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http://www.archive.org/download/spirit_laws_01_1212/spiritoflaws_08_montesquieu_64kb.mp3
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this law was given to the jews after the like distribution plato who grounds his laws on this division made the fame regulation which had been received as a law by the athenians
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http://www.archive.org/download/treasury_david_vol2_1108_librivox/treasuryofdavid2_08_spurgeon_64kb.mp3
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two praise the lord with harp men need all the help they can get to stir them up to praise this is the lesson to be gathered from the use of musical instruments under the old dispensation israel was at school and used childish things to help her to learn
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http://www.archive.org/download/birdsvolixmar1901_1711_librivox/birdsandnaturemar1901_11_various_64kb.mp3
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i always expect to discover a secret yet never do still the post haunts me for once boy chickadee kept house there
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http://www.archive.org/download/tobit_kjv_1512_librivox/tobit_04_kjv_64kb.mp3
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be circumspect my son in all things thou doest and be wise in all thy conversation do that to no man which thou hatest drink not wine to make thee drunken neither let drunkenness go with thee in thy journey
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http://www.archive.org/download/the_dream_of_the_red_chamber_book_ii_1911_librivox/dreamredchamber2_25_cao_64kb.mp3
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or will you perchance ask for some from in here this long tirade had the effect of bringing the true facts of the case to hsiang yns notice and she began to waver in a state of uncertainty
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http://www.archive.org/download/littleduke_0803_librivox/littleduke_12_yonge_64kb.mp3
293.43
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how now my brave hound he said in the northern tongue though not quite with the accent richard was accustomed to hear art hurt much torn i fear richard called out as the faithful creature wagged his tail and strove to rise and meet his master
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http://www.archive.org/download/spirit_laws_01_1212/spiritoflaws_16_montesquieu_64kb.mp3
1,870.15
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on the other hand the plebeians also contrary to the spirit of the same law pretended that none but their body were empowered to be his judges and accordingly they pronounced sentence upon him
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http://www.archive.org/download/great_pearl_secret_1810_librivox/greatpearlsecret_10_williamson_64kb.mp3
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and if the editor were satisfied she was to receive exactly five times the sum she got for more or less valuable items supplied each week with a vague uneasy presentiment in one scale and five hundred dollars in the other notes not check
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http://www.archive.org/download/human_understanding_iii_1909_librivox/humanunderstandingvol3_05_locke_64kb.mp3
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number two first the abstract ideas they stand for are made by the understanding the first particularity i shall observe in them is that the abstract ideas or if you please the essences of the several species of mixed modes are made by the understanding
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http://www.archive.org/download/kinglear_1209_librivox/kinglear_3_shakespeare_64kb.mp3
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o nuncle court holy water in a dry house is better than this rain water out o door good nuncle in and ask thy daughters blessing here's a night
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http://www.archive.org/download/atlantic_classics_1807_librivox/atlanticclassics_05_various_64kb.mp3
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nor did she fail continually to impress upon us boys facing us sometimes with uplifted finger the immanence of him who goeth to and fro in the earth and rageth like lion seeking whom he may devour ah those prayer meetings shall we shall we ever forget them
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http://www.archive.org/download/six_women_invasion_2002_librivox/sixwomenandtheinvasion_12_yerta_64kb.mp3
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but every one prefer keeping what was dearest to him we too were overladen we made what haste we could among the grey crowd
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http://www.archive.org/download/mystery_oceanstar_1212_librivox/oceanstar_01_russell_64kb.mp3
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was in latitude twelve degrees north and in longitude thirty-one degrees west the weather during the last twenty-four hours had been curious the north-east trade wind had two days earlier fined down into a faint draught and then for a spell all the breeze that the vessel found she made for herself
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http://www.archive.org/download/spirit_laws_01_1212/spiritoflaws_25_montesquieu_64kb.mp3
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let us not then compare the morals of china with those of europe everyone in china is obliged to be attentive to what will be for his advantage if the cheat has been watchful over his own interest he who is the dupe ought to be attentive to his
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http://www.archive.org/download/mystery_oceanstar_1212_librivox/oceanstar_01_russell_64kb.mp3
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there was nobody here nothing living or dead though the two foremost cabins exhibited signs of having quite recently been occupied the mate accompanied by his two men went on deck again walked forward and entered the forecastle
