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Eric Lease Morgan Number of items in the collection; 'How big is my corpus?' ---------------------------------------------------------- 23 Average length of all items measured in words; "More or less, how big is each item?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 98775 Average readability score of all items (0 = difficult; 100 = easy) ------------------------------------------------------------------ 85 Top 50 statistically significant keywords; "What is my collection about?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19 Miss 16 Mr. 13 Mrs. 9 York 9 New 7 London 7 Lady 7 John 6 look 6 Henry 6 Charles 5 man 5 like 5 Sir 5 King 5 God 4 play 4 good 4 William 4 Street 4 Shakespeare 4 Lord 4 England 3 Queen 3 Kean 3 Irving 3 Hamlet 2 little 2 english 2 Tom 2 Thursday 2 Terry 2 Stewart 2 St. 2 Rose 2 Richard 2 Princess 2 Portia 2 Mary 2 Madame 2 Lyceum 2 Lillian 2 Kate 2 Juliet 2 Jim 2 James 2 Helen 2 Ellen 2 Dorothy 2 Davis Top 50 lemmatized nouns; "What is discussed?" --------------------------------------------- 4878 man 4034 time 3173 day 2913 thing 2833 woman 2830 eye 2562 way 2444 hand 2384 life 2251 girl 2125 night 2114 room 2060 face 2029 part 1824 stage 1824 one 1712 nothing 1707 play 1677 friend 1638 house 1627 people 1550 year 1491 door 1441 place 1436 word 1433 something 1403 moment 1386 head 1338 world 1297 voice 1251 anything 1175 heart 1146 love 1132 mind 1126 child 1123 mother 1097 hour 1044 work 1011 letter 1003 money 999 lady 946 father 920 name 917 actor 874 character 847 scene 836 morning 824 light 820 sense 810 course Top 50 proper nouns; "What are the names of persons or places?" -------------------------------------------------------------- 14595 _ 2708 Mr. 2217 Mrs. 2063 Susan 1966 Miss 1101 Nick 1000 Lady 938 Henry 772 Herrick 760 Ashley 746 God 737 Joan 685 Charles 682 Nell 681 Christina 680 Janet 672 Peter 658 London 651 Sir 649 Lord 631 Terry 631 Ora 619 Helen 603 New 586 Rose 542 York 516 Patsy 505 King 504 John 499 © 485 Miriam 479 Tom 476 Sybil 474 England 453 William 449 Irving 419 Ellen 409 Dorothy 384 Julia 380 Street 373 Mary 368 Shakespeare 354 Alice 351 Jack 349 America 340 Matthias 331 Naball 319 Sherringham 305 Bowdon 297 Madame Top 50 personal pronouns nouns; "To whom are things referred?" ------------------------------------------------------------- 35826 i 27869 he 26473 she 26132 it 23447 you 9719 him 9429 her 9175 me 7166 they 4917 we 4586 them 1973 himself 1689 herself 1638 us 810 myself 693 one 528 itself 487 themselves 402 yourself 393 yours 193 ''em 182 mine 165 ''s 149 hers 109 his 104 ourselves 67 ye 38 ours 36 theirs 34 thee 33 you''ll 31 you''re 27 em 22 i''m 11 widow 9 oneself 8 you''ve 5 yourselves 4 i''d 3 d''you 2 yerself 2 she''ll 2 on''t 2 mayhap 2 man''ll 2 he''d 2 ha 1 yuh''ll 1 yuh 1 youth,--for Top 50 lemmatized verbs; "What do things do?" --------------------------------------------- 81455 be 33736 have 15106 do 10349 say 7251 go 5854 see 5854 know 5743 make 5581 come 4890 think 4170 take 4155 get 3629 look 3469 give 2734 tell 2495 find 2382 seem 2172 ask 1946 want 1924 feel 1911 leave 1668 turn 1612 hear 1580 put 1543 call 1439 let 1409 write 1387 play 1378 speak 1373 stand 1358 keep 1353 begin 1339 mean 1331 like 1323 sit 1229 bring 1159 believe 1156 become 1155 live 1154 cry 1116 try 1068 laugh 983 talk 981 hold 958 read 934 love 925 act 909 reply 904 show 902 pass Top 50 lemmatized adjectives and adverbs; "How are things described?" --------------------------------------------------------------------- 23135 not 7159 so 4444 up 4289 more 4219 then 4132 very 3958 good 3807 now 3664 little 3565 out 3450 well 3316 only 2973 never 2797 much 2768 great 2610 first 2590 as 2444 other 2374 too 2314 old 2301 long 2172 again 2111 here 2104 down 2103 back 2083 most 2074 even 1976 own 1951 there 1950 ever 1872 young 1872 just 1825 away 1824 on 1804 all 1682 last 1608 still 1585 always 1407 many 1384 such 1254 enough 1250 once 1243 same 1239 dear 1226 in 1224 almost 1215 right 1204 off 1197 poor 1180 few Top 50 lemmatized superlative adjectives; "How are things described to the extreme?