item: #1 of 24 id: 154 author: Howells, William Dean title: The Rise of Silas Lapham date: None words: 133995 flesch: 88 summary: Mrs. Lapham was even better satisfied with their bargain than the Colonel himself, and they had lived in Nankeen Square for twelve years. They had seen the saplings planted in the pretty oval round which the houses were built flourish up into sturdy young trees, and their two little girls in the same period had grown into young ladies; the Colonel's tough frame had expanded into the bulk which Bartley's interview indicated; and Mrs. Lapham, while keeping a more youthful outline, showed the sharp print of the crow's-foot at the corners of her motherly eyes, and certain slight creases in her wholesome cheeks. keywords: bartley; business; colonel; colonel lapham; come; corey; course; day; door; eyes; face; family; father; girl; going; good; guess; hand; head; help; home; house; husband; irene; lapham; left; life; look; man; mind; money; mother; mrs; new; office; paint; penelope; people; place; right; rogers; room; round; saw; silas; sister; son; talk; things; think; thought; time; tom; want; way; wife; young cache: 154.txt plain text: 154.txt item: #2 of 24 id: 19746 author: Chesnutt, Charles W. (Charles Waddell) title: The Colonel's Dream date: None words: 86445 flesch: 79 summary: Old Peter was at Archie's shop one day, and they were talking about old times--good old times--for to old men old times are always good times, though history may tell another tale. There's a fine mind, colonel, that's never had a proper opportunity for development. keywords: ben; boy; business; caxton; child; clarendon; colonel; colonel french; day; dey; dudley; eyes; father; fetters; fine; good; graciella; hand; henry; home; hotel; house; know; lady; laura; life; little; long; look; man; matter; men; mill; mind; miss; moment; money; mrs; negro; negroes; new; night; office; people; peter; phil; place; run; state; suh; things; thought; time; town; treadwell; uncle; want; way; white; woman; work; years; york; young cache: 19746.txt plain text: 19746.txt item: #3 of 24 id: 20201 author: Tynan, Katharine title: Mary Gray date: None words: 77180 flesch: 89 summary: What could a man wish for sweeter and prettier beside his hearth than little Nelly? Noel! LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS The men would salute their old General, the General salute his old regiment Sir Robin Drummond had come to Mary's side, and turned the page of her music 'Do you know what I came here in the mind to ask you?' 'Miss Nelly is in the drawing-room, sir' MARY GRAY CHAPTER I WISTARIA TERRACE The house where Mary Gray was born and grew towards womanhood was one of a squat line of mean little houses that hid themselves behind a great church. keywords: agatha; anne; chapter; child; day; dear; denis; dowager; drummond; eyes; face; father; general; girl; good; gray; half; hand; heart; home; house; lady; lady anne; langrishe; life; little; look; love; man; mary; mary gray; mind; miss; mother; mrs; nelly; pat; people; place; poor; robin; rooke; room; sir; things; thought; time; way; woman; world; years cache: 20201.txt plain text: 20201.txt item: #4 of 24 id: 23063 author: Coppée, François title: The Lost Child date: None words: 5805 flesch: 78 summary: Whereupon M. Godefroy rushed to the Prefect, whose hand he pressed till that functionary winced with the pain. What sort of weather this morning? demanded M. Godefroy curtly, as he buttoned his undervest of gray swandown upon a stomach that was already a little too prominent. keywords: banker; boy; carriage; child; father; godefroy; man; raoul; sun cache: 23063.txt plain text: 23063.txt item: #5 of 24 id: 26593 author: MacGrath, Harold title: The Place of Honeymoons date: None words: 57901 flesch: 89 summary: There were other men, other vacant chairs. That will be Nora Harrigan. keywords: abbott; barone; celeste; colonel; courtlandt; day; door; duke; eyes; face; father; flora; friend; half; hand; harrigan; hat; head; heart; herr; italian; know; left; look; love; mademoiselle; man; men; mind; moment; monsieur; morning; mother; mrs; night; nora; padre; paris; room; rosen; things; time; villa; voice; way; wish; woman; world cache: 26593.txt plain text: 26593.txt item: #6 of 24 id: 27888 author: Buchanan, Thompson title: Making People Happy date: None words: 53888 flesch: 79 summary: Mrs. Morton, who had by no means forgotten her conversation with Mrs. McMahon and cherished a distinct grudge against that excellent woman, voiced a caution: But, Mrs. Hamilton, she objected, due care should be exercised in the selection. Yes; Mrs. Hamilton is right, was her caustic comment. keywords: aunt; business; carrington; chair; charles; cicily; club; course; dear; delancy; eyes; face; fact; flynn; good; hamilton; house; husband; manner; matter; mcmahon; men; moment; morton; mrs; new; right; room; schmidt; strike; time; voice; way; wife; woman cache: 27888.txt plain text: 27888.txt item: #7 of 24 id: 30848 author: Stockton, Frank Richard title: Mrs. Cliff's Yacht date: None words: 89053 flesch: 77 summary: On a beautiful September afternoon in a handsome room of one of the grand, up-town hotels in New York sat Mrs. Cliff, widow and millionaire. Now, said Mrs. Cliff to herself, as she turned from the window and selected a fresh easy chair, and sank down into its luxurious depths, there is nothing in this world so delightful as to go back rich to Plainton. keywords: beacon; board; burke; captain; captain burke; cliff; course; crew; croup; day; deck; dunkery; friends; good; home; horn; house; long; look; man; matter; men; mind; miss; money; mrs; new; people; plainton; room; shelter; shirley; shott; steamer; summer; thing; thought; time; vessel; want; way; willy; work; yacht cache: 30848.txt plain text: 30848.txt item: #8 of 24 id: 30885 author: Slesar, Henry title: Heart date: None words: 5323 flesch: 92 summary: Please relax, Mr. Monk! Didn't that mean something to you, Mr. Monk? * keywords: captain; doctor; man; mars; monk; rostov cache: 30885.txt plain text: 30885.txt item: #9 of 24 id: 31057 author: Dutton, Louise Elizabeth title: The Wishing Moon date: None words: 72396 flesch: 89 summary: He did not see Judith come. But there were little boys with whom a state of war existed. keywords: away; boy; brady; burr; care; charlie; colonel; dark; day; door; everard; eyes; face; girl; good; green; half; hand; head; home; house; judge; judith; look; looking; man; mother; mrs; neil; new; night; river; room; street; talk; time; town; voice; white; willard cache: 31057.txt plain text: 31057.txt item: #10 of 24 id: 33117 author: O'Brien, Howard Vincent title: Thirty date: None words: 73645 flesch: 88 summary: Mrs. Dodson, suddenly looking very old and tired and weak, faded away, and in her place Judith saw Good. And then watch little Roger proceed to climb the dizzy heights of industry. keywords: bassett; business; course; day; eyes; face; faxon; going; good; guess; half; hand; head; imrie; judge; judith; left; life; like; look; man; mind; miss; moment; money; new; paper; people; place; question; right; roger; room; smile; talk; things; think; thought; time; truth; understand; voice; way; words; world; wynrod cache: 33117.txt plain text: 33117.txt item: #11 of 24 id: 33985 author: Miller, Alice Duer title: Manslaughter date: None words: 70809 flesch: 83 summary: Good night Lydia. When women like Fanny Piers and May Swayne said, with a certain relish they couldn't keep out of their tones and reluctant dimples at the corners of their mouths, Isn't this too dreadful about poor Lydia? keywords: albee; attorney; bennett; benny; bobby; car; case; court; day; district; door; eleanor; evans; eyes; girl; good; hand; head; home; house; judge; jury; left; life; little; love; lydia; man; mind; miss; miss bennett; mrs; new; o'bannon; people; prison; right; room; thing; thorne; thought; time; way; wiley; woman; years cache: 33985.txt plain text: 33985.txt item: #12 of 24 id: 34065 author: Van Vorst, Marie title: The Sentimental Adventures of Jimmy Bulstrode date: None words: 83580 flesch: 83 summary: Regardez moi ce bon Bulstrode qui se promene, if it were a Frenchman, or, There's dear old Jimmy Bulstrode! They had drawn up before a portrait, and poor Bulstrode caught his breath with a groan: It's too awful! keywords: american; bulstrode; child; christmas; course; day; dear; door; duchess; duke; eyes; face; falconer; friend; gentleman; girl; good; half; hand; head; home; house; husband; jimmy; jimmy bulstrode; know; lady; left; life; look; love; man; mean; miss; moment; monsieur; mrs; paris; people; place; right; room; thing; thought; time; voice; want; way; westboro; woman; words; world; years; young cache: 34065.txt plain text: 34065.txt item: #13 of 24 id: 3659 author: Barclay, Florence L. (Florence Louisa) title: The Rosary date: None words: 107363 flesch: 86 summary: Thus Sarah departed under the impression that Miss Jane had grown up into a rather a heartless young lady. At last Jane spoke. keywords: boy; chair; champion; dalmain; day; dear; deryck; doctor; duchess; evening; eyes; face; feel; garth; garth dalmain; going; good; gray; half; hand; head; heart; jane; lady; left; letter; life; like; little; look; looking; love; man; margery; mind; miss; moment; morning; nurse; people; right; rob; room; rosemary; simpson; table; things; think; thought; time; voice; want; way; window; woman; words cache: 3659.txt plain text: 3659.txt item: #14 of 24 id: 37549 author: Woodrow, Wilson, Mrs. title: The Beauty date: None words: 59706 flesch: 82 summary: You may expect so beautiful a young woman as Dita Hepworth to be more or less talked about; but there is probably a perfect understanding between herself and Cress. Why Dita Hepworth and Eugene Gresham have known each other ever since they were children. keywords: alice; beauty; course; cresswell; day; dear; dita; eugene; eyes; face; fleming; fuschia; gresham; hand; head; heart; hepworth; hewston; life; look; love; martin; matter; maud; moment; morning; mrs; new; night; perdita; room; smile; things; thought; time; voice; wallace; way; white; wilstead; woman; world; york cache: 37549.txt plain text: 37549.txt item: #15 of 24 id: 401 author: Norris, Frank title: Blix date: None words: 53585 flesch: 86 summary: See, Condy? You're fine, murmured Condy breathless. Condy, are you listening to me? Blix, he murmured, staring at her vaguely. keywords: blix; captain; city; condy; course; day; end; evening; eyes; girl; good; half; hand; head; hour; jack; life; little; look; love; man; matter; moment; morning; new; place; play; read; red; right; room; set; story; street; table; thing; thought; time; travis; want; way; work cache: 401.txt plain text: 401.txt item: #16 of 24 id: 4020 author: Leacock, Stephen title: Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich date: None words: 67218 flesch: 77 summary: There was, of course, little Mr. Spillikins, with his vacuous face and football hair, who was there, as everybody knew, on account of Dulphemia; and there was old Judge Longerstill, who sat leaning on a gold-headed stick with his head sideways, trying to hear some fraction of what was being said. * * A call for Mr. Tomlinson! keywords: asaph; avenue; bahi; boomer; boulder; brown; business; church; city; club; course; day; dollars; duke; dumfarthing; eyes; face; fact; furlong; fyshe; good; half; hand; head; little; look; man; mausoleum; mcteague; mind; moment; money; morning; mrs; newberry; people; philippa; place; plutoria; president; rasselyer; rector; right; room; skinyer; spillikins; things; think; thought; time; tomlinson; university; way; wizard; yahi cache: 4020.txt plain text: 4020.txt item: #17 of 24 id: 43703 author: Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William) title: The Business of Life date: None words: 121056 flesch: 85 summary: Can you not imagine a more desirable marriage for a girl? Don't you _like_ Desboro? he demanded. Good-bye, Mr. Desboro. keywords: arms; aunt; business; cairns; care; clydesdale; collection; course; cynthia; day; dear; desboro; door; elena; eyes; face; girl; good; half; hammerton; hand; hannah; head; heart; house; husband; jacqueline; james; jim; kind; ledyard; left; life; lips; look; love; man; matter; mind; miss; moment; morning; mrs; nevers; new; night; office; people; real; room; rose; self; silence; silverwood; smile; sort; things; thought; time; town; voice; waudle; way; white; wife; wish; woman; world; young cache: 43703.txt plain text: 43703.txt item: #18 of 24 id: 49330 author: Abbott, Eleanor Hallowell title: The Stingy Receiver date: None words: 28403 flesch: 85 summary: As coolly as if she had been appraising a new dog or pussy, Mrs. Tome Gallien narrowed her eyes to both the vision and the announcement . . . When it comes right down to the matter of statistics, just how many times in your life you've had your own way and just how many times you haven't, Mrs. Tome Gallien was not exaggerating when she boasted to the Young Doctor that she was quite in the habit of having her own way. keywords: adventure; blue; course; day; doctor; eyes; face; gallien; girl; good; kendrue; kjelland; moment; mrs; new; piano; right; room; smile; solvei; sort; things; time; tome; tome gallien; voice; woman cache: 49330.txt plain text: 49330.txt item: #19 of 24 id: 53711 author: Grant, Robert title: The Orchid date: None words: 31570 flesch: 75 summary: It was a bold sort of beauty, and, though he wore neither mustache nor beard, the faintly bluish tinge of his complexion betrayed that, but for the barber, he would have been what Mrs. Herbert Cole might have termed an incarnate symphony in black. Mrs. Cole was a bright-eyed, vivacious woman, who talked fast and cleverly. keywords: andrew; baxter; club; cole; country; course; cunningham; day; eyes; gerald; good; hand; harry; head; herbert; house; hunt; husband; life; love; lydia; marcy; maxwell; miss; moment; mrs; new; peggy; point; spencer; thing; time; way; westfield; woman; world cache: 53711.txt plain text: 53711.txt item: #20 of 24 id: 56310 author: Grant, Robert title: The Undercurrent date: None words: 130266 flesch: 72 summary: It gave Mrs. Wilson time to think. Mrs. Wilson could fairly be termed the leader of social activity in Benham, if such a term be compatible with the institutions of a country where every women is supposed to be a law unto herself. keywords: american; benham; business; case; children; church; constance; course; daughter; day; divorce; emil; eyes; face; father; free; good; gordon; hand; head; heart; help; home; house; howard; human; husband; interest; know; law; life; loretta; love; lucille; man; marriage; marry; matter; mind; moment; money; mother; mrs; new; order; paul; people; perry; personal; point; prentiss; question; rector; right; room; self; sense; social; society; soul; spirit; state; stuart; thing; thought; time; truth; way; wife; wilson; wish; woman; words; work; world; years cache: 56310.txt plain text: 56310.txt item: #21 of 24 id: 59703 author: McConnell, James V. title: Nor Dust Corrupt date: None words: 5885 flesch: 88 summary: Steen was aware that two quintillion credits was beyond Krieg's wildest dreams, for Steen knew that Joseph Krieg had come to Earth determined to purchase his burial lot and then retire from the business world. Consolator Steen? Welcome to Earth, Joseph Krieg. keywords: consolator; earth; joe; joseph; krieg; man; steen cache: 59703.txt plain text: 59703.txt item: #22 of 24 id: 59849 author: Sheinbaum, Fred title: Filthy Rich date: None words: 3556 flesch: 91 summary: Life, J.L. felt, would be all sweetness and light were it not for the unaccountable affection his pretty young daughter, Glory, bore for an ascetic looking young man of doubtful integrity as a consumer. J.L. bought most things out of a sense of duty, but Marge and Glory really enjoyed spending money, God bless them. keywords: consumer; door; glory; j.l; man; marge cache: 59849.txt plain text: 59849.txt item: #23 of 24 id: 61582 author: Adams, Samuel Hopkins title: Flaming Youth date: None words: 89913 flesch: 91 summary: Did you, little Pat? Her mother leaned forward to look into the queer, defiant, chivalrous little face. Little Pat is going to look right clean through the petty illusions of life, clear-eyed. keywords: bobs; cary; child; come; constance; course; day; dear; dee; door; eyes; face; family; fentriss; girl; going; good; half; hand; help; house; james; kind; life; lips; look; love; man; men; mind; moment; mona; monty; mother; music; osterhout; party; pat; right; room; scott; self; set; sort; talk; thing; thought; time; voice; want; way; wish; woman; world; young cache: 61582.txt plain text: 61582.txt item: #24 of 24 id: 62036 author: Scott, John Reed title: The Unforgiving Offender date: None words: 89818 flesch: 88 summary: I see--you think that because Stephanie Lorraine had the courage to run off, and may have courage to return, she thereby has proven that she has nerve sufficient for both of them, so they would better hitch up again and go on in double harness! laughed Burgoyne. How would it be with Stephanie Lorraine? keywords: amherst; burgoyne; cameron; chamberlain; club; coming; course; day; dear; devereux; emerson; eyes; face; friends; going; good; hand; head; look; lorraine; man; matter; mean; men; mind; miss; moment; montague; mrs; pendleton; piazza; porshinger; right; room; smile; society; stephanie; stephanie lorraine; thing; thought; time; try; want; way; woman cache: 62036.txt plain text: 62036.txt