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Chapter Forty Six

In Peter Simple

Read by Doug Fajardo


Frederick Marryat


Peter Simple, 'the fool of the family', son of a parson but heir presumptive to a title, goes to sea as midshipman during the Napoleonic war…

The New Colossus - Read by DEF

In The New Colossus, Version 2

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Emma Lazarus


My Grandma's father arrived in this country through New York City, and often spoke to my dad, when he was a boy, of what it was like to firs…

A Song of Autumn - Read by DEF

In A Song of Autumn

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Adam Lindsay Gordon


Adam Lindsay Gordon was an Australian poet, jockey and politician. - Summary by Wikipedia

The Tavern at Friuli

In The Mysteries of London Vol. II

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George W. M. Reynolds


The Mysteries of London was a best-selling novel in mid-Victorian England, published in four volumes. This is the second volume. Initially s…

The Grand Trunk Era, Part 1

In Chronicles of Canada Volume 32 - The Railway Builders: A Chronicle of Overland …

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Oscar D. Skelton


When the pace of railroad construction slackened in 1914, Canada had achieved a remarkable position in the railway world. Only five other co…

The Ship of Earth - Read by DF

In The Ship of Earth

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Sidney Lanier


But how short was his day, and how slender his opportunity! From the time he was of age he waged a constant, courageous, hopeless fight agai…

The Wasted Day - Read by DF

In The Wasted Day

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R. F. Murray and Robert F. Murray


Robert Fuller Murray was a Victorian poet. Although born in the United States, Murray lived most of his life in the United Kingdom, most not…

Foam Fracture Under Hydrostatic Pressure

In The Columbia Accident Investigation Board Final Report, Volume 1

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Columbia Accident Investigation Board


In 1981, Columbia became the first spacecraft of its type to fly in Earth orbit and successfully completed 27 missions over more than two de…

Waiting for Death

In The Ocean Waifs

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Thomas Mayne Reid


"The “vulture of the sea,” borne upon broad wing, and wandering over the wide Atlantic, suddenly suspends his flight to look down upon …

George Washington, October 25, 1791

In State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1790 - 1816)

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Thomas Jefferson


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,…

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