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Eric Lease Morgan Number of items in the collection; 'How big is my corpus?' ---------------------------------------------------------- 24 Average length of all items measured in words; "More or less, how big is each item?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 39228 Average readability score of all items (0 = difficult; 100 = easy) ------------------------------------------------------------------ 88 Top 50 statistically significant keywords; "What is my collection about?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15 Mr. 8 time 7 man 6 New 5 good 5 come 5 Mrs. 4 like 4 day 4 York 3 wan 3 thim 3 look 3 illustration 3 f''r 3 Mike 3 Jawn 3 Jack 3 Hogan 3 Hinnissy 3 Hennessy 3 Dooley 2 year 2 whin 2 old 2 little 2 great 2 Wolfville 2 Tucson 2 Thar 2 Texas 2 Snick 2 Shorty 2 Sadie 2 Rucker 2 Riley 2 Red 2 Pinckney 2 O''Brien 2 Nell 2 Miss 2 Jennie 2 Enright 2 Doc 2 Colonel 2 Cherokee 2 Brutus 2 Boggs 2 Black 2 Bishop Top 50 lemmatized nouns; "What is discussed?" --------------------------------------------- 2231 man 1767 time 1384 way 1374 day 1013 thing 884 hand 757 eye 728 night 701 year 627 head 585 nothing 584 th 540 life 521 place 518 people 497 house 493 face 492 something 492 name 484 dollar 466 money 459 one 449 boy 428 foot 427 word 424 room 424 gent 404 o 400 minute 395 kind 390 hour 385 wife 385 week 384 business 382 friend 378 town 370 lot 368 anything 364 lady 359 woman 347 case 346 side 336 none 336 game 334 girl 331 paper 318 party 317 book 316 heart 312 door Top 50 proper nouns; "What are the names of persons or places?" -------------------------------------------------------------- 2115 th 1947 Mr. 1228 _ 1030 I. 981 ye 565 wan 538 iv 521 Th 497 Mrs. 403 Dooley 393 Pottle 382 whin 351 Enright 301 Red 298 Pinckney 294 thim 289 Texas 271 ye''er 268 New 265 Monsieur 259 Andy 243 thar 242 Ye 226 Thar 220 Missus 217 Boggs 214 York 214 Bill 209 yere 196 Bishop 191 Dan 190 Jack 179 Peets 173 Dave 172 Hennessy 169 Sadie 167 Mike 165 Nell 165 Dog 164 f''r 160 Cherokee 158 Baron 155 Colonel 154 Hogan 153 Miss 148 Monte 147 Hinnissy 145 Jawn 145 Croly 143 Black Top 50 personal pronouns nouns; "To whom are things referred?" ------------------------------------------------------------- 17557 i 14190 he 10871 it 7359 you 4254 him 4231 me 3951 they 3279 we 3171 she 1401 them 1061 us 984 her 933 ''em 403 himself 227 myself 174 iv 135 ye 96 fr''m 92 one 86 yourself 77 ''s 76 themselves 76 herself 69 yours 63 itself 60 mine 57 em 52 his 43 ourselves 34 f''r 33 himse''f 29 th 14 ours 11 hers 9 theirs 8 ye''er 8 thar 8 on''y 7 themself 6 wud 5 ourself 4 goluf 3 ya 3 thee 3 keepin 3 jus 2 yourselves 2 ye''d 2 w''ile 2 shovin Top 50 lemmatized verbs; "What do things do?" --------------------------------------------- 31417 be 10921 say 9437 have 6706 do 3664 go 3466 get 2289 come 2191 see 1987 know 1964 make 1759 take 1370 think 1237 give 1175 look 1065 tell 820 want 820 put 795 find 741 ask 711 call 660 hear 643 let 608 begin 595 leave 555 keep 502 seem 500 turn 478 stand 473 feel 439 show 427 run 403 try 401 start 392 like 371 set 360 read 353 use 353 bring 332 mean 319 hold 300 live 297 write 297 play 284 stop 276 pass 274 lose 271 wait 271 send 270 talk 267 break Top 50 lemmatized adjectives and adverbs; "How are things described?" --------------------------------------------------------------------- 8682 not 3644 up 2612 out 2302 so 1699 then 1495 good 1385 down 1314 now 1287 old 1205 more 1198 as 1193 little 1068 just 1026 other 1019 back 1011 here 930 never 908 too 885 off 860 in 853 only 840 there 839 all 793 first 788 much 775 long 752 right 745 well 732 over 698 ever 654 on 646 same 624 away 599 last 577 again 568 f''r 528 great 515 very 510 most 510 even 510 enough 483 next 448 big 443 young 410 always 407 about 404 own 399 once 396 new 387 still Top 50 lemmatized superlative adjectives; "How are things described to the extreme?