Vera, The Mediumby Richard Harding DavisPart IHappy in the hope that the news was "exclusive", the Despatchhad thrown the name of Stephen Hallowell, his portrait, apicture of his house, and the words, "At Point of Death!" acrossthree columns. The announcement was heavy, lachrymose, bristlingwith the melancholy self-importance of the man who "saw thedeceased, just two minutes before the train hit him."But the effect of the news fell short of the effort. Save that...
Alcibiades IIby Platonic ImitatorTranslated by Benjamin JowettAPPENDIX II.The two dialogues which are translated in the second appendix are notmentioned by Aristotle, or by any early authority, and have no claim to beascribed to Plato. They are examples of Platonic dialogues to be assignedprobably to the second or third generation after Plato, when his writingswere well known at Athens and Alexandria. They exhibit considerableoriginality, and are remarkable for containing several thoughts of
玉泉子 裴晋公度为门下侍郎,过吏部选人官,谓同过给事中曰:“吾徒侥幸,至于此辈优与一资半级,何足问也?”一皆注定,未曾限量。公不信术数,不好服食,每语人曰:“鸡、猪、鱼、蒜,逢着即吃;生、老、病、死,时至则行。”其器抱弘达,皆此类也。 裴晋公在中书,左右忽白以印失所在,闻之者莫不失色。度即命张筵举乐,人不晓其故,窃怪之。夜半饮酣,左右忽白以印存焉,度不答,极欢而罢。或问度以其故,度曰:“此出于胥徒盗印书券耳,缓之则存,急之则投诸水火,不复更得之矣。”时人服其弘量,临事不挠。 李相德裕,抑退浮薄,奖拔孤寒,于时朝贵朋党,德裕破之。由是结怨而绝于附会,门无宾客。惟进士卢肇,宜春人,有奇才,德裕尝左宦宜阳,肇投以文卷,由此见知。后随计京师,每谒见,待以优礼。旧制:礼部放榜,先呈宰相。会昌三年,王起知举,问德裕所欲,答曰:“安问所欲?如卢肇、丁稜、姚鹄,岂可不...
"FREE SHIPS MAKE FREE GOODS"_To the U.S. Minister to France_(ROBERT R. LIVINGSTON)_Monticello, Sep. 9, 1801_DEAR SIR, You will receive, probably by this post, from theSecretary of State, his final instructions for your mission toFrance. We have not thought it necessary to say anything in them onthe great question of the maritime law of nations, which at presentagitates Europe; that is to say, whether free ships shall make free...
The Majorby Ralph ConnorCONTENTSCHAPTERI THE COWARDII A FIGHT FOR FREEDOMIII THE ESCUTCHEON CLEAREDIV SALVAGEV WESTWARD HO!VI JANE BROWNVII THE GIRL OF THE WOOD LOTVIII YOU FORGOT MEIX EXCEPT HE STRIVE LAWFULLYX THE SPIRIT OF CANADAXI THE SHADOW OF WARXII MEN AND A MINEXIII A DAY IN SEPTEMBERXIV AN EXTRAORDINARY NURSEXV THE COMING OF JANEXVI HOSPITALITY WITHOUT GRUDGINGXVII THE TRAGEDIES OF LOVE...
父亲从楼上下来了。他手里提着一只白藤箱,胳膊上挂着枣木手杖,顺着阁楼的石阶,一步步走到院中。正是麦收时分,庭院闲寂。寒食时插在门上的杨柳和松枝,已经被太阳晒得干瘪。石山边的一簇西府海棠,也已花败叶茂,落地的残花久未洒扫,被风吹得满地都是。秀米手里捏着一条衬裤,本想偷偷拿到后院来晒,一时撞见父亲,不知如何是好。她已经是第二次看见衬裤上的血迹了,一个人伏在井边搓洗了半天。几只蜜蜂嗡嗡闹着,在她身前身后飞来飞去。蜜蜂的叫声使她的担忧增加了。她觉得肚子疼痛难挨,似有铅砣下坠,坐在马桶上,却又拉不出来。她褪下裤子,偷偷地用镜子照一照流血的地方,却立刻羞得涨红了脸,胸口怦怦直跳。她胡乱地往里塞了一个棉花球,然后拉起裤子,扑倒在母亲床上,抱着一只绣花枕头喃喃道:要死要死,我大概是要死了。她的母亲去了梅城舅姥姥家,卧房空无一人。...
