Dr. Bonnet, my old friend—one sometimes has friends older than one’s self—had often invited me to spend some time with him at Riom, and, as I did not know Auvergne, I made up my mi...
Jo was alone in the twilight, lying on the old sofa, looking at the fire, and thinking. — 乔独自一人处在黄昏时分,躺在旧沙发上,望着火焰思考着。 — It was her favorite way of spending the hour of dusk. — 这...
What the white whale was to Ahab, has been hinted; — 阿哈布视白鲸为何物,曾有暗示; — what, at times, he was to me, as yet remains unsaid. 至今仍未言及,在某些时刻,他对我来说是何等存在; Aside from those more o...
TOWARDS THE END of the year 1811, there began to be greater activity in levying troops and in concentrating the forces of Western Europe, and in 1812 these forces—millions of men, ...
Book 9 Chapter 1(历史事件的因果关系与必然性解析):1811年底至1812年,欧洲西部与俄罗斯大规模集结军队,最终爆发战争。这场冲突导致数百万人相互残杀,犯下无数罪行,却无人视其为犯罪。历史学家将战争归因于奥尔登堡公爵受辱、大陆体系崩溃、拿破仑野心等表面原因,但这些解释在宏大的历史背景下显得苍白无力。作者指出,战争的真正原因是无数微小因素共同...
THE SEIGE OF LA ROCHELLE 拉罗谢尔的围攻 The Siege of La Rochelle was one of the great political events of the reign of Louis XIII, and one of the great military enterprises of the car...
From the foregoing events of the winter-time let us press on to an October day, more than eight months subsequent to the parting of Clare and Tess. We discover the latter in change...
CONTAINING FRESH DISCOVERIES, AND SHOWING THAT SUPRISES, LIKE MISFORTUNES, SELDOM COME ALONE 包含新发现,并表明惊喜,像不幸一样,很少单独出现 Her situation was, indeed, one of no common trial and diff...
“By swaggering could I never thrive, For the rain it raineth every day. –Twelfth Night “我绝不能依靠吹嘘来成功,因为雨天永远在下。”–《第十二夜》 The transactions referred to by Caleb Garth as having gon...