The Way of All Fleshby Samuel ButlerCHAPTER IWhen I was a small boy at the beginning of the century I remember anold man who wore knee-breeches and worsted stockings, and who usedto hobble about the street of our village with the help of a stick.He must have been getting on for eighty in the year 1807, earlierthan which date I suppose I can hardly remember him, for I was bornin 1802. A few white locks hung about his ears, his shoulders werebent and his knees feeble, but he was still hale, and
Letters From High Latitudesby The Marquess of Dufferin (Lord Dufferin)Being some account of a voyage in 1856 of the schooner yacht "Foam" to Iceland, Jan Meyen, and Spitzbergen.By the Marquess of Dufferin Sometime Governor-General of the Dominion of Canada and afterwards Viceroy of India.LETTER I.PROTESILAUS STUMBLES ON THE THRESHOLDGlasgow, Monday, June 2, 1856.Our start has not been prosperous. Yesterday evening, on passing Carlisle, a telegraphic message was put into my hand, announcing the
中华异想集·马腹(第一部)作者: 藤萍内容简介 一切都在四月十三日的深夜变得不一样。风雨巷中那家驰名百年的顾家绣房发生了异变——主事的顾氏夫妻在等待着一个重要的客人,而这对夫妻俩的女儿去参加学校同学的生日宴会,可是当顾绿章晚上回家后,却发现古宅里已经空无一人,也没有打斗的痕迹、没有血的味道……难道三十几年前的事情又要再次发生?她的父母是否会像她的祖父母那样做完了最后一顿晚餐,穿得整整齐齐出门去了,在那之后就再也没有回来?这一切和那张没有绣完的裙幅有什么关系?六 角异味古董咖啡馆。唐草薇端着一杯红茶,闭着眼睛正在浅呷,李凤扆拿着拖把安详地拖地,咖啡馆里微微有些暗淡的光线和街道上缥缈的声音,让空旷的房间里充满着一种可供沉思的平静,仿佛在这里,心跳,也能变慢了、清晰了。...
--时空音乐之球 作者:向天朗第一回古堡 天上的月亮,闪烁著诡异的银蓝色光芒,落在草地上,反射出来的绿光,显得极度深邃、神秘。附近空无一人,微风偶尔飘过,草木发出沙沙的声响,并未带来生气,反平添一份孤寂,犹如处身深海之中,无依无靠。 在这种不见人烟的地方,竟传来一阵凄凉的笛声。笛音去而复反,高低起伏,音调却迟缓不定,渐见迷惘,似是奏曲者已经迷失方向,感到徘徊无助,不知不觉之间,从笛音中透露出来。没多久,一名正吹奏长笛的少年,缓缓走近。 身穿一套整齐西装,披著一件黑色长身冬袍的他,望了望四周,手中笛并未停止,心里却想∶「又是一片荒野。」想著,他抬起已呈乏力的双腿,不断的拖著向前行。别说月亮高挂天空中心,分不清东南西北,就是分清了,他也不知道该往何处走。走到哪儿都没有人烟,就连会走的生物也未曾得见,连续五天,他就是这样一边吹奏笛乐,一边在各种荒野之中,漫无目...
但是换个角度来说,就算写完了这本厚达近千页的书,我也知道大声呼唤化妆品行业的真实和诚信仍然是一场无休无止的战争,而且我知道,我永远赢不了这场战争。这些年来化妆品行业有了很大的改变,我相信我的所作所为尽了一份绵薄之力,但现在仍有数不清的虚假宣传,劣质产品层出不穷,误导观念的广告或空洞的承诺到处都是,还有无孔不入丧失职业道德的“科学”研究。更糟糕的是爱美女性被诱导白白浪费了数十亿美元,可是希望的梦想却永远不会实现——效果至少没有化妆品公司宣传的那样美好。为什么我又坚持下来了呢?老实说我也不知道,大概是我太热爱这份事业了吧。我每个月都会收到好几千封读者来信,我丝毫不敢懈怠解决大家的问题。我也有一个优秀的研究团队,他们也一直致力于追求准确和真相。我仍然愿意做一名化妆品警察,与大家分享我掌握的信息,方便你买到真正适合自己的美容产品。...
Men of Ironby Ernie Howard PyleINTRODUCTIONThe year 1400 opened with more than usual peacefulness in England. Only a few months before, Richard IIweak, wicked, and treacherous had been dethroned, and Henry IV declared King in his stead. But it was only a seeming peacefulness, lasting but for a little while; for though King Henry proved himself a just and a merciful manas justice and mercy went with the men of iron of those daysand though he did not care to shed blood needlessly, there were many
Down the Mother Lode - Pioneer Tales of CaliforniaBy Vivia HemphillForewordSo many inquiries have been made as to exactly where, and what is the "Mother Lode"!The geologist and the historian agree as to its location and composition, but the old miners and "sojourners" of the vanished golden era give strangely different versions of it. Some of these are here set down, if not all for your enlightenment at least, I hope, for your entertainment.That is, after all, the principal aim of these tales o
FAIRY TALES OF HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSENWHAT THE MOON SAWby Hans Christian AndersenINTRODUCTIONINTRODUCTIONIT is a strange thing, when I feel most fervently and most deeply,my hands and my tongue seem alike tied, so that I cannot rightlydescribe or accurately portray the thoughts that are rising within me;and yet I am a painter; my eye tells me as much as that, and all my...
The Amateur Cracksmanby E. W. HornungTO A. C. D. THIS FORM OF FLATTERYTHE AMATEUR CRACKSMANTHE IDES OF MARCHIIt was half-past twelve when I returned to the Albany as a last desperate resort. The scene of my disaster was much as I had left it. The baccarat-counters still strewed the table, with the empty glasses and the loaded ash-trays. A window had been opened to let the smoke out, and was letting in the fog instead. Raffles himself had merely discarded his dining jacket for one of his inn
┌───────┐└───────┘遵命,女王陛下2当米琦被封岚和秦汐骗进了冰冻室后,面对死神,她发现她唯一割舍不下的既然是伊流川的笑脸。生死垂危之间,伊流影救了她。就在她以为她能握住温暖的时候,却发现这一切都是一个精心设计的骗局。原来,神秘X夫人是尹狄的妈妈;原来,伊流影竟是尹狄放在她身边的耳线;原来,伊流川并不喜欢她、追她只是为了征服她;原来,她的一切一切都在尹狄的掌握之中;原来…… 开场 接踵而至的迷 第1节:序 序 这是个怪异的学园,校门是由长着七只白色翅膀的恶魔雕像和头戴半个光环的天使雕像组合而成。古堡式样的教学大楼建立在人工河中央,大得无边无际的校园居然是由一条小河环绕而成。另外这个学园被伊流川、伊流影这两个风一般的神秘两兄弟所瓜分。所有来此学校读书的学生都会分发“派条”,被派分到“光明”或“黑暗”这两派中的其中一派。...