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http://www.archive.org/download/the_elements_of_ornithology_1310_librivox/the_elements_of_ornithology_07_ruschenberger_64kb.mp3
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the whooping crane grouse americana is white primaries black and with black shafts the whole crown and cheeks bald
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http://www.archive.org/download/sonatfront_1905_librivox/sonatfront_15_wharton_64kb.mp3
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but it seems that there are no end of officers always intriguing to get staff jobs strong able bodied young men who ought to be in the trenches and are fit for nothing else but who are jealous of the others and last week in spite of all she could do poor isador was ordered to the front
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http://www.archive.org/download/thousand_nights_volume_09_1901_librivox/arabiannightsvolume9_30_anonymous_64kb.mp3
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oh my lords if you have any want let us know it that we may have the honor of satisfying it they replied it is well
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http://www.archive.org/download/mothers_dream_1712_librivox/mothersdream_46_gould_64kb.mp3
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dying in the azure distance naming thee a gift of love and my rose tree stood before me finished thus by angel hands perfect in its blossom and fragrance beautiful as now it stands
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http://www.archive.org/download/nobody_1404_librivox/nobody_15_warner_64kb.mp3
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impossible to say i'm rather tired of it how long has mrs wishart been laid up now a week and she has no idea of being moved well are we fixtures too
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http://www.archive.org/download/strange_stories_chinese_studio_001_0904/chinesestudio_vol1_16_pusungling_64kb.mp3
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yen heard the noise and got up ning all the time pretend to be asleep in order to watch what happened the former then opened the box and took out something which he smelt and examined by the light of the moon
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http://www.archive.org/download/birdsvolixmar1901_1711_librivox/birdsandnaturemar1901_11_various_64kb.mp3
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a chirping chickadee flew overhead and sat preening his feathers in a sweetgum tree how nearly we had come to seeing that bath
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http://www.archive.org/download/kinglear_1209_librivox/kinglear_3_shakespeare_64kb.mp3
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my duty cannot suffer to obey in all your daughters' hard commands though their injunction be to bar my doors and let this tyrannous night take hold upon you
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http://www.archive.org/download/harpersyoungpeoplevol01issue13_1807_librivox/hyp013_07_various_64kb.mp3
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go to sport upon the ice some striding as wide as they may do slide swiftly some better practiced to the ice bind to their shoe bones as the legs of some beasts and hold stakes in their hands
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http://www.archive.org/download/principles_of_geology_1909_librivox/principlesofgeology_020_lyell_64kb.mp3
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you see quadrumana did not attain as high a grade of organization as they do in our own times what would the naturalist know
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http://www.archive.org/download/grimmsfairytalesretoldonesyllable_1601_librivox/grimmsfairytalesinonesyllable_14_grimm_64kb.mp3
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when the queen reached home she went again to her glass and got it from the same reply as twice before this made her wild with rage snowdrop shall die she cried even if it cost me my life
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http://www.archive.org/download/harpersyoungpeoplevol01issue13_1807_librivox/hyp013_07_various_64kb.mp3
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headed with sharp iron which sometimes have they strike against the ice these men go as swiftly as doth a bird in the air or a bolt from a cross-bow
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http://www.archive.org/download/tobit_kjv_1512_librivox/tobit_06_kjv_64kb.mp3
101.34
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and the maid is fair and wise now therefore hear me and i will speak to her father and when we return from rages we will celebrate the marriage for i know that raguel cannot marry her to another according to the law of moses
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http://www.archive.org/download/tobit_kjv_1512_librivox/tobit_08_kjv_64kb.mp3
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and she said with him a man so they slept both that night and raguel arose and went and made a grave saying i fear lest he also be dead
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http://www.archive.org/download/harpersyoungpeoplevol01issue13_1807_librivox/hyp013_07_various_64kb.mp3
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there can be no doubt that it was introduced there from more northern climates where it originated more from the necessities of the habitants than as a pastime
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http://www.archive.org/download/hawaiian_legends_of_ghosts_1811_librivox/hawaiianlegends_16_westervelt_64kb.mp3
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kane told waka to return and tell the girl to be patient the chief should be punished for deserting her waka returned and found that paliula had gone away wandering in the forest picking lehua flowers on the way up toward the lua paylay
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http://www.archive.org/download/principles_of_geology_1909_librivox/principlesofgeology_020_lyell_64kb.mp3
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we must feel that it would be rash to assume that the lower eocene deposits mark the era of the first creation of quadrumana it would however be still more
