item: #1 of 16 id: 13034 author: Weston, George title: Mary Minds Her Business date: None words: 64195 flesch: 86 summary: Might I ask, Miss Mary, of what nature is the subject? And seeing that she hesitated he added, first looking cautiously over his shoulder, Is it anything, for instance, to do wi' Mr. Woodward? Your grandfather's idea, Miss Mary. keywords: archey; burdon; car; cordelia; course; day; eyes; factory; girl; good; half; hand; helen; home; josiah; judge; life; little; look; love; man; mary; mind; miss; morning; new; office; old; patty; paul; right; room; saw; spencer; stanley; things; thought; time; uncle; wally; want; way; women; work; young cache: 13034.txt plain text: 13034.txt item: #2 of 16 id: 16321 author: Hay, John title: The Bread-winners: A Social Study date: None words: 86047 flesch: 85 summary: Farnham looked from one to the other as they talked, and that curious exercise, so common to young men in such circumstances, went through his mind. Mrs. Belding's house was next to that of Mr. Farnham, and the neighborly custom of Algonquin Avenue was to build no middle walls of partition between adjoining lawns. keywords: alice; arthur; beauty; belding; bott; day; door; evening; eyes; face; farnham; felt; girl; good; hair; half; hands; head; heart; help; home; house; left; library; life; look; love; man; matchin; maud; men; mind; miss; moment; money; morning; mother; mrs; new; night; offitt; place; room; rose; sam; saul; sleeny; street; talk; temple; think; thought; time; voice; want; way; window; woman; words; work; world cache: 16321.txt plain text: 16321.txt item: #3 of 16 id: 20068 author: Baldwin, May title: Sarah's School Friend date: None words: 78875 flesch: 90 summary: Sarah Clay was, unfortunately, more in the habit of uttering unpleasant truths than making pretty speeches to her father; and, if the truth be told, she was not altogether pleased at the honour shown, for the rooms were not very suitable for a young girl, and Sarah had an idea that the grandeur would be wasted on Horatia, who, she suspected, would rather have a room near hers. Sarah always cherished the hope that she might some day find that she and her brother were not really George and Sarah Clay, but adopted children of Mark Clay, and that by-and-by the news would be broken to them. keywords: brother; clay; day; dear; face; father; george; good; hands; horatia; house; howroyd; like; look; man; mark; mean; mills; miss; mother; mr clay; mrs; naomi; people; room; sarah; thing; thought; time; uncle; want; way cache: 20068.txt plain text: 20068.txt item: #4 of 16 id: 21361 author: Fenn, George Manville title: Patience Wins: War in the Works date: None words: 101415 flesch: 89 summary: My father was Russell--Alexander--and Uncle Dick, Uncle Jack, and Uncle Bob were Company. But I was not six feet two like Uncle Bob, nor six feet one like Uncle Jack, nor six feet three like Uncle Dick. keywords: big; boy; cob; dam; dick; dog; door; end; face; fellow; gentles; going; good; great; half; hand; head; hear; hold; lad; left; look; man; men; mester; pannell; piter; place; right; round; saw; set; steel; tell; thought; time; trap; uncle; uncle bob; uncle jack; want; water; way; wheel; works cache: 21361.txt plain text: 21361.txt item: #5 of 16 id: 2908 author: Galsworthy, John title: Strife: A Drama in Three Acts date: None words: 23580 flesch: 97 summary: [Moving to the double-doors, and listening.] Do you know that man Roberts, Frost? FROST. My father's getting an old man, and you know what old men are. keywords: anthony; edgar; enid; harness; madge; man; men; mrs; roberts; rous; scantlebury; sir; tench; thomas; underwood; wanklin; wilder cache: 2908.txt plain text: 2908.txt item: #6 of 16 id: 30447 author: Warman, Cy title: Snow on the Headlight A Story of the Great Burlington Strike date: None words: 41941 flesch: 80 summary: Well, Greene, said Dan, what brings