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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Poems on Slavery

This is a short volume of abolitionist poetry by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, first published in 1842. As Wikipedia notes, Longfellow himself was not entirely satisfied with his work: «However, as Longfellow himself...

aniroo and 5 more 15 minutes

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Maurice Baring - Poems, 1914-1919

This is a collection of Maurice Baring's poetry. This collection contains a number of Baring's earlier poetry, written before the war mostly about his travels in Russia. The other part of the collection is made up of...

Emma Charlotte and 5 more 48 minutes

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Heinrich Heine - Song

Christian Johann Heinrich Heine was a German poet, journalist, essayist, and literary critic. He is best known outside Germany for his early lyric poetry, which was set to music in the form of Lieder (art songs) by...

Bruce Kachuk and 5 more 16 minutes

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William Mackay MacKeracher - Canada, My Land

W. M. MacKeracher was a Canadian poet. This poem celebrating Canada's 150th year of Confederation is taken from Canada, My Land; and Other Compositions in Verse by William M. MacKeracher. — Summary by David Lawrence

Bruce Kachuk and 9 more 15 minutes

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Bill & Doreen Get Hitched (Selections from

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C. J. Dennis - Bill & Doreen Get Hitched (Selections from "The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke")

«Bill & Doreen Get Hitched» is the sequel to «Bill & Doreen's Courtship». «The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke» is a verse novel by Australian novelist and poet C. J. Dennis. The work was first published in book form in...

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Humor

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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

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John Drinkwater - Tides

This is a volume of poetry by John Drinkwater. The English poet and playwright was a close associate of, among others, Rupert Brooke, before World War I, and continued a successful career as author and playwright...

Emma Charlotte and 4 more 35 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Bertha Evangeline Bush - Story of Robin Hood

«He was brave and kind and merry always, and all the English people—except England's oppressors—loved him with all their hearts and delighted in his adventures. The story of what he did was put into songs and sung at...

Devorah Allen and 4 more 58 minutes

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Margaret Steele Anderson - To The Men Who Went Down On The Titanic

Margaret Steele Anderson's tribute to the men left on board the doomed ship, some of whom followed the «Women and children first» tradition of the sea. — Summary by David Lawrence

Algy Pug and 9 more 16 minutes

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National Geographic Magazine Vol. 08 - 01. January 1897

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National Geographic Society - National Geographic Magazine Vol. 08 - 01. January 1897

The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the January Number. It includes the following articles: The Gold Coast, Ashanti, and Kumassi, by George K. French All Around the Bay of Passamaquoddy,...

Rapunzelina and 4 more 1 hour 29 minutes National Geographic Magazines

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Romance

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Edith Wharton - Long Run

A wealthy bachelor businessman looks back on the romance that he fumbled with a beautiful married woman he and his college buddy both had crushes on when younger. ( Matt Pierard)

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T. W. H. Crosland - To A Hotel Keeper

We have all had mysterious charges added on to our hotel bills. — Summary by David Lawrence

Algy Pug and 6 more 31 minutes

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