item: #1 of 27 id: 12315 author: Sherwood, Mary Martha title: Shanty the Blacksmith; a Tale of Other Times date: None words: 32263 flesch: 62 summary: His aunt, Mrs. Margaret Dymock, was his housekeeper, and so careful had she always been, for she had kept house for her brother, the late laird, that the neighbours said she had half-starved herself, in order to keep up some little show of old hospitality. Nothing, however, which has been said of Mrs. Margaret Dymock goes against that which might be said with truth, that there was a fund of kindness in the heart of the venerable spinster, though it was sometimes choked up and counteracted by her desire to make a greater appearance than the family means would allow. keywords: aunt; child; day; dymock; father; having; jacob; lady; laird; man; margaret; mind; moor; mrs; place; poor; rebecca; salmon; shanty; shed; tamar; time; tower; way; woman; work cache: 12315.txt plain text: 12315.txt item: #2 of 27 id: 12773 author: Bennett, Arnold title: Mr. Prohack date: None words: 123795 flesch: 83 summary: Mr. Prohack was a fairly tall man, with a big head, big features, and a beard. Mr. Prohack had, in effect retorted: Departmentally considered, losing the war is a detail. keywords: arthur; bed; bishop; business; car; carthew; charlie; clock; club; course; daughter; day; door; eliza; end; eve; face; fact; fancy; father; feel; fellow; girl; good; half; hand; head; home; house; lady; left; life; look; machin; man; massulam; matter; mind; miss; moment; money; morfey; morning; mother; mrs; necklace; new; night; ozzie; paul; people; pounds; prohack; room; sir; sissie; softly; son; thing; thought; time; veiga; way; wife; woman; world cache: 12773.txt plain text: 12773.txt item: #3 of 27 id: 12920 author: Train, Arthur Cheney title: The "Goldfish" Being the Confessions af a Successful Man date: None words: 63395 flesch: 76 summary: I'd sooner my son would have to work for his living than not, and I'd rather he'd spend his life contending with the forces of nature and developing the country than in quarreling over the division of profits that other men had earned. Old men and women stop me on the main street and murmur: If only your father could see you now! keywords: boy; business; children; city; class; cost; country; course; daughters; day; dinner; dollars; evening; fact; family; french; friends; girls; good; half; hastings; head; history; home; hour; house; knowledge; law; life; lives; living; look; man; matter; men; mind; money; new; night; office; paris; people; place; reason; rest; room; round; self; society; success; things; time; want; way; wife; work; world; worth; years; york cache: 12920.txt plain text: 12920.txt item: #4 of 27 id: 1681 author: Plato (spurious and doubtful works) title: Eryxias date: None words: 7121 flesch: 75 summary: It appears to be clear that whatever constitutes wealth must be useful, and that wealth is one class of useful things; and now we have to enquire, What is the use of those useful things which constitute wealth? And do you think, said the youth, that doing good things is like building a house,--the work of human agency; or do things remain what they were at first, good or bad, for all time? keywords: critias; erasistratus; eryxias; good; socrates; things; wealth cache: 1681.txt plain text: 1681.txt item: #5 of 27 id: 21228 author: Walton, Amy title: White Lilac; or the Queen of the May date: None words: 62739 flesch: 87 summary: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Not that it matters, said Mrs Greenways on her way home afterwards, what they call the poor little thing--Lilac White, or White Lilac, or what you will, for she'll never rear it, never. There's little White Lilac, as we used to call her,--you find her a handy sort of lass, don't you? She's well enough in her way, said Mrs Greenways. keywords: agnetta; bella; bit; butter; child; day; eyes; face; farm; good; greenways; hand; head; joshua; leigh; lilac; lilac white; look; mind; mother; mrs; mrs greenways; mrs white; peter; queen; round; things; think; thought; time; uncle; white; wishing; work cache: 21228.txt plain text: 21228.txt item: #6 of 27 id: 23231 