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 267 good 163 most 89 least 60 bad 33 j 33 Most 28 near 26 fine 22 big 20 old 18 late 16 great 14 high 12 reat 11 large 9 slight 7 young 7 long 6 sad 6 hard 6 happy 6 grand 6 deep 6 dear 5 wide 5 sweet 5 simple 5 new 5 hot 5 brave 4 wise 4 tall 4 quick 4 pure 4 proud 4 poor 4 early 4 busy 3 sthrong 3 smart 3 rich 3 mere 3 mean 3 manif 3 lovely 3 loud 3 lively 3 inf 3 green 3 full Top 50 lemmatized superlative adverbs; "How do things do to the extreme?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 347 most 37 well 13 least 5 worst 2 hard 1 youngest 1 tur 1 tallest 1 jest 1 -the Top 50 Internet domains; "What Webbed places are alluded to in this corpus?" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 www.gutenberg.org 2 www.gutenberg.net Top 50 URLs; "What is hyperlinked from this corpus?" ---------------------------------------------------- 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/33432/33432-h/33432-h.htm 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/33432/33432-h.zip 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/1/8/0/1805/1805-h/1805-h.htm 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/1/8/0/1805/1805-h.zip 1 http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/2/6/5/2/26528/26528-h/26528-h.htm 1 http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/2/6/5/2/26528/26528-h.zip Top 50 email addresses; "Who are you gonna call?" ------------------------------------------------- 1 ccx074@coventry.ac.uk Top 50 positive assertions; "What sentences are in the shape of noun-verb-noun?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 22 ye do n''t 10 ye did n''t 6 _ was _ 4 day be day 3 _ do n''t 3 _ does _ 3 hands went up 3 man do n''t 3 man had ever 3 people ai n''t 3 something was wrong 3 ye doin'' here 2 _ ai n''t 2 _ had _ 2 _ is _ 2 _ knows _ 2 _ was n''t 2 eyes were red 2 face took on 2 man comes up 2 man does n''t 2 man is liable 2 man is not 2 men do n''t 2 people did n''t 2 thing ai n''t 2 thing has not 2 times was not 2 way ai n''t 2 way is as 2 ye come home 2 ye come over 2 ye doin'' there 2 ye have n''t 2 ye have wan 2 ye know ye 1 _ am _ 1 _ are evidently 1 _ did _ 1 _ did n''t 1 _ do _ 1 _ does n''t 1 _ is now 1 _ knowing _ 1 _ left grand 1 _ left out 1 _ make _ 1 _ put up 1 _ said _ 1 _ show ragin Top 50 negative assertions; "What sentences are in the shape of noun-verb-no|not-noun?" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 times was not sufficient 1 day is no better 1 dollars is not much 1 eye was not anywhere 1 hands is no more 1 man ''s no frind 1 man ''s not guilty 1 man got no rights 1 man is no other 1 man is not guilty 1 man is not onhappy 1 night knew no bounds 1 people got no ice 1 people were not willing 1 ye have no har 1 ye have no money 1 ye have no religion 1 ye have no thought 1 ye have no wan 1 ye know no more A rudimentary bibliography -------------------------- id = 33432 author = Bangs, John Kendrick title = Mr. Munchausen  Being a True Account of Some of the Recent Adventures beyond the Styx of the Late Hieronymus Carl Friedrich, Sometime Baron Munchausen of Bodenwerder date = keywords = Ananias; Angelica; Baron; Beelzy; Diavolo; Jang; June; Mr.; Munchausen; Sapphira; Twins; Uncle; Wriggletto summary = "Good morning, Mr. Munchausen," said the interviewer of the _Gehenna "Uncle Munch," said the Twins one day, as they climbed up into the "All but two days," said the Baron. natural mistake," said the Baron stroking his mustache a little As the Twins'' father said, a feat of that kind entitled the Baron to a "I wanted to," said the Baron, stroking the Twins'' soft brown locks "Well, that was the way I did with the bees," said Mr. Munchausen. "We say yes," said the Twins, and off they went, while the Baron "I was about twenty years old when this thing happened to me," said "Well, it happened this way," said the Baron. "They were celebrating Decoration Day," said Mr. Munchausen. "Above all things," said the Baron. "That''s what I said," returned Mr. Munchausen, "and so of course that "No," said Mr. Munchausen, "it wasn''t that way at