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In the meantime, would somebody mind proof-listening this and my Milton poem? Sure, no problem. The poem was new to me. So that's where "Quoth the raven, 'Nevermore.'" comes from! I liked "window lattice ... what thereat is". I bet he had fun writing that. Anyway ... Here are sl...

I've got a book of some different translations of Horace into English from the sixteenth-century onwards and thought I'd try one. I had a go at Ode 1.5 as translated by John Milton. The recording is 1:16 long. Here's the file: http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/lm/odeshorace1.5_milton_mtd.mp3 ...

I've wondered about Kant's "Was ist Aufklärung" (1784). That's a pretty important text in terms of the currents of thought of the age, and there is a public domain translation: http://sap.ereau.de/kant/what_is_enlightenment/ But maybe I'll try a short poem first. I think it's a great idea...

I recorded Dr. Johnson's "Letter to Lord Chesterfield" Michael, since this is your first recording, please let me know what name and any URL you'd like listed in the LV catalog for all of your recordings. Thanks. Michael Dalling No URL Thanks. Nice idea for a topic, BTW. I've wondered abo...

I recorded Dr. Johnson's "Letter to Lord Chesterfield". The recording comes in at 3:11 http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/add/letter_to_lord_chesterfield_johnson_mtd.mp3 The text of the letter can be found here: http://www.ourcivilisation.com/smartboard/shop/johnsons/patron.htm and h...

It sounds very nice Mike. Just a little quiet so when you upload again, just amplify it a bit. Send the mp3 separate and a link to the gutenberg site in the post.. Also, you need to fix the file name to match our conventions. ie silver_delamare_yourinitials.mp3 Right. Looking over that again, I see...

I just uploaded a short poem. Everything on the list seems to have gone, so I just recorded a short poem that I knew would be in the public domain. It's Walter de la Mare's poem "Silver". Here's the URL. I've made a file encoded with LAME MP3 at 128kbps and zipped it up with a textfile lis...