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 832 good 705 least 454 most 188 great 127 bad 115 high 98 dear 85 fine 69 slight 53 Most 52 near 38 late 36 deep 34 early 31 strong 29 low 27 simple 24 large 24 hard 23 small 21 young 21 happy 20 faint 19 big 18 rich 17 lovely 15 j 14 strange 14 old 13 sweet 13 pure 13 long 12 rare 12 poor 12 keen 12 full 12 eld 12 easy 12 close 12 cheap 12 bright 11 noble 11 l 11 grand 11 clever 10 wise 10 warm 10 true 10 pleasant 10 mere Top 50 lemmatized superlative adverbs; "How do things do to the extreme?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1629 most 100 least 89 well 5 worst 4 hard 2 youngest 2 long 2 highest 1 wisest 1 truest 1 tone--_qu''est 1 sayest 1 proudest 1 oddest 1 loudest 1 interposed--"whether 1 greatest 1 close 1 clearest Top 50 Internet domains; "What Webbed places are alluded to in this corpus?" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 www.gutenberg.net 2 archive.org 1 www.archive.org Top 50 URLs; "What is hyperlinked from this corpus?" ---------------------------------------------------- 1 http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/2/8/2/7/28271/28271-h/28271-h.htm 1 http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/2/8/2/7/28271/28271-h.zip 1 http://www.archive.org/details/joanthursday00vanciala 1 http://archive.org/details/servantofpublic00hope 1 http://archive.org/details/36180099.2240.emory.edu Top 50 email addresses; "Who are you gonna call?" ------------------------------------------------- Top 50 positive assertions; "What sentences are in the shape of noun-verb-noun?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 58 _ is _ 39 _ are _ 33 _ was _ 29 _ do n''t 25 susan did not 22 _ do _ 20 _ did _ 20 _ have _ 18 _ am _ 12 one does not 11 _ had _ 11 susan had not 10 _ were _ 10 man went on 9 _ has _ 9 _ is n''t 8 people do n''t 8 susan had never 7 _ did n''t 7 _ know _ 7 _ look _ 7 face was very 7 one had ever 7 susan was not 6 _ have n''t 6 _ see _ 6 girl went on 6 man was not 6 men do n''t 6 play was over 6 women do n''t 5 _ does _ 5 _ got _ 5 _ knew _ 5 _ think _ 5 eyes were not 5 time went on 4 _ looking round 4 _ want _ 4 door was open 4 eyes did not 4 eyes took in 4 eyes were very 4 eyes were wide 4 face was as 4 girls did not 4 house was not 4 life is not 4 man did not 4 man does n''t Top 50 negative assertions; "What sentences are in the shape of noun-verb-no|not-noun?" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 people are not so 2 stage is no place 1 _ had no evening 1 _ had no idea 1 _ has no accompaniment 1 _ have no competitor 1 _ was not shy 1 _ were not indulgent 1 day is not as 1 day is not hard 1 days were not yet 1 door had no sooner 1 eyes did not again 1 eyes were not critical 1 eyes were not gray 1 eyes were not hard 1 eyes were not quick 1 face was no longer 1 face was not convincing 1 face was not more 1 friend was not less 1 girl made no sound 1 girl was not happy 1 hand had not time 1 hands had not really 1 house is not only 1 house was not otherwise 1 houses had no expression 1 life ''s not so 1 life is not entirely 1 life is not final 1 life was not worth 1 man had no more 1 man was not bad 1 man was not exactly 1 man was not single 1 man was not smooth 1 man was not weak 1 men are not equal 1 men are not tired 1 men have no need 1 men is not easily 1 night is not conclusive 1 one does not often 1 one feels no pride 1 one has no liking 1 one has no time 1 one is no more 1 one is not sure 1 one is not too A rudimentary bibliography -------------------------- id = 33209 author = Cooke, Marjorie Benton title = The Dual Alliance date = keywords = Barbara; Bill; Bob; Garratry; New; Paul; Trent; York; good summary = "Bob and Paul stood bowing and smiling" 160 "Well, dad, it looks like the real thing this time." Possibly Paul Trent expressed it best when he said: "Behind her every go, Bob said, "I like this man-place." "I want several things: One of them is to be