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Eric Lease Morgan Number of items in the collection; 'How big is my corpus?' ---------------------------------------------------------- 18 Average length of all items measured in words; "More or less, how big is each item?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 57696 Average readability score of all items (0 = difficult; 100 = easy) ------------------------------------------------------------------ 85 Top 50 statistically significant keywords; "What is my collection about?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 illustration 7 good 6 Mr. 5 England 4 game 4 Miss 3 water 3 time 3 play 3 place 3 man 3 line 3 boy 3 ball 2 woman 2 way 2 tennis 2 player 2 long 2 little 2 inch 2 hound 2 horse 2 hand 2 great 2 foot 2 end 2 day 2 Tom 2 New 2 Mrs. 2 Frank 2 Fig 2 Club 2 CHAPTER 1 track 1 thing 1 team 1 stroke 1 shot 1 shooting 1 scout 1 sail 1 run 1 ride 1 punt 1 position 1 point 1 piece 1 pass Top 50 lemmatized nouns; 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"How are things described?" --------------------------------------------------------------------- 7028 not 2443 up 2259 good 2186 then 2180 so 1983 very 1952 out 1809 more 1740 well 1588 other 1514 first 1384 now 1270 long 1270 as 1187 much 1175 little 1148 only 1126 down 996 great 926 too 903 most 895 never 858 just 852 back 830 off 815 on 794 many 761 even 760 right 751 old 742 away 737 same 703 few 698 in 684 always 683 here 677 again 655 last 636 own 611 small 604 young 587 still 582 once 577 large 574 all 556 also 556 about 532 there 531 far 518 however Top 50 lemmatized superlative adjectives; "How are things described to the extreme?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 693 good 263 most 188 least 114 great 61 Most 47 high 44 bad 40 near 36 slight 31 fine 29 large 27 low 21 small 19 easy 18 hard 15 sure 15 big 14 simple 14 short 14 late 12 strong 12 heavy 11 fast 11 early 9 old 9 long 8 light 7 wide 7 eld 7 deep 6 safe 6 keen 6 grand 6 few 5 wild 5 thick 5 cold 4 young 4 wise 4 pleasant 4 narrow 4 furth 4 common 4 cheap 4 bright 3 warm 3 thin 3 soft 3 slow 3 kind Top 50 lemmatized superlative adverbs; "How do things do to the extreme?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 640 most 58 well 47 least 3 near 2 hard 1 meanest 1 kindest 1 finest Top 50 Internet domains; "What Webbed places are alluded to in this corpus?" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 www.gutenberg.org 2 www.gutenberg.net Top 50 URLs; "What is hyperlinked from this corpus?" ---------------------------------------------------- 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/15831/15831-h/15831-h.htm 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/15831/15831-h.zip 1 http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/1/6/3/1/16316/16316-h/16316-h.htm 1 http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/1/6/3/1/16316/16316-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?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 _ was _ 11 _ do _ 10 _ is _ 8 _ are _ 7 jeffreys was not 6 _ had _ 5 _ did _ 4 _ am _ 4 _ do n''t 4 _ do not 4 _ has _ 4 ball came out 4 game is similar 3 _ have _ 3 _ left _ 3 _ was n''t 3 boy did not 3 frank was not 3 game is also 3 game is especially 3 game is not 3 game is very 3 horse does not 3 jeffreys did not 3 things do not 3 water was deep 3 water was very 2 _ be _ 2 _ came in 2 _ get _ 2 _ know _ 2 _ took first 2 balls are together 2 boys are not 2 boys were ready 2 day is over 2 days do not 2 ends turned up 2 ends were then 2 fellow is capable 2 fellows have not 2 frank did not 2 frank had not 2 frank was silent 2 game gets up 2 game is sometimes 2 game was over 2 head is not 2 horse did not 2 horse is all Top 50 negative assertions; "What sentences are in the shape of noun-verb-no|not-noun?" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 _ do not _ 1 _ does not _ 1 _ was no more 1 ball being no light 1 ball was no longer 1 boy did not much 1 boy was no coward 1 boy was not wholly 1 boys are no longer 1 boys are not bad 1 boys are not designers 1 boys had not much 1 day was not able 1 days was not exactly 1 fellow had no beard 1 fellow was no longer 1 fellows have not so 1 frank was not absolutely 1 frank was not far 1 game is not so 1 hand is not correct 1 hand was not yet 1 head is not very 1 horses are not machines 1 jeffreys had not apparently 1 jeffreys was not hungry 1 jeffreys was not long 1 jeffreys was not proof 1 jeffreys was not quite 1 lines are not agreeable 1 one does not necessarily 1 one has no admittance 1 one is not merely 1 place is not easily 1 sides are not fit 1 thing being no small 1 things do not always 1 things were not exactly 1 time was not quite 1 time was not yet 1 water is not available 1 water was not available 1 water was not too 1 way is not only A rudimentary bibliography -------------------------- id = 32452 author = Belch, William title = British Sports, for the Amusement of Children date = keywords = illustration summary = W. BELCH''S _British Sports_. _Newington, Butts, London_. Youthful Sports British Sports Foreign Sports CHILDREN''s BOOKS, Plain and Coloured. _PLAIN & COLOURED LOTTERIES, very great Variety._ DRAWING BOOKS, Plain and Coloured. BRITISH SPORTS, for the Amusement of CHILDREN [Illustration: PHEASANT SHOOTING.] September Season is the time, Belch, Newington Butts._ RABBIT SHOOTING. By the aim of a Gunner who seeks them for sport. A cruel sport it thus supplies, And thus for a long chace prepare; FOX CHACE. To hunt him yields a manly sport, And numbers to the chace resort. Yet many love the rural sport, _Plain and Coloured_. Life of Saint Paul Life of Christ Life of Joshua Life of Solomon Life of Moses Life of Joseph Life of Job Life of Jonah Life of Pharoah Life of Abraham Queen Sheba''s Visit to King Solomon Economy of Human Life End of Time. SLIP COPIES, BLACK LINES, MAP FILES, AND FLOURISHING id = 15831 author = Bond, A. Russell (Alexander Russell) title = The Scientific American Boy; Or, The Camp at Willow Clump Island date = keywords = Bill; Bridge; CHAPTER; Clump; Dutchy; Island; Mr.; Reddy; Uncle; Willow; end; fig; illustration; inch; sail summary = line _m_, Fig. 39, making two lengths 3 feet 8 inches wide. cut in the end of each stick to a depth of 6 inches and measuring wedge-shaped piece measured 2 feet at the outer end of the annex, and cut from the end to a point three feet back along the edge of the board For the end pieces two strips, 4 inches wide our base line and 29 feet 3 inches from the left hand end. In each end a notch 1/2 inch deep was cut to receive the runners and inches from the rear end of each runner an upright post was nailed. At the rear end of the roof a hole was cut, into which we fitted a piece and so we fastened on the cross stick 11 inches from the upper end of 8 feet long and its sides were 12 inches high; but at the ends we had to id = 12689 author = Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving) title = The High School Freshmen; or, Dick & Co.''s First Year Pranks and Sports date = keywords = Badger; Co.; Dave; Dick; Fred; Gridley; H.S.; High; Mr.; Prescott; Ripley; School; Thompson summary = "Fred Ripley, you accused Dick Prescott of playing According to a good many Gridley people Dick''s father, Eben Prescott, A week after the meeting between Fred and Dick the High School "Tonight, in the Board Room in the High School building," Dick "In that respect," proclaimed Thompson, solemnly, "Dick & Co. shall no longer be freshman at Gridley H.S.! to see Dick Prescott coming out alone, a pleased look on his flushed the freshmen hounds, led by Captain Dick Prescott, had won. "Dick Prescott has other game on his hands now," spoke up Dan "time" came Ripley had managed to land two stinging ones on Dick''s "Where''s the other one, Dick?" gasped Dave, as he saw young Prescott "What are we going to do with this fellow, Dick?" asked Dave. "What''s the matter with Dick Prescott?" demanded Ben Badger, in Out beyond, Dick was holding up Fred Ripley, whom he had found id = 21452 author = Kingston, William Henry Giles title = Ernest Bracebridge: School Days date = keywords = Barber; Blackall; Bouldon; Bracebridge; Buttar; Dawson; Doctor; Eden; Ellis; Ernest; Frank; Gregson; Lemon; Malin; Monsieur; Sergeant; Tom; Tommy; boy summary = A second time that day did Ernest''s party come off victorious. thick-headed fellow, Blackall, and his set?" said Ernest, addressing time to spare when we come to the difficult places," observed Ernest to "How do you feel, old fellow?" said Ernest, after they had made good Ernest hit the ball a fine blow, and sent it flying away over the heads Ernest determined to play his best, so as to keep Ellis in as long as This time Ernest had a kite as well as Ellis. "Come along, Ellis," said Ernest, one Saturday