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Gertrude Stein “Short Sentences” (1932),
in Last Operas and Plays, edited and with an introduction by Carl Van Vechten. (New York and Toronto: Rinehart & Co, 1949.)
partly (alas, no longer fully) available at google : link
but reprint borrowable at archive.org : link

The sentences are sorted/sortable by number of line; location (page and line); speaker (alphabetical order); and sentence (alphabetical order).

A fifth column at right, lists some keywords (e.g., “meaning,” “cautious,” “guess”) that suggest how a semasiological dictionary (thesaurus) — something like a telegraphic code — might be derived from this limited corpus. Where more than one keyword is shown, only the first sorts by alphabetical order; the appearance of a second and third keyword signals that they too appear multiple times : I do not have a tool to construct a thesaurus on the fly, alas.

Periods “.” have been removed from names and from sentence-ends (they appear inconsistently in the text).

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some stats (at end of this page).
 

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1	317 00	—	The scene is one in which nicely they go	nicely
2	317 01	Madame Bucher	Will you come	come
3	317 02	Nathalie	Oh yes will you come	come
4	317 03	Amelia	But I know you will come	come
5	317 04	Barbette	I ask you to come	come
6	317 05	Eugene	Will you	z
7	317 06	Joseph	I have been able to come	come
8	317 07	Edmund	Is he better because you bring what you bring when you do come	because; come
9	317 08	Chorus	And so they are all not alike	alike
10	317 09	Alvara	Should my	z
11	317 10	Belle	Should they by and by	z
12	317 11	Robert	Should it be my turn	turn
13	317 12	Henry	Should they	z
14	317 13	Mrs Andre Paquet	Should they be	z
15	317 14	Helen	With them	z
16	317 15	John	Just more than then	z
17	317 16	Ferdinand	As well as able	well
18	317 17	Mildred Aldrich	Why they beware	why
19	317 18	A Chorus	Should she be joined	joined
20	317 19	James Bellingham	Not to-day	day; to-day
21	317 20	Winfield Scott	By which they hope	hope
22	317 21	Henry	For which they like	like
23	317 22	Jerry Holmes	All of which	z
24	317 23	Marguerite Lamb	They may be included	z
25	317 24	William H	For which they like	like
26	317 25	Arthur Balfour	Please play best	please; play
27	317 26	Joseph Hone	By which they count	count
28	317 27	Martha	As well as they like	like; well
29	317 28	Chorus	It was why they mean	mean; why
30	318 01	Sir Robert Albi	May chooses soon	choose
31	318 02	Mildred	With which	z
32	318 03	Meraud Guevara	Just why they if	why
33	318 04	Henry Melun	Not for this	z
34	318 05	John Surgeon	Just why they will	why
35	318 06	Edith	But which if	z
36	318 07	Janet Blaine	More have been here even	z
37	318 08	Arthur Chadbourne	Just when they will	z
38	318 09	Edith	If they mind	mind
39	318 10	Martha	It cannot be thought	thought
40	318 11	William Rufus	May you be pleased	pleased
41	318 12	Chorus	They shall exchange	z
42	318 13	Henry Winter	It is most	z
43	318 14	James Ferguson	Which is for them	z
44	318 15	Arthur Prentiss	All of which is for them	z
45	318 16	Jane Heap	All of which	z
46	318 17	John Randolph	Is for them	z
47	318 18	Nelly Mitchell	But which she will	z
48	318 19	Arthur Grafton	But all of which	z
49	318 20	Janet Tanner	May they be thought	thought
50	318 21	Neith Hapgood	It should be bought	z
51	318 22	Elsa Abrams	They will be violent	z
52	318 23	Neith Boyce	When they have	z
53	318 24	Chorus	All of which is to blame	blame
54	318 25	May Hatteras	Could I think of it	z
55	318 26	Jenny Fletcher	With which they come	come
56	318 27	Edith Archer	Or just the place	place
57	318 28	Frederick Wendel	Made by their blessing	z
58	318 29	Roy Clair	Surely be generous	z
59	318 30	Laura Armour	Come to be granted	come
60	318 31	John Siegfried	With which they dash	z
61	318 32	Ben Hodge	Just why and not	why
62	318 33	Arthur Balfour	In no reunion	z
63	318 34	Winifred Stanhope	Should they be there	z
64	318 35	Laura William	They must soon excuse	excuse
65	318 36	John Goat	Or should they rejoin	z