all. id = 37430 author = Connell, Richard Edward title = The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon, and other humorous tales date = keywords = Addicks; Ambrose; Blossom; Bonticu; Braddy; Chester; Commissioner; Cowan; Cowdin; Croly; Deeley; Epps; Gallup; Gulick; Horace; Hydeman; Jake; Lum; Mildred; Monsieur; Mr.; Mrs.; Pantan; Peter; Pettipon; Pottle; Tidbury summary = There were tears in Monsieur Pettipon''s eyes and voice as he said, "Monsieur the chief steward is good enough to jest," said Pettipon, "I''d like to meet the man who wrote it," said Mr. Pottle. "Sorry," said Mr. Deeley affably, "but it sounds just like ''Pottle'' to "Sure I do, honey," said Mr. Pottle, "but a man can like stories about "A one man dog?" said Mr. Pottle, blankly. "You can''t bring up a delicate dog like Pershing on liver," said Mrs. Pottle, crushingly. "Good-by, Ambrose," said Mrs. Pottle. "Well," said Mr. Pottle in a bellowing voice, "I guess a hound like that In the days that followed hard on the heels of Violet''s disgrace, Mr. Pottle had little time to think of dogs. Team, and Mrs. Wendell Gulick is Chairman----'' ''Stop,'' said Mr. Winterbottom, giving me that fishy look of his, like a halibut in a cake id = 13784 author = Dunne, Finley Peter title = Mr. Dooley: In the Hearts of His Countrymen date = keywords = Cap; Donahue; Dooley; Flaherty; Hennessy; Hinnissy; Hogan; Jawn; Mike; Mr.; O''Brien; Road; come; f''r; man; thim; wan summary = "He said," Mr. Dooley replied, "that I cud write as good a wan mesilf; an'' sober man whin he wint in; but wan day a man come up to him, an'' day he comes over to me fa-ather''s house, an'' says he, ''Dooley,'' he ''Th'' time has come,'' he says, ''whin I can "Well," said Mr. Dooley, "if they ain''t both frinds, wan iv thim is. ''Molly,'' she says, ''give us wan iv thim Choochooski things,'' she said. anny wan iver hear iv thim doin'' anny good whin th'' votes was bein'' ''None at all,'' says wan iv th'' O''Neills who ''d come ''They''ll come in handy wan day,'' he says; for he was a in; an'' th'' nex'' night ol'' man Donahue come to th'' dure, an'' says, ''Ye foolish, whin me frind Sampson says, ''Is there anny man here that ''ll id = 14684 author = Dunne, Finley Peter title = Mr. Dooley Says date = keywords = Dooley; Hennessy; Hinnissy; Hogan; Jawn; Mr.; New; day; f''r; fr''m; man; thim; thin; time; wan; whin; ye''er summary = "I dare ye to come down to my house an'' say thim things," said Mr. Hennessy. says, ''an'' there''d be at laste wan day in th'' month whin I''d answer his a cantankerous old villain that no wan cud get on with,'' he says. "Hogan had wan iv thim books in here th'' other day. ''But,'' says I, ''why shud anny wan so young an'' beautiful as ye want to day means to thim is th'' old man goin'' off in th'' mornin'' with a light "Hogan says th'' time has come f''r th'' subjick races iv th'' wurruld to Hogan says that almost anny time he ixpicts to see a black face peerin'' sthrange thing whin we come to think iv it that th'' less money a man Th'' time was whin it was me ambition or wan iv thim to be a id = 22537 author = Dunne, Finley Peter title = Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War date = keywords = Anglo; Dooley; George; Hennessy; Hinnissy; Hogan; Jawn; Mack; Mike; Mr.; O''Brien; Willie; come; f''r; man; spanish; thim; wan; whin summary = Mr. Hennessy says he was a "grown man whin th'' pikes was out in forty-eight, Gin''ral Miles gazes out, an'' says he, ''This looks like a good place to "I think a man ought to stop fightin'' whin th'' war is ended," said Mr. Hennessy. ''Tis a tur-rble thing to be a man iv high sperrits, an'' not to know whin whiniver ''tis cool,'' he says, ''an'' they ain''t wan iv these twelve men "''Tis as much as a man''s life is worth these days," said Mr. Dooley, "to says a frind iv his wint to sleep out in th'' open wan night, an'' whin he "Whin I was a young man," said Mr. Dooley, "an'' that was a long time "Th'' man that give ye th'' dollar hands ye wan in th'' nose," said Mr. Dooley. come, he