The Wars of the Jewsor History of the Destruction of JerusalemBy Flavius JosephusTranslated by William WhistonPREFACE1. (1) Whereas the war which the Jews made with the Romans hath been the greatest of all those, not only that have been in our times, but, in a manner, of those that ever were heard of; both of those wherein cities have fought against cities, or nations against nations; while some men who were not concerned in the affairs themselves have gotten together vain and contradictory stories by hearsay, and have written them down after a sophistical manner; and while those that were there present have given false accounts of things, a　

Salammboby Gustave FlaubertCHAPTER ITHE FEASTIt was at Megara, a suburb of Carthage, in the gardens of Hamilcar.The soldiers whom he had commanded in Sicily were having a great feastto celebrate the anniversary of the battle of Eryx, and as the masterwas away, and they were numerous, they ate and drank with perfectfreedom.The captains, who wore bronze cothurni, had placed themselves in thecentral path, beneath a gold-fringed purple awning, which reached fromthe wall of the stables to the first terrace of the palace; the commonsoldiers were scattered beneath the trees, where numerous flat-roofed...　

A LaodiceanA STORY OF TO-DAYby Thomas HardyCONTENTS.PREFACE CHAPTERSBOOK THE FIRST. GEORGE SOMERSET. I - XV.BOOK THE SECOND. DARE AND HAVILL. I - VII.BOOK THE THIRD. DE STANCY. I - XI.BOOK THE FOURTH. SOMERSET, DARE, AND DE STANCY. I - V.BOOK THE FIFTH. DE STANCY AND PAULA. I - XIV.BOOK THE SIXTH. PAULA. I - V.PREFACEThe changing of the old order in country manors and mansionsmay be slow or sudden, may have many issues romantic orotherwise, its romantic issues being not necessarily...　

The American RepublicCONSTITUTION, TENDENCIES, AND DESTINYby O. A. BrownsonTO THEHON. GEORGE BANCROFT,THE ERUDITE, PHILOSOPHICAL, AND ELOQUENTHistorian of the United States,THIS FEEBLE ATTEMPT TO SET FORTH THE PRINCIPLES OF GOVERN-MENT, AND TO EXPLAIN AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OFTHE AMERICAN REPUBLIC, IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED,IN MEMORY OF OLD FRIENDSHIP, AND AS ASLIGHT HOMAGE TO GENIUS, ABILITY,PATRIOTISM, PRIVATE WORTH,AND PUBLIC SERVICE,BY THE AUTHOR.CONTENTS.PAGECHAPTER I.INTRODUCTION 1...　

The Faith of Menby Jack LondonContents:A Relic of the PlioceneA Hyperborean BrewThe Faith of MenToo Much GoldThe One Thousand DozenThe Marriage of Lit-litBatardThe Story of Jees UckA RELIC OF THE PLIOCENEI wash my hands of him at the start. I cannot father his tales,nor will I be responsible for them. I make these preliminaryreservations, observe, as a guard upon my own integrity. I possessa certain definite position in a small way, also a wife; and forthe good name of the community that honours my existence with itsapproval, and for the sake of her posterity and mine, I cannot take...　

Sketches New and Oldby Mark TwainSKETCHES NEW AND OLDCONTENTS:PREFACEMY WATCHPOLITICAL ECONOMYTHE JUMPING FROGJOURNALISM IN TENNESSEETHE STORY OF THE BAD LITTLE BOYTHE STORY OF THE GOOD LITTLE BOYA COUPLE OF POEMS BY TWAIN AND MOORENIAGARAANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTSTO RAISE POULTRYEXPERIENCE OF THE MCWILLIAMSES WITH MEMBRANOUS CROUPMY FIRST LITERARY VENTUREHOW THE AUTHOR WAS SOLD IN NEWARKTHE OFFICE BOREJOHNNY GREERTHE FACTS IN THE CASE OF THE GREAT BEEF CONTRACTTHE CASE OF GEORGE FISHERDISGRACEFUL PERSECUTION OF A BOYTHE JUDGES "SPIRITED WOMAN"INFORMATION WANTEDSOME LEARNED FABLES, FOR GOOD OLD BOYS AND GIRLS...　

1. First SightThis was the time of day when I wished I were able to sleep.High school.Or was purgatory the right word? If there was any way to atone for my sins, thisought to count toward the tally in some measure. The tedium was not something I grewused to; every day seemed more impossibly monotonous than the last.I suppose this was my form of sleep—if sleep was defined as the inert statebetween active periods.I stared at the cracks running through the plaster in the far corner of the cafeteria,imagining patterns into them that were not there. It was one way to tune out the voicesthat babbled like the gush of a river inside my head....　

The Soul of the Far Eastby Percival LowellContentsChapter 1. IndividualityChapter 2. FamilyChapter 3. AdoptionChapter 4. LanguageChapter 5. Nature and ArtChapter 6. ArtChapter 7. ReligionChapter 8. ImaginationChapter 1. Individuality.The boyish belief that on the other side of our globe all things are of necessity upside down is startlingly brought back to the man when he first sets foot at Yokohama. If his initial glance does not, to be sure, disclose the natives in the every-day feat of standing calmly on their heads, an attitude which his youthful imagination conceived to be a necessary consequence of their geographical position, it doe　

THE MERCHANT OF VENICETHE MERCHANT OFVENICEWilliam Shakespeare15971- Page 2-THE MERCHANT OF VENICEDRAMATIS PERSONAETHE DUKE OF VENICE THE PRINCE OF MOROCCO, suitor toPortia THE PRINCE OF ARRAGON, " " " ANTONIO, a merchant ofVenice BASSANIO, his friend, suitor to Portia SOLANIO, friend toAntonio and Bassanio SALERIO, " " " " " GRATIANO, " " " " "...　