66	318 37	Walter Arthur	This for them	z
67	318 38	Chorus	It is well neither of which	neither; well
68	318 39	May Welch	She could be treasured	z
69	318 40	Arthur Bird	With me in politeness	politeness
70	319 01	Albert Lincoln	Should much	z
71	319 02	Edith Lorer	As very likely	likely
72	319 03	Mabel Earle	Just why they rose	why
73	319 04	Abel Melcher	Just if they thought	thought
74	319 05	Ruth Winfield	Just why they left	why
75	319 06	Edith Henry	Making it be right	z
76	319 07	May Janes	Which whenever they doubt	doubt
77	319 08	Mark Williams	It is because of gratitude	because
78	319 09	Arthur Nobel	Just why they may	why
79	319 10	Edith Adler	It is in a way a choice	choice
80	319 11	Chorus	She may be seen needless to say	z
81	319 12	John Nichols	But which they start	z
82	319 13	Bertha Reynolds	But not with them in part	part
83	319 14	Wilton Friend	She may be mine as a choice	choice; mine
84	319 15	Jeffrey Sands	But which they call	call
85	319 16	Ellen Knoll	Could it be heartily	z
86	319 17	Reynold Nice	By me in so far as it does	z
87	319 18	Ernest Johns	She may be bought to call	call
88	319 19	Neith Johns	In middle cases	z
89	319 20	Edna Mills	Why should she see	why
90	319 21	Lincoln Johns	We can be better known	z
91	319 22	Andrew Orden	Should which they choose	choose
92	319 23	Martha Winters	But not left immediately	z
93	319 24	Chorus	She must be just	z
94	319 25	Ivan May	Could these for hers	z
95	319 26	Barnard Noll	Which made it come	come
96	319 27	Nellie Wendell	She for which they were satisfied	z
97	319 28	Edna Aldrich	Could it be turned to be blue	blue; turned
98	319 29	Neil Bartholomew	She for which they were finished	z
99	319 30	Milton Eisner	Or just as much as plainly left	z
100	319 31	Arthur Belton	Should it be curious	curious
101	319 32	May Glass	Could they be cautious because of this	cautious; because
102	319 33	Janet Painleve	Because why ought they ordinarily	why; ought; because
103	319 34	Edith Melrose	By me or why by me	why
104	319 35	Arthur Lamb	Just which as much	z
105	319 36	Bertha Winter	All for it to close	close
106	319 37	Bertie Applegarth	It is my hope	hope
107	319 38	Chorus	With why they were wading or wailing	why
108	319 39	Maria Martel	To think of it is a pleasure	pleasure
109	319 40	John Moses	But which they will point out presently	presently
110	320 01	Mabel Eastman	She needs me for herself	z
111	320 02	Arnold James	Could she be truthful	truthful
112	320 03	Bernard Alden	She could meddle in despair	z
113	320 04	Nelly Winfield	Much of it	z
114	320 05	Allen Ingram	Might whoever came	came
115	320 06	Arthur Lane	Just why they will	why
116	320 07	Nathan Within	Could it be known dexterously	z
117	320 08	Mildred Maine	May they be careful	z
118	320 09	Egbert Eustace	All kinds at all	kinds
119	320 10	Martin Johns	It could be on account	account
120	320 11	Edith Burns	All known	z
121	320 12	Chorus	They may claim	z
122	320 13	Martha Mint	When will all be sent	z
123	320 14	May Coleman	Just by them without reason	z
124	320 15	Nelly Marks	Joined as it is best not	joined
125	320 16	Mary Coburn	For which they add relief	z
126	320 17	Norman Blaine	By which they mean belief	belief; mean
127	320 18	Arthur Johns	Just by their nearly choice	choice; nearly
128	320 19	Henry Winters	Leave all to them adjoined	z
129	320 20	Jacqueline Christian	Should made the door	z
130	320 21	Arnold William	But which hour are meant	hour
131	320 22	Edith Sinclair	Just which it is as kind	kind
132	320 23	Leonard Bartholomew	Would five stay in place	place
133	320 24	Bartholowmew Franklin	She is my kind	kind
134	320 25	Chorus	But she is very willing to be let alone	z
135	320 26	John Burton	It is always a part	part
136	320 27	Bernard Jackson	With it a prayer for theirs	z
137	320 28	Gardiner Harrison	All birds are held by halves	z
138	320 29	Muriel Williamson	As which they feel the name	name
139	320 30	Minnie Parker	Best known for an instance in which	instance
140	320 31	Nelly James	I knew all are called delight	delight; called
141	320 32	Barbara Knowles	She should be just the same	z
142	320 33	Warren Winship	For which it is as mine	mine
