Lives of the English Poets — Prior, Congreve, Blackmore
Lives of the English Poets — Prior, Congreve, Blackmore by Samuel Johnson is available here as the complete public-domain text, split into 398 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Yes. All 1990 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #5101 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
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Project Gutenberg eBook #5101, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
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About 165 minutes of reading across 398 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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