ninth vibration
The ninth vibration and other stories
作者：Beck, L. Adams (Lily Adams), 1862-1931
体例：题 章数：52
字数：302,707 来源：Project Gutenberg
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共 52 题- Produced by An Anonymous Volunteer
- THE NINTH VIBRATION AND OTHER STORIES
- By L. Adams Beck
- CONTENTS:
- THE NINTH VIBRATION
- THE INTERPRETER A ROMANCE OF THE EAST
- THE INCOMPARABLE LADY A STORY OF CHINA WITH A MORAL
- THE HATRED OF THE QUEEN A STORY OF BURMA
- FIRE OF BEAUTY
- THE BUILDING OF THE TAJ MAHAL
- THE NINTH VIBRATION
- I looked at her with interest.
- I rose up and joined her.
- I turned then to Clifden’s letter.
- THE INTERPRETER A ROMANCE OF THE EAST
- II
- Presently:--
- I thought she did not look enthusiastic at the proposal.
- She resumed;--
- III
- I was brutally frank, you see. She compelled my very thoughts.
- Next day this reached me:--Dear Mr. Clifden,--
- IV
- I threw myself on the grass beside her with a feeling of perfect rest.
- I protested with all my soul.
- I turned from her. The serpent was in Paradise. When is he absent?
- THE INCOMPARABLE LADY
- A STORY OF CHINA WITH A MORAL
- THE HATRED OF THE QUEEN
- A Story of Burma
- FIRE OF BEAUTY
- II
- And he, looking upon her beauty with fear, replied,--
- III
- IV
- And from a smaller scroll, the Brahman read this:--
- And she said,--
- But she answered only this,--
- With her face set like a sword, the Queen said,--
- And like the hollow waves of a great sea they answered him,--
- VI
- Then, raising her lotus eyes to her lord, the Princess said,--
- And he answered,--
- And he who had seen told this:--
- THE BUILDING OF THE TAJ MAHAL
- THE KORAN.
- II
- A JAPANESE STORY
- Having waked, he said within himself
- THE ROUND-FACED BEAUTY
- A STORY OF THE CHINESE COURT
- Describe the Qualities of the Ideal Man