First Sentence
No one would have believed, in the last years of the nineteenth century, that this world was being watched1 keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's and yet as mortal as his own; that as men busied themselves about their various concerns they were scrutinized and studied, perhaps almost as narrowly as a man with a microscope might scrutinize the transient creatures that swarm and multiply in a drop of water. Read the first page
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These are the most frequently used words in this book.
across
again
against
almost
along
already
among
another
away
behind
between
beyond
black
body
brother
came
come
common
curate
cylinder
day
dead
down
earth
even
eyes
face
far
feet
fire
first
found
get
go
going
great
guns
hand
head
heard
hill
houses
know
last
lay
light
little
london
long
looked
man
mars
martians
may
men
might
mind
moment
must
myself
near
night
nothing
now
once
part
passed
people
pit
place
red
road
round
saw
see
seemed
seen
side
sky
slowly
smoke
still
stood
strange
street
suddenly
things
thought
three
time
towards
trees
turned
two
upon
water
went
white
window
woking
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