item: #1 of 17 id: 14284 author: McCutcheon, George Barr title: Truxton King: A Story of Graustark date: None words: 109912 flesch: 87 summary: He turned in his chair and found himself meeting the gaze of a ferocious looking, military appearing little man at a table near by. All of you? There followed the silence of stupefaction, broken at last by a voice which he recognised as that of old man Spantz. keywords: american; away; baron; brutus; castle; city; count; countess; dangloss; day; days; door; duke; edelweiss; engo; eyes; face; friend; gates; girl; good; graustark; great; half; hand; head; heart; hobbs; john; king; left; life; look; looking; loraine; love; man; marlanx; mean; men; mind; moment; new; night; place; prince; quinnox; room; royal; sir; smile; spantz; think; thought; time; truxton; truxton king; tullis; vos; way; woman; word; young cache: 14284.txt plain text: 14284.txt item: #2 of 17 id: 19002 author: Carroll, Lewis title: Alice's Adventures Under Ground Being a facsimile of the original Ms. book afterwards developed into "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" date: None words: 15717 flesch: 87 summary: But her sister sat there some while longer, watching the setting sun, and thinking of little Alice and her Adventures, till she too began dreaming after a fashion, and this was her dream: She saw an ancient city, and a quiet river winding near it along the plain, and up the stream went slowly gliding a boat with a merry party of children on board--she could hear their voices and laughter like music over the water--and among them was another little Alice, who sat listening with bright eager eyes to a tale that was being told, and she listened for the words of the tale, and lo! How she longed to get out of that dark hall, and wander about among those beds of bright flowers and those cool fountains, but she could not even get her head through the doorway, and even if my head would go through, thought poor Alice, it would be very little use without my shoulders. keywords: alice; caterpillar; dear; gryphon; illustration; mouse; queen; rabbit; thought; time; turtle; voice; way cache: 19002.txt plain text: 19002.txt item: #3 of 17 id: 19033 author: Carroll, Lewis title: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland date: None words: 10028 flesch: 90 summary: After awhile, finding that nothing more happened, she decided on going into the garden at once; but, alas for poor Alice! Poor Alice began to cry again, for she felt very lonely and low-spirited. keywords: alice; door; duchess; illustration; king; mouse; queen; rabbit cache: 19033.txt plain text: 19033.txt item: #4 of 17 id: 19551 author: Gorham, J. C., Mrs. title: Alice in Wonderland, Retold in Words of One Syllable date: None words: 21991 flesch: 102 summary: [Illustration] 'I have re-plied to three ques-tions, and that is e-nough,' Said the fath-er; 'don't give your-self airs! Poor thing! keywords: bit; cat; head; ice; king; queen; ter; thing; thought; time; tle; way cache: 19551.txt plain text: 19551.txt item: #5 of 17 id: 28885 author: Carroll, Lewis title: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. With a Proem by Austin Dobson date: None words: 28204 flesch: 89 summary: BUT her sister sat still just as she had left her, leaning her head, watching the setting sun, and thinking of little Alice and all her wonderful Adventures, till she too began dreaming after a fashion, and this was her dream: First, she dreamed of little Alice herself, and once again the tiny hands were clasped upon her knee, and the bright eager eyes were looking up into hers--she could hear the very tones of her voice, and see that queer little toss of her head to keep back the wandering hair that _would_ always get into her eyes--and still as she listened, or seemed to listen, the whole place around her became alive with the strange creatures of her little sister's dream. keywords: alice; duchess; gryphon; hatter; head; king; mock; mouse; queen; rabbit; thing; thought; time; turtle; voice; way cache: 28885.txt plain text: 28885.txt item: #6 of 17 id: 3095 author: Stoker, Bram title: The Lady of the Shroud date: None words: 129734 flesch: 81 summary: One of these was prepared for the Voivodin, and there she remained, except for such times as she was on show--and certain other times of which I shall tell you. At such times, warned by an automatic signal from the opening door, she was to take her place in the tomb. keywords: aunt; blue; case; castle; church; close; coming; council; course; day; dear; eyes; father; going; good; gospodar; hand; head; heart; high; honour; janet; king; lady; land; left; leger; letter; life; love; man; matter; melton; men; mind; moment; mountaineers; mountains; nation; national; night; open; place; present; roger; rooke; room; round; rupert; secret; shroud; sir; teuta; things; thought; time; uncle; vissarion; voivode; voivodin; way; wish; woman; work; world cache: 3095.txt plain text: 3095.txt item: #7 of 17 id: 33948 author: Paine, Albert Bigelow title: The Hollow Tree Snowed-In Book Being a continuation of stories about the Hollow Tree and Deep Woods people date: None words: 43247 flesch: 79 summary: Then Mr. Rabbit said that that was another story, and Mr. Squirrel and Mr. Robin wanted him to tell it right away, but Mr. Crow said they'd better have supper now, and Mr. 