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Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
William Shakespeare · Shakespeare’s Sonnets
Sonnet XVIII, line 1
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PG #1041, Shakespeare Team transcription; no print edition identified in file; original-English poem text. Original English; no translator.
Original English work published 1609; author died 1616. Canadian general life+70 term ended no later than 1686-12-31; US underlying text published before 1931. No modern translation/editorial material/images used. PG US status is not the Canadian basis.
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When to the sessions of sweet silent thought
William Shakespeare · Shakespeare’s Sonnets
Sonnet XXX, line 1
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PG #1041, Shakespeare Team transcription; no print edition identified in file; original-English poem text. Original English; no translator.
Original English work published 1609; author died 1616. Canadian general life+70 term ended no later than 1686-12-31; US underlying text published before 1931. No modern translation/editorial material/images used. PG US status is not the Canadian basis.
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All days are nights to see till I see thee,
William Shakespeare · Shakespeare’s Sonnets
Sonnet XLIII, line 13
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PG #1041, Shakespeare Team transcription; no print edition identified in file; original-English poem text. Original English; no translator.
Original English work published 1609; author died 1616. Canadian general life+70 term ended no later than 1686-12-31; US underlying text published before 1931. No modern translation/editorial material/images used. PG US status is not the Canadian basis.
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Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore,
William Shakespeare · Shakespeare’s Sonnets
Sonnet LX, line 1
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PG #1041, Shakespeare Team transcription; no print edition identified in file; original-English poem text. Original English; no translator.
Original English work published 1609; author died 1616. Canadian general life+70 term ended no later than 1686-12-31; US underlying text published before 1931. No modern translation/editorial material/images used. PG US status is not the Canadian basis.
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That time of year thou mayst in me behold
William Shakespeare · Shakespeare’s Sonnets
Sonnet LXXIII, line 1
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PG #1041, Shakespeare Team transcription; no print edition identified in file; original-English poem text. Original English; no translator.
Original English work published 1609; author died 1616. Canadian general life+70 term ended no later than 1686-12-31; US underlying text published before 1931. No modern translation/editorial material/images used. PG US status is not the Canadian basis.
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For thy sweet love remember’d such wealth brings
William Shakespeare · Shakespeare’s Sonnets
Sonnet XXIX, line 13
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PG #1041, Shakespeare Team transcription; no print edition identified in file; original-English poem text. Original English; no translator.
Original English work published 1609; author died 1616. Canadian general life+70 term ended no later than 1686-12-31; US underlying text published before 1931. No modern translation/editorial material/images used. PG US status is not the Canadian basis.
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Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard Are sweeter;
John Keats · Poems Published in 1820
Ode on a Grecian Urn, stanza 2, lines 11–12 (short continuous excerpt)
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M. Robertson, Oxford Clarendon Press 1909; reprint of 1820 text; no introduction/notes reproduced. Original English; no translator.
Original English work published 1820; author died 1821. Canadian general life+70 term ended no later than 1891-12-31; US underlying text published before 1931. No modern translation/editorial material/images used. PG US status is not the Canadian basis.
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Ever let the Fancy roam, Pleasure never is at home:
John Keats · Poems Published in 1820
Fancy, lines 1–2
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M. Robertson, Oxford Clarendon Press 1909; reprint of 1820 text; no introduction/notes reproduced. Original English; no translator.
Original English work published 1820; author died 1821. Canadian general life+70 term ended no later than 1891-12-31; US underlying text published before 1931. No modern translation/editorial material/images used. PG US status is not the Canadian basis.
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Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness,
John Keats · Poems Published in 1820
To Autumn, stanza 1, line 1
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M. Robertson, Oxford Clarendon Press 1909; reprint of 1820 text; no introduction/notes reproduced. Original English; no translator.
Original English work published 1820; author died 1821. Canadian general life+70 term ended no later than 1891-12-31; US underlying text published before 1931. No modern translation/editorial material/images used. PG US status is not the Canadian basis.
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Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird!
John Keats · Poems Published in 1820
Ode to a Nightingale, stanza 7, line 61
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M. Robertson, Oxford Clarendon Press 1909; reprint of 1820 text; no introduction/notes reproduced. Original English; no translator.
Original English work published 1820; author died 1821. Canadian general life+70 term ended no later than 1891-12-31; US underlying text published before 1931. No modern translation/editorial material/images used. PG US status is not the Canadian basis.
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Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure.
Jane Austen · Pride and Prejudice
Chapter LVIII, Elizabeth to Darcy
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PG #1342, George Allen illustrated edition 1894 (title page); no illustrations/editorial material reproduced. Original English; no translator.