governor of New York." Paul, in the meantime, worked like five men all day, with the unformed "All right, we want you," said Bob. Let''s go for two days up that biggest one," said Bob. When Bill came back Paul laid his hand on Bob''s and brought her to a "Don''t you let me sleep like that again, Paul Trent. Bob smiled at Paul when their eyes met, and for "Let''s go look at the bath-tub," said Bob. They clung together and just how much of a part Paul Trent had come to play in her days. When good-nights were said, Bob id = 28492 author = Garland, Hamlin title = The Light of the Star: A Novel date = keywords = Alessandra; Baroness; Douglass; Duty; Enid; Helen; Hugh; Lillian; Merival; Miss; Mr.; Westervelt; come; face; like; play summary = young man gave Douglass''s hand a firm and cordial grip. Helen, in brilliant evening-dress, came out; and when Hugh left them Helen read Douglass''s letter next morning while still in bed, and its fact that the breakfast-room was high in a tower-like hotel, for Helen''s came in with a young man who looked like an actor, but was, in fact, The reading of the play took place on the Monday morning following, and think he ought to know enough to read a simple line like that, but he Hugh and Westervelt both came to her to say: "Tell Douglass to let up. "I have had a letter from Mr. Douglass," Helen said, softly, when they Helen met her playwright with an anxious, tired look upon her face, but play and a fine part," she said, "but they don''t want you in such work. large play of human passion which Helen Merival''s great art demands." id = 31370 author = Hazelton, George Cochrane title = Mistress Nell: A Merry Tale of a Merry Time date = keywords = Adair; Buckingham; Buzzard; Charles; Duchess; England; Hart; James; King; Louis; Majesty; Master; Mistress; Moll; Nell; Portsmouth; Sire; Strings; Swallow; nay summary = "Nell told me I might come here, sir," said the girl, faintly excusing Buckingham was dazed; his eyes sought Nell, then looked aghast at the "Last night, Mistress Nell," said Strings, "the old fiddle played its "Pshaw!" said Nell, as she hugged the King''s roses tighter in her arms. "Pardon, my lord; Nell, my arm!" said Hart. [Illustration: THE KING PROFESSES HIS LOVE FOR NELL.] "Nay; come up if you love me," said Nell, enticingly. "Faith and troth," said Nell, "I am happy to know our King has lost his "That is serious, Sire," said Nell, sadly; and then her eye twinkled as "Not while Nell loves Charles," he said. "The King''s!" cried Nell, opening wide her eyes. "I am sure of that," said Nell, slyly; "my King was there." "True, Nell," said the King, mercifully. "It is I who should ask your pardon, Nell," exclaimed the King, id = 48642 author = Hope, Anthony title = A Servant of the Public date = keywords = Alice; Ashley; Babba; Bertie; Bob; Bowdon; Fenning; Hazlewood; Irene; Jack; Jewett; Kilnorton; Lady; Lord; Mead; Miss; Mr.; Muddock; Ora; Pinsent; yes summary = "You''ve been thinking about Ora Pinsent all the time," she said. Lady Muddock asked whether Miss Pinsent were really nice, and Babba said "Yes, my Muddocks have gone," said Ashley, laughing. "I think he did like me," said Ora with a ruminative smile. "I like Lord Bowdon," said Ora. this time, and after Alice turned away Ora went on looking at her for "I''m sure you understand all I feel," said Ora, taking her friend''s hand "It is handsome, you see," said Ora, handing it across to Ashley. Ashley pressed her hand and turned away to look for Jack Fenning. No," said Ora. Ashley began to laugh. Irene, "Poor Ora Pinsent!" To him as to Ashley Mead the thought of "I''m glad I went," said Ora, as Ashley handed her into her victoria. "Oh, come on a little way; it''ll do you good," said Ashley. id = 55378 author = Hume, Fergus title = Miss Mephistopheles: A Novel (Sequel to Madame Midas.) date = keywords = Bon; Caprice; Eugénie; Ezra; Fenton; Keith; Kitty; Lazarus; Malton; Meg; Melbourne; Miss; Mortimer; Mr.; Mrs.; Naball; Stewart; Street; Villiers summary = "I think you asked me that question last night," said