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http://www.archive.org/download/the_mummy_a_tale_of_the_twenty-second_century_1312_librivox/the_mummy_a_tale_of_the_twenty-second_century_10_loudon_64kb.mp3
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i saw the mummy the king of cheops as plain as i see his worship there sitting on this throne ohh groaned the horror strucken crowd ohh groaned the judge and jury yes continued the man i'll take my oath if it was the last word i had to speak
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http://www.archive.org/download/human_understanding_iii_1909_librivox/humanunderstandingvol3_05_locke_64kb.mp3
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and so in these the real and nominal essence is the same which of what concernment it is to the certain knowledge of general truth we shall see hereafter number fifteen why their names are usually got before their ideas
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http://www.archive.org/download/human_understanding_iii_1909_librivox/humanunderstandingvol3_05_locke_64kb.mp3
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thus we see that killing a man with a sword or a hatchet are looked on as no distinct species of action but if the point of the sword first enter the body it passes for a distinct species where it has a distinct name as in england
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http://www.archive.org/download/spirit_laws_01_1212/spiritoflaws_12_montesquieu_64kb.mp3
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the reason is this when the ancients would cite a people that had the strongest affection for their country they were sure to mention the inhabitants of crete
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http://www.archive.org/download/spirit_laws_01_1212/spiritoflaws_17_montesquieu_64kb.mp3
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not that i pretend to diminish the just indignation of the public against those who presume to stain the glory of their sovereign what i mean is that if despotic princes are willing to moderate their power
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http://www.archive.org/download/the_elements_of_ornithology_1310_librivox/the_elements_of_ornithology_07_ruschenberger_64kb.mp3
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the name of egrets is given to certain herons the feathers of which on the lower part of the back at a certain period are long and fringed the most beautiful species the feathers of which are used for ornamental purposes are the great and the little egret
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http://www.archive.org/download/riddle_universe_1301_librivox/riddleoftheuniverse_22_haeckel_64kb.mp3
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in which god takes human form that is is changed into a vertebrate in some myths even god takes the form of other mammals an ape lion bull et cetera and more rarely of a bird eagle dove or stork and of some lower vertebrate
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http://www.archive.org/download/sonatfront_1905_librivox/sonatfront_33_wharton_64kb.mp3
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i followed you in the other motor he said looking away oh i say campton murmured then with an effort shouldn't you like me to drive back with you
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http://www.archive.org/download/french_revolution1_1508_librivox/french_revolution1_31_carlyle_64kb.mp3
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unfortunate old military gentlemen it is your hour not of glory old marquis de launay too of the bastille has pulled up his drawbridges long since and retired into his interior with sentries walking on his battlements under the midnight sky
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http://www.archive.org/download/fairmargaret_1611_librivox/fairmargaret_02_haggard_64kb.mp3
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who exported woollen and other goods to spain under the royal licence bringing thence in his own ships fine raw spanish wool to be manufactured in england and with it velvet silks and wine from granada also beautiful inlaid armour of toledo steel
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http://www.archive.org/download/dutchfairytalesforyoungfolks_1604_librivox/dutchfairytalesforyoungfolks_12_griffis_64kb.mp3
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everybody who met him on the street saluted him and asked in a neighborly way good morning mr cheerful how do you sail today
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http://www.archive.org/download/riddle_universe_1301_librivox/riddleoftheuniverse_22_haeckel_64kb.mp3
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in any case the form of theosophy which we have described is sure to affirm that god the supreme being is infinite in perfection and therefore far removed from the imperfection of humanity yet when we examine closely we always find the same psychic or mental activity in the two
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http://www.archive.org/download/watergatereport1_1712_librivox/watergatereport1_26_senate_64kb.mp3
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hud d o l action o e o and v a brochures totaled around two hundred sixty-three thousand dollars the comptroller general noted that these six publications were distributed in accordance with lists and preprinted mailing labels supplied by the white house
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http://www.archive.org/download/spirit_laws_01_1212/spiritoflaws_24_montesquieu_64kb.mp3
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but in mountainous districts as they have but little they may preserve what they have the liberty they enjoy or in other words the government that they are under is the only blessing worthy of their defence
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http://www.archive.org/download/taras_bulba_1703_librivox/tarasbulba_26_gogol_64kb.mp3