you abroad on a night like this? Business! was the half-whispered reply, Business, ol' man. Mr. Paul was a sunny soul, who, in the presence of the reporter laughed the seemingly happy laugh of the actor-man, and when alone sighed, suffered and swore as other men did. keywords: brotherhood; company; cowels; dan; day; dead; door; engineer; face; foreman; general; good; great; hand; life; man; manager; men; money; moran; night; patsy; philosopher; place; story; strike; strikers; thought; time; train; want; way; woman; work cache: 30447.txt plain text: 30447.txt item: #7 of 16 id: 31485 author: Nason, Frank Lewis title: The Blue Goose date: None words: 64276 flesch: 87 summary: Luna saw Firmstone in the laboratory as he entered the railed enclosure. Ze steel get hin ze roll, ze stamp break, ze tram break, ze men kick. keywords: away; bennie; bin; blue; company; day; door; eyes; face; fact; feet; find; firmstone; foreman; girl; going; good; goose; half; hand; hartwell; head; life; lips; long; look; luna; madame; man; mek; men; mill; mind; miss; morrison; office; open; pierre; right; room; safe; tell; things; time; trail; want; way; words; work; zephyr; élise cache: 31485.txt plain text: 31485.txt item: #8 of 16 id: 35275 author: Beeks, James C. title: 30,000 Locked Out: The Great Strike of the Building Trades in Chicago date: None words: 54802 flesch: 58 summary: And you understand that under your own rule, No. 2, union men would have a right to refuse to work with non-union men, and to quit any job where such were employed, unless they were discharged when the request was made. A scheme was started for dropping mortar and pouring water on them in order to drive them away from any job where union men were at work. keywords: action; arbitration; association; bricklayers; builders; building; business; carpenters; chicago; city; committee; council; day; employers; exchange; executive; following; george; labor; master; master masons; meeting; members; men; order; organizations; pay; president; principles; right; strike; time; trades; union; work; workmen cache: 35275.txt plain text: 35275.txt item: #9 of 16 id: 3646 author: Churchill, Winston title: The Dwelling Place of Light — Volume 1 date: None words: 49814 flesch: 74 summary: Janet, I've recommended you to Mr. Ditmar for my place. What do you say? I'd like to try it, Mr. Ditmar, Janet said, and added nothing, no word of gratitude or of appreciation to that consent. keywords: boston; bumpus; business; chippering; day; ditmar; eda; edward; eyes; face; family; good; hair; hampton; hand; hannah; head; home; house; janet; left; life; lise; look; man; men; mill; mind; miss; morning; new; office; ottway; people; place; right; room; self; sense; sister; street; things; thought; time; want; way; wiley; woman; work; world; years cache: 3646.txt plain text: 3646.txt item: #10 of 16 id: 3647 author: Churchill, Winston title: The Dwelling Place of Light — Volume 2 date: None words: 46813 flesch: 82 summary: She asked for no more details. CHAPTER XIII Once more Janet and Mr. Tiernan descended into the subway, taking a car going to the south and west, which finally came out of the tunnel into a broad avenue lined with shabby shops, hotels and saloons, and long rows of boarding--and rooming-houses. Why, it's Miss Janet! keywords: away; boston; car; day; ditmar; door; eyes; face; good; guess; hampton; hand; hannah; home; house; janet; left; life; lise; look; love; man; matter; mill; mind; moment; morning; mother; new; place; right; room; self; sister; street; thought; tiernan; time; voice; woman; world cache: 3647.txt plain text: 3647.txt item: #11 of 16 id: 3648 author: Churchill, Winston title: The Dwelling Place of Light — Volume 3 date: None words: 47037 flesch: 82 summary: And little by little Janet connected it with Silliston. repeated Janet, in an odd voice. keywords: augusta; away; brocklehurst; brooks; child; children; course; day; ditmar; eyes; face; girl; good; hampton; help; home; insall; janet; left; life; light; little; long; look; love; man; maturin; mill; mrs; new; people; place; rolfe; room; silliston; street; strike; things; thought; time; woman; work; world cache: 3648.txt plain text: 3648.txt item: #12 of 16 id: 38832 author: Wood, Henry, Mrs. title: A Life's Secret: A Novel date: None words: 101158 flesch: 89 summary: Who_ is this person, may I ask?' 