afternoon, when he found The Doctor looked pleased, and he knew that Ellis was not a boy to make Ernest chose Buttar, Ellis, and Knowles, who played already very well, Ernest with two or three other boys, having seen Blackall safely Ernest knew that Ellis required all sorts of encouragement, so he said Ernest and Ellis, Buttar, Bouldon, and two id = 34113 author = Kipling, Rudyard title = An Almanac of Twelve Sports date = keywords = Sunday summary = God knows you can enter the game And the price of the game is a candle-[Illustration: January.] Each man seeks it a different way [Illustration: February.] The horse is ridden--the jockey rides-And I should leave this play alone. [Illustration: March.] Lean days and lives enforced pure. [Illustration: April.] Men and not Gods torment you, little fishes. [Illustration: May.] Thank God who made the British Isles And taught me how to play, [Illustration: June.] [Illustration: July.] A maid may work a man''s salvation. Four horses and a girl are not, [Illustration: August.] So greet we Christmas Day. Oh Christian load your gun and then, [Illustration: September.] [Illustration: October.] _Man cannot tell but Allah knows [Illustration: November.] Over the ice she flies Stars in my true-love''s eyes Now will I fly as she flies ... Stars that I saw in her eyes [Illustration: December.] And the candle''s down to the socket-- id = 16316 author = Miller, Claude Harris title = Outdoor Sports and Games date = keywords = America; England; ball; boy; camp; foot; game; good; illustration; line; place; play; player; point; run; scout; team; tennis; thing; time; water; way summary = A party of four boys makes a good number for a camping trip. A regulation hockey team consist of seven players called goal, point, play, like golf, but if one has been a ball player in youth the playing to hold up your end on a ball team you had better give up the The art of becoming a good ball player depends largely on the boy matter how good a ball player a boy is he will never get the real exercise that results from playing this game has given it a sure place beginning of the game the ball is placed in the centre of the playing A game of ball played by two opposing teams of twelve players each. A game of ball played on a level piece of ground, called a court, by A game played by two teams of four players each. id = 26412 author = Ready, Oliver George title = Life and sport in China Second Edition date = keywords = China; Chinaman; East; England; Europeans; Hankow; Hongkong; Kiukiang; New; Peking; Shanghai; Wang; Yangtse; chinese; day; foot; good; great; illustration; large; pass; place; time; water summary = lighted, public seats placed in pleasant spots facing the water, trees foreigners seldom know the correct names of their Chinese servants, The cooking in foreign houses is entirely European, the Chinese water, broken ice and fish shoot up two or three feet high from a hole Following the beach a little above high-water mark, I presently came As European dogs seldom live in China more than three or four years, Carrying from ten to eleven stone according to measurement, good time His arrival in one of the fine Chinese river-boats was signalised by Hot courses were now placed on the table, our Chinese friends helping Ice in Northern China is seldom good, as owing to the frequent winds generally places their New Year some time in February, the exact date The last few days of the old year is a great time of reckoning, when existed in Chinese waters, nor have I since seen any. id = 21038 author = Reed, Talbot Baines title = A Dog with a Bad Name date = keywords = Atherton; Bolsover; Forrester; Frampton; Freddy; Halgrove; Jeffreys; John; Jonah; Julius; London; Miss; Mrs; Percy; Raby; Rimbolt; Scarfe; Teddy; Trimble; Walker; Wildtree summary = "Cad Jeffreys," said Scarfe, with a slight increase of scorn in his face "Good-bye, little chap," said Jeffreys, feeling a queer lump in his "Good-bye, Mr Jeffreys," said Freddy, with all the confidence of an old "Thank you, ma''am," said Jeffreys; "if the letters have come to-day I "No," said Jeffreys, patting the dog''s head and looking very much the "Come along, little chaps--let''s see what we can do," said Jeffreys, as "Come here, boy," called Jeffreys next to Percy; "let me take off those "Come off, Julius, and let them alone," said Jeffreys. "Close the door, please, Mr Jeffreys," said Mrs Rimbolt, in tones "Yes. Jeffreys and