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A Modest Proposal (more info)
Jonathan Swift,
Neville Jason, reader


1. A Modest Proposal - 08:20
2. – I have already computed the charge… - 08:19
3. – Many other advantages might be enumerated… - 07:01

Solitude not eligible (more info)
Neville Jason, reader
Samuel Johnson,


1. Solitude not eligible - 06:13
2. – Others consider solitude as the parent of philosophy… - 05:37


Good Humour (more info)
Neville Jason, reader
Samuel Johnson,


3. Good Humour - 06:02
4. – There are many whose vanity… - 04:21


On National Prejudices (more info)
Neville Jason, reader
Oliver Goldsmith,


5. On National Prejudices - 04:51
6. – Among all the famous sayings… - 04:02


Dream Children – A Reverie (more info)
Neville Jason, reader
Charles Lamb,


7. Dream Children – A Reverie - 06:22
8. – Here John slyly deposited… - 05:23

Old China (more info)
Neville Jason, reader
Charles Lamb,


1. Old China - 08:05
2. – You are too proud to see a play anywhere… - 07:32


A 'Now' (more info)
Neville Jason, reader
Leigh Hunt,


3. A 'Now' - 06:03
4. – Now sounds in general are dull… - 06:19

Ogres (more info)
Neville Jason, reader
William Makepeace Thackeray,


1. Ogres - 07:30
2. – Yes; they were conquered in the end… - 07:03
3. – I say we all of us know ogres. - 07:34


The First of May (more info)
Charles Dickens,
Neville Jason, reader


4. The First of May - 07:45
5. – The romance of spring… - 06:46
6. – Granted. We are ready to acknowledge… - 07:07


The Extension of the Railways in the Lake District (more info)
Neville Jason, reader
John Ruskin,


7. The Extension of the Railways in the Lake District - 06:09
8. – The arguments in favour of the new railway… - 08:44


On Lying in Bed (more info)
Neville Jason, reader
G.K. Chesterton,


9. On Lying in Bed - 04:49
10. – The tone now commonly taken… - 04:46

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