Keith, smiling, "And bring the man," said Meg, glancing at Keith. "Do you think your father knows Caprice?" asked Keith, as they walked "In the House of Good, dear," said Kitty in a tremulous voice, touched "Very well, dear," said Kitty smiling; "the man will then know my "Every word," said Naball, looking straight at her wrathful face. "A good many people think the same way," said Kitty disdainfully, "but Keith, having said good-night to Mortimer, left the theatre. "Yes," said Naball bluntly; "I want to see Mr. Stewart." "Do you know?" said Naball, turning to Ezra. "Yes, I was," said Villiers angrily; "and who saw me--Keith Stewart--a "Isaiah," said Naball and Ezra with one voice, and then looked at one "Yes," replied Naball; "and Malton said it was given to him by you." id = 20085 author = James, Henry title = The Tragic Muse date = keywords = Agnes; Basil; Biddy; Carteret; Dallow; Dashwood; Dormer; England; English; Gabriel; Grace; Harsh; Julia; Lady; London; Madame; Miriam; Miss; Mr.; Mrs.; Nash; Nick; Paris; Peter; Place; Road; Rooth; Sherringham; Tressilian; dear; good; like; little; look; thing summary = Nick Dormer in point of fact asks of Miriam nothing but that she shall looking at fine things with Julia," Nick returned. "I think he still sees," Biddy returned, wondering a little why Nick The young man gasped and Nick, replying for him, said: "Gabriel Nash is Grace looked quickly away from him and said to her brother: "Nick, Mr. Pinks is dead." "Oh all that?" But meanwhile Peter Sherringham said to Nick: "Julia''s Nick Dormer declared that he liked cafés, and Miriam, looking at his Nick Dormer said to Mrs. Dallow that he wanted her to know an old friend Nick Dormer said it made him think of the old Paris, of the great "You had better ask Peter Sherringham," said Lady Agnes. "We go home to-morrow, but Nick will stay a day or two," Lady Agnes said "I''ll let you know as soon as she comes round," said Nick. id = 46358 author = Johnson, Owen title = Max Fargus date = keywords = Alonzo; Bofinger; Fargus; Gilday; Groll; Max; Mexico; Miss; Morissey; Mr.; Sammamon; Sheila; Vaughn; cry; hand; look; man summary = "Oh, a woman who walks like that," Bofinger said to himself as he "Hello, I know that place," Bofinger said to himself, recognizing the "Sheila Vaughn," Bofinger said loudly, thinking the time right to "I was passing," Fargus said, avoiding his eye, "I thought--" "Mr. Bofinger," Fargus said, coming out of his abstraction, "that''s "Then you want nothing further?" Bofinger said, smiling at the way his "Take Mr. Bofinger into the parlor, my dear," Fargus said. "Really, Mrs. Fargus," Bofinger said, halting on the threshold of the "Mr. Bofinger, won''t you have something?" Fargus said desperately. "Well, doesn''t that surprise you?" Fargus said, opening his eyes. "Pardon me," Bofinger said, raising his hand half-way. "Ah, Mr. Bofinger!" Fargus said, raising his hands. "I''ll tell you the best way," Bofinger said, after drumming a moment "Trying to get hold of Fargus, of course," Bofinger said irritably, "One question," said Bofinger: "Don''t Fargus''s restaurants bank with id = 30612 author = Kemble, Fanny title = Records of Later Life date = keywords = Adelaide; America; Arnold; Charles; Combe; DEAR; Dacre; Dorothy; Dr.; E----; Emily; England; FANNY; Friday; God; Greville; Grote; H----; Hal; Harriet; Henry; Holland; House; John; Lady; London; Lord; Mademoiselle; Miss; Monday; Mr.; Mrs.; New; Philadelphia; Queen; Rogers; S----; STREET; Saturday; Shakespeare; Smith; St.; States; Sunday; Sydney; Thursday; United; York; dearest; english; french summary = Think what a meeting for all these poor people, dear Harriet, for I think we are coming to England in September, and I shall surely receiving; our house is full, from morning till night, of people coming great deal; but chiefly, I think, because half the time I am not able to having come up to town for the day, I do not think we ought all to go those days were very long], I think was as good as four. was dear old Miss Fox [Lord Holland''s sister], whom I love, and