Original English work published 1813; author died 1817. Canadian general life+70 term ended no later than 1887-12-31; US underlying text published before 1931. No modern translation/editorial material/images used. PG US status is not the Canadian basis.
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Till this moment, I never knew myself.
Jane Austen · Pride and Prejudice
Chapter XXXVI, Elizabeth reflecting on Darcy’s letter
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PG #1342, George Allen illustrated edition 1894 (title page); no illustrations/editorial material reproduced. Original English; no translator.
Original English work published 1813; author died 1817. Canadian general life+70 term ended no later than 1887-12-31; US underlying text published before 1931. No modern translation/editorial material/images used. PG US status is not the Canadian basis.
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I declare, after all, there is no enjoyment like reading!
Jane Austen · Pride and Prejudice
Chapter XI, Miss Bingley speaking
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PG #1342, George Allen illustrated edition 1894 (title page); no illustrations/editorial material reproduced. Original English; no translator.
Original English work published 1813; author died 1817. Canadian general life+70 term ended no later than 1887-12-31; US underlying text published before 1931. No modern translation/editorial material/images used. PG US status is not the Canadian basis.
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You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.
Jane Austen · Pride and Prejudice
Chapter XXXIV, Darcy’s first proposal (continuous sentence)
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PG #1342, George Allen illustrated edition 1894 (title page); no illustrations/editorial material reproduced. Original English; no translator.
Original English work published 1813; author died 1817. Canadian general life+70 term ended no later than 1887-12-31; US underlying text published before 1931. No modern translation/editorial material/images used. PG US status is not the Canadian basis.
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If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.
Jane Austen · Emma
Volume III, Chapter XIII, Mr Knightley speaking
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PG #158 original-English text, three volumes; no print edition identified in file. Original English; no translator.
Original English work published 1815; author died 1817. Canadian general life+70 term ended no later than 1887-12-31; US underlying text published before 1931. No modern translation/editorial material/images used. PG US status is not the Canadian basis.
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There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart,
Jane Austen · Emma
Volume III, Chapter XIII, Emma’s thought (continuous clause)
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PG #158 original-English text, three volumes; no print edition identified in file. Original English; no translator.
Original English work published 1815; author died 1817. Canadian general life+70 term ended no later than 1887-12-31; US underlying text published before 1931. No modern translation/editorial material/images used. PG US status is not the Canadian basis.
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Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.
Oscar Wilde · The Picture of Dorian Gray
Chapter II, Lord Henry speaking; literary dialogue, not health advice
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PG #174, twenty-chapter text with 1891 Preface; no print edition identified in file. Original English; no translator.
Original English work published 1891; author died 1900. Canadian general life+70 term ended no later than 1970-12-31; US underlying text published before 1931. No modern translation/editorial material/images used. PG US status is not the Canadian basis.
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The artist is the creator of beautiful things.
Oscar Wilde · The Picture of Dorian Gray
Preface, opening sentence
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PG #174, twenty-chapter text with 1891 Preface; no print edition identified in file. Original English; no translator.
Original English work published 1891; author died 1900. Canadian general life+70 term ended no later than 1970-12-31; US underlying text published before 1931. No modern translation/editorial material/images used. PG US status is not the Canadian basis.
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Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated.
Oscar Wilde · The Picture of Dorian Gray
Preface
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PG #174, twenty-chapter text with 1891 Preface; no print edition identified in file. Original English; no translator.
Original English work published 1891; author died 1900. Canadian general life+70 term ended no later than 1970-12-31; US underlying text published before 1931. No modern translation/editorial material/images used. PG US status is not the Canadian basis.
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All art is quite useless.
Oscar Wilde · The Picture of Dorian Gray
Preface, final sentence
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PG #174, twenty-chapter text with 1891 Preface; no print edition identified in file. Original English; no translator.
Original English work published 1891; author died 1900. Canadian general life+70 term ended no later than 1970-12-31; US underlying text published before 1931. No modern translation/editorial material/images used. PG US status is not the Canadian basis.
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I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.
Henry David Thoreau · Walden
Walden, Solitude
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PG #205 original-English Walden text; companion Civil Disobedience text not used; print edition not identified. Original English; no translator.
Original English work published 1854; author died 1862. Canadian general life+70 term ended no later than 1932-12-31; US underlying text published before 1931. No modern translation/editorial material/images used. PG US status is not the Canadian basis.
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Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.
Henry David Thoreau · Walden
Walden, The Pond in Winter
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PG #205 original-English Walden text; companion Civil Disobedience text not used; print edition not identified. Original English; no translator.
