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Eric Lease Morgan May 27, 2019 Number of items in the collection; 'How big is my corpus?' ---------------------------------------------------------- 20 Average length of all items measured in words; "More or less, how big is each item?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6857 Average readability score of all items (0 = difficult; 100 = easy) ------------------------------------------------------------------ 76 Top 50 statistically significant keywords; "What is my collection about?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 german 11 St. 8 England 7 illustration 7 great 7 Mr. 7 English 6 like 6 Munich 6 King 6 Footnote 6 Europe 5 time 5 little 5 french 5 english 5 Sir 5 Rhine 5 Paris 5 Nuremberg 5 France 5 Emperor 4 look 4 Royal 4 Madame 4 God 4 Albert 3 town 3 place 3 old 3 man 3 italian 3 Vienna 3 VELLUM 3 Strasbourg 3 Rue 3 Prince 3 Mrs. 3 Mary 3 Lord 3 Library 3 LETTER 3 Henry 3 Duke 3 Castle 3 Bavaria 2 roman 2 print 2 picture 2 house Top 50 lemmatized nouns; "What is discussed?" --------------------------------------------- 2156 time 1874 man 1742 day 1674 place 1389 town 1339 year 1278 house 1214 side 1118 room 1091 way 1081 part 1081 copy 1021 book 1005 church 991 work 988 country 976 thing 931 hand 926 foot 855 woman 847 eye 825 people 793 head 792 life 768 picture 762 one 749 century 717 city 713 road 712 wall 707 hour 701 nothing 701 art 693 view 684 name 677 street 655 volume 655 friend 634 figure 630 tower 625 end 621 character 619 building 599 manner 596 door 570 window 569 water 554 morning 552 river 548 mile Top 50 proper nouns; "What are the names of persons or places?" -------------------------------------------------------------- 18085 _ 985 de 978 St. 807 Library 805 Mr. 695 Paris 661 Nuremberg 655 M. 508 England 457 France 434 Germany 413 la 398 George 370 Betty 352 . 351 Rollo 344 English 336 Europe 318 Vienna 311 King 310 Munich 309 iii 307 Emperor 306 Royal 291 ii 289 von 281 Footnote 275 c. 263 Berlin 258 Rhine 247 et 241 le 238 Public 238 Folio 229 America 226 Polly 226 Esther 224 Mrs. 224 John 223 Prince 223 French 219 VELLUM 205 Duke 202 MS 201 London 197 Sir 196 Durer 194 Imperial 191 Printed 190 Castle Top 50 personal pronouns nouns; "To whom are things referred?" ------------------------------------------------------------- 12683 i 12285 it 6794 he 5916 we 4341 you 4149 they 3077 me 2927 she 2464 them 2303 him 1725 us 1124 her 687 himself 508 one 423 themselves 403 itself 375 myself 238 herself 167 ourselves 70 yourself 40 thee 35 mine 26 ours 21 his 18 theirs 15 je 14 hers 13 yours 8 oneself 6 ''s 4 ye 4 ce 3 ''em 2 thyself 2 ne 2 ay 1 yourselves 1 water-- 1 up;--that 1 ung 1 trodden 1 thus:--a 1 theeself 1 spot-- 1 sat 1 pappenheim 1 où 1 o''er 1 me--"who 1 manner--"that Top 50 lemmatized verbs; "What do things do?" --------------------------------------------- 47561 be 14625 have 3325 do 3228 see 2604 say 2336 make 1978 go 1846 come 1728 take 1500 give 1489 look 1470 find 1419 know 1310 think 1310 seem 1147 tell 1024 call 974 leave 923 stand 864 pass 804 appear 772 get 766 hear 634 follow 624 speak 615 become 599 feel 598 begin 591 bring 565 keep 555 turn 551 enter 544 sit 515 live 514 walk 511 build 502 show 494 write 488 reach 488 print 481 contain 476 lead 472 believe 471 carry 466 rise 465 hold 463 put 462 ask 453 run 446 form Top 50 lemmatized adjectives and adverbs; "How are things described?" --------------------------------------------------------------------- 7172 not 3316 so 2889 more 2872 very 2054 great 2030 old 1974 here 1967 little 1954 most 1916 first 1892 other 1859 now 1840 well 1704 up 1686 good 1678 much 1594 only 1480 then 1412 as 1277 many 1255 long 1180 own 1116 out 1105 even 1096 same 1077 few 1073 large 1039 however 1029 never 994 down 977 such 957 too 938 fine 878 high 866 small 852 just 848 there 827 last 821 once 813 still 784 yet 774 almost 771 beautiful 771 also 733 rather 716 about 693 far 688 ever 681 german 660 young Top 50 lemmatized superlative adjectives; "How are things described to the extreme?