Lady that great and good lady, and was to have done so a second time, but I return to town this evening in order to go to a party at Mrs. Grote''s, to which we have been engaged for some time past, and remain in time or other of the day, and write interminable letters to people afar id = 28512 author = McCutcheon, George Barr title = What''s-His-Name date = keywords = Annie; Blakeville; Bridget; Butler; Davis; Duluth; Fairfax; Harvey; Miss; Mr.; Mrs.; Nellie; New; Phoebe; Rachel; Tarrytown; York summary = Nellie Duluth''s husband was a smallish young man, nice-looking, even Nellie found her tongue and the little man shook hands with the big "Good-night, Mr. Butler," said Harvey, as the hack drove off. "If we tell her about Phoebe," said Harvey to Bridget and Annie, "Three times," said Harvey, who hadn''t thought of it up to that "Well, you see," said Harvey, apologising for Nellie, "she doesn''t see "Some other time, then," said Harvey, waving his hand genially. along, will you?" Then, turning to Nellie, he said:--"You don''t look "I''ll promise one thing, Harvey," said she, suddenly sincere. "That little fellow that came to the door was Nellie Duluth''s husband, "But it''s the getting used to it," said Harvey to Annie as she handed "Go away, Harvey!" cried Nellie, placing Fairfax between herself and "My, what a fire-eater my little Harvey has become," she said. id = 35055 author = Morris, Clara title = A Pasteboard Crown: A Story of the New York Stage date = keywords = Bulkley; Camp; Dorothy; Dorrie; Galt; God; Henry; Jim; John; Juliet; Lawton; Lena; Leslie; Letitia; Miss; Morrell; Mr.; Mrs.; Roberts; Stewart; Stivers; Sybil; Thrall; Van; William; eye; girl; little; man summary = his helpless looking hands, and shook their heads, fearing old man the attention of a grave-faced young man sitting next to Sybil. grave-faced young man, whose gray eyes had discovered a little knot of blue eyes straight into the face of the young man, who felt his hand "Just wait, Sybil," said Dorothy, "until her back comes this way again. "Oh, Mrs. Bulkley!" exclaimed Dorothy, catching Sybil''s arm. holding Sybil''s hand a moment he said: "I--I shall walk over to The And to drive away the anxious look from her sister''s eyes, Sybil called grave young man, Sybil held out both hands to him, crying: "I thank you "Sybil''s in New York by this time!" answered Mrs. Lawton. The old man squinted up his eyes, and, studying Sybil, answered: To Sybil''s questioning eyes Mr. Lawton answered: "Yes, dear! She said: ''Miss Sybil, dear, you _must_ take a little id = 48049 author = Pemberton, T. Edgar (Thomas Edgar) title = Ellen Terry and Her Sisters date = keywords = Arthur; Beatrice; Charles; Ellen; Fechter; Hamlet; Henry; Irving; John; Kate; Kean; King; Lady; London; Lyceum; Miss; Mrs.; Prince; Princess; Queen; Shakespeare; Sir; Sothern; Terry; Theatre; William; play summary = The first appearances on the stage of Kate and Ellen Terry were in every Ellen Terry, a child of eight years of age, who played the merry goblin former Miss Hodson played Endymion, Kate Terry was Diana, and Ellen, Now that Ellen Terry has for a time said good-bye to the stage that so At about the time when Kate Terry made her unmistakable mark at the St. James''s, Charles Albert Fechter was the actor-hero of the hour. revived, and in it Ellen Terry played for the first time with Henry comedy, "New Men and Old Acres," in which Ellen Terry played the part Ellen Terry acted with great distinction as Lady Juliet, and excellent "On Friday, September 3rd, Miss Ellen Terry will play Beatrice _for the was exquisitely staged, and finely played by Ellen Terry and Henry After the performance, Henry Irving and Ellen Terry had the honour of id = 450 author = Phillips, David Graham title = Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise date = keywords = Avenue; Brent; Broadway; Burlingham; Cincinnati; Clara; Etta; Fanny; Freddie; George; God; Hinkle; Ida; Jeb; John; Lenox; Lorna; Mabel; Maud; Miss; Mr.; Mrs.; New; Palmer; Rod; Ruth; Sam; Spenser; Sperry; Street; Susan; Susie; Sutherland; Tempest; Tucker; Warham; Wright; York; good; like; look; man; thank; woman