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Eric Lease Morgan Number of items in the collection; 'How big is my corpus?' ---------------------------------------------------------- 12 Average length of all items measured in words; "More or less, how big is each item?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 99125 Average readability score of all items (0 = difficult; 100 = easy) ------------------------------------------------------------------ 76 Top 50 statistically significant keywords; "What is my collection about?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 Captain 6 England 5 french 5 Sir 4 spanish 4 ship 4 british 4 Mr. 3 Rogers 3 Duke 2 time 2 man 2 come 2 Wright 2 Walker 2 Trouin 2 St. 2 Spaniards 2 Miss 2 London 2 King 2 John 2 James 2 God 2 George 2 France 2 English 2 Drake 2 CHAPTER 1 water 1 sidenote 1 prize 1 look 1 little 1 light 1 know 1 illustration 1 good 1 frenchman 1 english 1 day 1 boat 1 american 1 Zeno 1 York 1 Winter 1 William 1 Weymouth 1 Vols 1 Virginia Top 50 lemmatized nouns; "What is discussed?" --------------------------------------------- 3200 man 1842 time 1822 ship 1584 vessel 1407 day 1084 sea 1058 hand 1052 law 1034 war 983 case 922 captain 904 board 884 boat 864 prize 842 gun 769 life 724 crew 711 prisoner 706 way 704 water 682 privateer 672 right 672 place 641 eye 633 order 626 deck 625 power 624 sir 620 part 618 hour 606 state 606 officer 603 moment 597 authority 586 head 585 sail 566 night 558 word 552 side 550 nothing 549 question 544 year 536 people 535 friend 526 enemy 523 fact 517 course 505 nation 499 thing 493 one Top 50 proper nouns; "What are the names of persons or places?" -------------------------------------------------------------- 10971 _ 1212 Captain 1207 States 880 Government 815 United 771 Mr. 673 Sir 584 Q. 574 A. 524 Court 518 Adrian 511 England 382 State 361 Rogers 303 Landale 298 English 290 Mr 283 God 282 Chemerant 271 New 269 Rupert 262 King 258 Madeleine 250 Molly 250 France 248 Blue 246 Beard 243 St. 243 René 243 Constitution 240 De 239 District 238 James 237 Angela 228 Father 224 Croustillac 223 Trevannion 220 Walker 211 George 208 Duke 206 York 205 de 205 John 203 Miss 202 Act 199 Gascon 191 Jack 188 Lord 187 South 185 London Top 50 personal pronouns nouns; "To whom are things referred?" ------------------------------------------------------------- 14471 i 9039 it 8521 he 7587 you 5315 we 4062 they 3646 me 3327 she 3305 him 2475 them 2154 her 1913 us 792 himself 504 myself 304 themselves 212 one 204 herself 198 itself 196 yourself 177 ourselves 118 ''em 41 yours 41 mine 28 ours 24 his 21 theirs 18 thee 15 hers 14 ''s 11 em 9 oneself 6 tanty 3 yourselves 2 yer 2 ye 2 thyself 1 ys 1 you--_you 1 you''re 1 yelled,--she 1 y 1 whereof 1 we---- 1 uv 1 th 1 say--_admiration 1 said--`it 1 pelf 1 off.--among 1 o Top 50 lemmatized verbs; "What do things do?" --------------------------------------------- 36177 be 14229 have 4389 do 4145 say 2432 make 2164 take 2131 come 2032 see 2008 go 1514 know 1434 give 1277 find 1167 think 939 tell 911 get 876 look 866 leave 779 bring 730 call 702 put 634 hear 627 cry 606 run 601 let 592 speak 584 send 580 fall 576 keep 569 appear 567 follow 544 stand 544 seem 541 reply 515 believe 514 remain 505 pass 505 carry 478 turn 465 return 462 become 447 feel 434 hold 431 ask 430 bear 401 show 392 wish 389 receive 385 set 379 begin 376 continue Top 50 lemmatized adjectives and adverbs; "How are things described?" --------------------------------------------------------------------- 7310 not 3103 so 2210 then 2143 now 1846 very 1757 up 1673 more 1395 out 1379 other 1349 as 1324 good 1304 well 1228 only 1171 little 1161 great 1066 down 982 much 974 first 957 long 945 again 941 such 899 own 862 here 812 same 798 away 780 there 771 most 745 soon 742 never 709 old 707 off 690 last 688 too 679 even 643 once 642 however 638 still 587 just 576 many 556 about 550 also 530 far 520 in 513 all 511 back 503 few 500 french 497 on 496 young 479 large Top 50 lemmatized superlative adjectives; "How are things described to the extreme?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 279 least 215 good 134 most 77 great 61 slight 40 high 36 near 25 large 25 bad 19 small 19 eld 19 early 16 strong 16 Most 11 wise 11 low 10 deep 9 late 9 fine 8 brave 7 furth 7 full 6 young 6 j 6 big 5 short 5 pure 5 mere 5 manif 5 fast 5 brief 4 wild 4 warm 4 swift 4 poor 4 noble 4 innermost 4 dear 3 ugly 3 thick 3 strange 3 stout 3 safe 3 remote 3 plain 3 old 3 l 3 heavy 3 handsome 3 grave Top 50 lemmatized superlative adverbs; "How do things do to the extreme?