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Chapter 32

In A Woman Of Yesterday

Read by Cadia B


Caroline Atwater Mason


Anna is the daughter of a clergyman in a small town in Vermont. She is very happy with her lot. But when she goes to nurse a woman in the bi…

Vashti's Scroll

In Earlier Poems

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Julia Caroline Dorr


This is a collection of the earlier poems of Julia Caroline Dorr. - Summary by Carolin

The Chariots Go Forth to War by Tu Fu

In Gems of Chinese Verse

Read by Lucretia B.


Juyi Bai 白居易, Shen Cen 岑參, Zi'ang Chen 陈子昂, Fu Du 杜甫, Bai Li 李白, Haoran Meng 孟浩然, Wei Qui 邱為, Quanqi Shen 沈佺期, Shu Sikong 司空曙, Changling Wang 王昌齡, Wei Wang 王維, Tingyun Wen 溫庭筠, Jiuling Zhang 張九齡, Ji Zhang 張籍 and Various, Translated Byw. J. B. Fletcher


Translations of various Chinese poets' work. - Summary by KevinS

Chapter II

In The Deluge Volume 1

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Henryk Sienkiewicz


The Deluge (Polish: Potop) is a historical novel by the Polish author Henryk Sienkiewicz, published in 1886. It is the second volume of a th…

03 - Simeon Stylites the Syrian

In The Mintage

Read by Lucretia B.


Elbert Hubbard


Elbert Hubbard is best known as the author of the "Little Journeys To The Homes of Famous People". These 11 short stores show the …

21 - Part 4, Chapter 2 - Of Duties toward the Unfortunate

In The Gentleman and Lady's Book of Politeness and Propriety of Deportment

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Elisabeth Celnart and Élisabeth Celnart


A mid-nineteenth century book of etiquette. (Summary by Libby Gohn)

09 Chapter VII

In Herndon's Lincoln

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William H. Herndon and Jesse William Weik and William H. Herndon


A biography of Abraham Lincoln by his long-time law partner, William Herndon and Herndon's collaborator, Jesse Weik. The book is notable for…

31 - Letters in Conclusion - Letter 1

In Basil

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Wilkie Collins


Basil, son of a father who values the family pedigree and who would not let him marry below his station, falls in love at first sight with a…

Address to Certain Goldfishes - Read by LB

In Address to Certain Goldfishes

Read by Lucretia B.


Hartley Coleridge


LibriVox volunteers bring you 19 recordings of Address to Certain Goldfishes by Hartley Coleridge. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project f…

An April Girl

In A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia

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Amanda Minnie Douglas


The early youth of an old town has a certain simplicity like the youth of human life. Its struggles, its romance, its unfolding come down th…

04 - Chapter 1D

In John Quincy Adams

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John T. Morse


This biography contains three main sections. the first covers Adams's early years and his time as a diplomat--both in America and overseas. …

Snow-Flakes - Read by MB

In Snow-Flakes

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow


LibriVox volunteers bring you 21 recordings of Snow-Flakes by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. This was the Weekly Poetry project for December 20…

"Presuppositions" in Old Testament Criticism (Parts 1-3)

In The Bible Under Trial

Read by Lucretia B.


James Orr


The papers composing this volume were prepared in response to urgent request as a popular apologetic series in defence of the Bible from the…

Lucretia

In Women of History

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Anonymous


An intriguing look at well known women in history from BC 500 to the mid 1800's. Each chapter is a brief overview of one woman's life. An in…

Lesson V. Class of Fishes

In The Elements of Herpetology and Ichthyology

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William Ruschenberger


This succinct little textbook from 1844 presents an introduction to herpetology and ichthyology. The information, albeit not current, is sti…

Chapter 13: Aristotle | Part 4: Physics, or the philosophy of nature, part 2

In A Critical History of Greek Philosophy

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Walter Terence Stace


This book contains the substance, and for the most part the words, of a course of public lectures delivered during the first three months of…

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