author: Lee, Hannah Farnham Sawyer title: Rich Enough a tale of the times date: None words: 12470 flesch: 76 summary: In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts. CHAPTER I. Welcome, said Mr. Draper, the rich merchant, to his brother, who entered his counting-room one fine spring morning. I perceive, brother, replied Mr. Draper, a little scornfully, you have not increased in worldly wisdom. keywords: brother; business; charlotte; city; clyde; country; draper; frances; howard; life; mind; mrs; time; wife cache: 23231.txt plain text: 23231.txt item: #7 of 27 id: 28697 author: Otis, James title: Down the Slope date: None words: 72352 flesch: 85 summary: When Fred left Sam to defend the breach in the wall he fully realized the necessity of giving the alarm quickly, and did not stop to light his lamp until after scrambling over the barrier of coal. Looking around quickly Fred saw Sam Thorpe, who had just come up the slope with Bill Thomas. keywords: bill; billings; boy; boys; brace; chance; chapter; company; day; drift; farley; find; fred; good; gus; half; help; home; joe; left; men; money; night; party; place; sam; skip; slope; store; tell; time; want; way; work; wright cache: 28697.txt plain text: 28697.txt item: #8 of 27 id: 29673 author: Lipman, Frederick L. (Frederic Lockwood) title: Creating Capital Money-making as an aim in business date: None words: 8758 flesch: 55 summary: The focusing of attention on one's own function also implies and explains the custom of placing upon participants in a business transaction the responsibility each for his own side, a custom which is economically justified but which must be kept within proper limits, as is fully recognized by the business men who are successful and who therefore become models or examples for the guidance of other men, influencing the latter towards high ideals. The advancement in the arts and sciences has been in no small degree stimulated by the demands of business enterprise for new methods of creating capital and we may believe that should the time arrive when this motive should fail, when men should grow to be indifferent in their attitude towards profits, the ensuing stagnation would affect every department of human endeavor. keywords: aim; business; capital; enterprise; life; making; man; men; money; profits; self cache: 29673.txt plain text: 29673.txt item: #9 of 27 id: 30146 author: Warner, Susan title: What She Could date: None words: 52425 flesch: 94 summary: Oh, there's Matilda Englefield--Matilda, won't you come too? He gave Matilda paper and pen, and himself put on his overcoat. keywords: anne; aunt; candy; church; clarissa; englefield; good; look; mamma; maria; matilda; mother; mrs; norton; people; richmond; room; school; sister; things; thought; tilly; time; want; way; work cache: 30146.txt plain text: 30146.txt item: #10 of 27 id: 30147 author: Warner, Susan title: Opportunities date: None words: 60754 flesch: 94 summary: The darning was not wearisome at all to-day, so busy her thoughts were with the question of Mrs. Eldridge; how much or how little Matilda ought to do for her, how much she _could_, and what were the best arrangements to be set on foot. Much Matilda wished that she could have talked with her sister about those same words; but Maria was in another line. keywords: aunt; candy; child; day; eldridge; going; good; help; home; house; laval; maria; matilda; miss; mrs; norton; people; pink; redwood; richmond; tea; things; thought; time; want; way; woman; work; yes cache: 30147.txt plain text: 30147.txt item: #11 of 27 id: 30387 author: Alger, Horatio, Jr. title: Mark Mason's Victory date: None words: 46202 flesch: 92 summary: Leaving Mark on his way we will precede him, and carry the reader at once to Gulchville, in California, where he was to find the young boy of whom Mr. Gilbert had requested him to take charge. Perhaps, as you are taking the place of my uncle, it would be proper to call you Uncle Mark, she laughed. keywords: boy; business; chapter; come; dollars; edgar; father; good; hope; lady; left; man; mark; mason; money; mother; mrs; room; sir; solon; talbot; time; tom; want; way cache: 30387.txt plain