BeforeIcametolivehere,shecommenced—waitingnofartherinvitationtoherstory—IwasalmostalwaysatWutheringHeights;becausemymotherhadnursedMr.HindleyEarnshaw,thatwasHareton’sfather,andIgotusedtoplayingwiththechildren:Iranerrandstoo,andhelpedtomakehay,andhungaboutthefarmreadyforanythingthatanybodywouldsetmeto.Onefinesummermorning—itwasthebeginningofharvest,Irememb...[
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OfDeath
ByFrancisBacon
MENfeardeath,aschildrenfeartogointhedark;andasthatnaturalfearinchildrenisincreasedwithtales,soistheother.Certainly,thecontemplationofdeath,asthewagesofsinandpassagetoanotherworld,isholyandreligious;butthefearofit,asatributedueuntonature,isweak.Yetinreligiousmeditationsthereissometimesmixtureofvanityandofsuperstition.Youshallreadinsomeofthe...[
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CHAPTERIV
Whatvainweather-cocksweare!I,whohaddeterminedtoholdmyselfindependentofallsocialintercourse,andthankedmystarsthat,atlength,Ihadlightedonaspotwhereitwasnexttoimpracticable—I,weakwretch,aftermaintainingtillduskastrugglewithlowspiritsandsolitude,wasfinallycompelledtostrikemycolours;andunderpretenceofgaininginformationconcerningthenecessitiesofmyestablishment,Ides...[
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Twobenches,shapedinsectionsofacircle,nearlyenclosedthehearth;ononeoftheseIstretchedmyself,andGrimalkinmountedtheother.Wewerebothofusnoddingereanyoneinvadedourretreat,andthenitwasJoseph,shufflingdownawoodenladderthatvanishedintheroof,throughatrap:theascenttohisgarret,Isuppose.HecastasinisterlookatthelittleflamewhichIhadenticedtoplaybetweentheribs,sweptthecatfromitselevation,andbest...[
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Withthisintention,Iturnedandopenedthepanels.Ishallnotsoonforgettheeffectmyactionproduced.
Heathcliffstoodneartheentrance,inhisshirtandtrousers;withacandledrippingoverhisfingers,andhisfaceaswhiteasthewallbehindhim.Thefirstcreakoftheoakstartledhimlikeanelectricshock:thelightleapedfromhisholdtoadistanceofsomefeet,andhisagitationwassoextreme,thathecouldhardlypickitup.
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Ibegantonoddrowsilyoverthedimpage:myeyewanderedfrommanuscripttoprint.Isawaredornamentedtitle—“SeventyTimesSeven,andtheFirstoftheSeventy-First.APiousDiscoursedeliveredbytheReverendJabezBranderham,intheChapelofGimmerdenSough.”AndwhileIwas,half-consciously,worryingmybraintoguesswhatJabezBranderhamwouldmakeofhissubject,Isankbackinbed,andfellasleep.Alas,fortheeffectso...[
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鼠年將至,提前祝各位和你們的家人在新的一年中身體健康、闔家幸福、年年升高位、歲歲鼠鈔票!(後麵兩句是我的原創哦,版權所有,歡迎轉載,謝謝!)
幾年前在網上看到鄰國有一位民俗專家經過多年的潛心研究(注意是多年的潛心研究,不象我隨隨便便亂說),終於破解了為什麽鄰國十二生肖中有貓無兔,而中國十二生肖中有兔無貓的難題。據這位專家稱,鄰國的[
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CHAPTERIII
Whileleadingthewayupstairs,sherecommendedthatIshouldhidethecandle,andnotmakeanoise;forhermasterhadanoddnotionaboutthechambershewouldputmein,andneverletanybodylodgetherewillingly.Iaskedthereason.Shedidnotknow,sheanswered:shehadonlylivedthereayearortwo;andtheyhadsomanyqueergoingson,shecouldnotbegintobecurious.
Toostupefiedtobecuriousmyself,Ifastenedmydoorandgl...[
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Iimagined,foramoment,thatthispieceofeloquencewasaddressedtome;and,sufficientlyenraged,steppedtowardstheagedrascalwithanintentionofkickinghimoutofthedoor.Mrs.Heathcliff,however,checkedmebyheranswer.
“Youscandalousoldhypocrite!”shereplied.“Areyounotafraidofbeingcarriedawaybodily,wheneveryoumentionthedevil’sname?Iwarnyoutorefrainfromprovokingme,orI&rsquo...[
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Ithought,ifIhadcausedthecloud,itwasmydutytomakeanefforttodispelit.Theycouldnoteverydaysitsogrimandtaciturn;anditwasimpossible,howeverill-temperedtheymightbe,thattheuniversalscowltheyworewastheirevery-daycountenance.
“Itisstrange,”Ibegan,intheintervalofswallowingonecupofteaandreceivinganother—“itisstrangehowcustomcanmouldourtastesandideas:manycouldnoti...[
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