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The British Soldier: His Courage And Humour
Read by David Wales
Edward John Hardy
The Reverend Edward John Hardy, ordained in the Church Of Ireland, was a chaplain in the British army for thirty one years. His 1915 collec…
Commentary on Hebrews Chapter 8
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John Owen
I should rejoice if any of you felt emboldened on . my advice to grapple with a work so ponderous as Owen’s Commentary on that Epistle - a l…
Figures of Several Centuries
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Arthur Symons
Arthur Symons talks through the histories and works of poets, playwrights, scholars and scribes. He provides both personal experience and cr…
The Fortunes of Nigel
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Sir Walter Scott
During the turbulent moment in English history involving King James 1 and 6, Nigel Olifaunt, a Scottish lord, seeks to protect his family ho…
Thrice Welcome
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Harrison S. Morris and Poor Robin
LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of Thrice Welcome from Poor Robin's Almanac. This was the Weekly Poetry project for December 11,…
The Admirable Crichton
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J. M. Barrie
From the author of Peter Pan:Lord Loam, a British peer, considers class divisions to be artificial. He promotes his views during tea-parties…
The Canterbury Tales (Middle English)
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Geoffrey Chaucer
Chaucer's famous and important work is predicated upon the premise that a group of Christian folks from various occupations, familiar in the…
Tim Bobbin: A View of the Lancashire Dialect
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Various
A comic dialogue written in John Collier's idiosyncratic version of the 18th century South Lancashire dialect together with a collection of …
The Good-Natured Man
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Oliver Goldsmith
By the playwright of the more popular She Stoops to Conquer, The Good-Natured Man is the comedic story of misguided philanthropy, mistaken i…
The Man of Feeling
Read by Jim Locke
Henry Mackenzie
A man of refined taste, who caught the tone of the French sentiment of his time, has, of course, pleased French critics, and has been transl…
On Subjects Connected with the Christian Ministry
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Richard Cecil
A collection of brief observations about the Christian ministry, grouped thematically. "On my first intercourse with Mr. Cecil, now upw…
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 102
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Various
"It is difficult for the human mind to take a comprehensive view of a subject." This is how librarian Arthur Bostwick begins his e…
A Cabinet of Gems
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George MacDonald and Sir Philip Sidney
A Cabinet of Gems, cut and polished by Sir Philip Sidney; now, for the more radiance, presented without their setting by George MacDonald.&q…
On Reading The Bible
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Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
These are three lectures (numbers 8, 9, 10) excerpted from the author’s 1920 book On The Art Of Reading. The lectures were delivered to stu…
The Good Dog Book
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John Hay Beith, John Brown, Barry Cornwall, Sir Wilfred Grenfell, Henry Herbert Knibbs, John Muir, Ouida, William Robert Spencer, Eva March Tappan and J. T. Trowbridge
A collection of adult stories and poems - sad, humorous, and adventurous - about Man's Best Friend. NOTE: Most of these selections contain v…
The Dangers Of Pleasing Men
Shoalhaven Gospel Church
A sermon given by Angus Fisher of the Shoalhaven Gospel Church in Nowra, New South Wales, Australia
Character
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Samuel Smiles
Samuel Smiles is known even today as an author that promoted the improvement of society through the improvement of individuals and their cha…
The Glory in the Grey
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Archibald Alexander
It sometimes happens, when we are dispirited, that God's gracious gift of reviving comes to us along a very ordinary channel--in the form, p…
Gravenhurst, or Thoughts on Good and Evil
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William Henry Smith
In which an English country gentlemen records his and his friends' conversational observations on misery and happiness, leaning ultimately o…
Tea and Tea Drinking
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Alfred Arthur Reade
Not a complete history of tea, but a pleasant diversion concerning tea, the pleasures found in its drinking, effects, benefits, cautions, et…