I have met," said Scarfe, not looking up from his An hour later Scarfe, Percy, Jeffreys, and Julius stood at the hall door "Mr Jeffreys," said Mrs Rimbolt, feeling that the present was an "Mrs Scarfe would be interested to hear, Mr Jeffreys," said she, after id = 21958 author = Standish, Burt L. title = Frank Merriwell''s Races date = keywords = CHAPTER; Diamond; Flemming; Frank; Griswold; Hartwick; Harvard; Jack; Merriwell; Mr.; Nemo; Rattleton; Thornton; Tom; Yale; Yates summary = ''Does he mean to race him?'' ''That,'' says I, ''bein'' a friend of Mr. Merriwell, is something what you should know as well as I, or better.'' Diamond was watching Merriwell and the horse, a queer look on his face. "Grody," said Frank, utterly ignoring the man, "I want you to see if you "I don''t know what the fellows can do to injure me," said Frank. "In that case," said Diamond, "Merriwell''s enemies have received a good "It''s a great triumph for Frank Merriwell!" cried Danny Griswold to a "I will count three, and then give the word," said Frank Merriwell, admirers, Frank Merriwell saw Flemming and Thornton in the further end Harry looked into his roommate''s face, and saw that Frank Merriwell was "Mr. Merriwell," said Fred, turning to Frank, "I think we had better go. The boys were welcomed by Frank and Harry, and Merriwell said: id = 6879 author = Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville) title = The Gold Bat date = keywords = Barry; Brown; Clowes; League; Milton; Moriarty; O''Hara; Rand; Ripton; Seymour; Trevor; Wrykyn summary = "I shall try somebody else next match," said Trevor. "Clowes thinks Barry''s good," explained Trevor. "Come over to the baths," said Trevor, "I want to see O''Hara about "A chap of that sort," said Clowes, "will take jolly good care he isn''t "Come and have some tea, Trevor," said Milton. "I''m glad Seymour thinks Barry good," said Trevor, as they walked on. O''Hara came round to Donaldson''s before morning school next day to tell "That makes Rand-Brown''s fourth try," said Clowes, as the wing "I tell you what it is, Trevor, old chap," said Milton, with great "Good man," he said, when Clowes came in, "you saved the match." "No," said Trevor; "as a matter of fact, I came to tell you to turn out "It''s not in his study," said Trevor, "because I looked everywhere for "You can come if you like," said Trevor; "we''ll take the studies in id = 39025 author = nan title = Ladies in the Field: Sketches of Sport date = keywords = England; day; deer; good; great; horse; hound; hunting; little; long; man; punt; ride; shooting; shot; time; way; woman summary = authority on riding that no horse''s mouth is good enough for a snaffle, man can be a really good rider who is not fond of horses, and does not manage all sorts of horses, easy and difficult to ride, till she knows Row, the country ride along a road, or even the delights of fox-hunting men and women who know anything about horses look out for quality, good head put on the right way; whether in a horse over sixteen-hands or a Hunting people of long experience will tell us they have had one horse who know something of riding, of horses, and of horsemen--think of the _good_ scent will run away from any horse living. [6] When hounds run down a road, get your horse on the grass My old friend dismounts, leading his horse away, at the same time It would be a good thing if grooms at the horses'' heads _would_ let id = 41436 author = nan title = The Sportswoman''s Library, Vol. 1 of 2 date = keywords = Archery; Championship; Club; England; Golf; Ladies; Lady; Meeting; Miss; Mr.; Mrs.; Sir; St.; Union; ball; good; hand; hole; hound; illustration; play; player; woman summary = old-fashioned hare hunting hound are necessary to good sport, and that of the bow in your right hand, place the ball of your left thumb four called the teeing ground, and hitting the ball with various clubs till the ball, club, and hands being as nearly as possible in direct line ball, except that the player may place his feet firmly on the ground for for it from some way off of placing the ball out of holeing distance for 2. The game consists in each side playing a ball from a tee into a hole of his ball before he plays, whether in a line with the hole or A player''s side loses a stroke if he play the opponent''s ball, 7. If a competitor''s ball strike the other player, or his clubs, or 9. All balls shall be holed out, and when play is on the putting-green, id = 43355 author = nan title = Mr. Punch''s Book of Sport The Humour of Cricket, Football, Tennis, Polo, Croquet, Hockey, Racing, &c date = keywords = Crambo; Jones; Miss; Mr.; PUNCH; ball; cricket; game; illustration; play; tennis summary = CRICKETERS WHO OUGHT TO BE GOOD HANDS AT PLAYING A TIE.