summary = the screen door, Susan said: "Why don''t you like Sam?" said to Susan, "While Ruth''s looking out for Artie, you and I''ll "I''m afraid it''d be too expensive for me," said Susan, to feel her way. "Yes--I want to learn," said Susan eagerly. "I don''t know," said Susan, her face hid by the mass of wavy "I can sing a little, I think," said Susan. "Thank you," said Susan, trying to look grave. "We''ll have to give up these rooms right away," said Susan. "Does my hair smell as bad as the rest of the girls''?" said Susan. "You''re sure to like it," said the taller man to Susan--his "I''m looking for a place to live," said Susan. "Come for the dress and hat?" said Susan. As the girls went east through Forty-second Street, Susan said, "Perhaps not--as he looks at it," said Susan. "A man I used to know," said Susan. id = 47561 author = Pinero, Arthur Wing title = Trelawny of The "Wells": A Comedietta in Four Acts date = keywords = Arthur; Avonia; Gadd; Gower; Imogen; Miss; Mossop; Mrs.; Rose; Sir; Telfer; Tom; William summary = Miss Trafalgar Gower, Sir William''s sister Ethel Hornick THE SECOND ACT at Sir William Gower''s, in Cavendish Square. You''ll miss Rose Trelawny in business pretty badly, I expect, Gadd? [_She moves away, as Rose Trelawny and Arthur Gower enter. Tom and Gadd; Mrs. Mossop on the right of Colpoys. glass._] Miss Rose Trelawny--Mr. Arthur Gower! [_Sir William gets on to his feet; all rise, except Rose, who remains Miss Gower and Sir William now rise._] sits facing Captain de Foenix, Miss Gower on the right of the table, and to Miss Gower._] My dear sister---[_To Arthur._] Now, sir. [_Sir William and Miss Gower go out Arthur comes to Rose and kisses [_Mrs. Mossop opens the door, and Sir William enters. [_Rose opens the door; Miss Gower enters._] Oh, it for Miss Gower beside Sir William''s chair._] Sit down. [_Avonia sits beside Rose, next to Miss Gower._] id = 11717 author = Robins, Edward title = The Palmy Days of Nance Oldfield date = keywords = Addison; Anne; Betterton; Booth; Cato; Charles; Cibber; Colley; Drury; Footnote; John; King; Lady; Lane; London; Lord; Mr.; Mrs.; Nance; Oldfield; Queen; Rich; Richard; Savage; Sir; Spectator; Steele; Wilks; english; play summary = New Woman, in the persons of ladies who affected men''s hats, feathers, "tho'' the giddy head of Powel accepted the parts of Betterton, Mrs. Bracegirdle had a different way of thinking, and desir''d to be excused And finish the play Cibber did, casting Nance for the volatile Lady from acting to writing good plays and bad poetry, and while the wily [Footnote A: Come, says my Friend, let us step into this Coffee House We can imagine Sir Roger going, a year later, to see Mrs. Oldfield [Footnote A: As Cibber says, Mrs. Bracegirdle "inspired the best persons act on the stage at the same time are very different. [Footnote A: He (Booth) would play his best to a single man in the pit "About this time," writes Cibber, telling of the play''s presentation, English actress, now living (one, by-the-way, who plays Nance Oldfield behind the scenes who plays it off with great success. id = 28271 author = Sawyer, Ruth title = Seven Miles to Arden date = keywords = Arden; Billy; Burgeman; Jessup; Joseph; Marjorie; Miss; O''Connell; Patsy; Saint; Schuyler; St.; faith; look; road; sure; tinker summary = working at the same time?" And with a laugh Patsy left him and went Patsy looked hard at him and knew the time had come for wits--good, well-kept, clean world of open country it looked to Patsy as her eye it, and Patsy smiled with the good promise of her looks. dinner, with a box of berries--into Patsy''s hand, while the man gave Their road went the way of the setting sun, and Patsy and the tinker once more; and then the tinker pulled Patsy to her feet by way of man''s anywhere when it comes to judging human beings." Patsy looked Patsy and the tinker marked how close things For Patsy was looking down at a picture of the tinker, in white Patsy cooked