[08:59:58] 李敖神州文化之旅的重头戏,在北京大学的演讲以及与学生座谈,将于9月21日登场。9月21日9:30分起,凤凰网网络播放李敖北京大学演讲,以下是图文直播:[09:50:17] 主持人:尊敬的各位来宾,老师们、同学们、朋友们,大家上午好。李敖先生北京大学演讲会现在开始。 首先,请允许我介绍在主席台上的嘉宾,台湾著名作家李敖先生、凤凰卫视控股有限公司董事局主席、执行总裁刘长乐先生、北京大学校委会主任敏瑞方教授,让我们对光临北大的各位嘉宾表示热烈的欢迎。现在请求北京大学校委员会敏瑞方教授致欢迎词。[09:50:27] 敏:尊敬的李敖先生,尊敬的刘长乐先生,尊敬的各位嘉宾,老师们,同学们,朋友们,今天在这样一个美好的秋高气爽的日子,我们十分荣幸的邀请到台湾著名学者李敖先生来到北京大学发表演讲。首先我仅代表北京大学全体师生向首次回到大陆进行神州文化之旅的李敖先生表示最热烈的欢迎,和致以良好祝愿。 ...
《诛仙Ⅵ》 泄密《诛仙Ⅵ》 惊现(1)周一仙这里三人休息救治野狗,野狗得知自己一条命是捡回来之后,更觉侥幸,私下也对自己当时意外的勇敢有些困惑。不过不管怎么样,此番一过,周一仙、小环与野狗道人之间的关系又亲密了一层,毕竟同过生死,周一仙也不像以前那么对野狗道人冷言冷语了,只是支使他干活的时候,却还是和从前一样,不过野狗道人毕竟重伤在身,因此更多的时候反是周一仙干得多,如此又惹来他老人家怨声载道。小环与野狗倒还是与从前一样,只是在小环面前野狗道人似更加地畏惧起来,与小环说话比以前更加少了。小环虽然觉得很奇怪,但是这一段日子以来,她更多的精神却都被吸引到那本看似平平无奇的黑色封皮的书里去了。...
《紫瞳——君临天下》作者:冰雪柔情眸如紫晶* * * =>建议从第六章看起!他,眸如紫晶,发如雪。虽贵为皇子的他,从出生的那刻就注定是被人鄙夷一生。在他桃花瓣的脸蛋下是一颗怎样破碎的心。头好痛,怎么会这样,一阵剧烈的痛像针一样刺着我。漆黑,眼前一片漆黑。走不出的噩梦深渊,我眼睁睁地看着自己坠落下去。睁带眼,猛地从床上坐起来,大口地喘息着,冷汗顺着我的额头和背上不停地往下淌着,那让人晕眩的漆黑噩梦仍然揪着我的心。突然想起了什么,但又想不清楚。环顾了一下四周,金色的华丽云纹锦被。淡金色的帘幕和薄纱垂下来,层层如烟,精致的琉璃香炉里落下隔夜燃剩下的沉香屑,空气里仍然弥散着那股惑人心神的幽幽的香味。...
THE SON OF THE WOLF.MAN RARELY PLACES A PROPER valuation upon his womankind, at leastnot until deprived of them. He has no conception of the subtleatmosphere exhaled by the sex feminine, so long as he bathes in it;but let it be withdrawn, and an ever-growing void begins to manifestitself in his existence, and he becomes hungry, in a vague sort ofway, for a something so indefinite that he cannot characterize it.If his comrades have no more experience than himself, they will...
如果台湾没有李敖…… 何飞鹏 十几岁年轻的时候,没有机会认识李敖,只能偷偷地读他写的《传统下的独白》,感觉李敖似乎颠覆了所有学校中所受的教育。 那时候所知的李敖,是个一袭长袍、特立独行的台大学生,学问足以与大师胡适往来、论战,无疑是个梦中的未来英雄。 这个未来英雄,并没有按照我年轻时的想像,成为体制内认同的当代大师、思想家、文豪或者史学家(年轻的我,对体制有高度敬畏,当然李敖是体制外的英雄毋庸置疑),接下来只有断断续续的印象:与《文星》纠缠不断的官司,退出江湖卖牛肉面去,成为思想犯坐牢,出狱后复出江湖,与名女人胡茵梦结婚、离婚,继续放言高论,与当权者斗争,办《求是报》,以一人之力办报,其文字的产量,最令身为记者的我由衷佩服。...