'Possum thought that was a good plan, and Mr. 'Coon, too, and then they all hurried around to get up some sticks of wood from down-stairs, and to set the table, and everybody helped, so they could get through early and have a nice long evening. Mr. Crow and Mr. 'Coon said that was a good idea, and Mr. Rabbit said he thought they'd better postpone Mr. Robin's story until the next evening, as Mr. 'Possum had taken up so much time with his arguments that he must be hungrier than usual, and if he put in as much more time eating, it would be morning before they were ready to go on with the literary programme. keywords: coon; crow; dog; good; man; people; possum; rabbit; right; story; things; thought; time; tree; way cache: 33948.txt plain text: 33948.txt item: #8 of 17 id: 35029 author: Bashford, H. H. (Henry Howarth), Sir title: Half-Past Bedtime date: None words: 45298 flesch: 88 summary: And the sailor Said to me: Birth's the jetty, Time's the sea, Death's the harbour, Life's the trip, Hope's the pilot, You're the ship. Then they heard a strange sort of coughing and grunting and spluttering, and they saw the oddest of little men. keywords: aunt; boy; captain; children; cuthbert; day; doris; eyes; girl; good; gwendolen; half; house; jeremy; joe; long; man; marian; moment; mother; people; round; sort; thought; time; tree; uncle cache: 35029.txt plain text: 35029.txt item: #9 of 17 id: 35289 author: Peabody, Robert Swain title: Hospital Sketches date: None words: 10809 flesch: 78 summary: Other voices, silent till now, struck in from boughs lower down and higher up and midway, and to the right and left, and from the tree-tops; and others arriving hastily from the grey church turrets and old belfry window, joined the clamour which rose and fell, and swelled and dropped again, and still went on; and all this noisy contention amidst a skimming to and fro, and lighting on fresh branches, and frequent changes of place, which satirized the old restlessness of those who lay so still beneath the moss and turf below, and the useless strife in which they had worn away their lives. Then, as the shadows gradually thinned and gathered themselves up into pier and vault and ribbing, there burst out of them great sheets and showers of color. keywords: air; cathedral; church; dark; day; good; hospital; house; illustration; life; men; night; pain; place; ranconezzo; river; rocher; sketches; st.-pol; thought; time; town; white; world cache: 35289.txt plain text: 35289.txt item: #10 of 17 id: 38896 author: Paine, Albert Bigelow title: The Hollow Tree Snowed-in Book being a continuation of the stories about the Hollow Tree and Deep Woods people date: None words: 43231 flesch: 79 summary: Mr. Rabbit said he thought that the word menagerie sounded like some kind of a picnic, with swings and nice lively games, and Mr. Crow said that once when he was flying he passed over a place where there was a big sign that said Menagerie on it, and that there were some tents and a crowd of people and a great noise, but that he hadn't seen anything that he could carry off without being noticed, so he didn't stop. [Illustration: MR. 'POSSUM SAID HE'D JUST GET ON AND HOLD THE THINGS] It was moonlight and Mr. Crow led the way, and the minute they were far enough off to be sure they wouldn't wake up Widow Crow they sang the chorus of a song that Mr. Rabbit had made for them the day before when he called at the Hollow Tree, and they had told him what they were going to do. keywords: coon; crow; dog; good; man; people; possum; rabbit; right; story; things; thought; time; tree; way cache: 38896.txt plain text: 38896.txt item: #11 of 17 id: 47030 author: Corbett, Julian Stafford title: Kophetua the Thirteenth date: None words: 77219 flesch: 82 summary: It made poor Mlle de Tricotrin almost break down to see how charming she had made her look in her own best-loved gown. In a smaller panel above one of these sacred hearths was a picture of the first King Kophetua placing with love-lorn gesture the wondering