--"The Eleven of RIDDLE MADE "ON THE GROUND."--Why are cricket matches like the backs of You may play the game of Cricket, like the men well known to fame, Ye must yield once more to Woman, for the Ladies now play Cricket! [Illustration: OUR VILLAGE CRICKET CLUB.--We had thirty seconds left [Illustration: SUGGESTION FOR THE CRICKET SEASON [Illustration: "CRICKETING INTELLIGENCE."--_Sporting Old Parson_ (_to [Illustration: OUR VILLAGE CRICKET CLUB.--Tom Huggins, of the local fire [Illustration: CRICKET--THE PRIDE OF THE VILLAGE [Illustration: "DONKEYS HAVE EARS."--_Emily_ (_playing at lawn-tennis [Illustration: LAWN-TENNIS UNDER DIFFICULTIES--"PLAY!" [Illustration: LOVE GAME] [Illustration: A NICE QUIET GAME FOR THE HOME.--This is only a little [Illustration: AN OBJECTIONABLE OLD MAN.--_Young Ladies._ "Going to make [Illustration: Di got me to play hockey. [Illustration: HAPPY THOUGHT.--The good old game of "Hare and Hounds," [Illustration: _Uncle Dick._ "Ah yes, cricket is a fine game, no id = 47243 author = nan title = The Sportswoman''s Library, Vol. 2 of 2 date = keywords = 15·1; Club; Committee; Court; Cox; Fig; Lawn; Lord; Miss; Mr.; Mrs.; Umpire; game; good; horse; illustration; line; stroke summary = small boat racing having been given the necessary fillip, the designers I sailed this little boat in several races, I steering and he doing the Ladies'' race (promoted by the _Gentlewoman_) on August 4th, Mrs. Oliphant who had a good mount in the _Florence_ was second, Miss Next day there was a little more wind, and _Lotus_ came in a very good small horse undoubtedly comes to time again sooner after a hard day. and lastly a long ride home, horse and man, or oftener woman, dead It will be a good thing when more women who ride to hounds know that a horse is best for a good woman with hounds, when he is seven the right hand on the rein to steady the horses, it is a very good plan line, and shall deliver the service from the right and left Courts id = 47254 author = nan title = Handbook of Summer Athletic Sports Comprising: Walking, Running, Jumping, Hare and Hounds, Bicycling, Archery, Etc. date = keywords = DIME; England; New; O''Leary; Rowell; Speaker; Weston; dialogue; good; man; mile; track summary = Giving the Rules for Training and Practice in Walking, Running, young man of good health and strength can learn to walk five miles in an hour, but the number of men who can walk twenty-five miles in The success of Weston and O''Leary in their long-distance walks in race was twenty miles short of the champion''s best walking record. In the upper figure we have the foot tracks of a man walking with well-trained man, and enables one like Hazael to run his 137 miles in A track 660 feet long gives 8 laps to the mile. mile--440 yards--in 48 1-4 seconds, beating the best English record From twenty-five up to fifty miles the best walking time on record seconds; while his 129th mile was walked in 24 hours 20 minutes and Howes leads the record for one-day walks with 127 miles, and O''Leary shall record the order of finishing and the times of the competitors id = 47760 author = nan title = Three Hundred Things a Bright Boy Can Do date = keywords = Black; Fig; King; Pawn; Queen; Rob; Roy; White; boy; end; game; good; hand; illustration; inch; line; little; long; man; paper; piece; place; position; water summary = let the hand and club move to the right, the arm being kept straight, If the water is deep, use a long float and fairly heavy lead, and fish wood, of the form in Fig. 10, 2 feet long and 3 inches deep at the passes over the paper the points pierce small round holes, sufficiently only know of one), you place the right hand a few inches above it, and $Ink Changed to Water.$--Fit a black silk lining into a glass vessel so point a little way between the two pieces of glass and so let them be square, counting from the White player''s _right_ hand, and the Black small pieces of paper and stick these on the upper left-hand corner of CROSS CUTTING.--Take a piece of writing paper about three times as half fill the glass with water, place upon its rim the blotting paper,