item: #1 of 26 id: 13461 author: Craik, Dinah Maria Mulock title: Mistress and Maid: A Household Story date: None words: 112466 flesch: 78 summary: Now, Miss Hilary Leaf had all this while gone on toasting. Miss Hilary rose from her knees, crossed the kitchen, took from the girl's unresisting hands the old black bonnet and shawl, and hung them up carefully on a nail behind the great eight-day clock. keywords: ascott; aunt; balquidder; body; boy; care; child; day; dear; door; elizabeth; eyes; face; family; girl; good; half; hand; heart; hilary; home; house; johanna; kitchen; leaf; life; like; london; look; love; lyon; man; mind; miss; miss leaf; miss selina; mistress; mrs; parlor; people; poor; right; robert; room; selina; servant; sister; stowbury; thing; thought; time; tom; way; woman; work; world; years cache: 13461.txt plain text: 13461.txt item: #2 of 26 id: 14117 author: Barker, C. Hélène title: Wanted, a Young Woman to Do Housework: Business principles applied to housework date: None words: 15798 flesch: 60 summary: Large stores and factories, requiring the coöperation of many employees, have done more to open new avenues of work for women than could have been dreamed of in former times, when it was the custom for each family to produce at home as much as possible, if not all, that was necessary for its own consumption. Wages, apparently, have little to do with their decision, nor other considerations which must add very much to their material welfare, such as good food in abundance, and clean, well ventilated sleeping accommodations, for these two important items are generally included at present in the salaries of household employees. keywords: day; employee; family; home; hours; household; housewife; housework; p.m.; schedule; time; women; work cache: 14117.txt plain text: 14117.txt item: #3 of 26 id: 17226 author: Burnett, Frances Hodgson title: Emily Fox-Seton Being "The Making of a Marchioness" and "The Methods of Lady Walderhurst" date: None words: 83684 flesch: 85 summary: There was a singular gravity in the words poor Lady Walderhurst spoke in reply. Emily Walderhurst patted her shoulder as she kindly enfolded her in warm arms. keywords: agatha; cupp; day; days; emily; emily fox; eyes; face; fact; fox; girl; good; hands; hester; house; husband; jane; kind; lady; lady agatha; lady maria; lady walderhurst; ladyship; letter; life; little; look; lord; love; maria; miss; moment; morning; mother; mrs; new; night; osborn; people; place; room; seton; street; things; think; thought; time; walderhurst; warren; way; white; woman; young cache: 17226.txt plain text: 17226.txt item: #4 of 26 id: 21226 author: Robertson, Margaret M. (Margaret Murray) title: Christie Redfern's Troubles date: None words: 106771 flesch: 90 summary: It was the sickly, peevish little Christie who suffered most. Poor little Christie! keywords: aunt; away; book; children; christie; day; days; effie; elsie; eyes; face; father; gertrude; god; good; hand; home; lee; like; look; mind; miss; mother; mrs; night; place; read; rest; room; sister; things; think; thought; time; words cache: 21226.txt plain text: 21226.txt item: #5 of 26 id: 21320 author: Fenn, George Manville title: Mass' George: A Boy's Adventures in the Old Savannah date: None words: 140676 flesch: 86 summary: Seen Pomp anywhere? Eh? Mass' George tink Pomp got wunful eye? Yes; you can see twice as well in the dark as I can. keywords: big; bit; black; boat; boy; close; colonel; come; dat; eyes; father; fire; forest; george; good; gun; hand; hannibal; head; home; house; indians; know; lad; look; looking; man; mass; master; men; moment; morgan; place; pomp; poor; right; river; round; sarah; saw; sir; tell; thought; till; time; tree; want; water; way; yes cache: 21320.txt plain text: 21320.txt item: #6 of 26 id: 23266 author: Robertson, Margaret M. (Margaret Murray) title: Janet's Love and Service date: None words: 202331 flesch: 88 summary: Tell Graeme, when that happens, I shall expect her to come and keep my house.' No' ae step, Miss Graeme. keywords: arthur; away; brother; care; charlie; come; coming; day; days; dear; elliott; eyes; face; fanny; father; friend; god; going; good; graeme; great; grove; hand; harry; heart; home; house; janet; kind; life; like; little; look; looking; love; man; matter; merleville; mind; minister; miss; mother; mr snow; mrs; need; new; night; norman; people; place; quiet; rest; rose; saw; sister; snow; things; think; thought; time; words; work; years; young cache: 23266.txt plain text: 23266.txt item: #7 of 26 id: 2618 author: Bangs, John Kendrick title: A House-Boat on the Styx date: None words: 28300 flesch: 83 summary: Sir Walter Raleigh, Cassius, Demosthenes, Blackstone, Doctor Johnson, and Confucius, replied the shade. It was a part