To look up a word in a dictionary, select the word with your mouse and press 'd' on your keyboard.
Briggs, Charles F. (Charles Frederick), 1804-1877 [1855], A literary martyrdom. (Samuel Hueston, New York) [word count] [eaf477T].
Word Count
Total Words: 4598 Total Unique Words: 1397. Sorted by words [sort by frequencies].
05 1
07 1
1819 1
1854 1
1916 1
348 1
477eaf 2
481 1
482 1
483 1
484 1
485 1
486 1
487 1
488 1
489 1
490 1
491 1
a 121
about 5
absurdly 1
accept 1
accepted 2
access 1
accompanied 1
according 1
account 1
accustomed 1
aching 1
act 2
acted 1
acting 1
actors 1
ad 1
adapted 1
added 2
address 1
addressed 1
adventurers 1
adverse 1
advertisement 1
advice 2
affair 1
affect 1
affection 1
affection' 1
affections 1
afflicted 1
afford 1
affords 1
aflections 1
afraid 1
after 8
again 4
aggrieved 1
agony 1
agreeable 1
ah 3
aid 2
all 22
allow 3
already 1
always 2
am 12
ambitious 2
american 1
amiable 1
among 1
amphitryon 1
amused 1
an 20
and 143
anden 1
angel 2
annoyances 2
annoying 1
another 3
ante 1
anticipated 1
anxiety 3
anxious 1
any 13
apartment 1
apparition 1
appeal 1
appear 1
appears 1
applications 1
approbation 1
are 6
arguments 2
arm 1
arms 1
around 4
arrested 1
art 1
article 2
articles 2
artists 1
as 37
ask 1
asked 1
aspirations 1
aspire 1
assisting 1
assumptions 1
assured 1
at 15
attaching 1
attained 1
attempt 1
attend 1
attended 1
attention 1
author 2
authoress 2
authors 4
autograph 2
awakened 1
b 1
back 8
background 1
backs 1
balaam 2
banks 1
bantlings 2
baskets 2
be 34
bear 1
become 2
been 13
before 7
behind 1
being 7
beleaguered 1
believe 1
benignly 1
bent 1
beside 2
best 2
bestows 1
better 3
binders 1
biting 1
bitter 1
bitterly 1
black 2
blank 16
blest 1
blighted 1
blue 3
blush 1
body 2
bonds 1
bookplate 4
both 1
bothered 1
bottom 1
boudoir 1
bound 1
boundaries 1
bounding 1
bounds 1
box 2
boxes 2
boy 2
branch 1
breast 1
brief 2
briggs 3
brightens 1
brilliant 2
bringing 1
broadway 1
broke 3
broken 1
broker's 1
brougham 1
brought 1
brow 1
buds 1
bundle 1
bundles 3
burthen 1
business 5
but 35
by 19
calamitous 1
call 2
called 1
calmly 1
camel's 1
campbell 1
can 6
can't 2
canvas 1
capital 2
caprices 1
care 2
career 3
carried 1
carry 2
cart 1
case 2
cases 1
catastrophe 1
catharine 1
caught 1
cauliflower 1
cause 4
caused 1
center 2
certain 2
chair 1
chairs 1
challenge 1
chance 1
change 1
changed 1
changes 1
chapter 3
character 5
charles 1
charmed 1
chas 1
cheeks 1
cheerfulness 1
childless 1
children 2
choose 1
christian 1
chronicle 1
chuckled 1
circumstance 1
circumstances 4
claims 1
clark 1
class 2
clearness 1
clerk's 1
cliff 1
clouded 1
co 2
college 1
combatting 1
come 4
comfort 1
coming 1
command 1
commodities 1
communications 1
company 1
compelled 7
compiled 1
complaints 1
comprehend 1
conciliatory 1
concluded 1
conducted 1
conferred 1
confess 1
confessed 1
confide 1
confused 1
congregation 1
congress 1
consciousness 1
consigned 1
consolation 1
consoling 1
consult 1
contingency 1
continually 1
continued 1
contributor 1
contributors 2
convicted 1
convulsions 1
copy 1
copyright 1
cor 1
corner 2
correct 1
correctness 1
cost 1
coteries 1
could 12
country 2
court 1
courteously 1
courtsied 1
cover 6
covers 1
created 1
creature 1
crime 1
critical 1
cure 2
curiosity 1
customary 1
daily 1
dark 1
daughter 1
day 8
day's 1
deaf 1
dealing 1
dear 1
deciding 1
decision 3
declaration 1
declined 1
declines 1
degree 1
delight 1
delightful 1
delights 1
deluded 2
