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Achelous, Or Battle

In The Wisdom of the Ancients, A Series of Mythological Fables

Read by Owen Cook


Francis Bacon and Sir Francis Bacon


"Now I suppose most people will think I am but entertaining myself with a toy, and using much the same kind of licence in expounding th…

Julius Caesar - On the Punishment of the Catiline Conspirators

In The World’s Famous Orations, Vol. II: Rome

Read by Owen Cook


William Jennings Bryan, Francis Whiting Halsey and Various,William Jennings Bryan


In 1906, William Jennings Bryan, himself a famous American orator, and Francis Whiting Halsey compiled a series of the most famous orations …

Maximilian

In Abraham Lincoln: A History (Volume 7)

Read by Owen Cook


John Hay and John George Nicolay, John Hay and John George Nicolay


Abraham Lincoln: A History is an 1890 ten-volume account of the life and times of Abraham Lincoln, written by John Nicolay and John Hay, who…

Austerlitz

In Napoleon, A Short Biography

Read by Owen Cook


Robert Matteson Johnston


This is a 'lightning biography' which serves as an introduction to the field of Napoleonic history. Its purpose is to enable the ordinary re…

Introductory Note

In Religious Studies, Sketches and Poems

Read by Steve Owen


Harriet Beecher Stowe


Best known for having written "Uncle Tom's Cabin," Harriet Beecher Stowe also wrote several religious works, including the works i…

Chanting the Square Deific

In Whispers of Heavenly Death

Read by John Owen


Walt Whitman


"Whispers of Heavenly Death" is a short collection of poems within Walt Whitman's major work "Leaves of Grass".In these …

Zachary Taylor, December 4, 1849, part 1

In State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1849 - 1856)

Read by Owen Cook


Millard Fillmore


The State of the Union address is a speech presented by the President of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress,…

17 - AN UNFINISHED STORY

In The Four Million (Version 2)

Read by Adina Owen


O. Henry


The man with the surprise endings: that was O. Henry's trademark. This is the second published collection of short stories by O. Henry origi…

The Second Inaugural

In Abraham Lincoln: A History (Volume 10)

Read by Owen Cook


John Hay


Abraham Lincoln: A History is an 1890 ten-volume account of the life and times of Abraham Lincoln, written by John Nicolay and John Hay, who…

Bk 2: Section VI, and Song VI: Nero's Infamy

In The Consolation of Philosophy

Read by Mark Owen


Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius (transl. James) and Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius


Consolation of Philosophy (Latin: Consolatio Philosophiae) is a philosophical work by Boethius written in about the year 524 AD. It has been…

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