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'The shepherd’s brow, fronting forked lightning'
Read by MichaelMaggs
Gerard Manley Hopkins
In Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins (Version 2)
Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889) was one of the most innovative of English Victorian poets, best known now for his vivid and original image…
MICHAELMAS DAY
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Hamish Hendry
In Holidays and Happy Days
A playful description of the most notable days of the year in British culture. - Summary by Rapunzelina
A RETRIEVED REFORMATION
Read by Scott Foster
O. Henry
In Roads of Destiny
This is another collection of O. Henry short stories. - Summary by Sid
Epistle to the Reader
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John Flavel
In Preparations for Sufferings
That sufferings, both bodily and mental, are the lot of humanity, the testimony of scripture and reason abundantly confirm. But whatever may…
A Call to Backsliders
Read by Robert G. Smith
John Wesley
In Sermons on Several Occasions, Second Series
John Wesley, along with his brother Charles, are credited with founding the Methodist denomination. "The following Sermons contain the …
49 - Thornwick
Read by Mike Pelton
George MacDonald
In Mary Marston
Written at the height of George MacDonald's literary career, the story centers around the life of a simple merchant's daughter. Mary Marston…
Article 12
Read by Michael Fassio
James Dodds
In Exposition of the Apostles' Creed
Rev. James Dodds, D.D. was a noted religious writer, educated in Edinburgh, joining the Free Church, serving in Dunbar for most of his caree…
Scrymgeour
Read by Michael Matthews
J. M. Barrie
In My Lady Nicotine: A Study in Smoke
J. M. Barrie, the author best known for Peter Pan, pens witty anecdotes of smoking, having quit the habit. He relates various humorous accou…
Chapter XIV. The Cut Cable
Read by Ben Tucker
Edward Harold Visiak
In The Haunted Island
Being the History of an Adventure to an Island in the Remote South Sea. Of a Wizard there. Of his Pirate Gang; His Treasure ; His Combustibl…
Cross, The
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John Donne
In A Selection of Divine Poems
John Donne was an English Jacobean preacher, sometime lawyer, later in life a Member of Parliament and Royal Chaplain. Marrying for love aga…
Paul: A Herald of the Cross
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Florence Morse Kingsley
This is an exciting sequel to the earlier books Titus: A Comrade of the Cross and Stephen: A Soldier of the Cross. It tells the story of the…
Blockhead Hans
Read by Miranda Stinson
Andrew Lang
In The Yellow Fairy Book
"Andrew Lang's Fairy Books or Andrew Lang's "Coloured" Fairy Books are a twelve-book series of fairy tale collections. Althou…
Pull the Right String
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Barry Pain
In Stories without Tears
This is a collection of short stories by Barry Pain, first published in 1914. While generally best-known for his horror and supernatural fic…
Letter 4
Read by InTheDesert
John Newton
In Apologia
Four Letters to a Minister of an Independent Church by a Minister of the Church of EnglandQuid me alta silentia cogis rumpere? - Virgil (&qu…
The eighth precept, on Fasting,
Read by John
St. Robert Bellarmine
In The Art of Dying Well
The Art of Dying Well is a guide book for people who want to go to heaven. It was written over 400 years ago by Saint Robert Bellarmine in l…
"How He Saved St. Michael's," Mary Anna Phinny Stansbury
Read by Jim Locke
Alice Dunbar Nelson
In The Dunbar Speaker and Entertainer
Ms. Pinckney says in her "Forward" to this book the following: "It is against this background of the world need that Mrs. Ali…
09 - More Intruders
Read by Roger Melin
H. De Vere Stacpoole
In The Man Who Lost Himself
Best known for his literary work The Blue Lagoon, which has been made into film several times over, H. De Vere Stacpoole’s first publication…
440608 (BBC Michael Standing)
1944-06-08 BBC
In WWII News and Related Sound files from 1944
Old Time Radio Programs. WWII News and Related Sound files from 1944
The Widow's Persecution
Read by Nick Whitley
Anthony Trollope
In Barchester Towers (version 2)
Barchester Towers, published in 1857, is the 2nd novel in Anthony Trollope's series known as the "Chronicles of Barsetshire". It f…
Lines from the " Vicar of Wakefield"
Read by Laurie Banza
Oliver Goldsmith
In A Hundred Great Poems
This is a compilation by Richard Cross of 100 poems by various poets. - Summary by Mozartjr