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 637 most 34 least 13 well 1 near 1 lest 1 hard 1 finest 1 farthest 1 crest 1 below;--the Top 50 Internet domains; "What Webbed places are alluded to in this corpus?" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Top 50 URLs; "What is hyperlinked from this corpus?" ---------------------------------------------------- Top 50 email addresses; "Who are you gonna call?" ------------------------------------------------- Top 50 positive assertions; "What sentences are in the shape of noun-verb-noun?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 prisoner was guilty 6 ship was not 5 _ did not 5 _ do n''t 5 _ have _ 5 captain was not 4 _ came up 4 _ did captain 4 _ do _ 4 _ was soon 4 captain did not 4 government does not 3 _ is _ 3 _ was not 3 _ was once 3 _ was ready 3 _ was so 3 man does not 3 men are not 3 men were all 3 men were very 3 prisoner was first 3 ship was ready 3 time is precious 3 time was now 3 water was smooth 2 _ are _ 2 _ came on 2 _ fell in 2 _ got _ 2 _ had _ 2 _ had only 2 _ kept on 2 _ left new 2 _ ran down 2 _ was _ 2 _ was still 2 _ was there 2 _ was very 2 boat made fast 2 boat put off 2 boat was about 2 boat was half 2 boats did not 2 boats were alongside 2 boats were out 2 case is not 2 day is not 2 days went by 2 government had not Top 50 negative assertions; "What sentences are in the shape of noun-verb-no|not-noun?" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 men are not pirates 1 _ are not sir 1 _ did not mr. 1 _ had no one 1 _ had no stern 1 _ has no thorns 1 _ is no smuggling 1 _ was no privateer 1 _ was not equal 1 _ was not slow 1 boat was no sooner 1 boat was not sufficiently 1 boats do not soon 1 boats had not room 1 boats were not long 1 captain had no stomach 1 captain made no endeavour 1 captain was not able 1 captain was not as 1 captain was not happy 1 case making no request 1 cases is not sufficient 1 cases was not yet 1 crews is not apt 1 day is not far 1 government had no authority 1 government had no power 1 government is not faithless 1 gun had no better 1 hand is not dead 1 hands were not nimble 1 law has no direct 1 law has no jurisdiction 1 law was not constitutional 1 laws are not enforceable 1 life were not so 1 man is not so 1 men are not very 1 men had no sooner 1 men had no stronger 1 men had not yet 1 men tell no tales 1 men were not citizens 1 prisoner had not only 1 prisoner was not first 1 prisoners were not citizens 1 privateers are not illegal 1 privateers was not due 1 prize made no attempt 1 prize was not only A rudimentary bibliography -------------------------- id = 26045 author = Castle, Egerton title = The Light of Scarthey: A Romance date = keywords = Adrian; Bath; Captain; Curwen; Cécile; England; God; Jack; Lady; Landale; Lord; Madeleine; Mademoiselle; Margery; Miss; Moggie; Molly; Mr.; Mrs.; O''Donoghue; Peregrine; Pulwick; Renny; René; Rupert; Savenaye; Scarthey; Sir; Smith; Sophia; Tanty; day; french; good; know; light; look; man summary = "Good uncle," she said, going up to the old man and kissing his cheek, "Pulwick; you come from Pulwick?" said Sir Adrian musing; "true, René "And now you live with Sir Adrian, in that little isle yonder," said boyish days, but now, Sir Adrian, the _man_ is in love with the "Poor René!" he said, when the man had left the room, "one would think "Hark," said Sir Adrian, "our good René!" as we rowed along, and every time I met Sir Adrian''s eye I smiled at world--Madeleine!" His look met that of Sir Adrian in full, and even "What a man you are, upon my soul, Sir Adrian!" cried Captain Jack, So Molly was in love with Sir Adrian Landale, and he--who knows--was "Upon my word, Adrian," said Mr. Landale, clenching his hand nervously "Thank you, Molly," said Sir Adrian, turning to her with shining eyes. At times Sir Adrian would watch him with great eyes. id = 21065 author = Collingwood, Harry title = The Log of a Privateersman date = keywords = Admiral; Bowen; CHAPTER; Captain; Dolphin; Dumaresq; Hoard; Indiaman; Renouf; Spaniards; Weymouth; Winter; boat; british; come; french; frenchman; ship; spanish; time summary = completed; and as Mr White had taken care to secure our letters-ofmarque in good time, it was determined that the _Dolphin_ should proceed strengthened into the misty outline of a large ship under studdingsails, running before the wind, and steering a course that would bring deck at the news, and took a good long look at the ship through the Captain Winter at once jammed the schooner close upon a wind, the vessel frigate, and this time the shot went humming close over our heads, long time; but at length turned away and said regretfully: frigate''s guns, but could reach her antagonist with her own Long Tom. She therefore immediately bore