143	320 34	Barnes Oliver	Very likely they like me	like; likely
144	320 35	Arthur Barker	It has been mine for the time	mine
145	320 36	Elihu Neith	She may be paid for me	z
146	320 37	Daniel Sonne	We often hear her names	hear; names
147	320 38	Bert Johns	By which They express	z
148	320 39	Chorus	It is not just as well that they waited	well
149	320 40	Maggie Prentiss	For them or which as precious	precious
150	321 01	Jonathan Calder	Because below in using them	because
151	321 02	Benjamin Duncan	This is at least not all	z
152	321 03	Dorothy Johnson	By guessing as a pressure	guess
153	321 04	Robert Woods	Should they be obliged	z
154	321 05	Martha Ingram	Like when they shall be please	like; please
155	321 06	Norman Taylor	It is more than increasing	z
156	321 07	Barbara Edith	In which it is a cause	cause
157	321 08	Paul William	He met two neither of which they bless	neither
158	321 09	John Burt	It is why they know most	why
159	321 10	Eric Blunt	She will call all who know it at all	call
160	321 11	Arthur East	He could be here to flourish	flourish
161	321 12	May Harriman	Why can they and do guess	guess; why
162	321 13	Chorus	It is their meaning	meaning
163	321 14	Philip Arnold	Who may be placed in preparation	placed
164	321 15	Nicholas Farmingham	All of which they are not appalled	z
165	321 16	Malcolm Winship	But which not nearly fairly	fairly; nearly
166	321 17	Benjamin Winters	By which they say	z
167	321 18	Martha Eustace	But it is clearly	clearly
168	321 19	Edith Alding	They look for all	z
169	321 20	Jennie Baker	But which they may	z
170	321 21	Neith Brackett	While I like alike	like; alike
171	321 22	Jonas William	It is a pleasure a test	pleasure
172	321 23	Barbara Earle	It is as well to be mistaken	mistake; well
173	321 24	Louise Florence	She could be all well presently	presently; well
174	321 25	May Lidell	It is a mistake to know	mistake
175	321 26	Bernard Carter	All will have been here	z
176	321 27	Minnie Sherman	It is in the main not in them	z
177	321 28	Chorus	She may be gently furnished theirs old	z
178	321 29	Frank Paul	Who may with it in a likeness	likeness
179	321 30	James Bell	Or which is it that they know	z
180	321 31	Martin Tucker	But which is kindly	kindly
181	321 32	Charles Brillmore	But which they plan	z
182	321 33	Andrew Foller	For it as a portion	z
183	321 34	Janet Stone	She may call to see	call
184	321 35	Henry Surgis	With it as indignation	z
185	321 36	Robert Strange	For it as owned at all	z
186	321 37	Albert Watts	She should be met always	z
187	321 38	Conrad Pleasant	For which they will carry all	z
188	321 39	Guy Paulding	This is their estrangement	z
189	321 40	Henry Fuller	By which they arrange a stream	z
190	322 01	May Knowlton	For it they have meant instinctively	z
191	322 02	Edna Bowles	Should for a certainty	certainty
192	322 03	Chorus	It is all bought	z
193	322 04	Oswald Parker	She shall all call her first	call
194	322 05	Arthur Lane	Is it as a part of a requital	part
195	322 06	Gustave Blaine	She should be caught as much	caught
196	322 07	Belinda Court	For which they exact their satisfaction	z
197	322 08	May Sinclair	Be nearly acquainted with there impatiently	nearly
198	322 09	Nathan Andrews	For them fortunately they have not taken it away	z
199	322 10	Marguerite Howland	Just why should there be an authority	why
200	322 11	Mortimer Arthur	It was painstaking to prepare the name	name; pain
201	322 12	Gladys Ewland	May she in practice be coming	coming
202	322 13	Henry Winthrop	It was just suggested as steadily	z
203	322 14	Allan Arthur Griggs	Four hours of outside it	hours
204	322 15	Agnes Shelden	But just in which they joined	joined
205	322 16	Martin Kings	But which they knew as well	well
206	322 17	Benjamin Hall	It was thoughtful of no one at all	thoughtful
207	322 18	Henry Casket	Might be is well satisfied for her	well
208	322 19	Marjorie Anton	It was of no use to ask	z
209	322 20	Edith Acton	It is not strange to mind	mind; strange
210	322 21	Guy Forest	But which with well	well
211	322 22	Chorus	It could not be separated	z
212	322 23	Ada May	What kind of care has she	kind
