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Eric Lease Morgan Number of items in the collection; 'How big is my corpus?' ---------------------------------------------------------- 7 Average length of all items measured in words; "More or less, how big is each item?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 64113 Average readability score of all items (0 = difficult; 100 = easy) ------------------------------------------------------------------ 68 Top 50 statistically significant keywords; "What is my collection about?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 God 4 Stone 3 metal 3 gold 3 St. 3 Sir 3 Paris 3 Mr. 3 King 3 France 3 Europe 3 England 3 Count 2 time 2 man 2 great 2 art 2 Spirit 2 Pope 2 Parliament 2 Nature 2 Mercury 2 Louis 2 Lord 2 London 2 Germany 2 Emperor 2 Duke 1 witch 1 thing 1 symbol 1 substance 1 property 1 nature 1 illustration 1 friend 1 english 1 day 1 change 1 body 1 alchemist 1 air 1 WAITE 1 Turks 1 Thugs 1 Sultan 1 Sulphur 1 South 1 Sea 1 Saturn Top 50 lemmatized nouns; "What is discussed?" --------------------------------------------- 1107 man 992 time 708 day 649 year 601 thing 458 substance 444 gold 437 metal 432 body 415 life 380 person 376 part 344 hand 343 people 329 power 327 nature 324 work 309 name 308 number 302 water 296 place 289 world 284 spirit 283 fact 272 word 270 woman 270 witch 270 nothing 265 element 264 death 258 philosopher 251 house 246 alchemist 244 fire 244 country 242 way 242 stone 233 mind 226 matter 222 mean 219 one 219 age 218 order 218 child 217 manner 213 devil 212 art 209 other 206 air 203 theory Top 50 proper nouns; "What are the names of persons or places?" -------------------------------------------------------------- 3134 _ 308 King 290 de 283 God 216 Mr. 212 England 202 M. 196 Spirit 193 France 178 Europe 177 Stone 166 Mercury 156 Paris 145 St. 141 Count 137 Sir 134 Lord 134 Duke 126 Law 121 Nature 121 London 113 John 111 Saturn 103 Germany 96 Louis 92 Parliament 90 Matter 86 Emperor 83 Sea 81 Sulphur 81 South 81 Dr. 79 Jerusalem 78 Regent 78 Holy 75 Pope 75 Peter 75 Company 74 la 74 alchymy 73 Earth 71 House 71 Gold 69 Madame 67 Water 67 Salt 67 Christians 66 Henry 66 Elements 65 James Top 50 personal pronouns nouns; "To whom are things referred?" ------------------------------------------------------------- 5029 he 4478 it 2427 they 1726 him 1548 them 1330 i 781 you 737 she 675 we 529 himself 364 me 344 themselves 307 her 222 us 133 itself 62 one 48 herself 31 myself 22 thee 14 his 13 yourself 11 ourselves 10 theirs 5 mine 3 ours 2 yourselves 2 oneself 1 yours 1 you''re 1 ye 1 whereof 1 treateth 1 traca 1 them:--"they 1 ice 1 ce 1 ''em Top 50 lemmatized verbs; "What do things do?" --------------------------------------------- 17547 be 4699 have 1255 make 1005 say 937 do 808 take 692 see 680 give 679 find 519 know 478 become 424 think 395 come 394 call 370 bring 357 appear 322 follow 317 go 275 put 275 believe 264 write 256 use 254 tell 248 fall 239 receive 236 leave 233 remain 217 seem 214 send 213 produce 211 show 210 begin 207 set 205 pass 203 discover 195 burn 193 carry 190 suppose 186 hear 185 speak 183 look 183 hold 182 live 174 die 173 bear 171 lead 167 accord 165 continue 160 obtain 158 try Top 50 lemmatized adjectives and adverbs; "How are things described?" --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2424 not 1369 so 1037 great 1023 more 923 other 698 very 678 many 664 only 655 most 599 then 557 first 524 same 489 up 479 much 475 as 443 also 437 such 406 well 405 long 377 out 368 own 357 good 330 even 313 never 313 again 309 now 308 still 303 last 288 little 276 true 273 afterwards 252 old 251 several 248 however 245 thus 244 certain 240 whole 230 new 223 too 219 high 215 few 210 soon 207 ever 205 therefore 192 less 192 immediately 181 far 176 down 175 once 170 natural Top 50 lemmatized superlative adjectives; "How are things described to the extreme?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 89 great 85 least 83 most 70 good 55 high 23 Most 18 slight 17 early 15 low 13 pure 12 bad 11 small 10 rich 10 noble 10 fine 9 wise 8 deep 7 old 7 brave 6 mean 6 manif 5 simple 5 innermost 5 eld 5 alkah 4 strong 4 near 4 large 4 hot 4 hard 4 gross 3 young 3 wild 3 severe 3 long 3 late 3 broad 3 bold 2 vile 2 true 2 supreme 2 remote 2 ready 2 pre 2 loud 2 happy 2 extreme 2 common 2 clear 2 base Top 50 lemmatized superlative adverbs; "How do things do to the extreme?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 572 most 12 well 12 least 1 worst 1 lightest 1 classes:--the Top 50 Internet domains; "What Webbed places are alluded to in this corpus?" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 www.gutenberg.net Top 50 URLs; "What is hyperlinked from this corpus?" ---------------------------------------------------- 1 http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/1/4/2/1/14218/14218-h/14218-h.htm 1 http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/1/4/2/1/14218/14218-h.zip Top 50 email addresses; "Who are you gonna call?" ------------------------------------------------- Top 50 positive assertions; "What sentences are in the shape of noun-verb-noun?