FAIRY TALES OF HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSENTHE PRINCESS AND THE PEAby Hans Christian AndersenONCE upon a time there was a prince who wanted to marry aprincess; but she would have to be a real princess. He travelled allover the world to find one, but nowhere could he get what he wanted.There were princesses enough, but it was difficult to find out whetherthey were real ones. There was always something about them that was...
1872FAIRY TALES OF HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSENTHE SUNBEAM AND THE CAPTIVEby Hans Christian AndersenIT is autumn. We stand on the ramparts, and look out over the sea.We look at the numerous ships, and at the Swedish coast on theopposite side of the sound, rising far above the surface of the waterswhich mirror the glow of the evening sky. Behind us the wood issharply defined; mighty trees surround us, and the yellow leavesflutter down from the branches. Below, at the foot of the wall, stands...
HOW TO TELL A TRUE PRINCESSThere was once upon a time a Prince who wanted to marry aPrincess, but she must be a true Princess. So he travelledthrough the whole world to find one, but there was alwayssomething against each. There were plenty of Princesses, but hecould not find out if they were true Princesses. In every casethere was some little defect, which showed the genuine articlewas not yet found. So he came home again in very low spirits,for he had wanted very much to have a true Princ
FOREIGN PATENTSIn addition to the United States patents issued to Edison,as above enumerated, there have been granted to him (up to Oc-tober, 1910) by foreign governments 1239 patents, as follows:Argentine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Australia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6Austria. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101Belgium. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88Brazil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1...
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PREFACE TO THE FIRST CHEAP EDITION OF "AMERICAN NOTES"IT is nearly eight years since this book was first published. Ipresent it, unaltered, in the Cheap Edition; and such of myopinions as it expresses, are quite unaltered too.My readers have opportunities of judging for themselves whether theinfluences and tendencies which I distrust in America, have anyexistence not in my imagination. They can examine for themselveswhether there has been anything in the public career of that...
时代在变,人们追寻梦想的理念却永远不会变,无论男女老少、贫富贵贱,甚至是从小就被丢在育幼院门口的孤儿,也有他们想追求的梦想。 春雪、夏美、秋枫、冬颜四个人是从小一起在国际儿童村长大的姊妹,她们长相不同、个性不同、被丢弃在育幼院门口的季节和方式也不同,但却同样有著欲完成的梦想。 由于从小生长在资源贫乏的育幼院里,所以她们比任何同年龄的小孩都还要早熟,也更有思想。 看著同学们常有新衣服可以换穿,而她们却只能捡善心人士捐赠的旧衣来抵御风寒;看著同学们有父母专车接送上下课,她们却只能自己骑脚踏车;同学们穿好的、吃好的、住好的,甚至还有多余的时间交男朋友来炫耀,她们只能不断地努力,然后告诉自己,终有一天她们也能光鲜亮丽的成为别人羡慕与嫉妒的焦点。...