says, ''Dooley, d''ye happen to know anny saints?'' ''None iv thim id = 26528 author = Ford, Sewell title = Odd Numbers Being Further Chronicles of Shorty McCabe date = keywords = Aunt; Bob; Chunk; Cornelia; Daggett; Dyke; Heiney; Hermy; Jarvis; Maizie; Marmaduke; Miss; Mr.; Mrs.; New; Pinckney; Pyramid; Sadie; Shorty; Snick; Spotty; Tutwater; Vincent; York; come; look summary = "Why," says I, lookin'' him over careful,--"why, I don''t know as I''d want "Excuse her getting excited like that," says Maizie; "but Uncle Hen--that "If that had come from Mrs. McCabe," says she, eyin'' Sadie kind of "Yes; but I wanted to get it off my mind, you know," says he. "Yes, Spotty," says I, "red-headed, freckle-faced young gent. "For a friend--well, I know not," says the old boy, kind of hesitatin''. "I expect we''re way off the track," says I; "but I''d like to have you "Of course," says she, "they want a little time by themselves." "Looks like it, don''t it?" says he. "I know," says Mrs. Pinckney. "Nobody ever had this one before," says I, "and the way I look now ain''t "Oh, here you are!" says she, like we was old friends. "Looks like one of your busy days," says I. id = 31659 author = Ford, Sewell title = Side-stepping with Shorty date = keywords = Aunt; Bentley; Bishop; Ferdy; Hank; Isabella; Jack; Langdon; Miss; Mr.; Mrs.; New; Pinckney; Purdy; Rusty; Sadie; Shorty; Snick; Swifty; Wilbur; York; come; good; like; look summary = "Well," says I, "she ain''t got no bag of dynamite, or anything like "See here, Bentley," says I, "I''ve passed my word to kind of look after "That bein'' the case," says I, "it looks like you''d have to go ahead "I fancy Jack and Jill know very little of such things," says she; "but "Chee, Pinckney!" says I, "you look like you was pleased with the "Looks like it had seen some first-aid repairin''," says I. "Sadie," says I, "I want you to know an old side pardner of mine. "What do the ashes look like?" says Jack. chuckle head like Rossiter," says the old man. "Looks like this part of the house was gettin'' crowded, Chetty," says "Now what do you think of that?" says he, makin'' a face like he''d "What is he like?" says Pinckney, gettin'' interested. "Why," says Pinckney, "it was something like twenty thousand this id = 1805 author = Henry, O. title = The Gentle Grafter date = keywords = Andy; Atterbury; Bassett; Bill; Buck; Caligula; Colonel; Jeff; Mayor; Mr.; Mrs.; Murkison; New; Peters; Ricks; Rufe; Tucker; York; come; illustration; like; man summary = "''Jim,'' says Andy, ''shake hands with Mr. Peters.''" "''A woman like that,'' says Andy, ''ought to lead a man to the highest "''I was expecting something like this all the time,'' says Andy. Now, what I''d like, Andy,'' says I, ''would "''Friend,'' says Andy, touching the old man on the æsophagus, ''why but me and Jeff Peters,'' says Andy, ''go after the come-ons forever. "''Jeff,'' says Andy after a long time, ''quite unseldom I have seen fit "''What do you say, Jeff?'' says Andy, looking at me. You are ten times worse,'' says I, ''than that green goods man. "''Andy,'' says I, ''this man with the hirsute whiskers has got us in a your conscious way of doing business, Jeff,'' says Andy, ''and I "''But I''ll be away to-night and most of to-morrow Jeff,'' says Andy. "''We''ve got just eleven minutes,'' says Andy, ''to catch the B. id = 35162 author = Lardner, Ring title = Gullible''s Travels, Etc. date = keywords = Beach; Bess; Bessie; Bishop; Garrett; Hatch; Messenger; Missus; Mr.; Mrs.; Palm; Wife summary = "All right," says Mrs. Hatch, "go to your old lodge and spoil Well, Mrs. Hatch called up the next night and says Jim had the tickets Finally Pat comes in and says it''s one o''clock and he''s got to close up, "And got a little knowledge o'' French," says Mrs. Hatch. "Yes," says the Missus, "but Mrs. Hatch won''t think we''re very polite to "They got it all balled up the night I seen it," says Bishop. Bishop says he would have to go, but the Missus ast him to stay to "He''s got some favorite place a ways south," says the Missus. "I