50 Bab Balladsby W. S. GilbertPREFACE.THE "BAB BALLADS" appeared originally in the columns of "FUN,"when that periodical was under the editorship of the late TOM HOOD.They were subsequently republished in two volumes, one called "THEBAB BALLADS," the other "MORE BAB BALLADS." The period duringwhich they were written extended over some three or four years;many, however, were composed hastily, and under the discomforting...
Old Fritz and the New Eraby Louise MuhlbachTRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN BY PETER LANGLEYBOOK I.OLD FRITZ.I. The Lonely KingII. Wilhelmine EnkeIII. Frederick WilliamIV. The Drive to BerlinV. The Oath of FidelityVI. The ParadeVII. The Miraculous ElixirVIII. The Golden RainIX. German Literature and the KingBOOK II.ROSICRUCIANS AND POWERFUL GENIUSES.X. Goethe in BerlinXI. The Inner and the Middle TempleXII. The Jesuit General...
The Rivermanby Stewart Edward WhiteIThe time was the year 1872, and the place a bend in the river abovea long pond terminating in a dam. Beyond this dam, and on a flatlower than it, stood a two-story mill structure. Save for a small,stump-dotted clearing, and the road that led from it, all else wasforest. Here in the bottom-lands, following the course of thestream, the hardwoods grew dense, their uppermost branches just...
有一门姓名学我们每天接触最多的词是哪一类词呢?是作为专用名词的姓名。因为每一个人至少有一个名,在汉民族的词汇里,姓名超过其他词类总和的好几倍。现在已发现的甲骨文字有4000多个,其中人名字占了将近半数;《二十五史》、《资治通鉴》等巨著,都不得不后附一个人名索引……如果有兴趣,您不妨试一试,看看从早到晚,自己一共提到多少个人名,计算之后,您会大吃一惊。姓的产生是比较晚的,但名的产生却要上溯到“人之初”。人从其他动物中分化出来,语言是一个重要的标志。人类是以社会形态出现的,面对严酷的自然与猛兽,单个原始人的生存是不可思议的,成群的原始人在一起生活、劳动、交流思想,不互相称呼是不可能的,这样就有了最初的名。东汉许慎的《说文解字》是我国最早的字典,这上面说:“名,自命也,从口从夕。”意思是说,名就是夜间以口互答。虽然考古资料尚不能证明这一点,当时人们之间怎样称呼也不能推知,但...
有一种说法:世界上最聪明的人是犹太人、日本人和中国人。美国经济学家、胡佛研究所资深研究员托马斯•索威尔博士在其著作《美国种族简史》一书中也提到,犹太人、日本人、中国人和美国人是世界上最能赚钱的人。中国人经商的历史源远流长,几千年的漫长发展积淀了丰富的商业文化,涌现出了很多名商巨贾。计然、白圭、范蠡、沈万三、乔致庸、雷履泰、胡雪岩、张謇、朱葆三、虞洽卿、陈光甫等。他们在商场上深谋远虑,运筹帷幄,最终成了富甲天下的大商人。明清时期,中国商业达到了顶盛,出现了十大商帮:山西商帮、陕西商帮、徽州商帮、宁波商帮、龙游商帮、洞庭商帮、江右商帮、福建商帮、广东商帮、山东商帮。其中山西商帮、徽州商帮负有盛名。...
The Dwelling Place of Lighby Winston Churchill1917VOLUME 1.CHAPTER IIn this modern industrial civilization of which we are sometimes wont to boast,a certain glacier-like process may be observed. The bewildered, the helplessand there are manyare torn from the parent rock, crushed, rolled smooth, andleft stranded in strange places. Thus was Edward Bumpus severed and rolledfrom the ancestral ledge, from the firm granite of seemingly stable and lasting...
THE GODS OF MARSEdgar Rice BurroughsFOREWORDTWELVE years had passed since I had laid the body of mygreat-uncle, Captain John Carter, of Virginia, away fromthe sight of men in that strange mausoleum in the oldcemetery at Richmond.Often had I pondered on the odd instructions he had left megoverning the construction of his mighty tomb, and especiallythose parts which directed that he be laid in an OPEN casket...