213	322 24	Florence William	But which they will not be met	z
214	322 25	Christine Barker	For which they will neglect no one	z
215	322 26	Beatrice Grand	For which they know	z
216	322 27	Ernest Carl	Why should they search	why
217	322 28	Grace Fane	By which they declare	z
218	322 29	Edith Rose	It is by no means pleasant	pleasant
219	322 30	Hilda Bloom	For which they make it do	z
220	322 31	Arthur Grace	It is for this that they are likely to be known	likely
221	322 32	Andrew Place	May they be much with them	z
222	322 33	Joseph Blunt	For which they make no extra signs	signs
223	322 34	John Colbert	Please may they cross	please
224	322 35	Gilbert William	It is nearly not tender	nearly
225	322 36	May Cross	Which they declare	z
226	322 37	Constance Beaver	She may call more own	call
227	323 01	Angela Gardener	Be often gracious	z
228	323 02	Evelyn Baker	By their occasionally	z
229	323 03	Chorus	It is not noticeable	z
230	323 04	Emanuel Dearborn	Who will be like that	like
231	323 05	John Angel	Ways of after guessing	guess
232	323 06	Mary Martin	Leave more than they allow	z
233	323 07	Ferdinand Prince	She judges best	z
234	323 08	James Coventry	It is all bold as stated	z
235	323 09	Mary Glove	But they can still better	z
236	323 10	Arnold Felt	They can change better for paper	change
237	323 11	Winifred North	It is all which they color	color
238	323 12	Bertha Eusted	It will be called ordered excellently	called
239	323 13	Margaret Garnet	But well whether the other	well
240	323 14	Jonathan Carpet	It is ours if they ask	z
241	323 15	Martin Jonas	Who will they hold in respect	z
242	323 16	Hilda Argus	She may be welcomed well	welcomed; well
243	323 17	Agnes Elliot	It is often all sold	z
244	323 18	Barbara English	Who will tell what to do	z
245	323 19	Marion Talbot	Which they will tell	z
246	323 20	Harry Allen	It is too to trust	z
247	323 21	Marmion Plane	For which they welcome	welcome
248	323 22	Gustave John	Which they commence	z
249	323 23	Chorus	It is not likely	likely
250	323 24	Adam Beach	For which it is not neglected	z
251	323 25	James Lynn	But this is nearly an outlet	nearly
252	323 26	Charles Blaine	For which they think well of them	well
253	323 27	Ulric Arden	May they not neglect	z
254	323 28	Fred Winship	It is taught best more	z
255	323 29	Archie Reynold	Coming when they came	came; coming
256	323 30	Edith Winslow	Just when the chance came	came; chance
257	323 31	Agatha Rumbold	Now joined fairly	fairly; joined
258	323 32	Theresa English	She may liken it to a shell	z
259	323 33	Bertha Faine	It is not as precious	precious
260	323 34	Winifred Halsted	She may be anxious to be duly there	z
261	323 35	Egbert Hamilton	She may be strangely	strangely
262	323 36	Herbert Gibb	May she be called well enough	enough; called; well
263	323 37	Andrew Garden	She may be kindly obliged	kindly
264	323 38	Howard Bliss	Who will fail them as well	well
265	323 39	Bernard Hammond	For which they cry	z
266	323 40	Emanuel Winter	It is just not arranged	z
267	324 01	Chorus	Fearing it felt as well	well
268	324 02	Etta Atlas	She may be called cautious	cautious; called
269	324 03	Edith Granville	For they mean more than their share	mean
270	324 04	Fredigond Hazard	She may join mine with time	join; mine
271	324 05	Gladys Deacon	Whichever they will they may more because	because
272	324 06	Hervert Maine	It is of no matter if they are cautious	cautious
273	324 07	Arthur Gardener	Whichever they like unlike	like
274	324 08	Hugh Andrews	They may be calm in with peril	z
275	324 09	Nathan Lane	For which they will	z
276	324 10	Harold Mathew	Which is it that they like	like
277	324 11	Maria Christine	It is often meant otherwise	z
278	324 12	John Cook	It is fastened by their meaning	meaning
279	324 13	Amalie Winter	For which they will not be differently courteous	z
280	324 14	Amelia Richards	Or always more all alike	alike
281	324 15	Janet Ediths	So they may call for them who have been	call
282	324 16	Olga Nawsen	When they like they will not be felt as theirs	like
283	324 17	Richard Maine	Once when they came they were well-known	came; well