text: 30387.txt item: #12 of 27 id: 30955 author: Hays, Helen Ashe title: The Princess Idleways: A Fairy Story date: None words: 16892 flesch: 87 summary: Farewell, little Laura, for a short time. CHAPTER V. I must explain to little Lady Laura, said Grim, with a wave of his hand towards the Motherkin, if you will allow me, madam, that we fairies have the power of making ourselves unseen whenever we wish, though we seldom use the power except for some useful purpose. keywords: bed; child; children; dear; elf; good; grim; hand; home; kathie; lady; laura; motherkin; staff; way; woods cache: 30955.txt plain text: 30955.txt item: #13 of 27 id: 30956 author: Myers, Gustavus title: History of the Great American Fortunes, Vol. I Conditions in Settlement and Colonial Times date: None words: 85472 flesch: 63 summary: In close similarity to the start of the Astors and many other founders of great land fortunes, commerce was the original means by which Marshall Field obtained the money which he invested in land. The basic structure of this was New York City land, but a considerable part was in railroad stocks and bonds, and miscellaneous aggregations of other securities to the purchase of which the surplus revenue had gone. keywords: american; astor; astor fortune; bank; business; chicago; city; city land; class; classes; committee; company; conditions; congress; country; day; death; dollars; england; estate; fact; field; force; fortune; fraud; fur; furs; girard; government; grants; half; indians; interests; jacob; john; labor; land; law; laws; life; man; means; men; merchants; methods; millions; money; new york; number; pay; people; population; power; present; profits; propertied; property; public; report; rights; set; society; states; street; sum; system; time; trade; trading; united; value; way; wealth; william; work; workers; worth; years; york city cache: 30956.txt plain text: 30956.txt item: #14 of 27 id: 34218 author: Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe title: Hildegarde's Home date: None words: 44003 flesch: 90 summary: Miss Hildegarde, he added, in a very kind voice, you probably thought me an ogre this morning. cried poor Hildegarde, an abyss opening at her feet. keywords: beadle; boy; child; colonel; course; cousin; day; dear; eyes; ferrers; good; grahame; hand; head; hildegarde; home; house; hugh; jack; lad; little; loftus; look; looking; miss; mother; mrs; place; room; sir; tell; things; thought; time; uncle; way; white; years; young cache: 34218.txt plain text: 34218.txt item: #15 of 27 id: 36189 author: Walsh, William Shepard title: In Search of a Son date: None words: 37262 flesch: 82 summary: Then Miette repeated to Paul Monsieur Roger's story; she told him about the departure of Monsieur Roger, his wife, and their little George for America, their voyage on the ship, then the fire at sea. Two Friends 18 CHAPTER III. Monsieur Roger 26 CHAPTER IV. Monsieur Roger's Story 32 CHAPTER V. Fire at Sea 39 CHAPTER VI. keywords: air; albert; chapter; child; eyes; fall; fire; friend; george; globe; illustration; madame; miette; miss; moment; monsieur dalize; monsieur roger; oxygen; paul; solange; time; tower; water cache: 36189.txt plain text: 36189.txt item: #16 of 27 id: 36493 author: West, Frederic, Mrs. title: Owen's Fortune; Or, "Durable Riches" date: None words: 14254 flesch: 89 summary: Meanwhile Owen and his father were having a little talk. Mr. Hadleigh could find no direct evidence against Owen. keywords: boy; clarice; david; father; god; hadleigh; owen; time; uncle cache: 36493.txt plain text: 36493.txt item: #17 of 27 id: 37357 author: Stables, Gordon title: Annie o' the Banks o' Dee date: None words: 54513 flesch: 88 summary: Poor man! Young men are mostly fools--I'll go into the house and smoke a pipe with my aged friend, McLeod. keywords: annie; board; captain; craig; day; dear; dickson; eyes; face; fanny; far; fletcher; gold; good; grahame; half; hall; hand; heart; ilda; island; laird; life; look; love; man; matty; mcleod; men; nicol; night; poor; queen; reginald; round; sandie; sea; ship; sir; tell; time; way; white; young cache: 37357.txt plain text: 37357.txt item: #18 of 