Heroes of the Telegraphby J. MunroPREFACE.The present work is in some respects a sequel to the PIONEERS OFELECTRICITY, and it deals with the lives and principal achievements ofthose distinguished men to whom we are indebted for the introduction ofthe electric telegraph and telephone, as well as other marvels ofelectric science.CONTENTS.CHAPTERI. THE ORIGIN OF THE TELEGRAPHII. CHARLES WHEATSTONEIII. SAMUEL MORSEIV. SIR WILLIAM THOMSON...
THE TRUE HISTORY OF LITTLE GOLDENHOODYOU know the tale of poor Little Red Riding-hood, that the Wolfdeceived and devoured, with her cake, her little butter can,and her Grandmother; well, the true story happened quite differently,as we know now. And first of all the little girl was called andis still called Little Golden-hood; secondly, it was not she, nor thegood grand-dame, but the wicked Wolf who was, in the end, caughtand devoured.Only listen....
杨倩带着两个青皮叫开门时,陈红刚把饭做好。 刘好没想到杨倩竟然追到了家里。一瞧杨倩的架式,明白她来闹事了。刘好不想让陈红知道,对杨倩说,咱俩的事,咱俩单独解决。杨倩本来有气,此时瞧见系着围裙的陈红,脸上的肉都要跳起来了。她指着刘好的鼻子说,你他妈脚踩两只船,一个开破三轮的,竟然玩到老娘头上。一个青皮说,姐,跟他罗嗦什么?杨倩说,不是你,老娘早就嫁人了,你赔老娘的精神损失费。刘好说,你嘴巴干净点儿!凭什么我给你精神损失费?我还损失了呢,我跟谁要?杨倩哼了一声,你爱跟谁要我不管,老娘的,你是赔定了。刘好说,有你这么不讲理的吗?杨倩问,怎么?不肯出血?刘好说,我根本就没血。另一青皮骂了一句,今天非让你出点儿,便扑过来。刘好和两个青皮干了起来,屋内一片叮当声。杨倩没闲着,抓起什么摔什么,陈红拦了她一下,她便将怒气撒到陈红身上。陈红身子单薄,哪里是杨倩的对手?几下便被...
古希腊(公元前12世纪到公元前9~8世纪)是世界四大文明古国之一,它为人类留下了一笔辉煌灿烂的文化财富。古希腊的神话和传说就是其中最为瑰丽的珍宝。世界有许多民族,每个民族都创作出了它自己的神话和传说,这些神话都有自己民族的特点,但也都有共同的性质。无论是中国神话、希腊神话、印度神话、希伯来神话、北欧神话,甚至是地处偏僻,人数不多的民族或部落,都有自己的天界和它的统治者,都有自己的冥界及其主宰,也都有各式各样,各司其职的神。然而在各民族神话中,希腊神话最为丰富和谱系化了。中国神话虽然多彩多姿,林林总总,形象生动,极富想像力,但散见于经史子集,笔记、类书中,零碎芜杂,从未荟萃成书,更没有谱系化。希腊神话及其英雄传说,起于口传,之后见之于文字,到荷马的两大史诗中,神的世界已经脉络清晰,英雄传说更为完整。荷马之后的古希腊诗人赫西俄德(公元前8~7世纪),在自己的长诗《神...
SolitudeThis is a delicious evening, when the whole body is one sense,and imbibes delight through every pore. I go and come with astrange liberty in Nature, a part of herself. As I walk along thestony shore of the pond in my shirt-sleeves, though it is cool aswell as cloudy and windy, and I see nothing special to attract me,all the elements are unusually congenial to me. The bullfrogs trumpto usher in the night, and the note of the whip-poor-will is borne...
梭罗(1817-1862),美国散文家和诗人。其《瓦尔登湖》(Walden,or Life in the Woods)堪称美国文学经典之作。其对社会的批判和提倡个性的发展具有广泛的影响力。 在选择追求的对象时,如果更审慎一点,也许所有的人,实际上都愿意做学生和观察家,因为他们的性质和命运对所有的人都一样地有兴味。为我们自己或后代积蓄产业,成家或建国,或沽名钓誉,在这些方面,我们都是凡人,可是在研究真理之时,我们便不朽了,也 不必怕变化或意外了。最古的埃及哲学家或印度哲学家从神的像上曳起了一角轻纱,这微颤的袍子依然被撩起了,我看到跟当时一样鲜艳的荣耀,因为当时如此勇敢的,是他体内的"我",而现在瞻仰着那个"预见"的是,我体内的"他"。袍子上没有一点微尘。自从这神圣被启示以来,时间并没有逝去。我们真真地改良,或者是可以改良的时候,既不是过去,又不是现在,也不是未来啊。...
The Nature Fakerby Richard Harding DavisRichard Herrick was a young man with a gentle disposition, muchmoney, and no sense of humor. His object in life was to marry MissCatherweight. For three years she had tried to persuade him thiscould not be, and finally, in order to convince him, married someone else. When the woman he loves marries another man, the rejectedone is popularly supposed to take to drink or to foreign travel.Statistics show that, instead, he instantly falls in love with the...
是谁在天边歌唱 作者:容儿是谁在天边歌唱: 臧獒的故事 贺绍俊 容儿像一缕风吹拂过来,风儿停驱的地方就会有一簇鲜花开放,这就是她两年内相继出版的《所谓伊人》《莫非日记》和《是谁在天边歌唱》。但我们的文坛和我们的城市都在变得越来越喧嚣、拥挤和嘈杂,在这样的环境下人们的情绪也就变得越来越躁动不安也越来越麻木不仁,因此当一缕清新的风吹拂过来时人们竟没有丝毫的感觉,在风儿催开的鲜花面前人们也只是匆匆走过,熟视无睹。我同样被城市林立的高楼逼仄得精神迟钝,也许这就是我为什么一直没有在容儿吹拂过来的风前有所反应的原因,直到编者将她的最新作品《是谁在天边歌唱》推荐给我时,我才发现,我曾经错过了一些美好的时光。...