Larry Wilson

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Poetry

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Mary Mollineux - On the Sight of a Skull

Mary Mollineux (born Mary Southworth) was probably the daughter of Catholic parents who converted to Quakerism, differed from many of her Quaker contemporaries because of an early education in Latin, Greek, science,...

Annalyn and 9 more 14 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

462

Jenny Grahame - Wedlock

This poem is taken from A Book of Women’s Verse published in 1921. ( Summary by David Lawrence )

Claudia Salto and 10 more 17 minutes

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Science Fiction

529

George Griffith - Honeymoon in Space

Miss Lilla Zaidie Rennick is on a trans-Atlantic trip to England, she is supposed to marry Marquis of Byfleet, son of the Duke of Duncaster in a month's time. But her plans are about to change when Lord Redgrave comes...

Andrew Huguelet and 8 more 6 hours 30 minutes

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Nature & Animal Fiction

492

Marietta Holley - Spring Song of the Swallow

Librivox volunteers bring you 10 recordings of «Spring Song of the Swallow», by Marietta Holley (better known as Josiah Allen's Wife). This was the weekly poem for March 22-29, in honour of spring 2015! — Summary by...

Caitlin Buckley and 9 more 20 minutes

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Poetry

547

Mary Electa Adams - From Distant Shores

This is a small volume of poems by Canadian women's rights activist and educator Mary Adams. — Summary by Carolin

Larry Wilson and 4 more 16 minutes

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Poetry

560

Anna Katharine Green - Defence of the Bride and Other Poems

Anna Katharine Green is now best-known for her popular mystery and detective stories, but she also wrote some excellent poetry. — Summary by Carolin

Domenica Campbell and 7 more 3 hours 4 minutes

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477

Ella Wheeler Wilcox - Poems of Optimism

This is a volume of Poems by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. The topic of this volume is «optimism». — Summary by Carolin

Greg Giordano and 16 more 2 hours 1 minute

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Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)

525

Charles C. Burleigh - Thoughts on the Death Penalty

This 1845 publication, written by a prominent reformer of the day, argues against capital punishment from several perspectives, including historical, philosophical and biblical arguments. It is broken into 3 chapters:...

Larry Wilson and 5 more 6 hours 22 minutes

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Sermons on Several Occasions, Third-Fifth Series

Literary Collections

474

John Wesley - Sermons on Several Occasions, Third-Fifth Series

John Wesley, along with his brother Charles, are credited with founding the Methodist denomination. «The following Sermons contain the substance of what I have been preaching for between eight and nine years last...

MaryAnn and 13 more 13 hours 13 minutes

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Children's Non-fiction

449

Rosalie Kaufman - Our Young Folks' Plutarch

Plutarch's Lives is a series of fifty biographies of famous Greek and Roman men written around 100 AD. In Our Young Folks' Plutarch , Rosalie Kaufman has adapted these biographies for young readers. In the preface...

April Walters and 14 more 18 hours 40 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

478

Arthur Macy - Mrs. Mulligatawny

Arthur Macy was a Nantucket boy of Quaker extraction. His name alone is evidence of this, for it is safe to say that a Macy, wherever found in the United States, is descended from that sturdy old Quaker who was one of...

Caitlin Buckley and 6 more 18 minutes

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Poetry

453

Short Poetry Collection 143

This is a collection of 29 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for April 2015.

Winston Tharp and 14 more 1 hour 3 minutes Short Poetry Collections

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Stolen Bacillus and other stories H. G. Wells

Eight Keys to Eden Mark Clifton

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2) William Blake

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

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Around the World with the Children Frank G. Carpenter

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