AN ODYSSEY OF THE NORTH.ITHE SLEDS WERE SINGING their eternal lament to the creaking of theharness and the tinkling bells of the leaders; but the men and dogswere tired and made no sound. The trail was heavy with new-fallensnow, and they had come far, and the runners, burdened with flint-likequarters of frozen moose, clung tenaciously to the unpacked surfaceand held back with a stubbornness almost human. Darkness was coming...
Every Man in his Humourby Ben JonsonINTRODUCTIONTHE greatest of English dramatists except Shakespeare, the first literary dictator and poet-laureate, a writer of verse, prose, satire, and criticism who most potently of all the men of his time affected the subsequent course of English letters: such was Ben Jonson, and as such his strong personality assumes an interest to us almost unparalleled, at least in his age.Ben Jonson came of the stock that was centuries after to give to the world Thomas
The Past Condition of Organic Natureby Thomas H. HuxleyIN the lecture which I delivered last Monday evening, I endeavoured tosketch in a very brief manner, but as well as the time at my disposalwould permit, the present condition of organic nature, meaning by thatlarge title simply an indication of the great, broad, and generalprinciples which are to be discovered by those who look attentively atthe phenomena of organic nature as at present displayed. The general...
欲望是爱情的挣扎。孟凡君(吉林大学)敞开心扉,走进作者虚构的世界;放逐规范,制度,想象人所应然的存在状态。真实的生活,杂乱的规定,繁冗驳杂的欲望早已把存在和鲜活的生命隔膜开来。伽达默尔说,艺术品不断的昭示着我们:汝需改变汝之生活。但是通过《隔着栅栏的爱情》的讲述,我直接感到的是却是欲望的挣扎,透过欲望的挣扎,我们看到的爱情伤痕累累。爱情已经被摧残的经受或者承担不起起码的责任与尊严。作者依旧努力使其博得读者的同情与绝望。水格向我们展示了这样的画面:在季节未分明的天空上,洒了一幅水墨作为背景:褐海,蘅城,澹川,几年时光的幻化,似乎勾起了几十年间的情感记忆,唯一不变的是——执着的爱情,纯粹而透明的爱情。因为执着,爱情才显得透彻,连同欲望的书写,都显得那样干净、可爱。不比《上海宝贝》一般颓废和露骨,但却有着相似的牵连,精神上的爱和肉体存在的疏离:“岛屿”愈想和“童童”达...
崇祯十七年甲申三月十九日(1644年4月25日)是个天崩地坼的日子。就在这一天,从黄土高坡上杀下来的闯王李自成,率领着被朝廷称作是“流寇”、“逆贼”的农民军,彻底占领了大明朝的京师北京。也就是在这天夜里,崇祯皇帝在煤山寿皇亭(今北京景山东部)自缢身亡。从此,甲申三月十九日就成为历史长河中一个极不平常的日子,因为这一天不仅标志着大明帝国的崩溃,而且也预示着异族即将入主中原的开始。后人已不太清楚崇祯帝自杀前后的详细情况,现有的记载也不尽相同,甚至是矛盾百出。据说崇祯帝在三月十八日就知大势已去,无力回天,便匆匆安排后事。在这天晚上,崇祯帝在乾清宫最后召见周皇后和宠爱的袁妃。痛饮数杯之后,崇祯决定把太子及永王、定王分送外戚周、田二氏,由他们设法保护外逃活命。安排妥当之后,崇祯帝对周皇后长叹一声道:...
The Original Peter Rabbit BooksThe Original PeterRabbit BooksBEATRIX POTTER1- Page 2-The Original Peter Rabbit BooksTHE TALE OF PETER RABBITBY BEATRIX POTTERONCE upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their nameswere Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, and Peter.They lived with their Mother in a sand-bank, underneath the root of a...
寻找爱情 游干桂文嘱我写序,我实在有口难言,答应与不答应,都苦:一来我不是爱情专家,怕说出来的爱情心得很残缺;二来不知从何下笔,但与文熟识,她自称四月女巫,我自幼什么都不怕,就是怕女巫,只好胆怯从命了,即使多家出版社的书出版在即,等待最后定稿,也必须抽出空儿来。写什么?书, 文来写,我负责解构爱情。何谓爱情?哲学家赫兹说得好:爱情是心上的一个洞。这是妙解,说出爱情的精髓———喜与苦同在。洞的意思是聚宝盆,等待别人赐爱。爱情也是一门投资,要收获,便该有付出,少了关怀、聆听、柔情、体贴与尊重等,便嗅不出爱情的味道。爱情故事很容易使人想起梁思成,他与林徽音、徐志摩的关系,被传得沸沸扬扬,即使一再否认,但仍有人相信。徐志摩坠机死亡,林徽音的确哭得伤心,梁思成前往失事地点悼念志摩,顺便带回来一小片失事飞机的碎片,让林徽音藏着、记着。...
第一卷 第一章 第三类接触记得有人说过,那种感觉真是太爽快了。于是他决定,自己也要来试试看。在困居山中的归途上,浅羽直之盘算着要潜进学校游泳池游泳。时间是国二暑假的最后一天,而且还是晚间八点过五分。他在附近的录影带店停好脚踏车,将塞的鼓鼓的粗呢包包背在身上,走过路灯稀少的街道回到学校。穿越北边的侧门。从主任办公室后面快速通过。躲在焚化炉阴影底下偷偷窥探四周,感觉就像潜入敌营的间谍。宽广是乡下学校操场的唯一优点,歪歪扭扭的白线不知道是哪个社团的笨蛋画的,经过整个夏天已经被踩得一塌糊涂,看在还没有习惯黑暗的眼里,就像纳兹卡图腾(注:NazcaLines,位于秘鲁纳兹卡地面的巨大图腾,据说是外星人遗留在地球上的杰作)。右手边是老旧的体育馆,正面则是因过于老旧反而形成某种风格的园原市立园原中学木造校舍;接着左手边是所有学校建筑物当中,算是最新的园原地区第四防空洞。周遭很暗,理所当然是...
Massacre at Parisby Christopher MarloweTable of Contents with inital stage directions* Dramatis Personae* Scene 1: Enter Charles the French King, [Catherine] the QueeneMother, the King of Navarre, the Prince of Condye, the Lord highAdmirall, and [Margaret] the Queene of Navarre, with others.* Scene 2: Enter the Duke of Guise.* Scene 3: Enter the King of Navar and Queen [Margaret], and his[olde] Mother Queen [of Navarre], the Prince of Condy, the...
作者简介:献给聆听和阅读并且尽力帮助我走在正直而又狭窄的路上的人尤其是凯蒂献给询问难题的勇士虽然有时连得到正直答案的机会也不存在献给科学界容许发问的专家序言作者的背景及写书的手法值得一提。他在芝加哥附近的一个小镇长大,自幼热爱中国人和中国文化,在适当的时候他自称:詹腓力。这是中国朋友“赐”他的名字。十六岁中学尚未毕业,他在小镇实在呆不下去了,于是写信给哈佛大学,请求将他从思想的死谷中拯救出来。哈佛竟然破格收了他。他自称并没有好好学习,四年后却以全班第一的身份毕业。他父母极力主张他继续学医,他却逃到非洲去当英语外教。结果,还是当母亲病危时才回到芝加哥大学钻研法律学。毕业时又是名列前茅。他曾任美国大法官华伦(Warrant)的助手,现任加州大学柏克莱分校法学院教授。他的专长是分析人在辩论时所用的词句及逻辑,所以,被誉为最有资格评论达尔文主义的学者。...