“The horse and trap were to have come this week, but for some reason they were not delivered, and again I had to cycle to the station. That was this morning. You can think that I looked out when I came to Charlington Heath, and there, sure enough, was the man, exactly as he h...
“The Dead” “The Dead”What I have done and left undone hardly mattered. Success is unimportant and failure amounts to nothing. Life is insignificant and death of little consequence.--- William Somerset Maugham"The Dead" is the final short story in the 1914 collection Dubliners by James Jo...
the visions of the reality between dawned for you, but you did not recognize them. So you have had to wander here now. So now, if, without wavering, you can develop recognition, the spiritual teacher's orientation can open your awareness of the clear...
When day broke, the master galloped to the castle on the stolen horse. The count had just got up, and was looking out of the window. "Good morning, Sir Count," he cried to him, "here is the horse, which I have got safely out of the stable! Just look, how beautifully your soldi...
Both she and Julia had always seemed a little proud of their serious and matronly sister. Her photograph stood before the pierglass. She held an open book on her knees and was pointing out something in it to Constantine who, dressed in a man-o'-war suit, lay at her feet. It was ...
Kay and Gerda looked at the picture-book full of beasts and of birds; and itwas then--the clock in the church-tower was just striking five--that Kay said,"Oh! I feel such a sharp pain in my heart; and now something has got into myeye!" The little girl put her arms around his...
The future of the Skywalker legacy is told in this epic comic book series. The heir of the Skywalkers must thwart the plans of the Empire, which has been conquered by the Siths. Publisher: Dark Horse Comics PurchaseView on AMAZON 14 Aliens: Dead Orbit James Stokoe 32 votes Afte...
The Horse was wounded and fell dead on the battlefield. Then the Ass,seeing all these things,changed his mind,and commiserated the Horse. Be content with your station. 驴子、公鸡和狮子 The Ass,the Cock,and the Lion 牲口棚里住着一头驴子和一只公鸡。一天,有一头饥肠辘辘的狮子悄悄...
It chanced that this Hugo came to love (if, indeed, so dark a passion may be known under so bright a name) the daughter of a yeoman who held lands near the Baskerville estate. But the young maiden, being discreet and of good repute, would ever avoid him, for she feared his evil ...
145. by the book: 遵纪守法/循规蹈矩 146. to fall through: 一事无成/一败涂地 147. down and out: 穷困潦倒/朝不保夕 148. smoking gun: 确凿证据/铁证如山 149. one's goose is cooked: 一败涂地 150. wet behind ears: 乳臭未干/黄口孺子 151. leave sb in the dust: 遥遥领先/一...