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id: 20113
author: Lear, Edward
title: Nonsense Drolleries The Owl & The Pussy-Cat—The Duck & The Kangaroo.
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words: 800
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flesch: 89
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  [Illustration] WITH Original Illustrations BY WILLIAM FOSTER LONDON & NEW YORK FREDERICK WARNE AND CO. 1889 _ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. [Illustration] Please give me a ride on your back! Said the Duck to the Kangaroo.


id: 13646
author: Lear, Edward
title: A Book of Nonsense
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words: 3684
sentence: 166
flesch: 79
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  Till a great bit of muffin, on which he was stuffing, Choked that horrid Old Man of Calcutta. [Illustration] There was an Old Man of Corfu, Who never knew what he should do; So he rushed up and down, till the sun made him brown, That bewildered Old Man of Corfu.


id: 982
author: Lear, Edward
title: The Book of Nonsense
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words: 3643
sentence: 177
flesch: 89
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summary:
  There was an Old Man of Vesuvius, Who studied the works of Vitruvius; When the flames burnt his book, To drinking he took, That morbid Old Man of Vesuvius. 57. There was an Old Man of Corfu, Who never knew what he should do; So he rushed up and down, Till the sun made him brown, That bewildered Old Man of Corfu.


id: 13648
author: Lear, Edward
title: More Nonsense
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words: 4632
sentence: 212
flesch: 74
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summary:
  [Illustration] There was an old person of Bromley, Whose ways were not cheerful or comely; He sate in the dust, eating spiders and crust, That unpleasing old person of Bromley. [Illustration] There was an old person of Slough, Who danced at the end of a bough; But they said, If you sneeze, you might damage the trees, You imprudent old person of Slough.


id: 34906
author: Lear, Edward
title: The Jumblies, and Other Nonsense Verses
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words: 4514
sentence: 272
flesch: 93
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  Dear Pig, are you willing to sell for one shilling Your ring? Said the Piggy, I will. IV. Mrs. Broom and Miss Shovel together they sang, What nonsense you're singing to-day! Said the Shovel, I'll certainly hit you a bang! Said the Broom, And I'll sweep you away!


id: 13649
author: Lear, Edward
title: Laughable Lyrics
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words: 5803
sentence: 334
flesch: 91
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  Said he who caught the Muffin to him who caught the Mouse,-- This happens just in time! And what can we expect if we haven't any dinner, But to lose our teeth and eyelashes and keep on growing thinner? Said he who caught the Mouse to him who caught the Muffin,-- We might cook this little Mouse, if we only had some Stuffin'!


id: 13647
author: Lear, Edward
title: Nonsense Songs
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words: 11527
sentence: 609
flesch: 84
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summary:
  [Illustration] After sailing on calmly for several more days, they came to another country, where they were much pleased and surprised to see a countless multitude of white Mice with red eyes, all sitting in a great circle, slowly eating custard-pudding with the most satisfactory and polite demeanor. [Illustration] So remarkable a sight, of course, impressed the four children very deeply; and they returned immediately to their boat with a strong sense of undeveloped asthma and a great appetite.


id: 33582
author: Carroll, Lewis
title: Rhyme? And Reason?
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words: 19102
sentence: 1083
flesch: 88
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  Not a bit! 'Twould be a job to drive one wild, To satisfy one single child-- There'd be no end to it! Of course you can't leave _children_ free, Said I, to pick and choose: [Illustration] This he perched upon a tripod-- Crouched beneath its dusky cover-- Stretched his hand, enforcing silence-- Said Be motionless, I beg you!


id: 13650
author: Lear, Edward
title: Nonsense Books
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sentence: 1490
flesch: 81
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  Comment, with illustrations, upon Mr. Lear's use of the following words: Runcible, propitious, dolomphious, borascible, fizzgiggious, himmeltanious, tumble-dum-down, spongetaneous. [Illustration] After sailing on calmly for several more days, they came to another country, where they were much pleased and surprised to see a countless multitude of white Mice with red eyes, all sitting in a great circle, slowly eating custard-pudding with the most satisfactory and polite demeanor.