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whilst old old reeds served to thatch them following a custom very common in the towns of south russia the chief of police has long since had all the trees in the gardens cut down to improve the view
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http://www.archive.org/download/birdsvolixmar1901_1711_librivox/birdsandnaturemar1901_14_various_64kb.mp3
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standing guard and at the same time giving vent to his feelings in loud and spirited song of course our sympathies were with the victors
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http://www.archive.org/download/thousand_nights_volume_09_1901_librivox/arabiannightsvolume9_31_anonymous_64kb.mp3
1,049.34
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and he said by allah this is not the act of a sensible man but after this that hath befallen thee what doest thou purpose to do
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http://www.archive.org/download/kings_daughter_other_stories_for_girls_1502_librivox/kingsdaughter_44_various_64kb.mp3
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oh how i shall prize this little note said mrs martin as they were leaving the church for home you could not have given me a christmas remembrance which would have meant more to me and i am sure that i am not the only one you have remembered this day-you have given yourselves to christ who died and arose from the grave for you and he will treasure the christmas gift you have given him
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http://www.archive.org/download/treasury_david_vol2_1108_librivox/treasuryofdavid2_02_spurgeon_64kb.mp3
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two this is much the same effect as the first verse only that it refers to future as well as present pleadings hear me hear me hear the voice of my supplications this is the burden of both verses
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http://www.archive.org/download/fairyandfolktales_irishpeasantry_1612_librivox/fairytalesoftheirish_23_yeats_64kb.mp3
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and almost smothered in a pool of blood the men were astounded they addressed the wretched old woman but she either could not or would not answer them her wound still bled copiously her tortures
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http://www.archive.org/download/french_revolution1_1508_librivox/french_revolution1_32_carlyle_64kb.mp3
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the outer drawbridge has been lowered for thuriot new deputation of citizens it is the third and noisiest of all penetrates that way into the outer court
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http://www.archive.org/download/astounding_stories_07_1405_librivox/astoundingstories07_10_64kb.mp3
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a head flat and reptilian long tubular with movable nostrils and antennae at the end framed two eyes which were familiar enough to her for they were the orbs which had stared from the inside of the amber block she had dreamed of those eyes
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http://www.archive.org/download/morals2_26_1506_librivox/morals2_29_plutarch_64kb.mp3
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but you offer physic to your friends who are in perfect health if upon a report that we were distressed and overpowered you had brought men and arms to our assistance but being arrived had found all in quietness and peace i am certain you would not have thought it necessary to leave those supplies which we did not then stand in need of
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http://www.archive.org/download/miscellaneacuriosa1_1611_librivox/misccuriosa_v1_07_halley_64kb.mp3
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and besides which was enough for my purpose i observed that the difference twixt the length of the image and diameter of the hole through which the light was transmitted was proportionable to their distance
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http://www.archive.org/download/villagelifeinamerica_1701_librivox/villagelifeinamerica_03_richards_64kb.mp3
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grandmother told me to write down this verse before i went to church so i would remember it keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of god and be more ready to hear than to offer the sacrifice of fools i will remember it now sure my feet are all right any way with my new patten leather shoes on but i shall have to look out for my head
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http://www.archive.org/download/principles_of_geology_1909_librivox/principlesofgeology_019_lyell_64kb.mp3
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up to the year eighteen forty-four it was laid down as a received dogma in many works of high authority in geology that reptiles were not created
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http://www.archive.org/download/spirit_laws_01_1212/spiritoflaws_11_montesquieu_64kb.mp3
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because as the distinction of rank calls them to court there they assume a spirit of liberty which is almost the only one tolerated in that place
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http://www.archive.org/download/kinglear_1209_librivox/kinglear_3_shakespeare_64kb.mp3
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this night wherein the cub drawn bear would couch the lion and the belly-pinched wolf keep their fur dry unbonneted he runs and bids what will take all but who is with him
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http://www.archive.org/download/spirit_laws_01_1212/spiritoflaws_21_montesquieu_64kb.mp3
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the civil law which authorizes a division of goods among men cannot be thought to rank among such goods a part of the men who were to make this division
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http://www.archive.org/download/arabiannights10_1907_librivox/arabiannightsvolume10_15_anonymous_64kb.mp3