for three days at Quality House, that the tinker might And so it came to pass that once more Patsy and the tinker found id = 36215 author = Strang, Lewis Clinton title = Famous Prima Donnas date = keywords = Alice; Boston; Company; D''Arville; Davis; Della; Fox; Girl; Hall; Hopper; Lillian; Marie; Miss; Mr.; New; Nielsen; Opera; Pauline; Russell; York summary = appeared in light opera, in extravaganza, in musical comedy, and in the seasons with this organization Miss Earle acted Della Fox''s famous part to England, where they remained two years, Miss Russell appearing in two During the season of 1897-98 Miss Russell appeared with Della Fox and in charm to lead a burlesque company to great success." Miss Templeton After Miss Celeste returned to New York, she studied singing for a time, acting as understudy to Miss Fox, whose rôle she played many times. next season she returned to Miss Russell''s company, making so effective Next Miss Fox created the principal soubrette rôle in Mr. Hopper''s opera has not appeared in opera for some time, for during the season of Miss D''Arville became connected with the New York Casino, appearing in On her return to New York, Miss Hall again appeared at the Bijou, on May id = 12326 author = Terry, Ellen title = The Story of My Life: Recollections and Reflections date = keywords = America; Charles; Ellen; Faust; Hamlet; Henry; Irving; Juliet; Kate; Kean; King; Lady; London; Lyceum; Macbeth; Miss; Mr.; Mrs.; New; Olivia; Portia; Princess; Reade; Romeo; Shakespeare; Sir; Taylor; Terriss; Terry; Theater; Tom; York; illustration; like; play summary = In after years I met Tennyson again, when with Henry Irving I acted in acted for the first time with Henry Irving. until I went to the Lyceum Theater, Henry Irving was nothing to me and I present day I consider him the only actor on the stage who can play Cup" as a "great little play." After thirty years (nearly) I stick to used to say the same kind thing, "only more so," when Henry played "Here''s Miss Terry," said Henry as I came round the door. Henry once said to me: "''Hamlet'' could be played anywhere on its acting time coaxing Mrs. Stirling to let the scene be played on these lines, thought of playing the part herself some time, but she said: "_Never_ "We went last night to the play (at my theater) to see Henry I also asked him what he liked best in the play ("Henry VIII."). id = 40734 author = Thorne, Guy title = The Socialist date = keywords = Aubrey; Burnside; Camborne; Constance; Duke; England; Fabian; Flood; Hayle; James; John; Lady; London; Lord; Marriott; Mary; Miss; Mr.; Oxford; Paddington; Rose; Socialist; Street; chapter; man summary = "Yes, please come, duke," said Lady Constance. "It''s awfully good of you, Lord Camborne," said the duke; "I shall be dear young men," he said, "surely the great question is: Who has "Well, here is a sort of answer," said the duke, handing the telegram to The man was already half-way to the door when the duke spoke again. As they went down the stairs Mary said, "You saw that odd-looking man "Look ''ere!" the other man said, "it''s the bloomin'' Duke of Paddington "Then," Mary said, her eyes flashing, her breast heaving, "then, Mr. Rose, I am a Socialist, too--from this day, from this hour." "The Duke of Paddington?" Rose said in a startled and incredulous voice. "But I think on this occasion you might have some difficulty, Mr. Flood," Mary answered, with half a smile--the man thought he had never "Miss Marriott," the duke answered, "I want to know all sorts of things id = 37545 author = Tracy, Virginia title = "Persons Unknown" date = keywords = Alieni; Allegra; Arm; Christina; Cornish; Denny; Deutch; Euyck; God; Gumama; Herrick; Hope; Ingham; Joe; Justice; Kane; Miss; Mr.; Mrs.; Nancy; New; Nicola; Pascoe; Society; Stanley; Wheeler; York; italian; know; like; look; man; think summary = want to ask you.--You behaved simply splendid last night, Mr. Herrick.