beggar-maid upon his jewelled throne. keywords: answered; asked; beauty; beggar; chancellor; chapter; child; course; daughter; day; de tricotrin; dolabella; door; end; eyes; face; general; girl; hand; head; heart; king; kophetua; life; look; love; maid; majesty; man; marquis; mlle; mlle de; moment; mother; new; night; officer; party; penelophon; people; place; queen; thing; thought; time; tricotrin; turbo; voice; way; woman cache: 47030.txt plain text: 47030.txt item: #12 of 17 id: 48537 author: Denslow, W. W. (William Wallace) title: Billy Bounce date: None words: 46570 flesch: 93 summary: But, sir-- Bumbus jumped off his chair and slowly revolved around Billy, humming-- Little boy, Billy boy, do as you're told. Far off, down the street, Billy saw Yolk and Al Bumen running as fast as their legs would carry them. keywords: air; barker; bear; billy; billy bounce; bogie; boy; bug; bumbus; course; door; eyes; gas; general; girl; good; hand; head; honey; king; man; nickel; night; plate; sir; thought; time; tree; voice; way cache: 48537.txt plain text: 48537.txt item: #13 of 17 id: 48593 author: Pyle, Katharine title: As the Goose Flies date: None words: 26898 flesch: 95 summary: Queer looking house isn't it? Ellen thought it was indeed a queer looking house. Frontispiece_ Ellen stood at the nursery window _page_ 9 Presently she shaded her eyes with her hand and looked up at the sky keywords: child; door; ellen; eyes; fairy; gander; goat; head; house; look; pig; story; thought; way cache: 48593.txt plain text: 48593.txt item: #14 of 17 id: 51077 author: Eayrs, Hugh S. (Hugh Sterling) title: The Amateur Diplomat: A Novel date: None words: 57597 flesch: 82 summary: Fenton bowed, and the Little Person, for as such Fenton had unconsciously pigeon-holed her in his mind, smiled. At last Fenton understood the change in her appearance that had puzzled him. keywords: arm; away; canadian; chapter; country; course; crane; day; eyes; face; fact; father; fenton; girl; great; hand; head; ironia; king; larescu; left; life; love; man; mind; miridoff; moment; monsieur; news; night; olga; people; peter; place; princess; room; serajoz; time; varden; voice; war; way; woman; word cache: 51077.txt plain text: 51077.txt item: #15 of 17 id: 58952 author: Magnay, William, Sir title: The Red Chancellor date: None words: 70898 flesch: 84 summary: As to the Professor's apparent callousness, why--perhaps the conduct of hide-bound scientists was not to be judged by that of other men. My friend Von Lindheim broke the pause, replying with a shrug-- keywords: chance; chancellor; count; danger; dark; day; death; door; face; fear; fellow; friend; furello; girl; good; half; hand; head; herr; hope; house; life; lindheim; look; man; men; mind; moment; night; place; poor; rallenstein; room; round; set; strode; szalay; thought; time; von; von lindheim; way; window cache: 58952.txt plain text: 58952.txt item: #16 of 17 id: 6353 author: McCutcheon, George Barr title: The Prince of Graustark date: None words: 96872 flesch: 85 summary: BLITHERS DISCUSS MATRIMONY My dear, said Mr. Blithers, with decision, you can't tell me. It was quite impossible to impart information to Mr. Blithers when he had the tips of two resolute fingers embedded in his ears. keywords: baron; bedelia; blithers; chair; count; dank; daughter; day; days; dear; end; eyes; face; fact; gaston; girl; going; good; graustark; great; guile; half; hand; head; hobbs; king; look; love; man; matter; maud; men; mind; miss; moment; mrs; new; paris; people; place; prince; prince robin; quinnox; right; robin; schmidt; sir; thing; thought; time; voice; want; way; wife; world; young cache: 6353.txt plain text: 6353.txt item: #17 of 17 id: 6801 author: McCutcheon, George Barr title: Beverly of Graustark date: None words: 87381 flesch: 86 summary: His eyes twinkled as he replied, with fine obsequiousness: You are Miss Beverly Calhoun, of Washington. The awful rocking and the jolting grew less severe, the clatter resolved itself into a broken rumble, and then the coach stopped with a mighty lurch. Dragging herself from the corner, poor Beverly Calhoun, no longer a disdainful heroine, gazed piteously out into the shadows, expecting the murderous blade of the driver to meet her as she did so. keywords: american; aunt; baldos; baron; beverly; beverly calhoun; calhoun; castle; coach; count; dangloss; dantan; dawsbergen; day; dear; edelweiss; eyes; face; fanny; fear; gabriel; ganlook; girl; good; graustark; guard; half; hand; head; heart; highness; hills; hour; life; look; lorry; love; man; marlanx; men; miss; night; place; princess; room; sir; smile; time; voice; way; yetive; young cache: 6801.txt plain text: 6801.txt