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anything save the production of a moslem writer all this with due deference to so high an authority is very superficial granted which nobody denies that the archetypal hazr afsnah was translated from persic into arabic nearly a thousand years ago
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http://www.archive.org/download/the_dream_of_the_red_chamber_book_ii_1911_librivox/dreamredchamber2_21_cao_64kb.mp3
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but pao y was not inclined to touch any more food he washed his hands drank a cup of tea and then exchanged a few further sentences with the two matrons but subsequently the two women said goodbye and quitted the room
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http://www.archive.org/download/kinglear_1209_librivox/kinglear_3_shakespeare_64kb.mp3
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mark the high noises and thyself bewray when false opinion whose wrong thought defiles thee in thy just proof repeals and reconciles thee what will hap more tonight safe scape the king
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http://www.archive.org/download/littleduke_0803_librivox/littleduke_09_yonge_64kb.mp3
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a banner or a pennon said the warden methinks he rides like the young baron he does my brave boy he has done good service exclaimed sir eric as the figure became more developed the danes have seen how we train our young men
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http://www.archive.org/download/kinglear_1209_librivox/kinglear_3_shakespeare_64kb.mp3
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what is the cause of thunder good my lord take his offer go into the house i'll talk a word with this same learned theban
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http://www.archive.org/download/curiositiesofstreetliterature_1608_librivox/streetlit_042_various_64kb.mp3
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three any keeper of any refreshment house who shall have the cheek to sell or cause to be sold one glass of cooper or one quarter of watling's pork feed to any person without being cock sure that his character is strictly moral he shall not draw another drop for twelve calendar months
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http://www.archive.org/download/arabiannights10_1907_librivox/arabiannightsvolume10_14_anonymous_64kb.mp3
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of destiny and predestination a feature which ennobles the low aspect of al-islam even in these her days of comparative degeneration and local decay
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http://www.archive.org/download/suppressedpoems_alfredlordtennyson_1812_librivox/suppressedpoems_48_tennyson_64kb.mp3
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should he land here and for one hour prevail there must no man go back to bear the tale no man to bear it swear it we swear it although we fought the banded world alone we swear to guard our own
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http://www.archive.org/download/astounding_stories_07_1405_librivox/astoundingstories07_04_64kb.mp3
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while the youngest of the spokesmen in a manner serving his apprenticeship was tutelary head of the vast plateau once called africa the name of this man was gerd
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http://www.archive.org/download/sonatfront_1905_librivox/sonatfront_35_wharton_64kb.mp3
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a nurse came gliding up on light feet the tears were running down her face yes i know i know i know she exulted up the tall stairs and through the ramifying of long white passages rose an unwonted rumour of sound
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http://www.archive.org/download/fairmargaret_1611_librivox/fairmargaret_02_haggard_64kb.mp3
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and clasping her slender hands looked pleadingly into his face and asked señor you who are so powerful and the friend of great people will you not help us
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though her ailments aroused no anxiety after those few days mrs marx spoke again what keeps you so mum she said to lois why don't you talk as other folks do i hardly see them you know except at meals
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but he was afraid not to do his bidding so up he got in the evening and away he went for the fort field he was not long there before the little man came towards him and said billy i want to go
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made smooth on one side with a hole at one extremity for a cord to fasten it to the shoe at the other hole is also drilled horizontally to a depth of three inches which might have received a plug
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nay i wondered that seeing the difference of refrangibility was so great as i found it telescopes should arrive to that perfection they are now at for measuring the refractions in one of my prisms
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note the three hours in the text these holdfast words are precious personal possession makes the christian man all else is mere talk twenty-one for our hearts shall rejoice in him
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either method is used according to circumstances ning thanked her and asked when he ought to be prepared to which she replied tomorrow night at parting she wept and said
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cut off my head again and for ages long have i kindled with the spirit of man worshipped by artists adored by the sages present and the past combine in my pages there all the secrets of beauty you scan
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rapunzel was in great fear when she saw the young man but the prince spoke to her kindly and told her how he had heard her sing and that he could not rest till he had seen her
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i now perceive it was not altogether your brother's evil disposition made him seek his death but a provoking merit set awork by a reproveable badness in himself how malicious is my fortune that i must repent to be just