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 _ is so 3 nature are symbols 3 people did not 3 people were so 3 persons found guilty 2 _ is as 2 _ is digg''d 2 body is not 2 god send thee 2 gold is so 2 hand was first 2 hand were betwixt 2 life is not 2 man had no 2 man is not 2 man was not 2 men did not 2 men do not 2 men were not 2 name is _ 2 name was joseph 2 names put down 2 nature is spiritual 2 parts be full 2 people were afraid 2 substances are constantly 2 substances are not 2 substances are rich 2 time was not 2 water does not 2 word has not 2 world is only 2 world is perishable 1 _ are absolutely 1 _ are rightly 1 _ are vague 1 _ are whole 1 _ be as 1 _ be content 1 _ be gold 1 _ be mixt 1 _ called forth 1 _ comes forth 1 _ falling sickness 1 _ followed necessarily 1 _ has always 1 _ is also 1 _ is better 1 _ is easily 1 _ is far Top 50 negative assertions; "What sentences are in the shape of noun-verb-no|not-noun?" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 body is not compact 2 word has not yet 1 _ has no wider 1 day is not far 1 gold does not easily 1 life is not bitter 1 life was no longer 1 man had no longer 1 man had no sooner 1 man has not wherewithal 1 man is not great 1 man is not only 1 man was not capable 1 men tell no tales 1 men were no longer 1 metals are not gold 1 metals have not such 1 people had no ardour 1 persons are not able 1 spirit be no longer 1 spirit does not often 1 things were no longer 1 things were not sooner 1 time was not more 1 time was not so 1 world takes no notice 1 world was not wholly A rudimentary bibliography -------------------------- id = 26340 author = Basilius Valentinus title = Of Natural and Supernatural Things Also of the first Tincture, Root, and Spirit of Metals and Minerals, how the same are Conceived, Generated, Brought forth, Changed, and Augmented. date = keywords = Earth; God; Matter; Mercury; Saturn; Spirit; Stone; Sulphur; body; gold; metal summary = the dead, gaining its perfect operation, and the natural Body being Water was the Matter whereon the everlasting Spirit of God moved; the of all Metals, is likewise a supernatural, flying, fiery Spirit; which World it is likewise Gods Power, and the Operation to work into the Soul, of the Spirit, and of the Body, let it be and remain a Magnet, make all Metals into one, it is the true Spirit of _Mercury_, and Soul sensible Soul, which hath operated the Natural Life from a Supernatural Take a Spirit of Salt, therewith extract the Sulphur of Gold, separate the Oil of Salt from it, rectifie the Sulphur of Gold with Spirit of Matter which remaines dry in Spirit of _Mercury_, according to a just projection upon the imperfect Metals, and in the Body of Man. Take ten times as much of prepared _Saturn_ as I taught you before, by id = 14641 author = Helvetius, Johann Friedrich title = The Golden Calf, Which the World Adores, and Desires In Which Is Handled the Most Rare and Incomparable Wonder of Nature, in Transmuting Metals; viz. How the Intire Substance of Lead, Was in One Moment Transmuted in Gold-Obrizon, with an Exceeding Small Particle of the True Philosophick Stone date = keywords = Fire; God; Medicine; Nature; Philosophers; Stone; art; friend; gold; metal summary = Wonder of Nature, In Transmuting of Nature, The Mercury of Philosophers mind; for in it I shall relate all things purpose, in Natural things, especially Sons of this Laudable Art, shall at length, was transmuted into a God. Likewise we will not forget into the best Gold, if an exceeding small changeth into a Nature like it self, This Gold and Silver is more noble, Gold, is able to tinge all Red Metals Transmutation is a great natural Medicinal Stone of philosophers. Tincture of Gold with it self in the the Silver and Gold made thereof. things of Nature, by the benefit of of this thing, or Art, in the Writings their Works to so great a God Art; but if I could behold things into like Gold Homogeneal to it self. that God in the things of Nature, any Great Man, or Men, should Gold and Silver of Philosophers, id = 636 author = Mackay, Charles title = Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1 date = keywords = Bank; Company; Count; Duke; Earl; England; Europe; France; God; Henry; House; John; Kemble; King; Law; London; Lord; Louis; Mississippi; Mr.; Paris; Parliament; Regent; Sea; Sir; South; St.; Thugs; day; english; great; man; time summary = life of its great author, John Law. Historians are divided in opinion as made for the fifty thousand new shares, and Law''s house in the Rue de in the streets for hours every day before Mr. Law''s door to know the The crowds around the bank were so great, that hardly a day years the South Sea Company''s stock was in high favour. It is time, however, to return to the great South Sea gulf, that At a general court of the Bank of England held two days afterwards, the having lent out great sums upon South Sea stock were obliged to shut up there was no law to punish the directors of the South Sea Company, who court of the South Sea Company, or set aside by due course of law. House of