英语美文:The Man in Black

英语美文:The Man in Black

英语美文:The Man in Black

很多人都爱表现出自己善良温柔体贴的一面，唯独黑衣人的表现让我觉得很有趣，以下是精心整理的.英语美文:The Man in Black，不妨读者一起来看一看这位古怪而可爱的人吧!

英语美文:The Man in Black 篇1

Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774)  was born in the village of Pallas, Ireland, the son of a poor Irish curate who noble character is portrayed in Dr. Primro, of his Novel Vicar of Wakefield (1766), and in the country parson of his poems The Derted Village(1770). The Traveller (1764), a long poem made Goldsmith’s reputation among his contemporaries. The Good-Natured Man and She Stoops to Conquer(1773) are his two comedies. The Citizen of the World(1762) is his ries letters purported to be written by a Chine visitor to England, giving his comment on English civilization. The following passage, which depicts the kindness, the generosity and sympathy of the man in black, is Letter XXVI from The Citizen of the World, wherein Goldsmith prented one of his best remembered character creations, colored by his early recollections of his father, the central figure in The Vicar of Wakefield. Equally memorable is the character of “Beau Tibbs”, delineated in letters LIV and LV. The subject of “The man in Black” was continued in Letter XXVII”, as there appeared something reluctantly good in the character of my companion”.

Though fond of many acquaintances, I desire an intimacy only with a few. The man in black whom I have often mentioned is one who friendship I could wish to acquire, becau he posss my esteem. His manners, it is true, are tinctured with some strange inconsistencies; and he may be justly termed an humourist in a nation of humourists. Though he is generous even to profusion, he affects to be thought a prodigy of parsimony and prudence; though his conversation be replete with the most sordid and lfish maxims, his heart is dilated with the most unbounded love. I have known him profess himlf a man-hater, while his cheek was glowing with compassion; and while his looks were softened into pity, I have heard him u the language of the most unbounded ill-nature. Some affect humanity and tenderness, others boast of having such dispositions from nature; but he is the only man I ever knew who emed ashamed of his natural benevolence. He takes as much pains to hide his feelings, as any hypocrite would to conceal his indifference; but on every unguarded moment the mask drops off, and reveals him to the most superficial obrver.

In one of our late excursions into the country, happening to discour upon the provision that was made for the poor in England, he emed amazed how any of his countrymen could be so foolishly weak as to relieve occasional objects of charity, when the laws had made such ample provision for their support. “In every parish hou,” says he, “ the poor are supplied with food, clothes, fire, and a bed to lie on; they want no more, I desire no more mylf; yet still they em discontented. I am surprid at the inactivity of our magistrates in not taking up such vagrants, who are only a weight upon the industrious; I am surprid that the people are found to relieve them, when they must be at the same time nsible that it, in some measure, encourages idleness, extravagance, and imposture. Were I to advi any man for whom I had the least regard, I would caution him by all means not to be impod upon by their fal pretens: let me assure you, sir, they are imposters, every one of them, and rather merit a prison than relief.”

He was proceeding in this strain earnestly, to dissuade me from an imprudence of which I am ldom guilty, when an old man, who still had about him the remnants of tattered finery, implored our compassion. He assured us, that he was no common beggar, but forced into the shameful profession, to support a dying wife and five hungry children. Being prepossd against such falhoods, his story had not the least influence upon me; but it was quite otherwi with the man in black; I could e it visibly operate upon his countenance, and effectually interrupt his harangue. I could easily perceive, that his heart burned to relieve the five starving children, but he emed ashamed to discover his weakness to me. While he thus hesitated between compassion and pride, I pretended to look another way, and he ized this opportunity of giving the poor petitioner a piece of silver, bidding him at the same time in order that I should not hear, go work for his bread, and not tea pasngers with such impertinent falhoods for the future.

As he had fancied himlf quite unperceived, he continued, as we proceeded, to rail against beggars with as much animosity as before; he threw in some episodes on his own amazing prudence and economy, with his profound skill in discovering imposters; he explained the manner in which he would deal with beggars were he a magistrate, hinted at enlarging some of the prisons for their reception, and told two stories of ladies that were robbed by beggarmen. He was beginning a third to the same purpo, when a sailor with a wooden leg once more crosd our walks, desiring our pity, and blessing our limbs. I was for going on without taking any notice, but my friend looking wistfully upon the poor petitioner, bid me stop, and he would show me with how much ea he could at any time detect an imposter.

英语美文:The Man in Black 篇2

Though Fond of many acquaintances，I desire an intimacy only with a few. The Man in black, whom I have often mentioned, is one who friendship I could wish to acquire, becau he posss my esteem. His manners, it is true, are tinctured with some strange; and inconsistencies; and he may be justly termed a humorist in a nation of humorists.

Though he is generous even to profusion，he affects to be thought a prodigy of parsimony and prudence; though his conversation be replete with the most sordid and lfish maxims, his heart is d with the most unbounded love. I have known him profess himlf a man-hater, while his cheek was glowing with compassion; and, while his looks were softened into pity, I have heard him u the languages; of the most unbounded ill-nature.

Some affect humanity and tenderness, others boast of having such dispositions from Nature; but he is the only man I ever know who emed ashamed of his natural benevolence. He takes as much pains to hide his feelings, as any hypocrite would to conceal his indifference; but on every unguarded moment the mask drops off, and reveals him to the most superficial obrver.