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共 35 题- Produced by Eric Eldred
- THE PATH TO ROME
- By Hilaire Belloc
- PRAISE OF THIS BOOK
- So I took another method, and said, as I sat down--
- Which means--
- Then I added, 'Can you make omelettes?'
- Now it is a curious thing, and one I will not dwell on--
- LECTOR. Pray dwell less on your religion, and--
- LECTOR. For Heaven's sake--
- The woman as sulkily said to me, not looking me in the eyes--
- LECTOR. Why do you use phrases like _'possible exception'?_
- And my first verse was--
- I awoke and took the road.
- LECTOR. Then--
- You understand that under (or in) these circumstances--
- I had best employ my time in telling the story of the Hungry Student.
- It felt for all the world as deep and utterly below me as this other--
- RUY BLAS _(simply) Huit francs et dix centimes!_
- I thought it could, and I reasoned this way.
- The old sailor, frowning at him, continued--
- He said, 'What do you want?'
- I answered, 'Soup, meat, vegetables, bread, and a little wine.'
- I had marched 378 miles and some three furlongs, or thereabouts.
- LECTOR. Oh no! Auctor, no! That is the oldest story in the--
- AUCTOR. I last saw him supping at the Savoy. _Andiamo._
- Then, to make conversation, I said, _'Diaconus es?'_
- And he answered me, mildly and gravely, _'Presbyter sum.'_
- LECTOR....
- Indeed, there is a song on it which you should know, and which runs--
- LOUD AND FINAL SONG
- DITHYRAMBIC EPITHALAMIUM OR THRENODY
- THE END AGAIN
- LECTOR. But this is dogg--
- FINIS