The History of John Bullby John ArbuthnotINTRODUCTION BY HENRY MORLEY.This is the book which fixed the name and character of John Bull on the English people. Though in one part of the story he is thin and long nosed, as a result of trouble, generally he is suggested to us as "ruddy and plump, with a pair of cheeks like a trumpeter," an honest tradesman, simple and straightforward, easily cheated; but when he takes his affairs into his own hands, acting with good plain sense, knowing very well
A treatise on Good Worksby Dr. Martin Luthertogether with theLetter of Dedicationby Dr. Martin Luther, 1520INTRODUCTION1. The Occasion of the Work. Luther did not impose himself asreformer upon the Church. In the course of a conscientiousperformance of the duties of his office, to which he had beenregularly and divinely called, and without any urging on hispart, he attained to this position by inward necessity. In 1515...
The City of DomesA Walk with an Architect About the Courts and Palaces of the PanamaPacific International ExposItion with a Discussion of Its Architecture -Its Sculpture - Its Mural Decorations Its Coloring - And Its Lighting -Preceded by a History of Its Growthby John D. BarryTo the architects, the artists and the artisans and to the men ofaffairs who sustained them in the cooperative work that created anexposition of surpassing beauty, unique among the expositions of the...
城外浮来山山脚下的停车场。 黄昏的太阳肆意挥洒着浑浊的阳光,虽是初秋,天气依旧炎热,连绵起伏的浮来山被烈日烘烤了一天,现出委顿的颜色。这里是二路公交车的终点站,司机无聊的趴在方向盘上,失神的盯着眼前的大山,山脚的小路寂静而荒凉,看不到行人的影子。 司机看看腕上的手表,嘴里咕哝了一声,伸手发动了汽车,车子在停车场里缓缓调头。尚未驶出大门,几个年轻人挥着手从远处跑来,司机停住车,耐心的等他们赶上来。 跑在前面的是一个身材健壮年轻人,一屁股坐在司机身后,气喘吁吁的说:“累死了,耳朵里嗡嗡直响。”跟在他身后的小伙子戴一副黑边眼镜,顺势坐到车门口,接口说:“我也听到那个嗡嗡的声音了,是什么东西?”第三个小伙黑瘦干练,呵呵笑着说:“我早听到了,是蜜蜂的声音。”...
SHERLOCK HOLMESTHE ADVENTURE OF THE DYING DETECTIVEby Sir Arthur Conan DoyleMrs. Hudson, the landlady of Sherlock Holmes, was a long-sufferingwoman. Not only was her first-floor flat invaded at all hours bythrongs of singular and often undesirable characters but herremarkable lodger showed an eccentricity and irregularity in hislife which must have sorely tried her patience. His incredible...
第一章 他回来了!他回来了! 席凉秋在看到新的人事调动公告后,险些一口气提不上来,几乎岔了气。他见鬼的为什么要回来?这个阴魂不散的!只要他一回来,就表小她的苦难又要开始了。 连续南下出差一星期,签了几份漂亮的合约凯旋归来后,就发现业务部的女同事们个个双目含盼,打扮得特别的美丽妖艳。探知了原因,才知道业务经理这个空缺终于有人补上了,不是从六个主任中的任何一个晋升上来,而是从海外分公司调回来的空降部队。据说年轻有为、英俊出色、能力卓绝,深受董事会三审后一致通过的接替人选。 极其实身为六个业务部主任之一,早半个月前经理退休后,就由人事部得知晋升无望,不必在那边自相残杀、勾心斗角了;只是一直不知道上头的内定人选是谁。...
(一)文学的趣味 单词独句,无所谓趣味。"你好!"用在礼仪社交场合,已经成为一句刻板平常的礼貌用语,一句客套话,它已沦为一种形式的语言,内容虚化,意义公共化。但是,假如一个人对你恨恨地说:"你好!"那他就有特殊的内涵。你得去联系他说此话的背景,他的语气语调,神态动作,去揣测他的深意。语言在一定的语境中,获得了趣味。 文学就是通过语境,赋予程式化语言以丰富趣味的文体。文学鉴赏就是解除人与世界的疏离与阻隔,使世界呈现出崭新的面貌来,与读者相关,让读者发现没发现的,从中获得趣味。人的趣味投射在事物上,再创造了事物。"蜡烛有心还惜别,替人垂泪到天明",这蜡烛已经不是只有照明的实用功能的蜡烛,而是获得了审美功能的蜡烛。读这样的诗句,人就获得了审美的趣味,从而再创造了自己。...
Chapter II of Volume IIAFTER a week spent in professions of love and schemes of felicity, Mr. Collins was called from his amiable Charlotte by the arrival of Saturday. The pain of separation, however, might be alleviated on his side, by preparations for the reception of his bride, as he had reason to hope that shortly after his next return into Hertfordshire, the day would be fixed that was to make him the happiest of men. He took leave of his relations at Longbourn with as much solemnity as be
拉莫茨维小姐是来自莫丘迪(非洲博茨瓦纳的首都哈博罗内附近的一座城市)的已故的奥拜德·拉莫茨维先生的女儿,也是来自特洛克翁的已故的庞普哈密里特茨·马特科尼先生之子—马特科尼先生的未婚妻。已故的庞普哈密里特茨·马特科尼先生是农场主,还曾任铁路管理办公室的负责人。在当地人眼中,马特科尼先生和拉莫茨维小姐是一对天作之合。拉莫茨维小姐是博茨瓦纳惟一的为女性服务的侦探所——大名鼎鼎的头号女子侦探所的创立者;而马特科尼掌管着特洛克翁大街快捷汽车维修公司,并以博茨瓦纳最出色的机械师而为公众所知。“男主外、女主内”是传统的婚姻模式,男人主宰一切,支配着大部分家庭财产。当然,这种模式对于那些甘于在烹饪和照顾孩子方面消磨时光的妇女来说正如鱼得水。然而事过境迁,越来越多的受教育的女性认为应当有自己的生活。无疑,夫妻双方都有各自的事业已经普遍为人们所接受。...