Beethoven and the moonlit improvised sonata
An elderly musician recounts meeting Beethoven in Bonn and a night of poverty and music. Beethoven comforts a blind girl and her brother by playing a moonlit improvised sonata, then promises to return but never does, reflecting on fleeting inspiration and life’s cruelties.
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Bonn
Beethoven
Rhien Caste
Rhine Street
Roemerplatz
Cublentz
Frederick
Choe
Buffour
Madamoiselle
JJ Entredt
Brukl
Soblima
Ile
Badamoinelle
Temperance Poem for Geneva Express by A. T. Wheeler
The piece, a temperance poem, celebrates prohibition with celestial imagery and references to Bacchus, divine judgment, and a Western temperance dawn. It calls for awakening, banners, and steadfast temperance forces across the land, invoking gods, poets, and civic praise.
Mexico the Enchantress City of the World of Its Age
A vivid historical portrait extols Mexico as a singular city of beauty and power from a bygone era. It likens Mexico to Granada Venice Babylon and Damascus, praising its towers gardens waters and mirrored streets while noting a Chinese province where one million people perished since the revelation began.
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Mexico
Venice
Constantinople
Granada
Alahambra
Thebes
Babylon
Nineveh
Damascus
Mex
China
Great Men in Death and The Poor Rich Life Illustrated
A collection of historic death scenes and moral commentary begins with Augustus Caesar Julius Caesar Siward Maria Luisa Lord Nelson and Napoleon dying with dignity and resolve. It shifts to a sharp Life Illustrated note on dress and cruelty toward children, then a Boston Printers Festival toast lampooning editors as public annoyances driven by subscriptions and fame.
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Earth
Heaven
Augustus Caesar
Julius Ceasar
Capitol
Siward
Bark
Northumberland
Maria Louisa
Austria
Lord Nelson
Captain Hardy
Hardy
Bananaparte
Cmtprex
Ours
Boston
Iit
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Renal Systics
Temperance Army
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Geneba Business Directory
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Boyce
Millier, M.D
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Wisconsiny
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