Characterby Samuel SmilesCHAPTER I.INFLUENCE OF CHARACTER."Unless above himself he canErect himself, how poor a thing is man"DANIEL."Character is moral order seen through the medium, of anindividual nature.... Men of character are the conscience ofthe society to which they belong."EMERSON."The prosperity of a country depends, not on the abundance of itsrevenues, nor on the strength of its fortifications, nor on the...
A Thief in the Nightby E. W. HornungOut of ParadiseIf I must tell more tales of Raffles, I can but back to our earliest days together, and fill in the blanks left by discretion in existing annals. In so doing I may indeed fill some small part of an infinitely greater blank, across which you may conceive me to have stretched my canvas for the first frank portrait of my friend. The whole truth cannot harm him now. I shall paint in every wart. Raffles was a villain, when all is written; it is
The Malay Archipelagoby Alfred Russell WallaceVOLUME IICHAPTER XXITHE MOLUCCASTERNATE.ON the morning of the 8th of January, 1858, I arrived at Ternate, the fourth of a row of fine conical volcanic islands which shirt the west coast of the large and almost unknown n island of Gilolo. The largest and most perfectly conical mountain is Tidore, which is over four thousand Feet highTernate being very nearly the same height, but with a more rounded and irregular summit. The town of Ternate is conceal
《少年江湖梦》┌───────┐└───────┘第一部 细雨迷蒙 第一卷 一.楔子第一章不许动,我是来打劫的在通往开封的官道上,迎面开来了一队镖车,镖车上锦旗招展。走在最前面的镖车插着一支最炫目的镖旗,一看上面绣着的那个大的刘字,但凡武林人士都知道这是洛阳大镖局“风扬柳”镖局的刘总镖头在亲自押镖。说起来,刘风扬刘总镖头已有好些年没有亲自出马押镖了,一些小财小货根本不需他刘风扬出马,只要亮出“风扬柳”的旗号,一些绿林朋友都要卖个交情给他。提起刘风扬这个人,不但武功高强使得一手好刀法,更有“迎风柳絮”这一武林绝艺防身,更兼他对人豪爽热情,爱交三山五岳的朋友。走镖多年来,结交的朋友可谓遍及五湖四海。在普通的百姓中他也是一个乐善好施的大善人。能惊动清闲多年的刘风扬亲自出马保的镖一定不同凡响。...
The Libraryby Andrew LangContents:PREFATORY NOTEAN APOLOGY FOR THE BOOK-HUNTERTHE LIBRARYTHE BOOKS OF THE COLLECTORILLUSTRATED BOOKSBooks, books again, and books once more!These are our theme, which some miscallMere madness, setting little storeBy copies either short or tall.But you, O slaves of shelf and stall!We rather write for you that holdPatched folios dear, and prize "the small,Rare volume, black with tarnished gold."A. D....
The Red Innby Honore de BalzacTranslated by Katharine Prescott WormeleyDEDICATIONTo Monsieur le Marquis de Custine.THE RED INNIn I know not what year a Parisian banker, who had very extensivecommercial relations with Germany, was entertaining at dinner one ofthose friends whom men of business often make in the markets of theworld through correspondence; a man hitherto personally unknown tohim. This friend, the head of a rather important house in Nuremburg,...
kenika 2006-06-01 13:11:57 发表于焦点深圳房地产网-谈房论市-第五大道论坛案例一:不过如此祝英台梁祝可谓是中国历史上最凄美的爱情故事,因为它不是墓穴阴森森地合上,故事就带着凛冽之气地结束,它化了蝶,象征着高尚的爱情挣脱封建主义牢笼,以另外的方法获得自由,双宿双飞去。这个开放式的尾巴使整个故事变得抒情而唯美,无限开拓了想象空间。整个梁祝的故事,其实是祝英台一人在独撑,而梁山伯更像是芭蕾舞中的男伴,起的是烘托作用。要么是祝英台演技太好,要么是梁山伯实在迟钝。三年来,对于祝英台的性别从不怀疑,十八里相送时,祝英台的种种借物喻人,都像是对牛弹琴,搞不好,梁山伯还以为祝英台有断袖之癖。...
