Peter Plymley's Letters, and Selected Essays
Peter Plymley's Letters, and Selected Essays by Sydney Smith is available here as the complete public-domain text, split into 281 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Project Gutenberg eBook #4063, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
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- Yourself
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