delusion 1
delusive 1
demand 1
demonstrated 1
denied 1
denounce 1
deny 1
depend 1
depicts 1
deposited 1
depreciate 1
deprive 1
descend 1
design 2
desired 1
desk 2
desks 1
desperation 1
desponding 1
determine 1
determined 1
deuce 1
development 1
did 8
die 1
difference 1
dine 1
dinner 2
dire 1
direction 1
disagreeable 1
discontent 1
discovered 2
discovering 1
discussion 1
disease 1
dismayed 1
disposition 1
dissimulation 1
dissipated 1
distinction 4
distinctness 1
distinguish 2
distinguished 1
distinguishing 1
distress 1
distressed 1
district 2
diverted 1
do 12
doctor 1
does 1
dollar 1
dolls 5
domestic 4
done 2
donna 1
donnas 1
donor's 1
door 2
doubt 1
doubtingly 1
down 3
dozen 1
drawbacks 1
drawers 1
drawn 1
dreading 1
dreary 1
drop 2
drudgery 1
duties 2
duty 1
dwell 1
déjeuners 1
e 1
each 2
ear 1
earliest 1
earned 1
east 1
eclipse 1
edge 3
edges 3
editor 12
education 1
effectively 1
eight 1
either 1
elergymen 1
elevated 1
elevating 1
embarking 1
emeute 1
emotions 1
employment 2
enable 1
encounter 1
encouraging 1
end 2
endpaper 6
endure 1
endured 1
enemy 1
engage 1
engaged 1
engraved 1
engrossing 1
enjoyment 2
enlarged 1
enlarging 2
enlighten 1
enough 3
enter 1
entered 3
enterprise 2
enterprises 1
entertained 1
entirely 1
envied 1
episode 1
essay 3
essays 1
establish 1
esteem 1
estimated 2
europe 2
even 1
ever 3
every 4
examined 1
examining 1
excellent 1
exclaimed 2
experience 1
explanation 1
expression 1
expressly 1
eye 1
eyes 3
f 2
fact 2
fail 1
faint 1
fair 1
fairly 1
familiar 1
families 1
family 1
fate 1
father 5
fathers 1
fault 2
favor 2
favorable 1
fears 1
features 1
feel 4
feeling 2
feelings 3
feels 1
fell 1
felt 3
fern 2
feverish 1
few 4
filigree 2
filled 3
filling 1
find 1
finds 1
first 5
fit 1
five 1
flatter 1
floor 2
followed 1
following 1
fond 1
fool 1
foolish 2
for 38
force 1
forced 1
foreground 2
foreible 1
foresaw 1
forget 2
forgotten 2
form 1
forty 1
forward 1
found 1
four 1
frame 2
frankfort 1
frederick 1
free 4
freezingly 1
fresh 1
friend 2
friends 2
from 18
front 4
frontispiece 1
frowned 1
full 6
further 3
gain 1
gains 1
gallery 2
gave 1
gaylord 1
generic 1
genius 3
gentleman 4
gentlemen 1
german 4
ghost 2
gift 1
giunge 1
give 5
given 1
giving 1
glanced 1
glories 1
goddess 1
gold 6
gone 2
good 4
gospel 1
got 1
gradual 1
graduate 1
grap 1
grateful 2
great 2
greater 1
greatest 1
greek 1
green 1
grief 3
griefs 1
grim 1
grovelling 1
grow 1
grumbling 1
habits 1
had 45
hail 1
half 4
halls 1
hand 2
handkerchief 1
hands 1
handwriting 1
happened 3
happiness 2
happy 1
hard 1
hardened 1
has 4
have 24
having 4
he 94
head 1
heap 2
heaps 3
hear 3
heard 1
heart 2
hearted 1
heed 1
heels 1
her 28
here 2
heroically 1
herself 1
hesitated 1
him 35
himself 21
his 94
history 1
hold 1
holding 1
home 3
honest 1
honestly 1
honesty 2
hop 1
hope 2
horror 1
hot 1
hours 1
house 3
how 4
hueston 2
human 3
hundred 1
husband 4
husbands 2
hypocrisy 1
hysterical 1
hysterically 1
i 53
idea 3
if 15
illuminated 1
illustration 3
illustrious 2
image 4
imaginations 1
imagine 2
imagined 1
immaculate 1
immediate 1
immediately 1
impertinent 1
implacable 1
importance 2
important 1
importing 4
impossible 1
in 75
inability 1
includes 1
inconveniences 1
indifferent 1
indignant 1
individual 1
industrious 1
inferred 1
informed 1
informing 1
inherited 1
injured 2
ink 1
innocence 1
inroads 1
insisted 1
instance 1
instruction 1
intelligence 1
intended 1
interest 1
interview 1
intimated 1
into 4
