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William Blake - Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2)
«Innocence» and «Experience» are definitions of consciousness that rethink Milton's existential-mythic states of «Paradise» and «Fall». Blake categorizes our modes of perception that became standard in Romanticism:...
51 minutes
Travel & Geography
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George Macmillan - Ride Across the Peloponnese
In the spring of 1877, a young Oscar Wilde visited Greece with his classics professor, J. P. Mahaffy, and two friends. One of these friends, George Macmillan, wrote a brief account of the party's ride across the...
1 hour 21 minutes
War & Military
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Samuel Greene - Monitor and the Merrimac: Both sides of the story
The American Civil War lasted four years, from 1861 to 1865. It included some iconic battles that have maintained enough interest to merit recounting the events in countless books. One such seminal battle was that of...
1 hour 10 minutes
Poetry
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Unknown - Life and Adventures of Chanticleer, the Intelligent Rooster. An interesting story in verse for children
This is the story of an intelligent, upright and generous rooster named Chanticleer. We follow his life from birth to death in this story written in verse. The story recounts his adventures during his childhood, his...
1 hour 26 minutes