Original English work published 1854; author died 1862. Canadian general life+70 term ended no later than 1932-12-31; US underlying text published before 1931. No modern translation/editorial material/images used. PG US status is not the Canadian basis.
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Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.
Henry David Thoreau · Walden
Walden, Conclusion
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PG #205 original-English Walden text; companion Civil Disobedience text not used; print edition not identified. Original English; no translator.
Original English work published 1854; author died 1862. Canadian general life+70 term ended no later than 1932-12-31; US underlying text published before 1931. No modern translation/editorial material/images used. PG US status is not the Canadian basis.
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Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
Henry David Thoreau · Walden
Walden, Conclusion
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PG #205 original-English Walden text; companion Civil Disobedience text not used; print edition not identified. Original English; no translator.
Original English work published 1854; author died 1862. Canadian general life+70 term ended no later than 1932-12-31; US underlying text published before 1931. No modern translation/editorial material/images used. PG US status is not the Canadian basis.
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I exist as I am, that is enough,
Walt Whitman · Leaves of Grass
Song of Myself, section 20
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PG #1322, final expanded sequence including Song of Myself; print edition not identified; excerpt text/version tied to this snapshot. Original English; no translator.
Original English work published 1855; author died 1892. Canadian general life+70 term ended no later than 1962-12-31; US underlying text published before 1931. No modern translation/editorial material/images used. PG US status is not the Canadian basis.
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All truths wait in all things,
Walt Whitman · Leaves of Grass
Song of Myself, section 30
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PG #1322, final expanded sequence including Song of Myself; print edition not identified; excerpt text/version tied to this snapshot. Original English; no translator.
Original English work published 1855; author died 1892. Canadian general life+70 term ended no later than 1962-12-31; US underlying text published before 1931. No modern translation/editorial material/images used. PG US status is not the Canadian basis.
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I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey work of the stars,
Walt Whitman · Leaves of Grass
Song of Myself, section 31
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PG #1322, final expanded sequence including Song of Myself; print edition not identified; excerpt text/version tied to this snapshot. Original English; no translator.
Original English work published 1855; author died 1892. Canadian general life+70 term ended no later than 1962-12-31; US underlying text published before 1931. No modern translation/editorial material/images used. PG US status is not the Canadian basis.
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(I am large, I contain multitudes.)
Walt Whitman · Leaves of Grass
Song of Myself, section 51
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PG #1322, final expanded sequence including Song of Myself; print edition not identified; excerpt text/version tied to this snapshot. Original English; no translator.
Original English work published 1855; author died 1892. Canadian general life+70 term ended no later than 1962-12-31; US underlying text published before 1931. No modern translation/editorial material/images used. PG US status is not the Canadian basis.
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THE world is so full of a number of things, I'm sure we should all be as happy as kings.
Robert Louis Stevenson · A Child’s Garden of Verses
Happy Thought, complete two-line poem
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PG #28722, J. B. Lippincott fifth impression (print year not stated; illustrations copyright 1919); only original poems reproduced, no introduction/illustrations. Original English; no translator.
Original English work published 1885; author died 1894. Canadian general life+70 term ended no later than 1964-12-31; US underlying text published before 1931. No modern translation/editorial material/images used. PG US status is not the Canadian basis.
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THE rain is raining all around,
Robert Louis Stevenson · A Child’s Garden of Verses
Rain, line 1
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PG #28722, J. B. Lippincott fifth impression (print year not stated; illustrations copyright 1919); only original poems reproduced, no introduction/illustrations. Original English; no translator.
Original English work published 1885; author died 1894. Canadian general life+70 term ended no later than 1964-12-31; US underlying text published before 1931. No modern translation/editorial material/images used. PG US status is not the Canadian basis.
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THE moon has a face like the clock in the hall;
Robert Louis Stevenson · A Child’s Garden of Verses
The Moon, line 1
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PG #28722, J. B. Lippincott fifth impression (print year not stated; illustrations copyright 1919); only original poems reproduced, no introduction/illustrations. Original English; no translator.
Original English work published 1885; author died 1894. Canadian general life+70 term ended no later than 1964-12-31; US underlying text published before 1931. No modern translation/editorial material/images used. PG US status is not the Canadian basis.
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FROM breakfast on through all the day At home among my friends I stay;
Robert Louis Stevenson · A Child’s Garden of Verses
The Land of Nod, lines 1–2
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PG #28722, J. B. Lippincott fifth impression (print year not stated; illustrations copyright 1919); only original poems reproduced, no introduction/illustrations. Original English; no translator.
Original English work published 1885; author died 1894. Canadian general life+70 term ended no later than 1964-12-31; US underlying text published before 1931. No modern translation/editorial material/images used. PG US status is not the Canadian basis.
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