introductory 1
intrude 1
investment 1
invited 1
inviting 1
inward 1
irritating 1
is 29
issuing 1
it 41
its 7
james 1
jane 10
jealousy 1
jeffrey 1
john 1
join 1
jr 1
judging 1
just 2
key 1
kicking 1
killed 2
kind 3
kiss 2
kit 1
knew 6
knickerbocker 6
know 1
knowing 1
knowledge 1
ladies 1
lady 9
languages 1
lareeny 1
large 3
last 1
latin 1
laughter 1
law 6
lawn 1
lay 2
leaning 1
leaped 1
learn 2
learned 3
learning 1
least 1
leave 3
leaves 1
leaving 1
lecturer 1
left 5
leisure 1
let 3
letter 5
letters 2
lewis 1
liable 1
library 1
life 1
lifted 1
like 1
likely 1
line 3
lines 1
lips 1
list 1
literary 9
literature 2
litigation 1
little 4
lives 1
living 1
load 1
long 6
look 4
looking 3
lost 1
lots 1
love 1
lying 1
m 2
madam 5
made 4
madman 1
magazine 10
magazines 1
mail 1
main 1
make 9
makers 1
making 1
man 5
manageable 1
manifest 1
manner 3
mansion 1
manuscript 8
manuscripts 6
many 2
marbled 2
maria 12
market 1
marriage 1
martyrdom 3
martyrs 1
marvin 1
matter 6
maxim 1
may 8
mdccclv 1
me 15
means 1
meant 1
mediator 1
medicine 1
meekly 1
meet 1
melancholy 1
melting 1
memoir 2
men 7
mention 1
mercenary 1
merchandise 1
met 1
might 9
mildly 1
mind 1
minerva 1
minutes 1
mirth 1
miscellaneous 1
mistake 1
mistakes 1
mitted 1
mode 1
moment 2
momentous 1
money 2
monster 1
monthly 1
more 10
morning 2
most 13
mother 9
mothers 1
mr 2
mrs 4
much 6
must 8
my 14
myself 1
mysterious 1
mystical 1
n't 2
name 4
named 1
native 1
naturally 1
nature 1
necessary 1
neck 1
need 1
needs 1
neglect 1
neglected 1
never 5
new 4
next 5
night 2
no 12
noblest 1
non 1
none 1
nor 2
north 1
not 40
notes 1
nothing 7
notice 1
novel 2
novelty 1
now 6
number 4
nurse 1
o 1
o'mulligan 2
obedient 1
object 1
obliged 1
obliging 1
observe 1
obstacles 1
obstreperous 1
obtain 1
obtained 1
occupation 2
occupy 1
of 160
off 3
offer 1
offered 1
offerings 2
office 3
offspring 1
olive 1
ominous 1
on 17
once 3
one 10
ones 1
only 9
open 1
opened 2
opening 1
openly 1
operatives 1
opinion 5
or 12
orders 1
original 1
ornate 3
other 8
others 1
our 4
ourselves 1
out 6
outbursts 1
over 8
overburdened 1
overcoming 1
overflows 1
owe 1
own 2
owners 1
page 34
pages 2
painful 1
pale 1
paper 1
papers 2
paradise 1
paradoxes 1
parents 1
part 3
particular 2
parties 1
parting 1
partner 1
partnership 1
party 1
passed 1
passion 1
passionflower 2
paste 2
patient 1
patiently 1
pattie 2
paused 1
pay 4
paying 1
peace 1
peaceful 1
peculiar 1
people 1
people's 1
perfectly 2
performance 1
perhaps 1
period 1
permit 4
permitted 1
persevering 1
personage 1
personated 1
perspiration 1
persuasive 1
piano 1
pictures 1
pitcher 2
place 1
placed 1
plan 1
pleasantly 2
pleased 1
pleasure 2
pledge 3
pledge' 1
poem 1
poems 1
point 2
pointed 1
polish 1
poor 1
poppyflower 1
popular 3
portrait 2
portraits 1
possessed 1
poured 1
practising 1
preaching 1
precious 1
preliminaries 1
preparations 1
prepared 1
presence 1
present 1
presume 1
prevail 1
prevalent 1
prima 2
printed 1
printer 2
printers 1
prior 1
procedure 1
proceeded 1
proceedings 1
profession 2
professions 1
professor 1
profits 1
prominent 1
promise 2
promoting 1
proofs 1
proper 1
proprietor 1
prove 2
proved 1
provided 2
public 2
publish 1
published 1
purpose 1
purposes 1
put 2
puzzled 1
quantities 1
quatrain 1
queen 1
quiet 1
quite 2
ran 1
rapidly 1
rarely 1
rash 1
rather 1
read 14
readers 1
readily 2
reading 3
reason 2
reasoning 1
reasons 2
receive 1
received 3
reception 1
recollection 1
refuse 2
refused 2