don''t like to charge nothin''," I says, "when I know they ain''t no "Are you goin'' to stay long?" says Mrs. Jake to my Missus. "Well," says the Missus when we got there, "it''s time to wash up and go id = 13709 author = Lewis, Alfred Henry title = Wolfville Nights date = keywords = Aaron; Bill; Black; Boggs; Bowlaigs; Cherokee; Cloud; Colonel; Coyote; Dan; Dave; Doc; Enright; Injuns; Jack; Jennie; Jerry; Lance; Nell; Old; Peets; Phil; Raven; Red; Rucker; Silver; Texas; Thar; Tom; Tucson; Wolfville summary = mind,'' says Texas Thompson, who''s thar present at the time, an'' can''t "Now that Silver Phil''s free, but loonatic like Peets says, an'' doubly No!'' says Old Man Enright to Dave Tutt who asks the As Enright says: ''This yere Silver Phil ain''t likely to be onnacheral to Dave, that a-way--thar''s a callow pin-feather party comes Thar''s a faraway look to Dave at the time, like he''s tryin'' to settle "''I was wont to think so,'' says Enright, ''but thar once chances a play, "''Tell us at least, Doc,'' says Enright, ''whether Dave''s likely to grow "''Them''s mighty dead game gents, Enright an'' Doc Peets is!'' says Dan. thing mebby for Enright Peets; I won''t set camped yere an'' say it ain''t; "''Well, gents,'' says Texas, when he sees his hoss is come, ''I reckons time goes on, however, thar''s a day when I''m goin'' to take the id = 29485 author = Lewis, Alfred Henry title = Faro Nell and Her Friends: Wolfville Stories date = keywords = Annalinda; Bark; Bird; Black; Boggs; Cherokee; Dead; Doc; Dog; Enright; Jack; Jennie; Light; Mike; Missis; Monte; Moore; Nell; Red; Rucker; Shot; Texas; Thar; Tucson; Turkey; Turner; Tutt; Wolfville; peet; shore summary = "Shore; bein'' ladies that-a-way, Missis Rucker, Tucson Jennie an'' Faro "Texas has Boggs drug half-way to the door, before Enright can head "Thar''s a quaver in Dead Shot''s voice, Peets tells me, that''s like a "''Thar''s my hand, Dead Shot,'' says Enright, who''s chokin'' a little. "''Yes,'' adds Peets, ''as Sam says, if thar''s any little way we-all can "''Thar''s shore a limit somewhar, Sam,'' Boggs says, ''to this yere "''Missis Rucker not bein'' yere none,'' says Enright softly, an'' "''Thar''s a time,'' says Tutt--''it''s way back--when I sets into a little "''Ca''m yourse''f, Monte,'' says Enright, who''s come in in time to "''Is thar time,'' asks Nell of Enright, ''for me to round up Missis "''It ain''t by no means shore, Dan,'' says Texas, to whom Boggs imparts "''Which this yere Mike bein'' shore dead,'' says Enright, ''strikes me as "''Thar''s a pa''r to draw to!'' says Nell to Texas, her eyes like id = 31884 author = Nye, Bill title = A Guest at the Ludlow, and Other Stories date = keywords = Esau; Ludlow; Mr.; New; Nye; O''Connor; Pansley; Riley; York; day; good; great; illustration; like; little; look; man; old; people; think; time; way; year summary = remember far away at home our wife and the little boy asleep in her Street Jail is a good deal like it in many ways, and I can see how in time has come in this country when it is hard to unite good for the use of a man who has just written to know if a good opera-house A new railroad track is thinking of getting a right of way next year, "We had a nice old man that come out here to attend church, he said. hours, you may live to be a very old man, and your great, massive brain said that he believed it to be a good thing, and that he hoped some day and an old man and a little girl tried to get on. three of us took care of the old man and got him off at the next id = 1213 author = Twain, Mark title = The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg date = keywords = Burgess; Chair; Edward; Goodson; Hadleyburg; Mary; Mr.; Richards summary = for no stranger would trust such a thing to any town but Hadleyburg, and "Mary, maybe the stranger knows him better than this village does." "Mary, Burgess is not a bad man." and guessed that the late Goodson was the only man in the town who could Time-table for Brixton and all the towns beyond changed today, sir--had to get