284	324 18	Dorothea Hilda	It is as if ought should be then seen	ought
285	324 19	Theodore May	She may or he may be often with them	z
286	324 20	Theodora Garden	Of will they may if it could	z
287	324 21	Elisabeth Church	She will come too	come
288	324 22	Eleanor Richards	With them	z
289	324 23	Chorus	It is very often abandoned	z
290	324 24	Mabel Almond	Who will she know for her	z
291	324 25	Belinda Ruth	Just as well as anxious	well
292	324 26	Grace Church	May she be corrected as yet	z
293	324 27	Margaret Hubbard	May Edith go away	z
294	324 28	Lena Gardner	Which will she place	place
295	324 29	Beatrice May	She may join mine by mine	join; mine
296	324 30	Henry Englewood	For which they know	z
297	324 31	Sylvia Hawthorne	Shall they join miles and miles	join
298	324 32	Evelyn Roberts	Which can they say if they may	z
299	324 33	Bertram Fields	For which they thank if they can	z
300	324 34	Leopold Means	Well very well if they caught	caught; well
301	324 35	Leonard Faulkner	But which they call	call
302	324 36	Eli Gardener	It is not often that they meant well	well
303	325 01	Hilda Williams	She may be generously at one time	z
304	325 02	Enid Holden	For which they will not change as they are selfish	change; selfish
305	325 03	John Blaine	May they be often thoughtful	thoughtful
306	325 04	Ezra Hildegarde	Should they be just changed I cherish	changed
307	325 05	Arthur Manners	For which they name	name
308	325 06	John Arnold	It is mine at one time	mine
309	325 07	Peter Olds	May we think well	well
310	325 08	Chorus	Does which they meet	z
311	325 09	Egbert Winthrop	It may be united unexpectedly	z
312	325 10	Nathaniel Hubbard	In which case they will not ease them	z
313	325 11	Bertha Hampstead	May they not crowd with them in vain	z
314	325 12	Bridget Mabel	As it is just as well that they are involved	well
315	325 13	Anne Nicholson	Could they be pursued by their way	z
316	325 14	Edith Blaine	Ours on account of methods	account
317	325 15	Helen Virginia	It is often their hope to see easily	hope
318	325 16	Olga May	She should have been won in between	z
319	325 17	Abraham Hope	It is kindly made with it	kindly
320	325 18	May Freedman	Should those who know be meant then	z
321	325 19	Agatha Carley	It is mine with mine	mine
322	325 20	Fred Susan	She may always just as she may know	z
323	325 21	Yvonne Marbel	He can by his determination see for them	z
324	325 22	Bessie Edith	It is not known gradually	z
325	325 23	Minnie Wintrop	Could they see which it is that they like	like
326	325 24	Arthur Blaine	She may be thought cautious has been	cautious; thought
327	325 25	Arnold Hermann	Which they will not abuse at any time	z
328	325 26	Henry Edith	She will have been met by him	z
329	325 27	James Israels	Could it be by him that she has bought	z
330	325 28	Martha Olds	With which could they not abandon	z
331	325 29	Bernard Blaine	May they come with delight	come; delight
332	325 30	Francis Mary	Just when could they come	come
333	325 31	Maurice Fitzhugh	Just while they like	like
334	325 32	Robert Caesar	It is often their way to be there	z
335	325 33	Chorus	It is not only this	z
336	325 34	Julia Lessing	Who may be bought at the close	close
337	325 35	John William	May she be first as well as better	well
338	325 36	Herbert Andrews	She may be just as well as that	well
339	325 37	Laura Hat	She could be best as well anxiously	well
340	325 38	Nathan Bertram	Should it be just a choice either chosen	choice; chosen
341	326 01	Martha Narbon	Should they better leave it as advice	z
342	326 02	Mabel Cunningham	For which they may in their case	z
343	326 03	Gustave Mine	She shall be told boldly	z
344	326 04	Beatrice Fletcher	For which they tried	z
345	326 05	Marguerite Eustace	It is often of the interruption which she minded	minded
346	326 06	Arnold Baine	For which they cause	cause
347	326 07	Jonathan Sykes	It is taught as an address	z
348	326 08	Bartholomew James	For which do they add for which to which	z
349	326 09	James Basket	He will be need presently	presently
350	326 10	Agatha Holden	They will call not only there but for them	call
351	326 11	Conrad Holds	She may be only troubled	z