Under the Greenwood TreeorThe Mellstock QuireA Rural Painting of the Dutch Schoolby Thomas HardyPREFACEThis story of the Mellstock Quire and its old established west-gallery musicians, with some supplementary descriptions of similarofficials in Two on a Tower, A Few Crusted Characters, and otherplaces, is intended to be a fairly true picture, at first hand, ofthe personages, ways, and customs which were common among such...
【天堂烟云】呼……他深吸一口烟然后徐徐吐出。烟头亮起了一点微弱的灯光,但仍看不清他的脸庞。老旧的厚重斗篷盖住了他的面容,而他身后只有一片黑暗。不知何故,他似乎散发出一种气息,透露出诡谲与老兵般的苍伤。他自称是个吟唱诗人,但是他的声音太粗而让人无法相信。况且,他如何能够独自穿越危险重重的山区这更是一个谜。无论如何,我们还是接受了他奇怪的提议,以一顿晚餐与共享营火来交换他讲的故事。我们放松的围坐在营火旁的石块与树干上面等待他的故事开始,但手里仍旧紧握住武器。享受完一大口烟之后,他缓缓的开始诉说着。他低沉的声音回荡在山谷之中,划破黑夜的寒冷空气。我将说的是关于众所周知的神的故事。注意听,我只说真实的故事。...
追求一个境界(代序)——谈梁衡的散文最近几年,我在几篇谈散文的文章中,提出了一个看法:在中国散文坛上有两个流派。一个流派主张(或许是大声地主张),散文之妙就在一个“散”字上,信笔写来,松松散散,随随便便,用不着讲什么结构,什么布局,我姑且称此派为“松散派”。另一个是正相反,他们的写作讲究谋篇布局,炼字铸句,我借用杜甫的一句话:“意匠惨淡经营中”,称此派为“经营派”,都是杜撰的名词。我还指出,在中国文学史上,散文大家的传世名篇无一不是惨淡经营的结果。我窃附于“经营派”。我认为,梁衡也属于“经营派”,而且他的“经营”无论思想内容还是艺术表现都非同寻常。即以他的写人物的散文来说,一般都认为,写人物能写到形似,已属不易,而能写到神似者则不啻为上乘。可是梁衡却不以神似为满足,他追求一种更高的水平,异常执着地追求。但是他追求什么呢?我想了好久,也想不出一个恰当的名词。我曾想...
总序作者简介总序推荐语:其实你不懂温州人这是一本写温州的书,但是不写温州故事的书,而是写温州理念的书。这是一本温州作家写的书,与官员写的,文书写的,记者写的以及有政治情结的书商运作的“温州书”截然不同,它没有强加于人的意气,它琢磨过人的心思,它在选题上另辟蹊径,下了功夫。即使他对书中的东西都不作剖析,他的倾向我们也应该注意——他有着醇厚和温州的乡情。也许,书中所写的不是他现在在思索的东西,但也是他血管里流淌的东西。那么,它到底是一本什么样的书?它有民间意味,有文化气息,有写作智慧,有词典品质。怎么说呢?他写的是民间景象,他对人物和事件的评判体现了平民情怀,他愿意遵循民间的阅读习惯,有阅读的快感;他写过去写当今,写文化写历史,既不是呆板的论证,也不是枯燥的考古,他选择的材料从文学元素出发,从文学感觉出发;他写得林林总总,但气象很大,他有运筹帷幄的布局能力,在技巧上...
How to Learn Any LanguageQuickly, Easily, Inexpensively, Enjoyably and On Your OwnbyBarry FarberFounder of the Language Club/Nationally Syndicated Talk Show HostTo Bibi and Celia, for the pleasure of helping teach themtheir first language, followed by the pleasure of having themthen teach me their second!...