the papers in twenty minutes earlier than common. "But, Mary, you know how we have been trained all our lives long, like money-sack, and wondering if the right man would be found, and hoping make dashing free-hand pictures of the sack, and of Richards''s house, and Meantime Mary had spent six thousand dollars on a new house for herself "What I was going to say is this: We know your good heart, Mr. Richards, man whom Hadleyburg delights to honour--Edward Richards." "Very good." Then the stranger got up and said to the house: id = 19484 author = Twain, Mark title = Editorial Wild Oats date = keywords = Brutus; Cæsar; Mr.; Nicodemus; editor; illustration; paper summary = and on a lucky summer''s day he left town to be gone a week, and The paper came out, and I never knew any little thing attract so "That stove is utterly ruined," said the chief editor. The chief said: "That was the Colonel, likely. "I am the boss," said the editor, following this curious bit of "Don''t want anybody fur to learn the business, ''tain''t likely?" "Do you think you would like to learn the printing business?" already gone to press, but knowing that our friend would consider The regular editor of the paper was going off for a with his handkerchief, he said, "Are you the new editor?" I first read it this morning, I said to myself, I never, never I said I could make your paper of interest to read the paper instantly.[1] However, Cæsar shook him off, and Cæsar saw his old friend Brutus step forward armed with a id = 5836 author = Twain, Mark title = Sketches New and Old, Part 1. date = keywords = Daniel; Jacob; Jim; Smiley; Sunday; boy; frog; good; like; little; time summary = of the time of day by such a watch, and so I went again to have the thing he come in, and Smiley up and asked him how she was, and he said she was if he got a good start, and come down flat-footed and all right, like a Smiley said all a frog wanted was education, and he could do Where do bad little boys go who gobble up their good kind mother''s This good little boy read all the Sunday-school books; they were his good little boys they put in the Sunday-school book; he had every But somehow nothing ever went right with the good little boy; nothing ever turned out with him the way it turned out with the good little boys They always had a good time, and the bad boys had the Once, when he was on his way to Sunday-school, he saw some bad boys id = 5837 author = Twain, Mark title = Sketches New and Old, Part 2. date = keywords = Congress; Fisher; Floyd; General; Indians; Mr.; Sherman; time summary = bigamy, because she was the wife of another man at the time; which is all "YOUNG MOTHER."--And so you think a baby is a thing of beauty and a joy time I was twenty years old, I really suppose I had raised more poultry in the child''s chewing a bit of pine stick if she wants to, and you know eyes, this young man said, "Oh, if I could only see him laugh once more! THE FACTS IN THE CASE OF THE GREAT BEEF CONTRACT--[Written about 1867.] very day I entered the first office of the Corn-Beef Bureau clear till I "You are the beef-contract man. know that if a man lives long enough he can trace a thing through the In the course of time Fisher died, and his widow married again. at this time, Buchanan and Floyd went out, and they never got their id = 5838 author = Twain, Mark title = Sketches New and Old, Part 3. date = keywords = Chinaman; Francisco; Man; Professor; Riley; San; Woodlouse; bug; good; tumble summary = In San Francisco, the other day, "A well-dressed boy, on his way to "I was sitting here," said the judge, "in this old pulpit, holding court, Francisco people used to think were good enough for us in those times; But he is getting to think St. Thomas is not quiet enough for a man of his turn of mind, and that is why Professor Bull Frog (nephew of the late explorer) said he believed the veneering, since you like it," said he; "suffice it for the Tumble-Bugs instantly as belonging to the long extinct species of reptile called MAN, "''In ye time of our fathers