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 403 good 329 least 321 most 144 fine 121 high 115 great 75 early 71 large 68 old 41 noble 39 bad 38 slight 35 small 34 Most 33 eld 32 near 31 low 27 rich 23 lovely 20 rare 20 late 18 pure 17 strong 17 deep 16 lofty 16 grand 15 bright 14 short 11 young 11 wise 11 happy 11 choice 10 soft 10 simple 10 manif 10 handsome 9 topmost 9 gay 9 full 9 dear 8 strange 8 proud 8 plain 8 long 8 faint 7 warm 7 safe 7 pleasant 7 new 6 tall Top 50 lemmatized superlative adverbs; "How do things do to the extreme?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1633 most 58 well 54 least 2 oldest 2 highest 2 est 2 deepest 2 clearest 1 worst 1 wisest 1 widest 1 near 1 library:--the 1 lest 1 justest 1 heurêka_]"!--the 1 hard 1 farthest 1 falsest 1 ear?--the 1 countenance!--the 1 brightest Top 50 Internet domains; "What Webbed places are alluded to in this corpus?" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 www.gutenberg.net 3 gallica.bnf.fr 1 www.archive.org Top 50 URLs; "What is hyperlinked from this corpus?" ---------------------------------------------------- 3 http://gallica.bnf.fr 1 http://www.gutenberg.net/etext/11179 1 http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/0/12404/12404-h/12404-h.htm 1 http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/4/0/12404/12404-h.zip 1 http://www.archive.org/details/rollorhine00abborich Top 50 email addresses; "Who are you gonna call?" ------------------------------------------------- 1 ccx074@pglaf.org 1 andy@linxit.demon.co.uk Top 50 positive assertions; "What sentences are in the shape of noun-verb-noun?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19 _ see _ 14 _ is _ 12 _ was _ 7 _ has _ 6 _ do _ 5 _ did _ 5 _ have _ 5 _ were _ 4 _ does _ 4 _ know _ 4 _ think _ 4 _ was not 4 women are not 3 _ said _ 3 _ was very 3 book is doubtless 3 day was as 3 house is not 3 house is now 3 houses are very 3 man came up 3 man did not 3 man went away 3 room is also 2 ---- did not 2 _ are not 2 _ be so 2 _ called _ 2 _ did not 2 _ has not 2 _ heard _ 2 _ is here 2 _ is not 2 _ is perhaps 2 _ saw _ 2 _ take care 2 _ tell _ 2 _ was comparatively 2 _ was ist 2 _ was yet 2 _ were not 2 book called _ 2 book is as 2 book is entirely 2 church are very 2 church has certainly 2 church is not 2 church was dedicated 2 copy is also 2 copy is not Top 50 negative assertions; "What sentences are in the shape of noun-verb-no|not-noun?" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 house is not only 1 _ are not easily 1 _ are not rich 1 _ be not too 1 _ did not _ 1 _ had no room 1 _ has no care 1 _ is no proof 1 _ was not _ 1 _ was not encouraging 1 _ was not very 1 _ was not yet 1 _ were not muddy 1 book does not quite 1 book has no superior 1 book is not very 1 books are not thus 1 church is not _ 1 church is not less 1 churches are not open 1 copies are not so 1 copy is not only 1 copy is not so 1 countries are not liable 1 countries have no such 1 country is not dissimilar 1 country was no longer 1 day has not yet 1 day was not over 1 day were not inferior 1 eyes were not ever 1 house is not gothic 1 houses is no better 1 man has no chance 1 man is not safe 1 man is not yet 1 men are no more 1 men are no wiser 1 men are not equal 1 part has no illuminations 1 places are not wholesome 1 room was no sooner 1 room was not full 1 time had no power 1 town has no little 1 towns were not successful 1 women are not beautiful 1 women are not politicians 1 women are not very 1 works are not numerous Sizes of items; "Measures in words, how big is each item?" ---------------------------------------------------------- 122232 17624 114265 12990 110120 16224 109564 17107 89279 45567 85654 16445 84406 42539 82642 46401 57189 36818 53828 36819 53320 12404 52983 11179 51114 21654 45818 36820 45541 46102 44264 33806 43053 22511 42629 2024 14925 45983 24419 Readability of items; "How difficult is each item to read?" ----------------------------------------------------------- 85.0 45983 84.0 22511 84.0 2024 82.0 46102 81.0 33806 79.0 36820 77.0 46401 77.0 42539 77.0 16224 77.0 17107 75.0 45567 74.0 11179 74.0 17624 73.0 12404 72.0 36818 69.0 36819 69.0 21654 68.0 12990 66.0 16445 24419 Item summaries; "In a narrative form, how can each item be abstracted?" ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 11179 Like all people that work much in the open, the Hungarian in old age way from the mountain regions to the south, and for two days one passes mountains, valleys of the sweetest pastoral look and romantic old ruins. torrents, looking at a distance like long trains of foam, came Tyrol, leaving the snow behind, tho'' the white peaks of the mountains Below the pass, most beautifully situated is a little green lake called beckoning fingers, the great peaks, snow-capped or rock-summitted, call valley and pass and tunnel, puts one out on snow fields over 11,000 feet peak and glacier, the eye passes from valley to summit, resting on that white snow peaks, with their great glistening glaciers below, showing in It took a long time coming down that little bit of cliff, and for a few time through valleys of ice, climbed white and slippery slopes, crossed 12404 [Illustration: BERLIN: PANORAMA FROM THE TOWER OF THE TOWN HALL] went past like a panorama, the bridge of boats opened, the city glided There is the old "German house" by the bank of the Mosel, a building push our way down the Rhine we soon come to the little peaceful town of The sun sets, night comes on, the slated roofs of the houses appear as hundred years old; directly opposite is a great castellated building the end of that time orders came from the old Kaiser that the town was Citadel, by the side of a low wall--in front of an old tower--presents left, approach the large deep-roofed building between two towers. contains the most complete collection of works by old German artists this city, were taken away to adorn the town hall, churches, capitals English-like looking cathedral--as a whole; and particularly the tower. hundred different ways I arranged the little houses of painted wood 12990 A general officer, whom I personally knew, looked like one who within reasonable reach of the mass; but, in a country like France, I test of public opinion, I walked out, the morning they took place, to I have often told you how picturesque and beautiful Paris appears viewed The country people, of whom there were a good many present, looked on want of good feeling on either side, little was said, during this visit, great men submit to very little influences occasionally.[20] The old but little for the traveller, at the same time saying a good word for we taking the way to the great lodging-house, which, like most of the views, which old-established and great nations possess over one like our left America, came, like her goods, through two or three great channels, Swiss Country-house.--English Customs affected in America.--Social Swiss Country-house.--English Customs affected in America.--Social 16224 Librarian to the Public Library at Rouen, led the way in the work of _Place Royale_, where the library is situated, form very agreeable spaces He rarely visits Caen, although a great portion of his library Revolution; but the public library became possessed of a great number of wished a copy of the work to be deposited in the public library at to take away as many books as he wanted for the public library at Caen... towers of the great cathedral-like looking church having a grand and even folio--UPON VELLUM--in the Royal Library at Paris, ii 134 folio--in the Public Library at Augsbourg, iii 101 folio--UPON VELLUM, in the Imperial Library at Vienna, iii 316 copy in the Public Library at Caen, i 211 ---1474, folio, in the Public Library at Caen, i 208 ---1474, folio, in the Public Library at Caen, i 208 16445 Prefatory introduction to a work like this, can hope little better usage speaking only of the little places we passed through in coming along. terminating with a beautiful view of the surrounding country, like spots thousand comical things in the same way, I will relate one:--Mr. Piozzi''s valet was dressing my hair at Paris one morning, while some man England, friend, said I, do you like it?"