regard 2
regret 1
reject 3
rejected 1
remain 1
remember 1
remorselessly 1
rendered 1
renowned 1
repeated 1
repeating 1
repented 1
replied 1
reply 2
repose 1
reproach 1
reproaches 1
reproachful 1
reputation 1
request 1
requests 1
require 1
required 1
requiring 1
resigned 1
resolved 1
respectability 1
respectable 1
responsibilities 1
rest 3
restrain 1
restricted 1
retired 1
retrocession 1
returned 4
returns 1
reverend 1
reviewed 1
reward 1
rewarding 1
ridiculously 1
ringlets 1
rival 1
roared 1
roll 5
rolled 1
roman 1
room 4
rotunda 1
round 1
ruined 1
sad 1
safe 1
safest 1
said 19
saint 1
same 1
samuel 2
sanctum 4
sareasm 1
sat 1
satisfaction 1
satisfactory 1
satisfied 1
save 2
say 4
says 1
scarcely 1
scorching 1
scornfully 1
sea 1
seal 3
seated 2
seats 1
see 4
seeks 1
sell 1
sensible 1
sensibly 1
sent 4
sentiment 1
sentiments 1
servants 1
severe 1
shade 1
she 26
shed 1
shelf 1
shelves 1
should 7
shoulders 1
showed 1
shut 1
side 4
sides 1
sight 1
silence 1
similar 5
simple 1
since 2
slaves 2
slight 1
slospoken 1
small 1
smilax 20
smile 4
smiled 3
smith 1
smitten 1
sneeringly 1
so 12
sobbed 1
sobbing 2
sobs 1
sofa 3
softened 1
solacing 1
solar 1
sold 1
solicit 1
some 5
something 2
son 7
soon 4
sooner 1
soothing 1
sorrow 1
southall 1
southern 1
space 1
spare 1
speak 2
specimens 1
speechless 1
spending 1
spent 1
spine 2
spirit 1
stairs 1
standing 1
start 2
started 1
state 1
states 1
steel 1
stereotyper 1
stifled 1
stock 2
stocks 1
story 2
straightened 1
strange 1
strangeness 1
stranger 1
straw 2
strict 1
striven 1
striving 1
style 1
subject 4
subsided 2
such 7
sudden 1
suddenly 3
suffering 2
sufferings 1
sufficient 1
suggested 1
suggestion 1
sullen 1
supplies 1
supposed 1
supposition 1
sure 6
suspicious 1
sweet 1
sydney 1
table 2
tables 1
take 3
taking 2
talent 1
taste 1
tear 1
tears 2
temper 1
tend 1
tender 2
terrifying 1
testimonial 2
text 1
texts 1
than 5
that 39
that's 1
the 248
their 12
them 4
then 5
there 14
thereby 1
these 6
they 13
thing 2
things 2
think 2
thinking 1
this 18
thorough 1
thoroughly 1
those 1
though 4
thought 4
thoughts 2
thousand 1
thousands 1
threatened 1
three 3
threw 3
through 5
thy 2
tied 1
time 3
title 4
to 164
told 2
tolerably 1
tone 2
too 2
took 5
top 1
torrent 1
tossed 1
tossing 1
total 1
tour 1
toward 1
towers 1
town 1
transactions 1
trembling 1
tremendous 1
tried 2
triumph 1
trouble 2
troubles 3
true 1
truly 1
truth 1
trying 1
tumbler 2
turns 1
twelve 2
two 3
typed 1
unable 1
under 5
understand 1
undertaking 1
unhappy 2
united 1
university 3
unless 2
unofficial 1
unostentatious 1
up 10
upon 16
upper 1
us 3
use 2
used 1
useful 1
usually 2
utterance 1
vacant 1
vain 1
valuable 1
value 1
van 1
vegetable 1
veil 1
vent 1
ventured 1
verdigriss 1
verses 1
version 1
very 7
vessel 1
view 1
views 1
villainy 1
virginia 2
visage 1
visitors 1
voice 1
volume 1
waiting 3
want 1
was 47
water 1
way 5
we 5
wealth 3
wealthy 1
wear 1
wearied 1
weary 2
weep 1
well 3
wended 1
went 2
were 14
what 15
what's 1
whatever 4
when 10
where 6
whereupon 1
whether 1
which 45
while 3
whims 1
white 1
who 10
whom 1
whose 3
why 2
wife 7
wife's 3
wildly 1
will 17
wilson 1
winkle's 1
wisdom 1
wish 1
wished 2
with 49
withered 1
without 3
wives 1
woes 2
woman 1
woman's 1
wonder 1
wonderfully 2
word 4
work 3
worker 1
world 5
worse 2
worst 1
worth 1
worthless 1
would 27
wretched 2
write 2
writing 1
year 2
years 1
yesterday 1
yet 2
york 2
you 21
young 3
your 6
yours 1
yourself 2
|