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Some Articles About Mark Twain

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Sarah Knowles Bolton - Some Articles About Mark Twain

«Samuel Langhorne Clemens», «Mark Twain At Home», «Youth of Mark Twain» & «Mark Twain Gossip» Published in the June 16, 1888 edition of «Literature — An Illustrated Weekly Magazine» (Vol. 1, No. 17) these four,...

John Greenman 41 minutes

English as She is Spoke

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Pedro Carolino - English as She is Spoke

English as She is Spoke is a 19th century Portuguese-to-English phrasebook that has become a classic of absurdist humor, owing chiefly to the apparent fact that its writer had absolutely no knowledge of English. It...

J A Carter and 1 more 1 hour 3 minutes

Never: A Handbook For The Uninitiated And Inexperienced Aspirants To Refined Society's Giddy Heights And Glittering Attainments

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Nathan Dane Urner - Never: A Handbook For The Uninitiated And Inexperienced Aspirants To Refined Society's Giddy Heights And Glittering Attainments

An 1883 tongue-in-cheek spoof of manners and mannerisms of “society”. ‘the “Open Sesame” to that jealously-guarded realm,—good society,—in which you aspire to circulate freely and shine with becoming luster…. And I,...

David Wales 1 hour 8 minutes

Oh, Well, You Know How Women Are and Isn't That Just Like a Man!

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Irvin S. Cobb - Oh, Well, You Know How Women Are and Isn't That Just Like a Man!

This warm, affectionate duet of essays by two of the early twentieth century's most popular writers is a bit dated but still entertaining. Summary by David Wales.

David Wales and 1 more 1 hour 18 minutes

English as She is Wrote

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H. P. Nichols - English as She is Wrote

"...Showing Curious ways in which the English Language may be made to convey Ideas or obscure them." A collection of unintentionally humorous uses of the English language. Sections of the work: How she is...

TriciaG 1 hour 23 minutes

Miscellaneous Essays of G. K. Chesterton

Essays & Short Works

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G. K. Chesterton - Miscellaneous Essays of G. K. Chesterton

These eleven files are miscellaneous short essays or stories from G.K. Chesterton. They were chosen for not only their brevity but also for being shining exemplars of Chesterton's wit and whimsy. A fun but powerful...

Vincent Torre and 8 more 1 hour 10 minutes

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Stolen Bacillus and other stories

Stolen Bacillus and other stories H. G. Wells

Eight Keys to Eden

Eight Keys to Eden Mark Clifton

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2)

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2) William Blake

Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916

Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Around the World with the Children

Around the World with the Children Frank G. Carpenter

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