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  • A Brief and Remarkable Narrative of the Life and Extreme Sufferings of Barnabas Downs, Jun

    by Barnabas Downs ...
    I was born in Barnſtable, in New-England, October 2, 1757, of credible Parents, whom I ſerved as an obedient Son, I hope, until the commencement of the late war called me from my home, and led me to exchange the occupation of a Huſbandman, to which I was bred for the more dangerous employment of a Soldier. In this capacity I served my Country 3 campaigns, and know not that my behaviour was ... Read more

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  • The Way to Wealth

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  • The Sot-Weed Factor or A Voyage to Maryland. A Satyr (1708)

    by Ebenezer Cook ...
    According to Wikipedia: "Ebenezer Cooke (ca. 1665 ca. 1732), a London-born poet, wrote what some scholars consider the first American satire: “The Sotweed Factor, or A Voyage to Maryland, A Satyr” (1708). He has been fictionalized by John Barth as the comically innocent protagonist of The Sot-Weed Factor, a novel in which a series of fantastic misadventures leads Cooke to write his poem. As Barth ... Read more

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  • A Dissertation upon Roast Pig (Illustrated)

    by Charles Lamb ...
    Mankind, says a Chinese manuscript, which my friend M. was obliging enough to read and explain to me, for the first seventy thousand ages ate their meat raw, clawing or biting it from the living animal, just as they do in Abyssinia to this day. This period is not obscurely hinted at by their great Confucius in the second chapter of his Mundane Mutations, where he designates a kind of golden age by ... Read more

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  • Hawthorne and His Mosses

    by Herman Melville ...
    Herman Melville was one of the greatest writers during the American Renaissance. Melville’s unique style helped produce classics in many different genres. This edition of Hawthorne and His Mosses includes a table of contents. ... Read more

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  • Some Memoirs of the Life of Job: the Son of Solomon, the High Priest of Boonda in Africa, Who Was a Slave About Two Years in Maryland

    by Thomas Bluett ...
    "Sheds light on the slave trade, American slave life and the British abolitionist movement." -Daily Press (Newport News, Va.), June 8, 2014"Some Memories of the Life of Job" is one of the earliest and most intriguing slave narratives, published in 1734.Ayuba Suleiman Diallo (1701—1773), also known as Job ben Solomon, was a famous Muslim who was a victim of the Atlantic slave trade. Born in Bundu, ... Read more

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  • The Sot-weed Factor: or, A Voyage to Maryland. A Satyr

    Enriched edition. Exploring the Absurdities of Colonial Maryland in Satirical Epic Poetry

    by Ebenezer Cooke, Helena Davenport ...
    In "The Sot-weed Factor: or, A Voyage to Maryland. A Satyr," Ebenezer Cooke offers a rich and satirical exploration of 17th-century colonial life in Maryland through the lens of a hapless, yet humorous protagonist. Cooke's verse reflects the poetic traditions of Restoration England, interweaving sharp satire and vivid depictions of the landscape and local customs. His use of the mock-epic style ... Read more

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    A king got lost in the woods and unfortunately he stumbled upon a witch who was willing to show him the way only if he married her daughter. After he agreed, the poor king's misfortunes followed one after another. The king was worried that the new queen may do something to his seven children so he hid them in another castle. However the evil step-mother found out and she managed to get rid of the ... Read more

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  • Charles Dickens, The Poetry Of

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    Dickens is a name that dominates the landscape of English novelists. His works are masterpieces and he is held everywhere in the highest regard. In his fairly short life of 58 years he accomplished an extraordinary number of classic novels, especially in light of his humble and poor beginnings. Here we collect together his slim number of poems. Concise it may be but from the mind of the master it ... Read more

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    There was once a king's son, who was no longer content to stay at home in his father's house... ... Read more

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