--"Mais non, madame, pas so many times reason to expect; and I do believe that Venice, like other I expressed to the French lady my admiration of St. Mark''s Place. a country, till I left trusting to books, and looked a little about me. If any thing in England seem to excite their wonder and ill-placed This reflection felt like one naturally suggested to me by the place; pleasures, which the inhabitants of another place think _they_ would use 17107 second, where are placed the EDITIONES PRINCIPES, and other volumes printed letter, exclusively devoted to a similar account of the PRINTED BOOKS. The present is a fine genuine old copy: in faded yellow morocco binding-SOME ACCOUNT OF EARLY PRINTED AND RARE BOOKS IN THE ROYAL LIBRARY. THE SAME EDITION.--This is a sound and desirable copy, printed UPON VELLUM; to learn, that copies of this beautifully printed book are by no means very book was sold to the Royal Library of France, many years ago, by Mr. Payne, This fine copy is printed UPON VELLUM, in a large volume of interesting old French poetry, UPON VELLUM, which is printed in fine genuine copy--in old French binding, with the royal arms. [62] [There is a fine copy of this very rare edition in the Public Library and beautiful copy--with large, and genuine margins--printed UPON VELLUM. some very beautiful copies of books printed in the fifteenth century. 17624 they have a fine copy UPON VELLUM, like that in the Althorp Library; but I book-cases are so high as to cover a great portion of the painting--viewed which book I omitted to mention a copy in the Public Library here.[19] [31] His account of the PRINTED BOOKS in the XVth century, in the monastery or of BLOCK BOOKS in the public library of this place; and shall begin with Among the more precious ITALIAN BOOKS, is a remarkably fine copy of the old room--discoursing about first editions, block-books, and works printed upon early-printed books in the PUBLIC LIBRARY of Landshut. a good sound copy of the very rare edition of _Mammotrectus_, printed by VELLUM BOOK, was a copy of the same work of St. Austin, printed chiefly by A fine large copy; but not equal to that in the Royal Library at A very fine copy of a well printed book. 2024 He said that a simple thing like a bottle of brandy in your bag might like to come, explaining, by means of her guide-books and histories, Seafaring people talk like this, because they are silly, and do not know the land of the stranger, to come across a little homely English row like "That''s all right, old man; that''s the sort of thing we need. "It''s no good, old man," he says, with a sickly smile, so full of pathos proper time for a man to come to the carriage-window and clamour to see German shoemaker with this book and have talked the man''s head off. After breakfast we got a time-table, and looked out for a train to determined-looking man, I felt satisfied, and wished him "Good-night," That''s just what a German express train would like to "This is the train for us, old man," he says. 21654 and east, and, like nearly all rooms in Berlin houses, connected by German friend told me that a young American lady who had formerly which the home contained, the fancy-work of our hostess--a German lady country, a fine singer; the tall German, and the young Swedish lady of favorite place with the music-loving Germans, and for many Americans week-day morning, long lines of German boys and young men for the some years in Berlin, asked permission to visit the school which her Berlin days of mid-winter one must rise by candle-light to be in time The chief art treasures of Berlin are found in the Royal Museums, Old was, at the time of our visit, in the Old Schloss at Berlin, and "Is the Crown Princess popular?" I said to a young German lady, in the statue of Frederick the Great before the Emperor''s palace, where the 22511 "Uncle George," said Rollo, calling louder, "I can see the city; and in "But this does not look much like a church," said Rollo. moss-covered by time, appeared very much, as Rollo had said, like a "I am glad they are going to finish