The Essays of Montaigne, V3by Michel de MontaigneTranslated by Charles CottonEdited by William Carew Hazilitt1877CONTENTS OF VOLUME 3.XIII. The ceremony of the interview of princes.XIV. That men are justly punished for being obstinate in the defenceof a fort that is not in reason to be defendedXV. Of the punishment of cowardice.XVI. A proceeding of some ambassadors.XVII. Of fear.XVIII. That men are not to judge of our happiness till after death.XIX. That to study philosophy is to learn to die.XX. Of the force of imagination.XXI. That the profit of one man is the damage of another.CHAPTER XIIITHE CEREMONY OF THE INTERVIEW OF PRINCESThere is no subject so frivolous that does not merit a place in this...　

The Land of the Changing Sunby William N. HarbenChapter I.The balloon seemed scarcely to move, though it was slowly sinking toward the ocean of white clouds which hung between it and the earth.The two inmates of the car were insensible; their faces were bloodless, their cheeks sunken. They were both young and handsome. Harry Johnston, an American, was as dark and sallow as a Spaniard. Charles Thorndyke, an English gentleman, had yellow hair and mustache, blue eyes and a fine intellectual face. Both were tall, athletic in build and well-proportioned.Johnston was the first to come to consciousness as the balloon sank into less rarefied atmosphere. He opened his eyes dreamily and looked curiously at the white face of his friend in his lap. Then he shook him and trie...　

“上海滩”这个词非常抢眼，因为当年的十里洋场，风云变幻，惊动国人心。既有青帮像魔鬼般出没，又有歌妓像天仙般游荡。在灯红酒绿中酝酿着柔情，也潜藏着杀机。真是，在上海滩这个“东方的乐园”，成了冒险家的理想场所，他们用自己的魔法完成了一次次恐怖的刺激，在刺激中一方面冷对黄浦江的滔滔江水，一方面在歌楼妓院哈哈大笑起来。不能不说，“上海滩”是赌徒表演的舞台。众所周知，杜月笙、黄金荣、张啸林是“上海滩的三大亨”，他们各有各的招数，叱咤风云，闯的猛，玩的火，斗的凶。真是极尽19世纪末到20世纪30、40年代上海滩的黑白世界。大凡黑道枭雄总爱“狐假虎威攀高枝，借腹怀胎自发家”，总热衷“借高枝扶摇直上，会做人扬名江湖”。他们在自己羽翼未丰之时，总要为自己寻找理想的靠山，躲避官兵的清剿，防备百姓的报复，还有仇家的追杀，但是，他们决不甘为人下之人，一旦时机成熟，他们就会毫不犹豫地在自己的靠山...　

　　纳兰词典评　　　　序　　　　　　1．　　历代文学，大家都说唐诗、宋词，至于清代词人，在当今能够名世的也只有一个纳兰性德了。纳兰性德的词风，可以称为南唐后主李煜的传人，直抒胸臆，独发性灵。以王国维这样的大家，也推崇纳兰性德为北宋之后的词坛第一人。　　这个人却不是汉人。　　纳兰性德，他的姓是纳兰，这两个漂亮的字可不是汉人的复姓，而是满语的汉译。旧时译作纳兰，后来改译那拉。——如果叫那拉性德，似乎有损于这位浊世佳公子的形象了，就像林黛玉不能叫林翠花一样。但纳兰和那拉确实是一家人，这个姓的最著名的人物还不能算是纳兰性德，而是慈禧太后。　　如果作一次寻根之旅，纳兰或那拉也不是满姓，而是蒙古姓，原本是蒙古的土默特姓。土默特消灭了一支满人，占领了他们的地盘，却不知为什么改称了这些被征服者的姓氏——纳兰（那拉）。后来，他们又举族迁徙到了今属辽宁省的叶赫河岸，建立叶赫国。叶赫，...　