of their plan that upon this occasion Shakespeare should play pool with Doctor Johnson and the Emperor Nero, and hence it was that the coin bade him repair to the library and chat with Lord Bacon. keywords: baron; boat; boswell; charon; club; confucius; day; doctor; good; hamlet; homer; house; johnson; life; man; mind; night; play; poets; point; raleigh; room; shakespeare; sir; thing; time; walter; way; world cache: 2618.txt plain text: 2618.txt item: #8 of 26 id: 27103 author: Gréville, Henry title: The Little Russian Servant date: None words: 5465 flesch: 83 summary: On the eve of St. John, when young girls plait crowns of flowers, which they throw into the river to see if they are to be married within the year, Mavra went, like the others, to consult fate after this graceful fashion. Mavra was left alone in the workroom, a large, well-lighted chamber, furnished simply with tables and chairs for the use of the innumerable women and girls invariably attached to the service of those noble ladies who knew so well how to maintain their rank in that blessed time of serfdom. keywords: countess; day; eyes; girl; house; lady; mavra; mother; serge; time cache: 27103.txt plain text: 27103.txt item: #9 of 26 id: 32468 author: Sivia, H. title: The Last of Mrs. DeBrugh date: None words: 1807 flesch: 94 summary: Mrs. DeBrugh lay in the bed as in sleep, but Letty knew, as she had known about Mr. DeBrugh, that it was more than sleep. It came quite abruptly from Mrs. DeBrugh in the study, and it frightened Letty out of her wits momentarily. keywords: debrugh; letty; mrs cache: 32468.txt plain text: 32468.txt item: #10 of 26 id: 35053 author: Campbell, Adelaide M. G. title: Sarah's First Start in Life date: None words: 11200 flesch: 76 summary: At last Sarah and Edith took up their candles to go to bed, leaving the others still talking. In a few minutes in came Mrs. Ellis, the cook, and told Sarah to hurry up as there were some pots to wash, and poor Sarah had to gulp down her cup of tea and eat her bread and butter very fast. keywords: brown; day; dick; father; mother; mrs; sarah; servants; thought; time cache: 35053.txt plain text: 35053.txt item: #11 of 26 id: 37463 author: Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson title: The Builders date: None words: 109478 flesch: 82 summary: I liked it very much, and so did Mrs. Blackburn, but Miss Blackburn really showed some temper because he would not change a line when she asked him to. Well, I thought that Miss Blackburn was right when she said the line was all out of character with the speaker; but Mrs. Blackburn did not agree with us, and when Mr. Wythe appealed to her, she said it was just perfect as it was, and that he must not dream of changing it. keywords: alan; angelica; blackburn; caroline; child; colfax; come; course; david; day; dear; doctor; door; eyes; face; father; good; great; hair; hand; head; heart; hope; house; instant; letty; life; little; look; mammy; man; mary; meade; mind; minute; miss; moment; mother; mrs; night; people; roane; room; things; think; thought; timberlake; time; voice; war; way; white; woman; words; work; world; years cache: 37463.txt plain text: 37463.txt item: #12 of 26 id: 39705 author: Meade, L. T. title: The Lady of the Forest: A Story for Girls date: None words: 70115 flesch: 88 summary: Then I am your friend, little Phil Lovel. I must not speak to little Rachel Lovel. keywords: avonsyde; boy; children; day; dear; eyes; face; father; forest; good; griselda; hand; heir; katharine; kitty; lady; like; little; look; lovel; miss; mother; mrs; nancy; old; phil; rachel; room; rupert; tankard; time; want cache: 39705.txt plain text: 39705.txt item: #13 of 26 id: 42754 author: Rath, E. J. title: Good References date: None words: 74411 flesch: 91 summary: No!_ Aunt Caroline Marshall, Bill Marshall, the butler, and a file of the Marshall servants! CHAPTER XIV REFERENCES To the horror of Bill Marshall, the undisguised wonder of Pete Stearns and unexpected joy of Mary Wayne, Aunt Caroline announced herself as much pleased with the party. keywords: arm; aunt; aunt caroline; bill; bill marshall; come; course; dear; eyes; girl; good; hand; head; house; kid; look; man; marshall; mary; mary wayne; mind; miss; nell; norcross; party; pete; place; references; right; room; secretary; sir; society; stearns; thing; thought; time; valet; want; way; wayne; william cache: 42754.txt plain text: 42754.txt item: #14 of 26 id: 42768 author: Webster, Jean title: Much Ado About Peter date: None words: 48525 flesch: 86 summary: 'Tell Peter,' she says, 'that he's to drive in with the buckboard and meet the eight-fifteen train from the city. Billy was a huge, loose-jointed fellow who looked as if he could have picked up little Peter and slung him over