THE VISION SPLENDIDTHE VISIONSPLENDIDWilliam MacLeod Raine1- Page 2-THE VISION SPLENDIDCHAPTER 1Of all the remote streams of influence that pour both before and afterbirth into the channel of our being, what an insignificant fewand theseonly the more obviousare traceable at all. We swim in a sea ofenvironment and heredity, are tossed hither and thither by we know notwhat cross currents of Fate, are tugged at by a thousand eddies of whichwe never dream. The sum of it all makes Life, of which we know so littleand guess so much, into which we dive so surely in those buoyant days...
On The Ruin of Britain (De Excidio Britanniae)by GildasTranslation by J.A. GilesThe Works of Gildas surnamed "Sapiens", or The Wise.I. The Preface1. Whatever in this my epistle I may write in my humble but wellmeaning manner, rather by way of lamentation than for display,let no one suppose that it springs from contempt of others or thatI foolishly esteem myself as better than they; -for alas! the subjectof my complaint is the general destruction of every thing that isgood, and the general growth of evil throughout the land;butthat I rejoice to see her revive therefrom: for it is my presentpurpose to relate the deeds of an indolent and slothful race, ratherthan the exploits of those who have been valiant in the field*....
火爆守护神书名:火爆守护神出版日期:2006-12-01小说系列:单行本系列:红樱桃RC228作者:四月男主角:西门綮女主角:雷莲其他人物:雷洋,罗力,西门安,安娜故事地点:台湾时代背景:现代情节分类:一见钟情,误会冰释简介:怎么，她不想自己的爸爸被狐狸精抢走不行吗？ 大家干嘛一直怪她，骂她不懂事又不体贴啊？！ 哼，除非她嫁出去，否则她绝对要破坏到底── 咦？她的干哥哥这时候跑出来凑什么热闹？ 他以为他的名字和「西门庆」一样 就能勾引名字中也有个「莲」的她吗？ 呃……事实证明，她还真是没用到了极点 在他的诱惑下，她就胡里胡涂的被他勾引了去…… 没关系，她不会让自己再错第二次的 反正男人都是得手后就会「性」趣缺缺── 谁知道他居然和别的男人都不一样 整天阴魂不散地缠着她，甚至连班也不上 就只想着和她再战第二回…楔子 台北，一如往昔的闷热下午，南京东路上一间优雅的咖...
Donal Grantby George MacDonaldCHAPTER I.FOOT-FARING.It was a lovely morning in the first of summer. Donal Grant wasdescending a path on a hillside to the valley belowa sheep-trackof which he knew every winding as well as any boy his half-mile toand from school. But he had never before gone down the hill withthe feeling that he was not about to go up again. He was on his wayto pastures very new, and in the distance only negatively inviting.But his heart was too full to be troublednor was his a heart toharbour a care, the next thing to an evil spirit, though not quiteso bad; for one care may drive out another, while one devil is sureto bring in another.A great billowy waste of mountains lay beyond him, amongst which...
琼瑶１ 九月的一个早晨。天气晴朗清新，太阳斜斜的射在街道上，路边的树枝上还留着隔夜露珠，微风柔和凉爽的轻拂着，天空蓝得澄清，蓝得透明，是个十分美好的早上。 在新生南路上，江雁容正踽踽独行。她是个纤细瘦小的女孩子，穿着××女中的校服；白衬衫、黑裙子、白鞋、白袜。背着一个对她而言似乎太大了一些的书包。齐耳的短发整齐的向后梳，使她那张小小的脸庞整个露在外面。两道清朗的眉毛，一对如梦如雾的眼睛，小巧的鼻梁瘦得可怜，薄薄的嘴唇紧闭着，带着几分早熟的忧郁。从她的外表看，她似乎只有十五、六岁，但是，她制服上绣的学号，却表明她已经是个高三的学生了。她不急不徐的走着，显然并不在赶时间。她那两条露在短袖白衬衫下的胳膊苍白瘦小，看起来是可怜生生的。但她那对眼睛却朦胧得可爱，若有所思的，柔和的从路边每一样东西上悄悄的掠过。她在凝思着什么，心不在焉的缓缓的迈着步子。显然，她正沉浸在一...
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 Wonderful Wizard of Ozby L. Frank BaumContentsIntroduction1. The Cyclone2. The Council with the Munchkins3. How Dorothy Saved the Scarecrow4. The Road Through the Forest5. The Rescue of the Tin Woodman6. The Cowardly Lion7. The Journey to the Great Oz8. The Deadly Poppy Field9. The Queen of the Field Mice10. The Guardian of the Gates...
