item: #1 of 20 id: 11127 author: Rinehart, Mary Roberts title: The Case of Jennie Brice date: None words: 36644 flesch: 92 summary: So for that day, at least, Mr. Ladley became Mr. Holcombe again, and as such accepted ice in quantities, a mustard plaster over his stomach, and considerable nursing. Mr. Ladley moved to the back parlor to let the paper-hanger in the front room, smoked and fussed with his papers all day, and Mr. Holcombe stayed in his room, which was unusual. keywords: boat; brice; clock; day; door; good; holcombe; house; howell; jennie; ladley; morning; mrs; night; peter; pitman; room; stairs; thought; time; water; wife; woman cache: 11127.txt plain text: 11127.txt item: #2 of 20 id: 1416 author: Dickens, Charles title: Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgings date: None words: 14623 flesch: 72 summary: Moping is not the way to grow younger Major. It _is_ a hardship hurting to the feelings that Lodgers open their minds so wide to the idea that you are trying to get the better of them and shut their minds so close to the idea that they are trying to get the better of you, but as Major Jackman says to me, I know the ways of this circular world Mrs. Lirriper, and that's one of 'em all round it and many is the little ruffle in my mind that the Major has smoothed, for he is a clever man who has seen much. keywords: boy; dear; friend; good; hand; jemmy; like; lirriper; madam; major; mrs; round; time; way; wozenham cache: 1416.txt plain text: 1416.txt item: #3 of 20 id: 1421 author: Dickens, Charles title: Mrs. Lirriper's Legacy date: None words: 12585 flesch: 75 summary: If you'll believe me my dear the Consols at the bank where I have a little matter for Jemmy got into my head, and I says Good gracious I hope he ain't had any dreadful fall! Says Winifred He don't look as if he had ma'am. the Major says quite huffy, No madam it's not to be done, and when I says Why not? keywords: buffle; dear; gentleman; gran; hat; jemmy; lirriper; major; man; miss; mrs; sir; street; wozenham cache: 1421.txt plain text: 1421.txt item: #4 of 20 id: 15630 author: Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith title: Polly Oliver's Problem date: None words: 44154 flesch: 81 summary: Persuasion bore no fruit, and for a long time Miss Polly ate in solitary grandeur. It is said that Rudyard Kipling considers Polly Oliver one of the most delightful of all girl-heroines; and Mrs. Wiggin really hopes some day to see the Hospital Story Hour carried out in real life. keywords: bird; boarders; children; course; day; dear; dollars; edgar; george; girl; good; head; home; house; know; life; look; mamma; margery; miss; money; month; mother; mrs; new; night; noble; oliver; place; polly; poor; room; story; table; things; thought; time; want; way; week; white; work; year cache: 15630.txt plain text: 15630.txt item: #5 of 20 id: 18207 author: Bangs, John Kendrick title: Coffee and Repartee date: None words: 18162 flesch: 80 summary: I missed you at the concert last night, Mr. Idiot, said he. Mr. Whitechoker tried to look severe; the gentleman who occasionally imbibed smiled all over; the Bibliomaniac ignored the remark entirely, not having as yet forgiven the Idiot for his gross insinuation regarding his friend's _édition de luxe_ of _Through Africa by Daylight_; Mary, the maid, who greatly admired the Idiot, not so much for his idiocy as for the aristocratic manner in which he carried himself, and the truly striking striped shirts he wore, left the room in a convulsion of laughter that so alarmed the cook below-stairs that the next platterful of cakes were more like tin plates than cakes; and as for Mrs. Smithers, that worthy woman was speechless with wrath. keywords: bibliomaniac; book; coffee; course; day; doctor; friend; gentleman; idiot; illustration; landlady; life; master; morning; mrs; pedagog; school; smithers; table; thing; time; whitechoker cache: 18207.txt plain text: 18207.txt item: #6 of 20 id: 18881 author: Bangs, John Kendrick title: The Idiot date: None words: 22979 flesch: 79 summary: Suppose, Mr. Idiot, a man should come to you and say: 'Idiot, we have a fund of $800,000 in our hands, actual cash. With which sally the Idiot kissed his hand to Mr. Pedagog and retired from the scene. II Let's write a book, suggested the Idiot, as he took his place at the board and unfolded his napkin. keywords: bibliomaniac; boat; canal; day; doctor; good; house; idiot; illustration; man; master; mind; morning; mrs; pedagog; poet; school; table; thought; time; whitechoker; world cache: 18881.txt plain text: 18881.txt item: #7 of 20 id: 2425 author: James, Henry title: A Bundle of Letters date: None words: 14281 