his shoulder like a sack of flour. keywords: annie; billy; bobby; boy; boys; carter; come; day; door; ethel; eyes; face; girl; good; groom; hand; harry; head; horses; house; jasper; joe; lane; life; love; ma'am; man; master; mind; miss; moment; mrs; new; night; nora; peter; place; sir; stables; story; time; vittorio; way; willowbrook; work; yer cache: 42768.txt plain text: 42768.txt item: #15 of 26 id: 43042 author: Herrick, Christine Terhune title: The Expert Maid-Servant date: None words: 23252 flesch: 73 summary: Each mistress probably has her own way of learning the maid's capabilities and of explaining the work she wishes done. After the mistress and maid have reached some kind of an adjustment that makes them feel the relation of employer and employed would be desirable to both, it is time for the housekeeper to make special inquiry about the maid's references. keywords: breakfast; dinner; dishes; duties; family; good; house; kitchen; maid; mistress; order; place; room; servant; table; time; waitress; way; work cache: 43042.txt plain text: 43042.txt item: #16 of 26 id: 43983 author: Dale, Alan title: Wanted: A Cook Domestic Dialogues date: None words: 82686 flesch: 85 summary: I fancy little Letitia looks rather pale, pursued my wife. The run of the house for a night will do her good, I am sure-- The run of the house had not been denied little Letitia, though I was determined to keep silent and not argue the matter. keywords: anna; archie; aunt; bit; case; child; cook; course; day; dear; dinner; door; drawing; eggs; evening; face; fact; fairfax; girl; good; head; home; house; idea; julia; kitchen; letitia; life; little; look; madame; man; matter; mccaffrey; mind; miss; moment; mrs; new; night; people; place; poor; potzenheimer; question; read; room; table; tamworth; things; think; thought; time; want; way; wife; women; york cache: 43983.txt plain text: 43983.txt item: #17 of 26 id: 44319 author: Munsell, Ida Hamilton title: Miss Heck's Thanksgiving Party; or, Topsy Up To Date date: None words: 2715 flesch: 73 summary: Any person with but half an eye could recognize at a glance the extraordinary character of Miss Myra Heck! But, unfortunately, Miss Myra was born of black parents away down in the sunny southland, and the dark hue of skin and wisps of woolly curls which are characteristic of the negro race have descended upon their offspring. keywords: heck; miss; myra; party; thanksgiving; woman cache: 44319.txt plain text: 44319.txt item: #18 of 26 id: 45870 author: Phillipps-Wolley, Clive title: Gold, Gold, in Cariboo! A Story of Adventure in British Columbia date: None words: 85356 flesch: 85 summary: As he stood in the little room looking quizzically at his friend's work, Ned Corbett, in his old blue shirt and overalls, with the axe lying across one bare brown forearm, might have served an artist as a model for Labour; but the artist into whose studio he had come had no need for such models. At about the same time one of the finest houses in New York would have been disturbed to its very foundations if it were suspected that Mr. Steve Chance wanted for any of the luxuries of the nineteenth century, and yet here were Steve Chance and Ned Corbett, their last dollar invested in a doubtful venture, their razors abandoned, their toilet necessaries reduced to one cake of soap and a towel between two (Cruickshank condemned the habit of washing altogether upon the road), and their whole stock of household goods reduced to two light packs, to be carried mile after mile upon their own strong shoulders. keywords: camp; cariboo; chance; claims; colonel; corbett; course; creek; cruickshank; day; dead; dollars; eyes; face; feet; fellow; find; frazer; gold; good; great; half; hand; head; lay; left; life; lilla; look; man; men; moment; ned; ned corbett; new; night; pack; pete; phon; place; rampike; river; roberts; round; snow; steve; steve chance; thought; time; trail; want; way; white; work cache: 45870.txt plain text: 45870.txt item: #19 of 26 id: 46760 author: Swift, Jonathan title: Hints to Servants Being a Poetical and Modernised Version of Dean Swift's Celebrated "Directions to Servants" date: None words: 10137 flesch: 86 summary: When your own Master gets the like, A brace of barbel, bream, or pike, Stir up his generosity To tip your friend a double fee; Go snacks then with your liveried brother, 'Good servants always help each other! Keen as a hawk each fault to seize, And _Swift_ to blame, as slow to please; Swell'd up with pride to height of tumour, Though all admired his dogged humour. keywords: course; day; footman; good; illustration; lady; lord; love; master; rest; right; servants; tell; thing; time; tis; use; way cache: 46760.txt plain text: 46760.txt item: #20 of 26 id: 47003 author: Barnes-Grundy, Mabel title: Dimbie and I—and Amelia date: None words: 80097 flesch: 91 summary: But, ah, I forgot--Mr. Dimbie will be there to take you. This is how he began Marguerite, I don't want to frighten you Your will will always be mine, Marguerite Dimbie and I--and Amelia CHAPTER I WHICH INTRODUCES DIMBIE Outside, the world is bathed in sunshine, beautiful, warm, life-giving spring sunshine. keywords: amelia; bit; book; chapter; course; day; days; dimbie; eyes; face; fairbrother; garden; girl; god; good; hair; hand; head; heart; help; home; house; husband; jane; left; life; look; love; man; marguerite; men; mind; miss; moment; mother; mrs; mum; nanty; new; night; people; peter; professor; renton; room; story; tea; things; thought; time; tree; voice; want; way; wife; woman; words; world; years cache: 47003.txt plain text: 47003.txt item: #21 of 26 id: 50097 author: Carton, R. C. (Richard Claude) title: Lady Huntworth's Experiment: An original comedy in three acts date: None words: 27462 flesch: 99 summary: I hope you changed your things, (DORVASTON _and_ LUCY _laugh_) Captain Dorvaston. (DORVASTON _and_ LUCY _laugh_) PIL. keywords: car; cook; cray; crayll; crosses; door; dor; dorvaston; gandy; good; lucy; miss; pil; pillenger; rises; table; thor; window cache: 50097.txt plain text: 50097.txt item: #22 of 26 id: 57319 author: Crowninshield, Schuyler, Mrs. title: San Isidro date: None words: 68116 flesch: 93 summary: Does the lad want me over there--the Señor Silencio? I have heard nothing from him, Señor Don Beltran. yes, Señor Don Beltran! keywords: adan; agueda; ana; andres; aneta; beltran; casa; child; come; cousin; day; don; don beltran; don gil; door; escobeda; eyes; face; felisa; gil; girl; good; gremo; hand; head; house; light; little; man; moment; mother; noé; place; raquel; room; round; señor; señor don; señorita; silencio; thought; time; uncle; veranda; voice; way; words cache: 57319.txt plain text: 57319.txt item: #23 of 26 id: 8188 author: Alcott, Louisa May title: The Mysterious Key and What It Opened date: None words: 20060 flesch: 85 summary: They talked of many things in a pleasant, confidential manner, though when Lillian recalled that hour, she was surprised to find how little Paul had really told them of his past life or future plans. Tell Lillian this, and do not let her hate me. keywords: boy; child; eyes; face; hand; helen; hester; lady; lillian; look; paul; richard; room; sir; time; trevlyn; young cache: 8188.txt plain text: 8188.txt item: #24 of 26 id: 959 author: Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank) title: The Lost Princess of Oz date: None words: 48077 flesch: 86 summary: Said he to Cayke, I am now convinced that no Yip has taken your dishpan, and since it is gone from the Yip Country, I suspect that some stranger came from the world down below us in the darkness of night when all of us were asleep and took away your treasure. After all, it was little Dorothy who came to their rescue, and her ability to save them was almost as much a surprise to the girl as it was to her friends. keywords: bear; bright; button; cayke; city; cook; country; dishpan; dorothy; frogman; girl; good; king; know; lion; magic; ozma; people; scraps; shoemaker; time; ugu; way; wizard cache: 959.txt plain text: 959.txt item: #25 of 26 id: 9609 author: Fielding, Henry title: Joseph Andrews, Vol. 2 date: None words: 72844 flesch: 66 summary: A very curious adventure, in which Mr Adams gave a much greater instance of the honest simplicity of his heart, than of his experience in the ways of this world. A discourse which happened between Mr Adams, Mrs Adams, Joseph, and Fanny, with some behaviour of Mr Adams which will be called by some few readers very low, absurd, and unnatural. keywords: adams; andrews; booby; captain; chapter; child; company; cries; day; eyes; fanny; fellow; fortune; gentleman; good; hand; hath; house; husband; joseph; lady; ladyship; life; love; man; master; men; money; mr adams; parish; parson; parson adams; passion; poor; reader; reason; room; sir; slipslop; squire; think; thought; time; way; wife; woman; world cache: 9609.txt plain text: 9609.txt item: #26 of 26 id: 9611 author: Fielding, Henry title: Joseph Andrews, Vol. 1 date: None words: 65097 flesch: 64 summary: After which Barnabas and he departed, and left Mr Joseph and Mr Adams together. Mr Adams, said she, what is Mr Joseph to me? keywords: adams; andrews; barnabas; bellarmine; chapter; coach; company; eyes; fellow; fielding; gentleman; good; hath; horatio; inn; joseph; justice; kind; know; lady; left; leonora; life; madam; man; men; mind; mr adams; mrs; parson; people; place; reader; room; sir; slipslop; things; thought; time; tow; virtue; way; woman; world; wouse; young cache: 9611.txt plain text: 9611.txt