Their Silver Wedding Journey V3by William Dean HowellsPART III.XLVIII.At the first station where the train stopped, a young German bowedhimself into the compartment with the Marches, and so visibly resisted animpulse to smoke that March begged him to light his cigarette. In thetalk which this friendly overture led to between them he explained thathe was a railway architect, employed by the government on that line ofroad, and was travelling officially. March spoke of Nuremberg; he ownedthe sort of surfeit he had suffered from its excessive mediaevalism, andthe young man said it was part of the new imperial patriotism to cherishthe Gothic throughout Germany; no other sort of architecture waspermitted in Nuremberg. But they would find enough classicism at...　

Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, V8by Louis Antoine Fauvelet de BourrienneHis Private SecretaryEdited by R. W. PhippsColonel, Late Royal Artillery1891CONTENTS:CHAPTER XXVII. to CHAPTER XXXIV. 1804-1805CHAPTER XXVII.1804.Clavier and HemartSingular Proposal of Corvisart-M. DesmaisonsProject of influencing the judgesVisit to the TuileriesRapp inattendanceLong conversation with the EmperorHis opinion on thetrial of MoreauEnglish assassins and Mr. FoxComplaints againstthe English GovernmentBonaparte and LacueeAffectionatebehaviourArrest of PichegruMethod employed by the First Consulto discover his presence in ParisCharacter of MoreauMeasures ofBonaparte regarding himLauriston sent to the TempleSilence...　

THE $30,000 BEQUESTCHAPTER ILakeside was a pleasant little town of five or six thousand inhabitants,and a rather pretty one, too, as towns go in the Far West.It had church accommodations for thirty-five thousand, which isthe way of the Far West and the South, where everybody is religious,and where each of the Protestant sects is represented and has a plantof its own. Rank was unknown in Lakesideunconfessed, anyway;everybody knew everybody and his dog, and a sociable friendlinesswas the prevailing atmosphere.Saladin Foster was book-keeper in the principal store, and the onlyhigh-salaried man of his profession in Lakeside. He was thirty-fiveyears old, now; he had served that store for fourteen years;...　

蓝梓与芥末　　“站住！不要跑……”　　“抓住他，抓小偷……”　　“站住――”　　傍晚的城市，传来没有多少营养的呼喊声，蓝梓背着他那破旧的小书包，奔跑在夕阳下的街道间，身后是呼喊与追赶的人们。　　跑过小巷、跑过街道、跑过落日下的浮桥，大概十一二岁的孩子有着一张显得稚气的娃娃脸，蓬乱的头发，涨得通红的脸上汗珠挥洒着，由帆布制成的小书包在背后飞舞着，他抱着怀里的东西，没命地穿过了一拨拨的行人。一九九二年的中国南方小城，街道不宽却也并不拥挤，自行车、三轮、卡车或者拖拉机都有，四周的建筑都带着一股泥土般的陈旧感，并不美观，却很踏实，来来往往的人看着这互相追赶的人们，有的人也想要伸手帮忙拦截，但孩子却都仿佛泥鳅一般灵活地躲过去了。　　虽然一路奔跑了很久，但孩子终究是孩子，跑过了浮桥，他的呼吸也已经完全紊乱起来，道路两旁的建筑将街道笼罩入一片阴凉之中，再咬牙跑过几栋建筑，他看...　

二十世纪也许是人类既往文明史上发展最为迅速、变化最为巨大的世纪之一。在中国这个有着五千年文明史的古老国度里，近一百年的历史巨变更是令人惊叹。一百五十多年前，帝国主义列强的坚船利炮轰毁了神圣天朝的梦幻，中华民族顿时陷入内忧外患的深重危机之中。于是，在这个有着不可思议的顽强生命力的民族中，有了锐意维新变法的先驱们的探求，倡导科学与民主的斗士们的呐喊；有了冲决封建罗网的英烈们的抗争，不甘屈辱抗击侵略者的战士们的壮举；有了建立人民共和国后万众欢腾的喜庆，齐心协力共建新中国的豪情；亦有了风云变幻峰迴路转的徬徨，雨霁云开痛定思痛的感慨。在这一个世纪的峥嵘岁月中，我们民族脱下了长衫马褂，剪去了脑后那沉重的辫子，历经几番腥风血雨，在几千年封建王朝和半封建半殖民地统治的废墟上建立起了年轻的人民共和国，在几度沉浮之后，今天，已经在向着现代化强国的目标迅跑。这实在是一个值得回味、值得...　