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half-pay elie is home for a suit of regimentals no one would heed him in colored clothes half-pay hulin is haranguing gardes francaises in the place de greve
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they emigrate every year in more or less numerous troops and it is chiefly in the autumn during the rains that they are seen in greatest numbers from this circumstance they have obtained their name
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i got to know her through a chap what was engaged to her sister she was stopping in london for a bit with an aunt that had a ham and beef shop this aunt was very particular they was all very particular people all her people was and wouldn't let her sister go out with this feller except her other sister my girl that is went with them so he brought me into it sort of to ease the crowding
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so pele the fire-goddess who dwelt in the hottest regions of the most active volcanoes belongs to all and also kamapuaa who is sometimes her husband but more frequently her enemy
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the guilty lover and the moon by dan standridge read for little fox dot org i see the marred moon in the day how pale she is she steals away like a beast the stag hound track she flies and never turneth back
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it was dazzlingly white like crystal and about two inches in length by the width of an onion leaf in breadth he then wrapped it up carefully and put it back in the broken box saying a bold-faced devil that to dare there to break my box
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on the southeast coast of hawaii near kalapana is one of the largest oldest and best preserved heiaus it is worthy the name of temple only in that it is intimately associated with the religious customs of the hawaiians
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a second work of the author die eigenen was published in germany his idea that the relation of the sexes must be freed from oppressing factors
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he always called me a jackanapes somehow knows how to put is back into it after all seemed quite impressed by it he did how long was the box i asked suddenly how long said mr brisher yes in length oh bout so by so mr brisher indicated a moderate sized trunk full said i
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cat bird and cherry stone during one of my many rambles through the woods i discovered the nest of a cat bird in a thick clump of briars and upon drawing near found it contained four little ones
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with an intensification of his previous tone rising and walking a step or two then turning and laying his hand on the back of the chair of course the law in this case can't in the least represent the justice of the matter
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charade out on the sea when the tempest is blowing over the waters dark and wild guide i the sailor his pathway showing over the shoals and the currents flowing never through me is the ship beguiled
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almost all day the battle raged between the two men back and forth they forced each other over the lava beds the chief's well-oiled body was very difficult for the olohe to grasp bruised and bleeding from repeated falls on the rough lava
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when they have any determined signification the real essences of their species for these abstract ideas being the workmanship of the mind and not referred to the real existence of things there is no supposition of anything more signified by that name
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you're fond of reading mr midgin said mrs barclay well i think so but what's in 'em all he came forward into the room and picked a volume from the table mrs barclay watched him he opened the book and stood still eagerly scanning the page for a minute or two
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his first proceeding after reading it was to consult the railway timetable hanging in the hall having done this he returned to the library wrote a short note of inquiry addressed to the musical agent and rang the bell miss
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whom asmodeus the evil spirit had killed before they had lain with her dost thou not know said they that thou hast strangled thine husbands
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stories of dead cities that had tumbled beneath the waves and for the famous forest of reeds covering a hundred villages which disappeared in one night were known only too well
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yon rising wave licks off the snow winds on the crag each other chase in little powdery whirls they blow the misty fragments down its face
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Dataset Summary

This is a 10K hours subset of English version of the Multilingual LibriSpeech (MLS) dataset. The data archives were restructured from the original ones from OpenSLR to make it easier to stream.

MLS dataset is a large multilingual corpus suitable for speech research. The dataset is derived from read audiobooks from LibriVox and consists of 8 languages - English, German, Dutch, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Polish. It includes about 44.5K hours of English and a total of about 6K hours for other languages.

This dataset card includes the 10K hours of English. Refers to this dataset card for the other languages.

Licensing Information

Public Domain, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY-4.0)

Citation Information 

@article{Pratap2020MLSAL,
  title={MLS: A Large-Scale Multilingual Dataset for Speech Research},
  author={Vineel Pratap and Qiantong Xu and Anuroop Sriram and Gabriel Synnaeve and Ronan Collobert},
  journal={ArXiv},
  year={2020},
  volume={abs/2012.03411}
}
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