BENITO CERENOby Herman MelvilleIN THE year 1799, Captain Amasa Delano, of Duxbury, in Massachusetts, commanding a large sealer and general trader, lay at anchor, with a valuable cargo, in the harbour of St. Maria- a small, desert, uninhabited island towards the southern extremity of the long coast of Chili. There he had touched for water. On the second day, not long after dawn, while lying in his berth, his mate came below, informing him that a strange sail was coming into the bay. Ships were then not so plenty in those waters as now. He rose, dressed, and went on deck. The morning was one peculiar to that coast. Everything was mute 　

THE DECAMERONby Boccaccio GiovanniTHE INDUCTION OF THE AUTHOR TO THE FOLLOWING DISCOURSESGracious Ladies, so often as I consider with my selfe, and observerespectively, how naturally you are enclined to compassion; as manytimes doe I acknowledge, that this present worke of mine, will (inyour judgement) appeare to have but a harsh and offensive beginning,in regard of the mournfull remembrance it beareth at the verieentrance of the last Pestilentiall mortality, universally hurtfullto all that beheld it, or otherwise came to knowledge of it. But for...　

Lecture VIThe Chief and the LandThe Brehon law-tracts strongly suggest that, among the thingswhich we in modern times have most forgotten, is the importanceof horned cattle, not merely in the infancy of society, but at aperiod when it had made some considerable advance towardsmaturity It is scarcely possible to turn over a page withoutfinding some allusion to beeves, to bulls, cows, heifers, andcalves. Horses appear, sheep, swine, and dogs; and bees, theproducers of the greatest of primitive luxuries, have a place...　

()：/b3938/--第一章 少年叶逸他叫叶逸，叶子的叶，飘逸的逸。他出生在那里他也不知道，他的父母叫什么在哪里是什么大人物他都不知道，他只知道他现在在蜀山山下的屋子里成长，是蜀山的老头把他养大，教他读书，教他做人，教他武功。这一天，叶逸在山上练完功后回到山下的屋子。“拿着，这是你新的任务。”叶逸一进门，还没等他喝口水，蜀山老头就对着叶逸边说边把他手上的纸条丢了过来。叶逸一听见有任务了，心里挺高兴的，在山上，每天在练功就是帮蜀山老头干家务。叶逸接过纸条，打开一看，对着蜀山老头说道：“纳尼，叫我去保护一个女的，不去，这个任务我不接，叫我去保护一个女的，反正我是不去，要去你去，这不是大材小用嘛。”接过纸条后，叶逸心里觉得是很重要的任务，结果是让自己去保护一个女学生，妈拉个x，失望呀。...　

()：/b5060/--第一章 让你当院长新书求收藏、推荐！！七月的江城骄阳似火，阳光如炙热的火星般飘下，“烫”得路上行人稀少，“烫”得翠绿的柳叶蔫头耷拉脑的。可江城市第一医院普外科的门诊手术室里却凉爽如秋夜，一个带着口罩、帽子看不清楚相貌的医生正在给一名患者做手术。患者是个二十多岁的小伙子，此时正**着上身双手抱头仰躺在诊疗床上，他微微侧头看向正忙活的医生稍有些急躁道：“大夫好了没啊？”“快了，马上就好。”从医生说话的声音来看他肯定很年轻，事实也确实如此，他大学都还没毕业，现在正在这家医院实习。医生叫艾乐，他后边那个字是音乐的乐，可这么多年过来叫对的人很少，几乎所有人都把后边的字念成了乐呵的乐。...　

()：/b5329/--第一章 庄周梦蝶，蝶梦庄周？“晨子，快起啦！”“再不起可要迟到了。”感受床边护栏被人拍的直震动，叶晨迷迷糊糊起身，揉了揉依然胀痛的脑袋，微眯着将眼睛睁开了一条缝，一张肥胖油腻的脸映入眼前，让他还未清醒的脑袋清醒了几分。“我说你小子也够逊了，才两杯二锅头就把你干翻了，害的哥几个昨儿个晚上把你拖死猪似得拖回来的，真够累坏了。“这张胖脸的主人似笑非笑地盯着还未缓过劲儿来的叶晨，开始一顿损。胖脸的主人叫王石，绰号石头，山东汉子，身高介于金瓶梅中的武大郎和封神演义中的土行孙之间，除了身高缺陷之外，倒算是一个标准的山东汉子。昨天是寝室一个哥们的生日，几人晚上约出去在学校外的飘香楼胡喝海喝了一顿。结果，叶晨的酒量不济，直接被干翻了。...　

()：/b2401/--第一章 墨玉在广省众多的高等学府中，淮海市的淮海大学只能算得上是一所三流大学。不过淮海市是个风景优美的旅游城市，淮海大学又是市里唯一的大学，毕业后在当地找工作很方便，所以每年报考这里的人都不在少数。淮海大学建在一座名叫凤凰山的小山脚下，整个校区呈弧形分布，有东南西北四个大门，在北门一侧的地方，矗立着一片高大的围墙，围墙后面就是废弃不用的旧校舍。凹字型的四层大楼是几十年前的老楼，高大的树木环绕四周，不仅显得苍老破旧，而且还流传着许多传说。据说这里以前是乱坟岗，自从被建成校舍后便衍生出了许多灵异故事，这些故事又被师哥师姐们一代代的传下来，使这栋大楼平添了几分恐怖色彩。待到几年前旧校舍被废弃后，这里不但晚上连小情侣都见不到一对，大白天也是空荡荡的没有人影，在这寒冷的冬季，显得犹为的苍凉冷清。...