从安东·圣埃克苏佩里与弟弟弗朗索瓦（Franois）在圣摩里斯城堡的卧房窗前往东看过去，近处是偌大的花园，远方则是侏罗山（Jura）山麓青翠蓊郁的比热（Bugey）。这样的自然景观充满了魔力：在夏、秋季节的雾霭笼罩之下，茂密森林若隐若现；冬雪一来，整片森林成了银白色世界。早春散发出清朗的气息，湍急的阿尔巴里讷河（Albarine）冲激着花岗岩山谷，这幅美景仿佛近在咫尺。 在小孩子的眼里，幽暗的山麓是一处隐藏秘密的异域。安东的窗前是柔和、爬满藤蔓的园林景致，在城堡花园围墙之外则是远在天边的巍峨悬崖。两千年来，这处悬崖一直是人类对抗自然、抵抗敌人的主战场。几乎和城堡平行的则是圣德尼（SaintDenis）高塔。这座高塔有如只身站岗的哨兵，守着石灰岩峡谷和里昂通往日内瓦的古罗马大道入口。继续往里走是一处名为阿利梅（Les Allymes）的四方形军事要塞，在一片绿色森林中，黄沙色的大型建筑物格外显眼。...
Seven Discourses on Artby Sir Joshua ReynoldsINTRODUCTIONIt is a happy memory that associates the foundation of our Royal Academy with the delivery of these inaugural discourses by Sir Joshua Reynolds, on the opening of the schools, and at the first annual meetings for the distribution of its prizes. They laid down principles of art from the point of view of a man of genius who had made his power felt, and with the clear good sense which is the foundation of all work that looks upward and may hope to live. The truths here expressed concerning Art may, with slight adjustment of the way of thought, be applied to Literature or to any exercise of the best powers of mind for shaping the delights that raise us to the larger sense of life. In his separation of the ut...
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...
，，主编的话-别人怎么看你别太在意国内历史最悠久的博客，「白板报」的作者王佩也来简书写作了，而且一连更新好几篇耐读的文章，我看得十分过瘾。在此之前，简书曾经对王佩作过一次采访，收录在本期杂志里。访谈中，王佩谈了自己对于博客以及媒体的看法，我同意他的多数观点，但觉得他对于微信的重要性有些高估。在我看来，微信的页面在美学方面是一种倒退，内容提供者不得不使用与整个互联网世界脱节的平台做出不太美观的页面，而且，这样产生出来的内容，既不便于分享到微信外面的世界，又不便于搜索，我个人不大相信这种简陋的页面会在未来大行其道。没过几天，王佩又写了篇「无人会 登临意」（未收入本期杂志，请至简书网阅读），坦言在微信平台上写作，没有任何乐趣可言，今后要回归blog写作。此语一出，又在twitter上引来一片吐槽，你前几天不是还在大力鼓吹微信的重要性吗？...
THAISby ANATOLE FRANCETranslated by Robert B. DouglasCONTENTSPART I. THE LOTUSPART II. THE PAPYRUSTHE BANQUETTHE PAPYRUS (resumed)PART III. THE EUPHORBIATHAISPART THE FIRSTTHE LOTUSIn those days there were many hermits living in the desert. On bothbanks of the Nile numerous huts, built by these solitary dwellers, ofbranches held together by clay, were scattered at a little distancefrom each other, so that the inhabitants could live alone, and yethelp one another in case of need. Churches, each surmounted by across, stood here and there amongst the huts, and the monks flocked tothem at each festival to celebrate the services or to partake of theCommunion. There were also, here and there on the banks of the river,...
AndersonvilleBy John McElroyANDERSONVILLEA STORY OF REBEL MILITARY PRISONSFIFTEEN MONTHS A GUEST OF THE SO-CALLEDSOUTHERN CONFEDERACYA PRIVATE SOLDIERS EXPERIENCEINRICHMOND, ANDERSONVILLE, SAVANNAH, MILLENBLACKSHEAR AND FLORENCEBY JOHN McELROYLate of Co. L. 16th Ill Cav.1879TO THE HONORABLENOAH H. SWAYNE.JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES,A JURIST OF DISTINGUISHED TALENTS AND EXALTED CHARACTER;...