flesch: 76 summary: And you know Clara _is_ Bangor, to the soles of her shoes. Do you remember the _pension bourgeoise_ of Madame Vauquer _nee_ de Conflans? keywords: bangor; day; deal; english; family; french; house; lady; mother; paris; people; right; want; way; young cache: 2425.txt plain text: 2425.txt item: #8 of 20 id: 32401 author: Marlowe, Amy Bell title: The Girls of Hillcrest Farm; Or, The Secret of the Rocks date: None words: 61805 flesch: 90 summary: Lyddy Bray abominated flirting and such silly practises. Couldn't you have got a mite nearer heaven, if you'd tried, Lyddy Bray? Ye-es, gasped Lyddy. keywords: aunt; bed; bray; castle; colesworth; course; day; doctor; door; farm; father; fire; girls; good; harris; harrison; hillcrest; home; house; jane; lady; like; look; lucas; lyddy; man; miss; mother; mrs; phemie; place; pritchett; professor; right; room; sairy; sister; spink; thought; time; way; work cache: 32401.txt plain text: 32401.txt item: #9 of 20 id: 33218 author: Van Schaick, George title: A Top-Floor Idyl date: None words: 87396 flesch: 85 summary: Baby Paul was rapidly accumulating weight, and Frieda and I offered him a small baby carriage, which folded up most cleverly and took little room in the shop or at home. Eulalie had been discharged, with mutual regrets, and little Paul was growing apace. keywords: afraid; baby; bed; child; cole; course; dave; david; day; days; dear; door; dupont; eulalie; eyes; face; fellow; frances; frieda; friend; good; gordon; hand; head; heart; hope; left; life; little; long; look; love; man; milliken; mind; minutes; miss; moment; mother; mrs; new; open; paul; people; picture; place; porter; right; room; rossum; soul; thing; thought; time; van; voice; way; woman; work; world cache: 33218.txt plain text: 33218.txt item: #10 of 20 id: 33353 author: Jenkins, Herbert George title: Patricia Brent, Spinster date: None words: 69372 flesch: 82 summary: Patricia asked herself; and yet two of these solitary souls had dared to pity her, Patricia Brent. Patricia Brent, admonished Patricia to her reflection in the looking-glass, as she brushed her hair that night, you're a most unmitigated little liar. keywords: adelaide; aunt; bolton; bonsor; bowen; brent; craske; day; dear; door; elton; eyes; galvin; good; gustave; house; lady; lady tanagra; little; look; lord; love; man; miss; miss wangle; moment; morning; morton; mosscrop; mrs; patricia; patricia brent; peggy; peter; room; sikkum; smile; tanagra; think; time; triggs; voice; wangle; way cache: 33353.txt plain text: 33353.txt item: #11 of 20 id: 33623 author: Bangs, John Kendrick title: The Inventions of the Idiot date: None words: 27726 flesch: 80 summary: For plausibility, Mr. Idiot, said Mr. Pedagog, you are to me a perfect wonder. XII Dreamaline Well, Mr. Idiot, said Mr. Pedagog, as the guests gathered about the table, how goes the noble art of invention with you? keywords: bibliomaniac; day; doctor; dreamaline; good; house; idea; idiot; know; man; master; men; mind; pedagog; people; poet; school; society; things; thought; time; waffles; whitechoker; work; world cache: 33623.txt plain text: 33623.txt item: #12 of 20 id: 35017 author: Bangs, John Kendrick title: Half-Hours with the Idiot date: None words: 23123 flesch: 68 summary: Well, I suppose there is a difference between a prune and a Canadian melon, old man, but after all, they're both fruit, and when it comes to being squeezed, I guess it hurts a lemon just as much as it does a lime. The last time I saw him he was starting off with old man Weston on his walk to Chicago. keywords: american; bibliomaniac; brief; business; day; days; doctor; dollars; idiot; kind; lawyer; life; like; man; matter; mind; moment; morning; mrs; new; old; pedagog; poor; right; room; society; sort; state; table; tax; thing; time; way; women; world; years cache: 35017.txt plain text: 35017.txt item: #13 of 20 id: 35302 author: Bangs, John Kendrick title: The Genial Idiot: His Views and Reviews date: None words: 36695 flesch: 80 summary: Well, I don't know about that, Mr. Idiot, said Mr. Whitechoker, tapping his fingers together reflectively. VIII SPRING AND ITS POETRY Well, Mr. Idiot, said Mrs. Pedagog, genially, as the Idiot entered the breakfast-room, what can I do for you this fine spring morning? keywords: 16mo; april; bibliomaniac; brief; business; christmas; course; day; days; doctor; dollars; dubbins; fact; good; hand; horse; husband; ideal; idiot; kind; lawyer; life; lot; man; matter; money; mrs; new; pedagog; people; place; poet; right; sort; thing; time; union; way; whitechoker; world; worth; years cache: 35302.txt plain text: 35302.txt item: #14 of 20 id: 38551 author: Gilman, Charlotte