Literary Collections
The Writings of Samuel Adams
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Samuel Adams
Most Americans and many of other nationalities have heard of Samuel Adams. He was regarded in the Pre-Revolutionary Period of American Histo…
Ingersoll on ABRAHAM LINCOLN
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Robert G. Ingersoll
Col. Ingersoll begins his popular lecture series on famous persons as follows: "It is hard to overstate the debt we owe to the men and …
State of the Union Addresses
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Ulysses S. Grant
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,…
De Smet's Letters and Sketches
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Fr. Pierre-Jean De Smet
In 1841 and 1842, Fr. Pierre-Jean DeSmet traversed the wide and wild American West to bring the gospel to the Flatheads, who had sent multip…
The World's Best Orations
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Various
Who does not delight in oratory? How we gather to hear even an ordinary speaker! How often is a jury swayed and controlled by the appeals of…
Camden's Compliment to Walt Whitman
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Various
On the occasion of Walt Whitman's 70th Birthday a "Committee of Citizens" in Camden, NJ held a special commemoration in his honor.…
Clarence Darrow, Selected Works
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Clarence Darrow
This is a collection of 8 works by Clarence Darrow written between 1893 and 1917. Clarence Darrow was most noted in his time as an enormousl…
State of the Union Addresses
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James K. Polk
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,…
Ulysses S. Grant
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James D. Richardson and Ulysses S. Grant
The Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents is an eleven-volume series of tomes comprising of proclamations, special messag…
Introducing Irony
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Maxwell Bodenheim
Maxwell Bodenheim was once known as the King of Greenwich Village Bohemians after moving to New York after being one of the founders of the …
State of the Union Addresses
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Rutherford B. Hayes
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,…
The Anzac Book
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Various
A collection of prose, poetry, jokes, special orders, et cetera written by the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps combatants of the Galli…
The Lady's Museum
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Charlotte Lennox
Published in 11 issues between 1760 and 1761 and believed largely to be written and edited by Charlotte Lennox (it was marketed as “by the A…
State of the Union Addresses
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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,…
The Dunbar Speaker and Entertainer
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Alice Dunbar Nelson
Ms. Pinckney says in her "Forward" to this book the following: "It is against this background of the world need that Mrs. Ali…
Debits and Credits
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Rudyard Kipling
This is a collection of short stories, poems, and play fragments published in 1926. Many of them are set during World War I. Many have stron…
Tales of 1928
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Various
This anthology of folktales, fables, and legends has been selected from twenty different books published in 1928, covering a range of Europe…
The World's Best Orations
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Various
Who does not delight in oratory? How we gather to hear even an ordinary speaker! How often is a jury swayed and controlled by the appeals of…
Speeches
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Charles Dickens
Speeches: Literary and Social is a collection of speeches given by Charles Dickens in various settings, including banquets, public gathering…
The Dial
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Charles Haslewood Shannon
The Dial was an art magazine, which ran to five issues between 1889 and 1897. It was edited and published by Charles Ricketts and Charles Sh…