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The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman

Plaintext for Laurence Sterne's "The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman"

(186353 words/1030379 characters)

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ResourceObject["The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman"]
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TextCases[ ResourceData["The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman"], "Paragraph"][[25]]
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BarChart[ TakeLargest[ Counts[TextCases[ ResourceData[ "The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman"], "Verb"]], 20] // Reverse, BarOrigin -> Left, ChartLabels -> Automatic]
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Wolfram Research, "The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman" from the Wolfram Data Repository (2016)   https://doi.org/10.24097/wolfram.13379.data

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  • Title: The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
  • Creator: Laurence Sterne
  • Date: 1759
  • Language: English

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  • Publisher of Record: Wolfram Research