我哭泣，我大声的哭泣，我听见天堂里咯咯的笑声，天地在转动，天公在浇灌，我第一次以男女交合的欢爱形式达到了对生死相依的格兰姆终极的爱情。这是在哪里呢，我怎么一个人躺在这儿，外面传来似乎是遥远岁月里车水马龙，人声鼎沸的喧嚣，屋里安静而整洁，古色古香的红木家具和古雅装饰，这不是淮海中路的外婆家吗？我嚯地从床上坐起，揉了揉惺忪的眼睛，环视了一下四周，没有一个人，我看看自己，衣服和牛仔裤都穿在身上，怎么回事？我忙跑到窗口，拉开窗幔，伸出头去，蚂蚁般的人流在并不宽的马路上爬行，那一头则是东方明珠塔和缓缓流动着的黄浦江，我目光所及的几乎是黄皮肤黑头发的行人。我顿时就回复了记忆，我这不是在上海和平饭店吗？那个叫什么来的……就是美国人，在飞机上认识的那个美国人，我不是把他安顿在这儿吗？他现在在哪儿？我看了一下表是北京时间中午12点，我走回床沿，仰天倒在床上想昨晚发生的事，可一切就如...　

央视国际 2005年03月21日 10：08主讲人简介：周国平：中国社会科学院哲学研究所研究员，哲学博士。著有学术专著《尼采：在世纪的转折点上》、《尼采于形而上学》，随感集《人于永恒》，散文集《只有一个人生》、《今天我活着》、《迷者的悟》、《守望的距离》、《各自的朝圣路》，纪实作品《妞妞：一个父亲的札记》等，1998年底以前作品结集为《周国平文集》（1-6卷），译有《尼采美学文选》、《尼采诗集》等。内容简介：男人和女人，共同构成了人类的两性平衡，阳刚与阴柔，感性与理性，男人和女人因为各自的生理因素而具有不同的先天禀赋。但是在以男性为主的传统社会结构中，男人占据社会的优势地位，在这样的情况下，男人怎样看女人？对女人的看法，为什么又会出现天壤之别的差异？男人和女人，谁强谁弱？在历史上，不同的人有不同的看法。但两性的差异并不等于两性的优劣，男性的阳刚、女性的阴柔，并不是纯粹地体现在各自的性...　

Modern Customs and Ancient Laws of Russiaby Maxime KovalevskyLecture IIThe State of the Modern Russian Family, and Particularly that ofthe Joint or Household Community of Great RussiaWe believe that the theory of the matriarchate finds a solidbasis in the past history of the Russian family. The presentcondition of the latter seems to prove that the next stage in itsevolution was the household community, composed of persons unitedby descent from a common forefather and accompanied by thatworship of ancestors which usually resulted from it. The completesubjection of the wife to the husband, and of the children to thefather; community of goods and the common enjoyment of theirproduce by the relatives living under the same roof; the...　

The Gathering of Brother Hilariusby Michael Fairless Alias of Margaret Fairless BarberPART I - THE SEEDCHAPTER I - BLIND EYES IN THE FORESTHILARIUS stood at the Monastery gate, looking away down the smooth, well-kept road to the highway beyond. It lay quiet and serene in the June sunshine, the white way to the outer world, and not even a dust cloud on the horizon promised the approach of the train of sumpter mules laden with meats for the bellies and cloth for the backs of the good Brethren within. The Cellarer lacked wine, the drug stores in the farmery were running low; last, but not least, the Precentor had bespoken precious colours, rich gold, costly vellum, and on these the thoughts of Hilarius tarried with anxious expectation.On his left lay the forest, h...　