up, set her square-sail and studdingsails, and, maintaining her distance, steered a parallel course to that long speech for a man to make at a time when he believed the ship to be course, Captain Renouf; and a man who looked like, and afterwards proved id = 26960 author = Johnston, Charles H. L. (Charles Haven Ladd) title = Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure date = keywords = Bart; Captain; Drake; Duke; England; English; Englishman; France; Frenchman; George; Jean; John; Jones; King; Lafitte; Paul; Queen; Raleigh; Rogers; Sir; St.; Trouin; Walker; Wright; Zeno; british; french; spanish summary = Three days after this, Jean Bart sent a boy to the English vessel with small French gun-boats, he soon fell in with three Dutch privateers "After them, men!" cried Captain Bart. But Captain England was in error when he said that he was sailing for "Away with this life," cried Captain England. "Egad!" cried Captain Rogers, as they passed out to sea. and stood out to sea: guns roared: trumpets blew: the men cheered. The English sea-captain said nothing, but the color rose in his British vessels, they often sent them in the holds of French ships. "Now let thirty men take to the boats!" commanded Captain Walker. The captain of the French ship came running by. Sixty men were ill on board the stout little English privateer, but "Gentlemen," said he to the captain of these vessels, "I shall never AMERICAN PRIVATEER CAPTURING TWO ENGLISH SHIPS.] AMERICAN PRIVATEER CAPTURING TWO ENGLISH SHIPS.] id = 47290 author = Johnstone, Herrick title = Barney Blake, the Boy Privateer; or, The Cruise of the Queer Fish date = keywords = Bluefish; CHAPTER; Captain; Dicky; Drake; Fish; Joker; Queer; Roddy; Tony; Trybrace; british; come; little; ship; time; water summary = Scarcely had we pulled half way before a funny looking old fellow, Upon Tony''s saying that I wished to ship on the Queer Fish, the captain, "Yer see," said old Bluefish, lighting his pipe, "it all happened on "''Captain, does yer see this ''ere yaller post?" says he solemnly. "I wish you a good-morning, sir," and, with this Captain Joker bowed We looked back over the stern, and saw the little boat going up Captain Joker went up and took him by the hand, kindly. little grumbling on board the Queer Fish that day as you would be likely blaze away with the Long Tom!" cried our little captain, away, like vast water-trees, growing from the sea to the sky, and After the horse-racing came the bull and bear fight, in which old sort o'' seemed to come from a long ways off, jist like the voice of a id = 21576 author = Marryat, Frederick title = The Privateersman date = keywords = Amy; Arrow; Captain; Elrington; Indians; Ingram; James; Levee; Liverpool; London; Madam; Miss; Musgrave; Philip; Portuguese; Sir; Toplift; Trevannion; french summary = "Spoken like a man who understands his business," replied Captain Levee. the boat, and went on board Captain Levee''s vessel, which, I have "I agree with the captain of the vessel," said a grave-looking "My dear Elrington," said Captain Levee, "I told our crew, and you have board of your schooner some time during the day." When Captain Levee time, to express my thanks." Miss Trevannion did not wait for any reply "We shall see, my good fellow," replied Captain Levee; "for my part I "Has Captain Levee arrived, then, Sir?" said I. "I think so, too," replied Captain Levee; "what shall we call you?" I did not reply to this question, and the captain then said, "What do "Shall we ever arrive?" said the Portuguese captain, looking at me and "Captain Toplift," said I, "I do not command this vessel, and I shall id = 44471 author = Rogers, Woodes title = Life Aboard a British Privateer in the Time of Queen Anne Being the Journal of Captain Woodes Rogers, Master Mariner date = keywords = Cape; Captain; Dover; Duke; Dutchess; Guiaquil; Mr.; Rogers; Spaniards; illustration; man; ship; sidenote; spanish summary = Rogers'' time a ship was said to be "Frigate built" when she had a poop it became necessary," says Rogers, "to acquaint the ships companies board the "Duke," just after an entry in Rogers'' log says, "that now "Two days later," says Rogers, "the men in irons another, two Irish land-men who," says Rogers, "while we lay at the the "Duke" and "Dutchess" to both men and officers; but Rogers made up better on board the "Duke;" "several of ours," says Rogers, "being very pints a man per day, "that," says Rogers, "we may keep at sea some time The following day Rogers says, "we kept our colours flying on the great sick men on board the "Duke" and eighty in the "Dutchess" at one time; being men who, in Rogers'' time, would no doubt have gone to sea for And