27 id: 38771 author: Meade, L. T. title: The Little Princess of Tower Hill date: None words: 55519 flesch: 83 summary: He looked uncommonly well this morning, remarkably neat in his person, and altogether a striking contrast to poor disheveled little Maggie. In five minutes the plan was made which was to exercise so large an influence over little Maggie, which was, in short, completely to alter her life. keywords: aylmer; baby; billy; boy; child; children; course; day; dear; eyes; face; father; girl; good; grey; heart; home; john; little; maggie; miss; moment; mother; mrs; night; pepper; poor; ralph; room; round; sir; story; susy; thought; time; tom; trusty; waters; yer cache: 38771.txt plain text: 38771.txt item: #19 of 27 id: 39047 author: Molesworth, Mrs. title: Nurse Heatherdale's Story date: None words: 41820 flesch: 91 summary: Miss Bess and Master Francis could not help laughing at the funny way the child said it, nor could I myself, for that matter. Miss Bess and Master Francis were talking eagerly with old Prideaux; they turned to us as we came near. keywords: baby; bess; boy; children; day; dear; francis; good; lady; lally; master; master francis; miss; miss bess; nurse; room; sir; things; time; way cache: 39047.txt plain text: 39047.txt item: #20 of 27 id: 42759 author: Ryan, John A. (John Augustine) title: Distributive Justice: The Right and Wrong of Our Present Distribution of Wealth date: None words: 141343 flesch: 56 summary: While the whole product is due in some degree to the productive power of land, 200 dollars of it represents land value in the process of production, and goes to him solely in his capacity as landowner. Does the equal right to use the bounty of nature include the right to equal _shares_ of land, or land values, or land advantages? keywords: business; capital; capitalist; case; cent; claim; community; distribution; dollars; economic; general; goods; great; human; income; increase; individual; industrial; industry; interest; justice; labour; labourer; land; land taxes; land value; law; life; living; living wage; majority; man; men; minimum; needs; new; operation; ownership; persons; power; present; prices; product; production; productivity; profits; property; public; question; rate; rent; right; social; state; system; tax; theory; title; use; value; wage; welfare; workers cache: 42759.txt plain text: 42759.txt item: #21 of 27 id: 43995 author: Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold) title: Peter Parley's Visit to London, During the Coronation of Queen Victoria date: None words: 13051 flesch: 68 summary: ] 'She is a dear sweet lady, Mr. Parley, and, what is more, she is as good as she is sweet,' said my friend, Major Meadows, who, afraid lest I should overwalk myself in my zeal for sight-seeing, had followed me from Westminster Abbey and luckily fallen in with me in the park, and he went on to relate many very interesting anecdotes of the young Queen, which Peter Parley took good care to remember because he knew they would gratify his young friends. It is beautifully designed, and formed in the most costly and elegant manner, and so covered with precious stones, as almost to dazzle the eyes of old Peter Parley. keywords: abbey; altar; chapter; coronation; crown; day; gold; great; lord; majesty; parley; peter parley; procession; queen; royal; soult; time; westminster cache: 43995.txt plain text: 43995.txt item: #22 of 27 id: 45381 author: Anonymous title: The Popular Story of Blue Beard Embellished with neat Engravings date: None words: 3652 flesch: 70 summary: |When Blue Beard was gone, Fatima sent a kind invitation to her friends to come immediately to the castle, and ordered a grand entertainment to be prepared for their reception. [Illustration: 0015] |Blue Beard, who lost no time in paying the family a visit, was in a few days privately married to the young lady, and soon after the ceremony, Fatima, accompanied by her sister, returned to the castle the wife of Blue Beard. keywords: beard; blue; castle; fatima; sister cache: 45381.txt plain text: 45381.txt item: #23 of 27 id: 4543 author: Berkeley, George title: The Querist Containing Several Queries Proposed to the Consideration of the Public date: None words: 27644 flesch: 79 summary: Whether there should not be such provisions of stamps, signatures, checks, strong boxes, and all other measures for securing the bank notes and cash, as are usual in other banks? 