Perkins title: The Crux: A Novel date: None words: 55069 flesch: 86 summary: Said I got drunk, I warrant! For the past five years, Mrs. Pettigrew had made her home with the Lanes. keywords: bellair; cloud; come; dear; doctor; dykeman; elder; eyes; face; friend; girl; good; grandma; hale; heart; home; house; lady; lane; life; man; men; mind; miss; morton; mrs; new; orella; pettigrew; right; room; skee; susie; think; thought; time; vivian; woman; years cache: 38551.txt plain text: 38551.txt item: #15 of 20 id: 39599 author: Johnston, Annie F. (Annie Fellows) title: The Little Colonel in Arizona date: None words: 72584 flesch: 86 summary: There is little time for fishing now, You must take father's place behind the plough.' Mrs. Walton had spoken truly when she said that Little girls begin very early sometimes to dream about that far-away land of Romance. keywords: bees; book; boy; coming; day; days; desert; door; ellestad; eyes; face; girl; good; half; head; holland; home; house; indian; jack; joyce; lee; left; life; lloyd; look; mary; morning; mother; mrs; new; people; phil; place; pony; ranch; right; road; room; school; story; tent; things; think; thought; time; want; ware; water; way; white; wigwam; work cache: 39599.txt plain text: 39599.txt item: #16 of 20 id: 41136 author: Meade, L. T. title: A Plucky Girl date: None words: 93678 flesch: 88 summary: Mother would have her friend near her, and I also should not be friendless when my time of terrible trouble came, for of course mother was dying. Mother must be saved; mother must be kept in the dark as to the utter ruin of my mad plan. keywords: albert; armstrong; day; dear; duchess; eyes; face; fanning; girl; going; good; hand; heart; house; jane; lady; look; love; man; miss; moment; mother; mrs; mullins; people; randolph; room; sort; things; think; thought; time; want; way; westenra; wickham cache: 41136.txt plain text: 41136.txt item: #17 of 20 id: 54660 author: Alger, Horatio, Jr. title: The Disagreeable Woman: A Social Mystery date: None words: 23967 flesch: 89 summary: Mrs. Wyman, the young widow, flushed and directed an angry and scornful look at the last speaker. We all enjoyed the rebuff which Mrs. Wyman received from the Disagreeable Woman, though it made us slightly afraid of her lest our turns might come next. keywords: blagden; count; doctor; fenwick; good; house; know; macy; miss; mrs; poppendorf; professor; ruth; thought; time; widow; woman cache: 54660.txt plain text: 54660.txt item: #18 of 20 id: 54979 author: Hume, Fergus title: The Yellow Holly date: None words: 101927 flesch: 89 summary: I'll remain plain George Brendon to the end of my days, and a bachelor at that. Nor do I. Does she know you? Not as George Brendon, or as I am now. keywords: bawdsey; brendon; bull; derrington; door; dorothy; eyes; face; father; friend; george; george brendon; good; hand; house; ireland; jersey; know; left; leonard; lola; lord; love; man; margery; marriage; miss; mother; mrs; night; room; said; sir; tell; thought; time; train; vane; ward; way; wish; woman cache: 54979.txt plain text: 54979.txt item: #19 of 20 id: 56087 author: Hume, Fergus title: In Queer Street date: None words: 92350 flesch: 87 summary: Any other paying guests? Mr. Edward Bracken--ordinarily termed Ned,--who plays the violin in the Bijou orchestra with great delicacy, and Mr. Owain Hench, who is at present absent, and will not return for a week. Mr. Owain Hench would then have to prove what he was doing on the night in question, and I don't think that would be easy. keywords: advertisement; alpenny; bottles; bracken; cookley; evans; eyes; face; father; girl; good; gwen; hench; jim; lady; life; little; love; madame; madame alpenny; man; mind; money; mother; mrs; nut; owain; perage; person; place; right; room; sir; spruce; time; trouble; uncle; vane; way; wish; woman; young; zara cache: 56087.txt plain text: 56087.txt item: #20 of 20 id: 62301 author: Munroe, Kirk title: Canoemates: A Story of the Florida Reef and Everglades date: None words: 69024 flesch: 78 summary: Right you are, Mr. Sumner, said the sailor. Then, as Sumner, with a flushed face, but disdaining any reply, sheered off and sailed away, he added, I'd jest naturally hate myself if I was as mean as you be, Sumner Rankin, and I won't forget your disobligingness in a hurry, neither! keywords: away; beach; boat; boy; boys; camp; canoes; carey; chapter; close; craft; day; eyes; feet; fire; fish; florida; good; indian; island; key; know; left; length; lieutenant; light; look; man; moment; place; quorum; reef; sail; saw; schooner; set; sumner; time; water; way; west; white; wind; worth; young cache: 62301.txt plain text: 62301.txt