Beethoven and the moonlit charity of a blind recital
An aged storyteller recalls Beethoven living in poverty in Bonn, aiding a blind young woman beside a shoe-maker and his sister. Beethoven improvises a moonlit sonata for them, grants lessons, then never returns. The tale ends with a reflection on life’s fleeting moments of grace and the broader mission of beauty to uplift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonn
Beethoven
Illag Rious
Rhien Casse
Rhine Street
Roemerplatz
Coblentz
Frederick
Frederic
Frederik
Mdamoiselle
Beac
Ile
Madamoiselle
Earth
Heaven
Temperance Dawn Across The Nation’s Tide
Fragmented verse extols a temperance movement sweeping the nation from coast to coast. It envisions an eternal day of prohibition, praising moral reform, divine justice, and banners raised in Cathedrals as the movement gains strength against the old tyrant drink.
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Bacchus
Agea
Temperance Army
Maine
Jesrica
Neptune
Mexico the Enchantress City of Water and Towers
A vivid 19th century prose portrait extols Mexico City as a world wonder, comparing it to Venice Babylon Damascus Granada and Thebes. It likens the city to a rare noble woman whose beauty and grandeur captivate beholders, noting urban splendor, mirrored reflections, and a vast populace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Venice
Constantinople
Granada
Alahambra
Thebes
Babylon
Nineveh
Damascus
Mex
Great Men in Death and Public Morality Musings
A fragment from Life Illustrated and related notes recounts famed deaths and dignified exits from historical figures such as Augustus Caesar Julius Caesar Siward and Nelson. It then shifts to satirical and sensational observations about dress murders quails children and a Boston printers festival toast criticizing editors and public notoriety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augustus Caesar
Julius Ceasar
Capitol
Siward
Earl of
Northumberland
Maria Louisa
Austria
Lord Nelson
Captain Hardy
Bananaparta
Ours
Boston
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Beethoven and
the Blind Girl
The
Geneva Express
Mission of the Beautiful
Geneva
Walworth County
Wisconsin
Leland & Utter, Proprietors
Aram
Quigley
Houm
Jet
Carl Tepe
Tempdranch Pohm
A. T Wheeles
Genevr Business
Miller
Puy Siolan
Trang
Curtin
Moan Atreed Veneta
Wes
S. Murphy
Ailueney
Thule
Genesa
Luther L. Baxter
Davaria Chancery
Tim Wall
Faith Cog
Halen
Genera Hitel
Geneve
J. B. Wade
I Genes Hotel
Rotel
Ui Lawire
If Lmond
Saddle
Jamess Shop
Farris
Wis
Atill
Burion
HA. Mead. Griers
Geneva Flouring Mills
Case & CO
Gevets
FPUEY
Rami Abe
City of
China
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