being a large ship, "thirty good men were sent on board her from id = 36475 author = Statham, Edward Phillips title = Privateers and Privateering date = keywords = Barney; Captain; England; General; George; Guay; John; King; Mr.; Navy; Prince; Rogers; Shelvocke; Sir; St.; Surcouf; Trouin; Walker; William; Wright; american; british; english; french; ship; spanish summary = and the captain of the French-built ship--who presently came back, and man-of-war." This ship had been captured by a French squadron on March and the French ship then delivered a broadside; the English captain, men-of-war should be sent to enforce his orders; a 60-gun ship and a The French ship was named the _Vengeance_, of 36 guns and about 400 men; Gentleman''s Magazine_, the French ship lost her captain, lieutenant, shipping to make up the _Boscawen''s_ crew; while Captain Walker English vessel in numbers, cut down many of the crew, captured the ship, the two privateers captured five ships and the two men-of-war; but, as considerable number of private ships of war afloat on the American coast English privateer of 12 guns and 38 men, "commanded by an honest and _Fortune_, armed ship, Captain Hodgson, against a French privateer, on Walker, George, a great English privateer captain; id = 29894 author = Sue, Eugène title = A Romance of the West Indies date = keywords = Angela; Beard; Blue; Captain; Caribbean; Chemerant; Cliff; Croustillac; Daniel; Devil; Duke; England; Father; France; Gascon; God; Griffen; James; Martinique; Monmouth; Mortimer; Rutler; Sidney; Unicorn summary = hand to the chevalier, the buccaneer said, with a rough voice, "Come, "One must choose, chevalier," said Blue Beard; "are they eyes, or gods, The adventurer looked at Blue Beard a moment in silence; then he said, "I did not know thou wast so rich, poor Croustillac," said the Gascon to Angela entered at this moment and said to Croustillac: "My lord, the "Let us go, sir," said the chevalier, taking his hat from the hands of "When we arrive at your house, sir," said De Chemerant, "I shall the moment when I shall again see them, sir," said Croustillac. "I know all that, sir; go on," said Croustillac, who did not desire that Croustillac, who, as we have said, passionately loved Blue Beard, "Sir, I desire to speak to my wife," said Croustillac impatiently. "Come, let us go, my son," said Father Griffen, regarding Croustillac id = 36306 author = Warburton, A. F. (Adolphus Frederick) title = Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York date = keywords = Act; America; Captain; Carolina; Confederate; Congress; Constitution; Court; District; England; Federal; Government; Joseph; Judge; Minnesota; Mr.; New; President; Savannah; South; States; Union; United; Virginia; York summary = statute of the said United States of America in such case made and UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT, SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. right of the State to come into collision with the General Government, for an act charged as piratical, on board the United States ship-of-war that there is no authority in law for a United States vessel to arrest shown, the powers of the new Government will act on the States in of the United States, either under the general right which the law of come under consideration in this case is the law of the United States, by an officer of the United States Government, to be tried in a Court General Government, of a state of war as between the United and the of this warring power, against the Government of the United States, a authority only where the United States Government has not, and that the id = 50814 author = Wright, Quincy title = Prize Money date = keywords = Admiralty; Britain; Edition; England; English; High; International; Law; London; Sir; Vict; Vols; prize summary = The rules for disposing of the proceeds of prizes captured in war b. Maritime War. Grotius has nothing to say of prize laws in maritime warfare. In practical effects the Roman laws of prize money probably The chapters on prize law, state the principles on which enemy prize of war of right belongs to the state and private individuals the universally recognized law of the sea all prizes captured by the principles of prize distribution mentioned by international law "he by right of war captured as lawful prize the said ship--belonging followed as in the case of prizes of war, the whole of the captures prize courts act of 1894".[5] In joint captures by land and naval the admiralty and prize court of England during the Napoleonic wars If the war right of capturing private enemy property at sea were capture taken at the Second Hague conference[10] the prize money laws