I mentioned to Rivington that I was in search of characteristic New York scenes and incidents – some- thing typical, I told him, without necessarily having to spell the first sylla...
Among the emperor’s consorts was a daughter of a Minister of the Left who was known as the wisteria lady. — 皇帝的嫔妃中有一位左相卿家的女儿,被称为紫藤夫人。 — She was the earliest of the royal consor...
This is the frontier — two posts facing one another in silent hostility, each standing for a world of its own. —- 这里是边界,两根立在那里的柱子彼此对峙,沉默中展示着各自的世界。 —- One of them is planed and po...
In the autumn, as the Uji princesses prepared for the anniversary of their father’s death, the winds and waters which they had known over the years seemed colder and lonelier than ...
A YOUNG PIG was shut up in a fold-yard with a Goat and a Sheep. On one occasion when the shepherd laid hold of him, he grunted and squeaked and resisted violently. — 一个年轻的小猪被关在一...
I 我 Where to go for wisdom has become a question of serious import. — 去哪里寻求智慧已成为一个严肃的问题。古代智者们已经丧失信誉; — The ancients are discredited; — 柏拉图已成为陈词滥调; — Plato is boiler-plate;...