类别：英文短篇小说 作者： 未知
简介： I prayed for peace; God, answering my prayer, Sent down a grievous plague on humankind, A black and tumorous plague that softly slew Till nations and their armies were no more And there was perfect peace ... But I awoke, wroth with high God and praye...
类别：英文短篇小说 作者： 未知
简介： Marjorie was a feast for beauty-loving eyes as she sat on the wide stone edge of the silver-spraying fountain with its musical murmur of water splashing into a white marble basin. The mannish cut of her gray knickered riding clothes merely made her l...
类别：英文短篇小说 作者： 未知
简介： Collectomania may with some reason be looked upon as a comedy in which the leading parts are taken by the Collector, the Dealer, and the Faker, supported by minor but not less interesting characters, such as imitators, restorers, middlemen, et hoc ge...
类别：英文短篇小说 作者： 未知
简介： It is no longer possible to ignore the teachings of Friedrich Nietzsche, or to consider the trend of modern thought without giving the philosopher of the superman a prominent place in the list of thinkers who contributed to the store of present-day k...
类别：英文短篇小说 作者： 未知
简介： Safe, safe at last, after twenty-four days of nothing but sea and sky, of white-crested waveswhich made no secret of their intention of coming on board whenever they could or of tossing the good ship Edinburgh Castle hither and thither like a childs...
类别：英文短篇小说 作者： 未知
简介： The great conflict between England and France for supremacy upon the North American continent was drawing near its final stage. It had been waged for more than a century with varying fortunes, and over a vast extent of territory. The sea-girt provinc...
类别：英文短篇小说 作者： 未知
简介： Before proceeding to the consideration of life as lived in the French Army, it would be well to have a clear understanding of the constitution of the Army of France, the parts of which it is composed, and the conditions under which it is organised an...
类别：英文短篇小说 作者： 未知
简介： In these bustling days of headline-up-to-date newspapers, one shrinks from reminding ones readers that Xenophon gave excellent advice to cavalry trainers and leadersadvice which a cavalryman will recognize is quite as applicable to-day as it was in t...
类别：英文短篇小说 作者： 未知
简介： As for the youth who had tried to steal the white horse that the King owned, he was bound hand and foot and taken into the castle of the King. There he was thrown down beside the trestles of the great table, and the hot wax from the candles that ligh...
类别：英文短篇小说 作者： 未知
简介： LOOKING back to those days of old, ere the gate shut to behind me, I can see now that to children with a proper equipment of parents these things would have worn a different aspect. But to those whose nearest were aunts and uncles, a special attitude...