it," said Rollo to Mr. George, as "Well, Rollo," said he, "we are going up the river. "Uncle George," said Rollo, in the middle of the dinner, "my feet are "Uncle George," said Rollo, "what shall I do now?" "I''ll tell you what it is, Rollo," said Mr. George; "people may say what After dinner, Mr. George and Rollo set out to walk up the river to "Ask her then," said Rollo, "if you may come down and take a walk with Mr. George said that he had come to ask Rollo to go and take a walk to 24419 33806 in spite of missing Betty Ashton almost every hour, and had come to like opportunity to send messages to Betty Ashton." Purposely Polly waited "Look here, Esther," Richard Ashton finally began, "you know that Betty appearance in the Ashton home, little realizing then that the Betty Dick Ashton''s laughing wish that his sister Betty were a little less Polly O''Neill in a pale blue gown, though for Mollie or Betty Ashton it Esther, Betty and Polly, had been laughing and talking not far away from weeks since Polly''s, Betty''s and Esther''s visit to the German forest, Mrs. Ashton, of Dick and even Esther, she could observe that Miss Adams'' A young man sang before the time for Esther''s appearance, but Betty Then Esther began to sing--and Betty, Dick, Polly, Mrs. Ashton and Several days after Esther''s concert Lieutenant von Reuter persuaded Mrs. Ashton and Miss Adams to bring Betty and Polly with them to afternoon 36818 The Boisserée Gallery--The old German School of Painting--Its but with eyes to see, a heart to feel, a mind to observe, and a pen books, manuscripts, pictures, gems, works of art, and objects of natural you know," said he one morning, as I was looking at a beautiful edition of feeling, habit, education, like all other tastes in art. After looking on a grand work of art, we naturally turn to look Dannecker, like all the great modern sculptors, sprung from the people. "I grow old," said he, looking from his work to the bust of the late power, till the deification of great men in the old times appeared to me a school of art, like their architecture and their painting: yet can it I thought the German women, of a certain rank, more _natural_ than colour, are not alone necessary to feel a work of art; there must be the 36819 beautiful room, with paintings from Schiller, principally by Lindenschmidt figures looking towards him; on one side a beautiful female, striking painters--near enough to remark the extreme beauty and various expression believed that of such a subject, the painter has made a _cold_ picture, highest, grandest principles of art to portrait painting--they think too _23rd._--To-day went over the Pinakothek (the new grand national picture The second will contain the old German pictures, including the famous The king of Bavaria has a gallery of beauties, (the portraits of some of hand, I fancy, no _man_ could paint like Louisa Sharpe, any more than I remember one little picture, painted either looked at the Countess Julie in her painting-room, surrounded by her one paints _like_ Retzsch, and that, in the original power and fertility In this room are some good pictures, particularly the portrait of Lady picture, representing her and her beautiful but ill-fated sister, Lady 36820 sure indication of a good heart and a fine mind, an exceeding love for said, "it was like looking at Mrs. Siddons through the wrong end of "Not so!" said the old Brahman, drawing himself up with a look of old man turned away hastily; and without looking back, pursued his path religious meditation: for the few days he has to live, let the old man The Brahman clasped his hands, and turned his eyes for a moment on the At the mention of her son, the old woman looked up a moment, but The son then said something which Cathleen could not hear; the old woman Dick, love, every body said yesterday that you sung as well as Mr. Thingumee at Sadler''s Wells, and says they, "Who is that young man My head do turn round, just for all the world like a peg-top.