一走出会场的时候，伊豆豆对万丽说，你的好戏要开场了大学毕业的时候，康季平留校了，万丽被分配到市郊的一所中学当老师。同学都在背后说，是康季平出卖了万丽自己挤上去的。万丽有什么好出卖的，就是谈恋爱。那时候读大学跟现在不一样，谈恋爱是有的，但都是地下工作，被发现了也不能说出你的秘密。万丽确实是谈恋爱了，跟谁谈呢，就是跟康季平。这样说起来，康季平的人品太有问题了。万丽去责问康季平，她以为康季平会摆出一大堆的理由洗刷自己，并痛击那些流言蜚语。但出乎万丽意料的是，康季平并没有为自己辩护，因为有一个铁的事实摆在那里：最后毕竟是他留校了。万丽说，康季平，你不觉得可耻吗？康季平说，万丽，你不适合留在学校工作。万丽气得眼泪哗哗地淌下来，扭头就走。万丽在市郊的中学当了两年语文老师，日子过得没精打采，谈过两次恋爱，都没有成功，该死的康季平还在她心里作梗。两年后的一天，康季平把电话打到万...　

《枪刺》作者：撒野第一集 无知者无畏第一节 - 精兵9月的天气，即便是在沈阳，也热的让人心烦意乱，而军区的大院会议室里，气氛却凝结到了冰点。一脸怒容的老人冷声道：“你们好好看看，这就是你们一手带出来的军人？这就是你们口中的精英？我要的是什么？我要的是战士，能拼，能打，无畏的军人！可你们带出来的是什么？摆设吗？难道我们的军人已经没落到只能列方队？”会议室里鸦雀无声，只听到老人愤怒的喘息声。老人指了指象征着中将的肩牌：“哼！一群孬兵！一个月，我只给你们一个月，如果下个月的这个时候，你们不能给我一只合格的特种部队，那么你们都别干了，都回家奶孩子去吧！”老人怒冲冲的离开了会议室，挟怒而关的门发出了震天的响声。会议室里剩下的众人皆是愁云满面，并非是他们带兵不用心，相反，最近的这些年，沈阳军区的军人素质已经越来越高，可惜，似乎这样也并不能让将军满意。合格的特种兵，这个合格的定义到...　

Historic Girlsby E. S. BrooksSTORIES OF GIRLS WHO HAVE INFLUENCED THEHISTORY OF THEIR TIMESE. S. BROOKSPREFACE.In these progressive days, when so much energy and discussion aredevoted to what is termed equality and the rights of woman, it iswell to remember that there have been in the distant past women,and girls even, who by their actions and endeavors provedthemselves the equals of the men of their time in valor,shrewdness, and ability.This volume seeks to tell for the girls and boys of to-day thestories of some of their sisters of the long-ago,girls who byeminent position or valiant deeds became historic even beforethey had passed the charming season of girlhood.Their stories are fruitful of varying lessons, for some of these...　

妙语集粹在我去哈佛读书之前，留学生来我这里工作会有心理障碍。有一个留学生来面试，他问我："你是哪里毕业的啊？"我说："我本科是南京大学读的，后来在北大读的博士。"他说："北大不算什么。我是从英国回来的。"我说："你的那个英国学校我也不知道啊！"对方不屑地说："你没出去过，当然不知道了。"捡垃圾捡得好的就变成收垃圾的，或者管一个垃圾场。个人资产也有几千万。他可能没受过专业教育，但也有精细的产业分工，管几千人。你说捡垃圾这个产业冷不冷？冷！热不热？也热！你想挤进去还不容易呢！他们连地盘都划分好了。所以，炒黄金也有跳楼的。捡垃圾也有挣大钱的。创业和就业的最大区别是就业可以逃跑，创业是给自己设了一个套，跑不了。自己不能脱套。遇到难处，逃不了。有事也要假装没事。如果你没信心，员工就比你还没信心。你要耐得住寂寞、坚持得住、善于郁闷。没有坚强的神经，郁闷一段后精神都会失常。...　

John Bull on the Guadalquivirby Anthony TrollopeI am an Englishman, living, as all Englishman should do, in England,and my wife would not, I think, be well pleased were any one toinsinuate that she were other than an Englishwoman; but in thecircumstances of my marriage I became connected with the south ofSpain, and the narrative which I am to tell requires that I shouldrefer to some of those details.The Pomfrets and Daguilars have long been in trade together in thiscountry, and one of the partners has usually resided at Seville forthe sake of the works which the firm there possesses. My father,James Pomfret, lived there for ten years before his marriage; andsince that and up to the present period, old Mr. Daguilar has always...