item: #1 of 9
          id: 13646
      author: Lear, Edward
       title: A Book of Nonsense
        date: None
       words: 3684
      flesch: 79
     summary: 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.
    keywords: illustration; lady; man; nose; person
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        item: #2 of 9
          id: 13647
      author: Lear, Edward
       title: Nonsense Songs
        date: None
       words: 11527
      flesch: 84
     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.
    keywords: blue; boat; chapter; end; fly; green; illustration; legs; little; round; sea; sieve; tea; wangle; water
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        item: #3 of 9
          id: 13648
      author: Lear, Edward
       title: More Nonsense
        date: None
       words: 4632
      flesch: 74
     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.
    keywords: head; illustration; lady; man; nonsense; people; person; rhymes; sate
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        item: #4 of 9
          id: 13649
      author: Lear, Edward
       title: Laughable Lyrics
        date: None
       words: 5803
      flesch: 91
     summary: 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'!
    keywords: akond; bonghy; dong; illustration; night; papa; swat; toes; wangle
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        item: #5 of 9
          id: 13650
      author: Lear, Edward
       title: Nonsense Books
        date: None
       words: 29853
      flesch: 81
     summary: 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.
    keywords: akond; blue; boat; bonghy; book; children; day; dong; end; green; hat; head; illustration; lady; lear; legs; little; man; night; nonsense; nose; papa; person; quangle; round; sate; sea; swat; tea; time; tree; wangle; water
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        item: #6 of 9
          id: 20113
      author: Lear, Edward
       title: Nonsense Drolleries The Owl & The Pussy-Cat—The Duck & The Kangaroo.
        date: None
       words: 800
      flesch: 89
     summary: [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.
    keywords: illustration; kangaroo
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        item: #7 of 9
          id: 33582
      author: Carroll, Lewis
       title: Rhyme? And Reason?
        date: None
       words: 19102
      flesch: 88
     summary: 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!
    keywords: beaver; bellman; butcher; care; day; eye; ghost; good; half; hand; head; illustration; ladye; life; man; mind; night; sea; snark; thee; thing; thought; time; voice; way; word; years
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        item: #8 of 9
          id: 34906
      author: Lear, Edward
       title: The Jumblies, and Other Nonsense Verses
        date: None
       words: 4514
      flesch: 93
     summary: 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!
    keywords: ding; dong; jumblies; nose; sea; sieve; yonghy
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        item: #9 of 9
          id: 982
      author: Lear, Edward
       title: The Book of Nonsense
        date: None
       words: 3643
      flesch: 89
     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.
    keywords: conduct; lady; man; nose; person
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