Parliament, during such time as the South Sea Bill was yet "A great man shall come into England, id = 713 author = Mackay, Charles title = Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 2 date = keywords = Alexius; Antioch; Christians; Constantinople; Count; Crusade; Duke; Emperor; England; Europe; France; Germany; God; Hermit; Holy; James; Jerusalem; King; Lord; Louis; Mr.; Palestine; Paris; Parliament; Peter; Pope; Saracens; Sir; St.; Sultan; Turks; witch summary = then, your war-cry in the combat, for those words came forth from God. Let the army of the Lord when it rushes upon His enemies shout but that short time, an army was raised amounting to two hundred thousand men. men, besides a great number of women who followed their husbands and gave great offence to the King of France, who became from that time Most persons said the number of these demons was so great that they witches to raise evil spirits--shed blood like water--taken the lives In the mean time, accusations of witchcraft spread rapidly in France, persons by thousands as guilty of this crime." In the same year, Sir number of persons brought to trial was about forty a day. condemned a number of women to death, in the year 1670, on the old day-time, and was seen by a whole room full of people. id = 884 author = Mackay, Charles title = Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3 date = keywords = Animal; Berna; Cagliostro; Commissioners; Count; Dee; Delisle; Dr.; Dupotet; Elliotson; Emperor; England; Europe; France; Germany; God; Kelly; King; London; Madame; Magnetism; Mr.; Paris; Pope; Prince; Queen; Raymond; Rome; Rosicrucians; St.; great; time summary = Seventeenth Century.--De Lisle.--Albert Aluys.--Count de St. Germains.--Cagliostro.--Present State of the Science. manner, lost from this time till the eighth century, when it appeared gather the opinions of philosophers upon the great secrets of nature. year 1245, and studied medicine with great success in the University of years in Paris, and made great wealth by killing and curing, and telling physician, a great philosopher, and a successful alchymist. acquainted with the great secret of the philosopher''s stone. no secret of his wonderful powers; having, it is said, performed who has wasted fifty years of his life in this great study, brought me of the philosopher''s stone, I deemed it impossible, for a long time; and last of the great pretenders to the philosopher''s stone and the water A little time, great fortune that time, Animal Magnetism, or, as some called it, Mesmerism, became time; but I cannot turn my eyes from the spirits; they are in magnetic id = 14218 author = Muir, M. M. Pattison (Matthew Moncrieff Pattison) title = The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry date = keywords = ALCHEMICAL; Elements; Lavoisier; Mercury; Paracelsus; Principles; Stone; air; alchemist; change; illustration; metal; nature; property; substance; symbol; thing summary = object of Nature in all things is to introduce into each substance the The alchemical notion of a natural state as proper to each substance Price_ says, "Nature is continually at work changing other metals into If we think of the alchemical elements earth, air, fire, and water, as _Water_, in the cold substances the element _Air_ preponderates, and properties of substances, made since the time of the alchemists, have fixed substance, which brings all metals to the perfection of gold or that word: the alchemist regarded the metals as composite substances; experiments on the calcination of metals and other substances, But the terms _substance_, _thing_, _properties_ were used separate the calcined substance into two different things, one of help of it, what kind of air a great variety of substances, natural to cause a metallic calx (that is, the substance formed by calcining the way nature works, she _must_ begin with certain substances which id = 1271 author = Redgrove, H. Stanley (Herbert Stanley) title = Bygone Beliefs: Being a Series of Excursions in the Byways of Thought date = keywords = AGRIPPA; Ages; BACON; Church; Divine; God; Middle; Nature; Occult; PARACELSUS; PYTHAGORAS; Philosopher; Powder; ROGER; SWEDENBORG; Sir; Spirit; Stone; WAITE; art; gold; man summary = to a belief in God. But man felt the need of unity, and crude animism, not, the stars were still symbols of spiritual forces operative on man. Philosopher''s Stone--the concentrated Essence of Nature,--as man''s soul "Man''s nature," writes CORNELIUS AGRIPPA, "_is the most complete Image Man, taught the old mystical philosophers, is threefold in nature, of cure is of great force unto this day; for I have seen a certain man neatly calls it, and perhaps man''s earliest view of natural phenomena, between spirit and matter AGRIPPA places the stars: modern thought devils--spirits supposed to be superior to man in certain powers, but In the metals the alchemists saw symbols of man in the according to the alchemists, are the powers and life of nature in writes one alchemist, "is the Spirit of Truth, which the world cannot of Crates_ says that copper, like man, has a spirit, soul, and body,"