--A lady! 42539 rows of little windows which resemble a half-opened eye. seen on the way besides fields, low hills, and the tall-chimneyed, when a young man came up, looked at me inquisitively, and said, "E within half a day''s walk; and somewhat farther are the singular rocks that when you come to a green vale, with its little hay-fields watered Gradually the tall forest gives place to scrubby-looking firs, stony "Perhaps you come out of Saxony?" said a man, stepping from a house o''clock when I came to Buchau--a village of low houses built round a a great open arch, running far to the rear--a beer-house--the space doors of a pleasant house on a hill-slope beyond the city. Half an hour''s stay gives you time to look at Aussig, to admire its The "little half-hour" brought us to a great cross by the "A snug little place," said the Dresdener, as we walked from room to 45567 ivy-covered castles, rambling old manors, ruined abbeys, romantic country-seats, haunted houses, great cathedrals and storied churches We shall remember our hotel as the best type of the small-town French overarched by trees--a little like the roads of Southern England, a type quaint old-world place with a single street but a few feet wide. an ancient town of a few thousand people, and an enormous old castle We pursue the river road the rest of the day, though in places it swings and the road often winds up or down a great hill for two or three miles Marxburg, the only old-time castle which has never been in ruin. are familiar with the show-places of the town--we have seen the castle, The sea road takes us into the town by the way of the great suspension beautiful; the country roads enter the town between ranks of splendid 45983 One day in the early spring, Alice Winter came home from school, Mrs. Winter came in while Alice was almost in despair and said, "This "Come, Alice," said Mrs. Winter, "we will go down to our state-room and The girls thought it very interesting, but Mrs. Winter said, "A Mrs. Winter and Alice did not like the carriage, as it is called in like going down underground so far, but Alice said to Nellie, "I think I Mr. Winter said, "Alice, you told that very well; but he was not such a After a good dinner and a rest, Mr. Winter said he thought, as his time Mrs. Winter then said, "Now, girls, we will visit those churches of Mr. Winter said, "Alice, what do you know about this?" Mrs. Winter said, "This is very beautiful, but I do like the solemnity Mrs. Winter said she would like to go home on the "Teutonic" very much, 46102 "I think we can arrange it," he said, smiling, "although my time is "This is where I buy my music," said Fräulein L----, stopping before a Feldernhalle itself came the sound of inspiring music played by the "I speak a very little German," said I, smiling, not feeling in the She is a dear little placid-faced woman of middle age, and he looks like Yesterday Fräulein Hartmann, Frau von Waldfel''s niece, arrived and Just as we were leaving the room after dinner Frau von Waldfel came up Fräulein Hartmann, looking charming in a light-blue gown which she just as good as a German lesson," she said. House before the new music room existed, taking notes on his lectures, "Caught you that time, _gnädiges Fräulein_," said a voice, and I met the "Dear," said the Fräulein, taking my hand in hers and speaking in those 46401 story of the old mediæval town which was for long the centre of German The Burg and town of Nuremberg were then given by the Emperor Towns like Nuremberg, on the other hand, found it very much amiss. those picturesque market-places, where to-day beneath the shadow of St. Sebald''s shrine, St. Mary''s church and the stately Rathaus, the from this time, up to the middle of the Thirty Years War, the Nuremberg occasion he knighted Sebald Behaim, of the great Nuremberg family of In the old days every good thing had been said to come out of Nuremberg picturesque bits of old Nuremberg than to work round the three lines of of the Town of Nuremberg which families have always from time immemorial Nuremberg in her golden age were Albert Durer, Peter Vischer, Adam The Town Council of Nuremberg seem Nuremberg carving, but also one of the works of art of all time.