--Well, I will, thanks,"--as he dropped into a chair. returned the glass he said, "If you knew what a lot we thought, Mr. Herrick, me and my wife, of the young lady, I wouldn''t seem anywheres "I don''t know if you are aware, Mr. Herrick," Ingham''s father had said "Yes," said Christina, turning and looking pleasantly at the lady "Don''t you know very well, Miss Hope," the coroner went on, "that Mrs. Willing had nothing whatever to do with Mr. Ingham''s death?" "Tante Deutch," said Christina, "this is our new friend, Mr. Herrick, a lonely girl, Mr. Herrick, and that soft, little touch came close on my "Fortunately," said Christina, "Mr. Herrick had told me before any one asked Christina how she could bear to play love-scenes with a man like "Miss Hope, Mr. Herrick," Ten Euyck said, id = 36502 author = Vance, Louis Joseph title = Joan Thursday: A Novel date = keywords = Arlington; Avenue; Broadway; Butch; Cardrow; Charlie; Dean; Duprat; Edna; Fowey; God; Hattie; Helena; Joan; Madame; Maizie; Marbridge; Matthias; Miss; Mr.; Mrs.; New; Quard; Street; Tankerville; Thursby; Thursday; Venetia; Wilbrow; York; good; look summary = Joan''s mind as to which way she would turn: dread of the inevitable Suddenly self-conscious, Joan drew back and offered her hand. With thoughtful deliberation Matthias (smiling guiltily) tore Joan''s ever, merely lifted shadowed and apathetic eyes to Joan''s face as she Joan''s début occurred within the time-limit set by Quard and before an Joan gulped and shook her head, her eyes a little misty. Going out to dinner that night, Joan passed Matthias bidding good-bye to And as these moved aside to give Matthias way, Joan rose and "Good night," said Matthias, offering his hand. Matthias had been out all day; Joan, with no typing to engage her, had ignored Matthias, looked back to Joan: gaining as little encouragement "You must think so," said Joan, a little awed. "Good night," said Joan. Nearer at hand, in the room to the right of Joan''s, a woman with a good id = 42069 author = Wheeler, Ruthe S. title = Janet Hardy in Hollywood date = keywords = Cora; Curt; Dad; Hardy; Helen; Henry; Janet; Jim; Margie; Miss; Thorne; Williams summary = Janet turned to greet Helen Thorne, who lived half a block beyond her own Helen went through her rôle while Janet looked on with critical eyes, When they reached the Hardy home, Janet''s mother insisted that Helen and Mrs. Thorne and Helen started to put on their coats, but Janet''s mother Janet got warm pajamas for Helen and then went to her own room. "Feel all right this morning, Janet?" her mother asked, looking a little director," she said, and Janet saw Helen''s face flush. other boys who were trying for the male leads, Cora, Margie, Helen, Janet Up until the afternoon of the play Janet saw very little of Helen''s When they came down from Janet''s room, Helen''s father and mother were of the creek and John Hardy went with Janet, Helen and Henry Thorne on "Time to go," he said, and Janet and Helen walked toward the plane while id = 18860 author = Winter, William title = Shadows of the Stage date = keywords = Anderson; Aram; Booth; Charles; Edwin; Falstaff; Gilbert; Hamlet; Henry; Irving; Jefferson; John; Kean; King; Lear; London; Mary; Miss; Mr.; Mrs.; New; Portia; Ravenswood; Richard; Shakespeare; Shylock; Sir; Wallack; William; York; american summary = Edwin Booth in Twelve Dramatic Characters; The Jeffersons; Henry Irving; The Life and Works of John Brougham; The Press and the Stage; The Actor the unequivocally great plays of Shakespeare the action moves like the Lester Wallack, Edwin Booth acted Hamlet, with John Gilbert for No person can be said to know Edwin Booth''s acting who has not stage version of the piece, in five acts, containing thirteen scenes, man who acts Romeo must embody, impersonate, express, convey, and make was he, indeed, that persons who saw him on the stage in that character to love, suffer, feel, act, defend, and avenge, as a man of actual life third act there is a beautiful love-scene between Edgar and Lucy, the scene, omitting the last act; and indeed that was long the stage custom; of his character in Shakespeare''s play: there is simply the presentation