Unbeaten Tracks in Japanby Isabella L. BirdAN ACCOUNT OF TRAVELS IN THE INTERIORINCLUDING VISITS TO THE ABORIGINES OF YEZO ANDTHE SHRINE OF NIKKO BY ISABELLA L. BIRDPREFACEHaving been recommended to leave home, in April 1878, in order torecruit my health by means which had proved serviceable before, Idecided to visit Japan, attracted less by the reputed excellence ofits climate than by the certainty that it possessed, in an especialdegree, those sources of novel and sustained interest which con
近年来,社会中间阶层成了国内理论界关注的一个热点问题,这种关注有三个方面的必然性。其一,社会主义市场经济的发展,迅速导致了社会利益主体的多元化,作为一个重要利益群体的中间阶层正在中国逐渐兴起;其二,从西方国家的发展经验来看,社会中间阶层对于民主政治和社会稳定具有特别重要的意义,国内的许多学者也据此判断,中间阶层的状况对中国未来的政治发展也将有着举足轻重的作用;其三,改革开放后,随着中国政治重心从阶级斗争转移向经济建设,淡化“阶级”概念而重视“阶层”概念,事实上已经成为中国思想界的一种现实语境。不过,已有的关于中国社会中间阶层的众多研究,大多是一种社会学的观察和分析,鲜有从政治学角度所做的研究。其实,从政治学的方法分析社会中间阶层,具有社会学的分析所不可替代的作用。这一点正是我向出版社和读者推荐该书的主要理由。...
银河帝国正在崩溃瓦解之中。这是一个庞大的帝国,疆域涵盖整个银河系。从银河巨大螺旋臂的某一端至另一端,其间所包含的数百万个世界,皆为帝国的势力范围。因而帝国的没落衰亡,也是一个巨大而漫长的历史过程。当崩溃无声无息地延续了数个世纪之后,才终于有人察觉到了这个事实。这个人就是哈里·谢顿,他代表了在整体式微的文化中,唯一闪出的一点创造性火花。在谢顿的手中,心理史学这门科学发展到了出神入化、登峰造极的境界。心理史学的研究对象并非个人,而是人类所构成的群体。也就是说,它是研究群众——至少数十亿之众的科学。它可以预测群众对于某些刺激的反应,其精确度绝不逊于物理学对于撞球反弹轨迹的预测,但其博大精深犹有过之。虽然直到目前为止,还没有数学能够预测个人的任何行为,然而对于数十亿人口的集体反应,心理史学却能精确地掌握其中的动向。...
Hermann and DorotheaBy Johann Wolfgang von GoetheTranslated by Ellen FrothinghamINTRODUCTORY NOTEThere are few modern poems of any country so perfect in their kind as the "Hermann and Dorothea" of Goethe. In clearness of characterization, in unity of tone, in the adjustment of background and foreground, in the conduct of the narrative, it conforms admirably to the strict canons of art; yet it preserves a freshness and spontaneity in its emotional appeal that are rare in works of so classical a
妙趣横生爆笑童年记忆:《小时候》作者:桑格格0-05岁 幼儿园幼儿园(1)1.我两岁的时候口头禅是:我小时候……2.你根本不知道,我是天上派来的天女,我有很多兵,我把他们都埋在花盆下面,还有,我还有一个魔法戒指,是张露萍将军给我的,就是我手上这个,看,就是绿色的这个,可以变出许多虾兵虾将,可以打败你,然后把你掐死,吃了,一根毛都不剩!3.我用上述这段话吓跑了几个企图欺负我的男孩,那会儿热播电视剧《张露萍》以及《西游记》。4.我妈生我的时候,单位上房子紧张,她就睡在废弃的锅炉房里,幸福地期待着我的到来。白天还有燕儿来绕梁,说是个好预兆,只是到了晚上门关不严,风吹过,门哒得“咵咵”响惊了她。我二舅说,枪可以闭邪,就把他的配枪放在我妈的枕头下面。幸好没走火呦!这与我后来宝里宝器(傻乎乎)的性格恐怕有直接的关系。...
I and My Chimneyby Herman MelvilleI and my chimney, two grey-headed old smokers, reside in thecountry. We are, I may say, old settlers here; particularly myold chimney, which settles more and more every day.Though I always say, I AND MY CHIMNEY, as Cardinal Wolsey used tosay, "I AND MY KING," yet this egotistic way of speaking, whereinI take precedence of my chimney, is hereby borne out by thefacts; in everything, except the above phrase, my chimney taking...
The Song of the Cardinalby Gene Stratton-PorterIN LOVING TRIBUTETO THE MEMORY OF MY FATHERMARK STRATTON"For him every work of God manifested a new and heretoforeunappreciated loveliness."Chapter 1"Good cheer! Good cheer!" exulted the CardinalHe darted through the orange orchard searching for slugs for hisbreakfast, and between whiles he rocked on the branches and rang...