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Chapter 1 Early Life

In Struggles and Triumphs, or Forty Years' of Recollections of P.T. Barnum, writte…

Read by Josip B.


P. T. Barnum


The 1873 edition of the autobiography of the founding genius of the "Greatest Show on Earth," P.T. (Phineas Taylor) Barnum. It d…

Topic 10, First Paper, by Mrs. R. D. Sprague

In Twentieth Century Negro Literature or A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topi…

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Daniel Wallace Culp


The object of this book is... (1) To enlighten the uninformed white people on the intellectual ability of the Negro. (2) To give to those, w…

Part 1 Chapter 18

In Tom Petrie's reminiscences of early Queensland (dating from 1837). Recorded by …

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Constance Campbell Petrie and Thomas Petrie


Tom Petrie (1831-1910), explorer and grazier, arrived in the then convict settlement of Moreton Bay in 1837. His reminiscences of what was t…

Part 1. Chapter 5: The Disagreeable Man

In Ships That Pass in the Night

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Beatrice Harraden


This short novel by Beatrice Harraden, who was known for her work as a suffragist, was a bestseller in its time. In it, teacher and activis…

Part II Chapter 3, Articles I-V

In The Christian Nurse and Her Mission in the Sick Room

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François-Xavier Gautrelet


François-Xavier Gautrelet was a French Jesuit priest whose legacy survives as being the inspiration and originator of the Apostleshi…

Psalm 34: Discourse the Second

In Expositions on the Book of Psalms Vol. 1

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Saint Augustine of Hippo


The Book of Psalms is commonly known as the Psalms or the Psalter, and is divided into five sections, each closing with a doxology. The titl…

The Twelfth Chapter

In Mary Schweidler, the Amber Witch

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Wilhelm Meinhold


Wilhelm Meinhold, a Pomeranian priest working on the Island of Usedom, relates the story of Mary Schweidler, the Amber Witch. The author ass…

JAMES EDWIN CAMPBELL

In The Book of American Negro Poetry

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James Weldon Johnson and Joseph S. Cotter, Jr.


The Book of American Negro Poetry is one of the earliest and most essential anthologies of African-American verse ever brought to print. Edi…

Volume I - Chapter V

In Guy Mannering, or, The Astrologer

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Sir Walter Scott


Guy Mannering is a young astrologer, just down from Oxford. While travelling in Scotland, he loses his way and unexpectedly comes to stay at…

Satire

In Arthur Wing Pinero, Playwright - A Study

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Hamilton Fyfe


A discussion about the life and works of the playwright Arthur Wing Pinero. The perfect accompaniment to the plays by Pinero available here …

VI. The Treatise, Part 1

In English Literature

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Geraldine Hodgson


This book is not meant to be a History of English Literature, but an introduction for those who do not know much about it, or who may be thi…

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