Man still walked ye earth, as by tradition we Another time the expedition made a great "find." It was a vast round sent him to Washington to write facts, not fancy, and that several times "Put it, ''Well done, good and faithful servant,''" said Riley, and never id = 5839 author = Twain, Mark title = Sketches New and Old, Part 4. date = keywords = Conrad; Duke; Franklin; Mr.; man; old; time; year summary = all day, and then sit up nights, and let on to be studying algebra by the said, my son--''A grout a day''s a penny a year"''; and the comfort is all his flying his kite and fooling away his time in all sorts of such ways "My daughter, the time is come for the revealing of the mystery that hath "When you were ten years old, a daughter was born to Ulrich. color came back to his cheeks and his old-time vivacity to his eye, and "Why, man," she said, "hold up your head--you have nothing to grieve and remarks, they said let it go for this time, and did not prosecute. Now, the reader says, "Here comes that same old plea of insanity again." years; and I tell you things are changed since I first laid this old Well, ''bout dis time, in comes some niggers dat played music id = 5840 author = Twain, Mark title = Sketches New and Old, Part 5. date = keywords = Chang; Eng; John; Petrified; great; laughter; man; thing; time summary = to bed at the same time; but Chang usually gets up about an hour before brother, Chang consented to be baptized at the same time that Eng was, on This unfortunate thing has been a great sorrow to Chang, for it almost thinking of bygone times; recalling old scenes, and summoning chips of your hams till the place looks like a marble yard. come over the way and haunt this place a little. The Petrified Man rose slowly to his feet, and said: gigantic Petrified man being dug up near Syracuse, in the State of New group separated and fell back as I approached, and I heard a man say, first time I ever heard of a man''s having to know anything in order to other foot, and presently come back and say the fingers of his right hand by, when the exchanges began to come in with the Petrified Man copied and id = 5841 author = Twain, Mark title = Sketches New and Old, Part 6. date = keywords = Cabinet; Committee; Conchology; Secretary; day; time summary = "Corpse said, whitewash his old canoe and dob his address and general having things the way he wanted them, and he took a solid comfort in his comfort is little enough matter, and a man hain''t got no right to remaining two barbers, for he had already begun combing his man''s hair, cry--and it is no economical fine for a poor man, either, by the way. of the massacre, I said the next surest thing for an Indian was soap and "Sir," I said, "the time has come when He said: "If you have got any business here, sir, state it--and in as few The Secretary of War said: "It is the same visionary that came to me The Secretary of State now spoke up, in his benignant way, and said, never touched it from that time to the present day. that hour of the morning from that time to the present day. id = 5842 author = Twain, Mark title = Sketches New and Old, Part 7. date = keywords = Brutus; Caesar; Harris; Mr.; New; Twain; day; gentleman; good; time summary = any man to attempt to travel fifty miles on foot through snow like that. "All day we moped about the cars, saying little, thinking much. I finally said, gentlemen, you can do as you like, but I yet." At this moment Artemidorus stepped up and passed the time of day, into conversation with the people''s friend and Caesar''s--Mark Antony--and said he was like it, and he believed he was the only man in the country when Caesar saw his old friend Brutus step forward armed with a murderous One of the saddest things that ever came under my notice (said the I then said we would drop in, and if we liked his house as well as any He said he thought we would like his establishment well enough to confine make a man report about four times his actual income to keep from "Now," said he, "the thousand dollars is exempt by law.