'This lady is Mrs. Hunter,' haughtily replied Austin, after a pause, surprised that Mr. Hunter did not take up the words--the offensive manner in which they were spoken--the insulting look that accompanied them. 'Say what you will.' 'Should time and perseverance on my part be crowned with success, so that the prejudices of Mr. Hunter become subdued, and I succeed in winning Florence, will you not say that you bless our union?' Mrs. Hunter paused. keywords: austin; austin clay; baxendale; bevary; business; clay; daffodil; darby; day; delight; doctor; door; dunn; face; florence; good; gwinn; hand; henry; henry hunter; home; house; hunter; lady; look; man; mary; masters; men; miss; money; mrs; quale; room; sam; shuck; sir; strike; things; thornimett; thought; time; tone; way; wife; work cache: 38832.txt plain text: 38832.txt item: #13 of 16 id: 41154 author: Scott, Leroy title: The Walking Delegate date: None words: 94422 flesch: 89 summary: Tom saw Foley cast his eyes over the thinned crowd, and then give a short nod at Connelly. A couple of score of Foley men stood at the bar and sat about the tables. keywords: barry; baxter; buck; business; chair; chance; come; committee; connelly; day; delegate; door; driscoll; eyes; face; foley; good; got; half; hall; hand; head; jake; job; keating; left; look; maggie; man; men; moment; money; mrs; new; office; petersen; right; room; ruth; street; strike; talk; think; thought; time; tom; union; voice; walking; way; words; work; youse cache: 41154.txt plain text: 41154.txt item: #14 of 16 id: 41242 author: Schoonmaker, Edwin Davies title: The Americans date: None words: 36981 flesch: 94 summary: Ain't it the strain Of breaking with his family? (_Harry Egerton starts toward them, but Dicey keeps after him, the men following_) BUCK BENTLEY. Further, Great Master? (_Egerton points back toward the centre of the hall. keywords: anderson; ardsley; bishop; cap; chadbourne; come; donald egerton; egerton; george egerton; governor; hardbrooke; harry egerton; harvey; harvey anderson; know; left; man; men; mill; mrs; ralph; right; sam; sentry; voice cache: 41242.txt plain text: 41242.txt item: #15 of 16 id: 49181 author: Pollock, Channing title: The Fool: A Play in Four Acts date: None words: 25882 flesch: 97 summary: HENNIG _slips out R._, UMANSKI _looks at_ JERRY _with contempt_.] _ UMANSKI _stares in amazement at his temerity_. keywords: benfield; clare; daniel; door; gilchrist; gilliam; goodkind; grubby; jerry; joe; man; margaret; mary; mrs; pearl; right; stedtman; umanski; wadham; want; yes cache: 49181.txt plain text: 49181.txt item: #16 of 16 id: 56528 author: Zola, Émile title: Germinal date: None words: 180819 flesch: 83 summary: That's it, old man, isn't it? Fists were stretched towards him, mothers spitefully pointed him out to their boys, old men spat as they looked at him. keywords: air; arms; bed; bread; captain; catherine; chaval; children; coal; company; darkness; day; door; earth; end; eyes; face; father; fear; fire; girl; god; good; hands; head; hennebeau; hour; house; idea; jeanlin; left; levaque; like; little; look; madame; maheu; maheude; man; mates; men; midst; miners; moment; montsou; morning; mother; night; pale; people; pit; place; rasseneur; road; room; saw; settlement; silence; spite; strike; things; thought; time; turn; voice; voreux; water; way; wife; woman; work; years; zacharie; étienne cache: 56528.txt plain text: 56528.txt