FAIRY TALES OF HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSENUNDER THE WILLOW-TREEby Hans Christian AndersenTHE region round the little town of Kjoge is very bleak andcold. The town lies on the sea shore, which is always beautiful; buthere it might be more beautiful than it is, for on every side thefields are flat, and it is a long way to the forest. But whenpersons reside in a place and get used to it, they can always findsomething beautiful in it,- something for which they long, even in themost charming spot in the world which is not home. It must be ownedthat there are in the outskirts of the town some humble gardens on thebanks of a little stream that runs on towards the sea, and in summer...
FAIRY TALES OF HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSENTHE SNOW MANby Hans Christian Andersen"IT is so delightfully cold," said the Snow Man, "that it makes mywhole body crackle. This is just the kind of wind to blow life intoone. How that great red thing up there is staring at me!" He meant thesun, who was just setting. "It shall not make me wink. I shallmanage to keep the pieces."He had two triangular pieces of tile in his head, instead of eyes;his mouth was made of an old broken rake, and was, of course,furnished with teeth. He had been brought into existence amidst thejoyous shouts of boys, the jingling of sleigh-bells, and theslashing of whips. The sun went down, and the full moon rose, large,...
爱情小魔女作者：承馨 第01章第02章第03章第04章第05章第06章第07章第08章第09章尾声 第一章西元一九九二年夏天，宫汝如，兼具天使容颜和魔鬼身材的高二生，绿色的上衣，黑色的百褶裙，很拙的制服，但却是智慧的表征，从日据时代至今的古老名校，青郁的校园不时传出朗朗的读书声，会成为名校是因为闪避了日本人侵华时的暴虐吧！很不容易，当然值得表扬。根据教育学家与心理专家指出：国中、高中时期是最值得父母注意，也是最堪虑的叛逆期，为了不砸他们的招牌，宫汝如非常叛逆，或许应该称为“性格扭曲”吧！宫汝如趴在中国式屏风后的地板上，粉雕玉琢的小脸嵌着一对晶莹的黑硫璃，粉白的小贝耳像侦测器的监听。“阿仁，这是你第一次挑大梁，确定没问题吗？龙老大安逸久了，年纪也大了，再过不久他那些虎视眈眈的属下回群起自立为王，想翻身的新辈就得有所作...
题记 1 木城的记忆 夜空下的木城一直在燃烧。 那是一场旷日持久的冲天大火。几十年了，大火不仅没有一点熄灭的迹象，反而越烧越旺。 这是一天中木城人感觉最不好的时刻。 但这样的时刻很快就过去了。日复一日，年复一年，木城每天都演绎着同样的场景。 木城人为此骄傲，把每个这样的夜晚都叫做灯火辉煌。 木城人害怕黑暗，害怕夜晚，但他们并不在乎星星和月亮。 当然，木城人也不在乎春秋四季，他们甚至讨厌春秋四季。因为四季变换对城里人来说，除了意味着要不断更换衣服，不断带来各种麻烦，实在没有任何意义。 木城人没有方向感，东西南北像星星月亮春秋四季一样，他们一辈辈生活在人造的大都市里，对自然界的依赖已大为减少，对东西南北的辨识能力就会蜕化，这很正常。木城人像不在乎星星月亮春秋四季一样，也不在乎土地。 事实上，木城人已经失去对土地的记忆。...
有些人就是改不了小偷小摸的毛病，在我们香椿树街上这种情况尤其严重，你稍不留神家里的腌鱼、香烟甚至扫帚就会失踪，所以那天当我发现我的扑克牌少了一张红桃Q时，我立即想到有人偷去了我的红桃Q。 你不知道我有多么爱护我的扑克牌，那是我在一九六九年唯一的玩具，我常常用它和我哥哥玩一种名叫大洛克的游戏。玩扑克牌是不能缺少任何一张牌的，也正因为如此，我在每一张牌后面都写了我的名字，我以为这样一来谁也不会来偷我的扑克了，可是我错了。我去向我哥哥打听红桃Q的下落，他说，丢一张牌算什么？我们学校李胖的儿子都丢了，一个人丢了都没人找，谁替你找一张破牌？我从他的表情里察觉出某种蹊跷之处，几天前他向我借一毛钱，我没理睬他，我怀疑他故意偷走了红桃Q作为对我的报复，我这么想着就把手伸到他的枕头里、床褥下还有抽屉中搜查起来，你知道我哥哥不是什么好惹的人，他突然大叫起来，你他妈的把我当牛鬼蛇神...