的时候,也会看到杰伦像个小小的影子跟在后面。 杰伦还小的时候,我们一家三口经常一起到海边踏浪玩耍,鬼灵精的他拍照姿势也特别多,当其他小朋友都乖乖站着、蹲着拍照时,他一定会跑到镜头的最前面,或扭腰或做鬼...