352	326 12	Gladys Wells	Please be a choice for choosing	choice; choosing; please
353	326 13	Genevieve Gold	She may be appointed to be welcome	welcome
354	326 14	Jenny Baine	May she be told for which they went	z
355	326 15	Arthur William	There is no cause for uneasiness	cause
356	326 16	Godwin Heart	But just as well	well
357	326 17	Chorus	For they establish	z
358	326 18	Dora Fortune	For whom will whom bend	z
359	326 19	Dorothy Fisher	Because she will wish it well	wish; because; well
360	326 20	Donald Baine	She may be often just as serious	z
361	326 21	Daniel Edith	May she be called bad	called
362	326 22	Duncan May	It is often very well that they are carried	well
363	326 23	David Eustace	She may be sent for just as she is	z
364	326 24	Ethel May	It is often if they wish that they are anxious	wish
365	326 25	Robert Sweet	Who shall she be if she knows it better	z
366	326 26	Rebecca Andrews	They will not better pretend for whom they are anxious	z
367	326 27	Roland May	Just as often as when they were there	z
368	326 28	Nathan Burn	She will be singularly softened by the sound	softened
369	326 29	Frank Houston	She will be because of it with him	because
370	326 30	Ferdinand Marcelle	They will be as likely	likely
371	326 31	Paul May	She will often be polite again	polite
372	326 32	Peter Hope	It is without her that they will be jealous	z
373	326 33	Beatrice Blaine	She may not choose this	choose
374	326 34	William Basket	When they come they are not careless	come
375	326 35	Arnold Margan	In which cause they will be polite	cause; polite
376	326 36	May Greene	May she be tall and not seen	z
377	327 01	Martha Steve	Of which they were in welcome	welcome
378	327 02	May Nathan	It is in a way extraordinary	z
379	327 03	Chorus	They will not blame	blame
380	327 04	Louis Lamb	By which this means	means
381	327 05	Leonard Blaine	May they excuse them	excuse
382	327 06	Louise Beatrice	She may be justly chosen	chosen
383	327 07	Lillie Fans	It is with out it presently	presently
384	327 08	Conrad Wilson	Makes it be selfish	selfish
385	327 09	Lilac Blunt	May be in their way they know	z
386	327 10	Lena May	She may be used to weeding at this time	z
387	327 11	Angelo Winters	For it it is a pleasure for it	pleasure
388	327 12	George Garfield	May they follow	follow
389	327 13	Janet Grace	It is	z
390	327 14	Mary Maine	In which they go away	z
391	327 15	Nelly Lane	It is a pleasure to practice where they went	pleasure
392	327 16	Harold Lyon	May be they will be soon as precious	precious
393	327 17	James West	For this which they choose as flourish	flourish; choose
394	327 18	John Grant	To call it down	call
395	327 19	Gladys Reath	It can be as well left to them	well
396	327 20	Will Cato	Shall she mind just when	mind
397	327 21	Gustave Wynn	It is more than a pain	pain
398	327 22	Martin Black	We will call for them	call
399	327 23	Nat Wingfield	She will be found there	z
400	327 24	Neith Heathcote	It will be no advantage	z
401	327 25	May *	Just when they like	like
402	327 26	Chorus	Hours or ours at one time	hours
403	327 27	Barbara Coates	Who should be named for him	named
404	327 28	Benedict Neith	It is mine that they count	count; mine
405	327 29	Henry Allen	For which they are not lost	lost
406	327 30	Grace Bennett	They may insist that they change	change
407	327 31	Jane Lane	May be they will not be known	z
408	327 32	Edwin Fortescue	It is because of ought that they will know	because; ought
409	327 33	Egbert Change	She needed their decision	z
410	327 34	May Blaine	For which it is brought as well	well
411	327 35	Margaret Finland	Once when they come	come
412	327 36	Bertha Call	She may be might they be there	z
413	328 01	Edith Farmley	It is by this way that they mean me	mean
414	328 02	Gustave Richards	It is brought more than that	z
415	328 03	Genevieve Garland	It is by the time that they like it	like
416	328 04	Arnold Bliss	It is bought carefully one by one	z
417	328 05	William Ewing	Could they be too nearly there	nearly
418	328 06	Grace Blaine	It is mostly just a chance	chance
419	328 07	Oscar Hone	Could they be bought to be very well	well
