Links from the Lesson Column lead to the texts.*
The "#" column indicates the lesson number in the original.
"Page" indicates the beginning page in the original.
The "Stats" column links to a statistical analysis of the text.
"L" columns link to KISS levels of analyzed text. |
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L5 |
1. |
The Good Reader |
39 |
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2. |
The Bluebell |
43 |
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3. |
The Gentle Hand (T. S. Arthur) |
44 |
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4. |
The Grandfather (C. G. Eastman) |
49 |
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A Boy on a Farm (C. D. Warner) |
50 |
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6. |
The Singing Lesson (Jean Ingelow) |
52 |
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7. |
Do not Meddle |
54 |
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8. |
Work (Eliza Cook) |
59 |
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9. |
The Maniac |
60 |
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10. |
Robin Redbreast (W. Allingham) |
62 |
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11. |
The Fish I Did n't Catch (Whittier) |
63 |
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12. |
It Snows (Mrs. S. J. Hale) |
67 |
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13. |
Respect for the Sabbath Rewarded |
69 |
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14. |
The Sands o' Dee
(Charles Kingsley) |
71 |
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15. |
Select Paragraphs (Bible) |
72 |
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16. |
The Corn Song (Whittier) |
74 |
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17. |
The Venomous Worm
(John Russell) |
77 |
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18. |
The Festal Board |
78 |
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19. |
How to Tell Bad News |
81 |
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20. |
The Battle of Blenheim (Southey) |
82 |
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21. |
I Pity Them |
86 |
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22. |
An Elegy on Madam Blaize (Goldsmith) |
87 |
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23. |
King Charles II. and William Penn (Mason L.
Weems) |
88 |
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24. |
What I Live For |
91 |
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25. |
The Righteous Never Forsaken |
92 |
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26. |
Abou Ben Adhem (Leigh Hunt) |
95 |
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27. |
Lucy Forrester (John Wilson) |
96 |
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28. |
The Reaper and the Flowers. (Longfellow) |
101 |
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29. |
The Town Pump (Hawthorne) |
103 |
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30. |
Good Night (Peter Parley) |
108 |
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31. |
An Old fashioned Girl
(Louisa M. Alcott) |
110 |
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32. |
My Mother's Hands |
113 |
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33. |
The Discontented Pendulum
(Jane Taylor) |
114 |
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34. |
The Death of the Flowers (Bryant) |
117 |
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35. |
The Thunderstorm (Irving) |
119 |
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36. |
April Day (Mrs. C. A. Southey) |
121 |
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37. |
The Tea Rose |
123 |
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38. |
The Cataract of Lodore (Southey) |
128 |
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39. |
The Bobolink (Irving) |
132 |
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40. |
Robert of Lincoln (Bryant) |
135 |
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41. |
Rebellion in Massachusetts State Prison (J. T. Buckingham) |
138 |
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42. |
Faithless Nelly Gray Hood |
143 |
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43. |
The Generous Russian Peasant (Nikolai Karamzin) |
146 |
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44. |
Forty Years Ago |
148 |
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45. |
Mrs. Caudle's Lecture
(Douglas Jerrold) |
151 |
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46. |
The Village Blacksmith (Longfellow) |
154 |
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47. |
The Relief of Lucknow
(London Times) |
156 |
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48. |
The Snowstorm (Thomson) |
159 |
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49. |
Behind Time |
161 |
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50. |
The Old Sampler
(Mrs. M. E. Sangster) |
163 |
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51. |
The Goodness of God (Bible) |
167 |
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52. |
My Mother |
170 |
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53. |
The Hour of Prayer
(Mrs. F. A Hemans) |
171 |
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54. |
The Will |
172 |
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55. |
The Nose and the Eyes (Cowper) |
176 |
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56. |
An Iceberg (L. L. Noble) |
177 |
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57. |
About Quail (W. P. Hawes) |
180 |
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58. |
The Blue and the Gray
(F. M. Finch) |
183 |
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59. |
The Machinist's Return
(Washington 11 Capital) |
185 |
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60. |
Make Way for Liberty
(James Montgomery) |
189 |
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61. |
The English Skylark (Elihu Burritt) |
193 |
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62. |
How Sleep the Brave
(William Collins) |
195 |
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63. |
The Rainbow (John Keble) |
195 |
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64. |
Supposed Speech of John Adams (Daniel Webster) |
196 |
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65. |
The Rising (T. B. Read) |
200 |
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66. |
Control your Temper
(Dr. John Todd) |
204 |
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67. |
William Tell (Sheridan Knowles) |
207 |
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68. |
William Tell (Sheridan Knowles) |
216 |
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69. |
The Crazy Engineer |
221 |
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70. |
The Heritage (Lowell) |
228 |
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71. |
No Excellence without Labor (William Wirt) |
230 |
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72. |
The Old House Clock |
232 |
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73. |
The Examination (D. P. Thompson) |
234 |
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74. |
The Isle of Long Ago
(B. F. Taylor) |
239 |
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75. |
The Boston Massacre (Bancroft) |
241 |
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76. |
Death of the Beautiful.
(Mrs. E. L. Follen) |
245 |
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77. |
Snow Falling (J. J. Platt) |
246 |
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78. |
Squeers's Method (Dickens) |
247 |
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79. |
The Gift of Empty Hands
(Mrs. S. M. B. Piatt) |
252 |
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80. |
Capturing the Wild Horse (Irving) |
253 |
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81. |
Sowing and Reaping
(Adelaide Anne Procter) |
258 |
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82. |
Taking Comfort (Whittier) |
259 |
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83. |
Calling the Roll (Shepherd) |
262 |
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84. |
Turtle Soup (C. F. Briggs) |
263 |
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85. |
The Best Kind of Revenge |
266 |
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86. |
The Soldier of the Rhine
(Mrs. C. L. S. Norton) |
269 |
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87. |
The Winged Worshipers
(Charles Sprague) |
271 |
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88. |
The Peevish Wife
(Maria Edgeworth) |
273 |
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89. |
The Rainy Day (Longfellow) |
276 |
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90. |
Break, Break, Break (Tennyson) |
277 |
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91. |
Transportation and Planting of Seeds (H. D. Thoreau) |
278 |
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92. |
Spring Again (Mrs. Celia Thaxter) |
282 |
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93. |
Religion the only Basis of Society (William E. Channing) |
284 |
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94. |
Rock Me to Sleep
(Mrs. E. A. Allen) |
286 |
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95. |
Man and the Inferior Animals
(Jane Taylor) |
288 |
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96. |
The Blind Men and the Elephant
(J. G. Saxe) |
290 |
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97. |
A Home Scene (D. G. Mitchell) |
292 |
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98. |
The Light of Other Days (Moore) |
295 |
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