129. And what reason can be assigned why Ireland should not reap the benefit of such public banks as well as other countries? 204. keywords: bank; bills; country; credit; doth; england; gold; good; hands; industry; interest; kingdom; men; money; national; people; power; public; silver; state; trade; value cache: 4543.txt plain text: 4543.txt item: #24 of 27 id: 49579 author: Burnett, Frances Hodgson title: Little Lord Fauntleroy [abridged]: Für den Schulgebrauch bearbeitet date: None words: 43886 flesch: 93 summary: Papier_ ist ein eigens hierzu angefertigter, kräftiger, nicht durchscheinender, guter Stoff von gelblicher Färbung, _die sehr wohltuend auf das Auge des Schülers wirkt_. [C]_; der _pitcher_ (Werfer) _ keywords: 1.10; 1.30; aufl; big; boy; carriage; castle; cedric; chair; child; day; dearest; den; der; des; dick; die; dir; dorincourt; earl; england; errol; eyes; face; fauntleroy; fellow; good; grandfather; hand; havisham; hobbs; home; house; ist; karte; lawyer; life; little; look; lord; lord fauntleroy; lordship; man; mit; morning; mother; mrs; new; people; prof; room; son; stufe; tell; things; thought; time; und; voice; von; way; woman cache: 49579.txt plain text: 49579.txt item: #25 of 27 id: 49724 author: Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe title: Snow-White; or, The House in the Wood date: None words: 23752 flesch: 96 summary: Dwarfs didn't ought to eat them, any more than children. When you leave this kinds of child alone, it runs away, that's what it does; and Miss Tylers isn't any kind of persons to leave this kinds of child wiz, anyhow, and so I told them at first. keywords: child; dwarf; eyes; green; house; kind; man; mark; place; right; snow; story; things; time; tree; way; white; wiz cache: 49724.txt plain text: 49724.txt item: #26 of 27 id: 59853 author: Ellis, Edward Sylvester title: A Young Hero; Or, Fighting to Win date: None words: 68534 flesch: 77 summary: It may well be asked what young Fred Sheldon expected to do with such a useless musket, should emergency arise demanding a weapon. As he did so he placed his hand on the top rail of the fence and with one bound leaped over, dropping upon his feet within a few steps of poor Fred Sheldon, who, with every reason for believing he had been seen, sprang to his feet and ran for dear life. keywords: archie; boy; boys; bud; bud heyland; carter; constable; cyrus; day; door; fred; fred sheldon; good; hand; head; heyland; home; house; kincade; lad; ladies; lion; man; minute; money; mother; night; place; road; room; sutton; thought; time; tramp; voice; way; work; young cache: 59853.txt plain text: 59853.txt item: #27 of 27 id: 6495 author: Myers, Gustavus title: Great Fortunes from Railroads date: None words: 104333 flesch: 60 summary: Many other men did the same, and yet in the vicissitudes of business went bankrupt; the realm of business was full of wrecks. The probabilities are that the voting power of the New York Central, the Lake Shore and other Vanderbilt lines is passing into the hands of the Standard Oil interests, of which Harriman was both a part and an ally. keywords: acres; act; bonds; business; capitalists; central; city; class; classes; coal; committee; companies; company; congress; control; corporations; corruption; cost; court; day; dollars; erie; erie railroad; fact; fisk; footnote; fortune; frauds; fraudulent; general; gould; government; grants; house; industrial; interests; labor; land; law; laws; legislature; life; line; magnates; man; means; methods; millions; money; new york; number; officials; order; owners; pacific; pay; pennsylvania; people; power; price; profits; property; public; railroad; railroad company; report; senate; session; states; stock; street; sum; system; time; union; united; united states; vanderbilt; vanderbilt fortune; war; way; wealth; william; workers; working; years; york city cache: 6495.txt plain text: 6495.txt