420	328 08	Nathan Blaine	She may not be the cause finally	cause
421	328 09	Isadore Hubert	For which they fortunately are all	z
422	328 10	Hugh Walker	Could they think well of neither	neither; well
423	328 11	Henry Blaine	It is by this that they are selfish	selfish
424	328 12	William *	She kindly knew their own	kindly
425	328 13	Arthur Soame	Could it be at rest alone	z
426	328 14	May Thunder	With which it more known	z
427	328 15	Grace Pleasance	She could not account for it	account
428	328 16	Chorus	Just why they knew best	why
429	328 17	Jenny Heather	For which a mind is more inclined	mind
430	328 18	Elbert Smith	Could they be caught by which they tell	caught
431	328 19	Neith Winship	For which they can be spared	z
432	328 20	Ada Comstock	Glorious is certainly robust	certainly
433	328 21	Marguerite William	She will have hope that they are lost	hope; lost
434	328 22	Nathan Gilbert	For them or will alike	alike
435	328 23	Hubert Angel	She may be utterly unprepared for their wish	wish
436	328 24	Manuel Blaine	They might cause them to be nervous	cause
437	328 25	Agatha Winship	It is not only that they bought	z
438	328 26	Guy Heath	For this which to them is a pleasure	pleasure
439	328 27	Ida Hall	Can they call me and let them see this	call
440	328 28	Irving Brewster	Could she know what they brought	z
441	328 29	Archibald Hunter	Can if it is in no place where they met	place
442	328 30	Frank Eustace	It shall be pleased	pleased
443	328 31	Martin Paul	Come be in best of wishes all for me	come; wishes
444	328 32	Anne Brice	Could it be kept as fortunately as that	z
445	328 33	Carol Count	Own or they will but which they mean to plan	mean
446	328 34	Gustave Frederick	It was often that they knew that they counted	counted
447	328 35	John Frame	Tell what they like as often as they please	like; please
448	328 36	Arthur Blaine	It chooses mostly more than by that time	choose
449	328 37	Godfrey Winter	Should they in their account be known	account
450	329 01	Edward Martha	Hope to enjoy finally means that	hope; means
451	329 02	Hubert Garfield	I know why I do not feel more of it	why
452	329 03	Edna Whitehead	Believing in return	believing
453	329 04	Jeanette Stone	May they have not been known for it	z
454	329 05	Arthur Blaine	They will be best for it	z
455	329 06	Chorus	She shall be changed for a day	changed; day
456	329 07	Vincent Garland	Or why may they be well	why; well
457	329 08	Virginia William	It is very well thought of	thought; well
458	329 09	May Blaine	May they be cautious	cautious
459	329 10	Valentine Jane	They may be settled as much as they understand	understand
460	329 11	John Harden	It is by this that they may miss this	z
461	329 12	Ferdinand Glover	It is not strangely by their name	name; strangely; over
462	329 13	Lionel Blaine	It is for that that they make it be believed	believe
463	329 14	Frederick Bernard	For this they may without doubt fly	doubt
464	329 15	Grace Garfield	It is within the blame that they may choose	blame; choose
465	329 16	Ada Barber	Which is it that they like the best	like
466	329 17	Edith Gardener	She may be thought she may be sought further	thought
467	329 18	Harold Simpson	In which case may they go	z
468	329 19	Arthur Paling	Do they believe it better to have held it	believe
469	329 20	Frederika Holding	She may be certainly stern	certainly
470	329 21	Marguerite Line	No one who has been told can go	z
471	329 22	Madge Cotton	She will believe that they announce	believe
472	329 23	William Mander	Not only will they try	z
473	329 24	Herbert Blaine	She may change what she likes	likes; change
474	329 25	Hubert Mann	It will not be more than just this	z
475	329 26	Arthur Wills	She who had been seen well was there	well
476	329 27	Gustave Ferguson	May they be well known for that instance	instance; well
477	329 28	Virginia Pastor	It is well to think well of their time	well
478	329 29	Violet Princeton	She may be thought often with as well	thought; well
479	329 30	May Agatha	Shall we be there without being seen	z
480	329 31	Martha Strange	She may be thought to be with them yet	thought
481	329 32	Winifred William	Should it matter just when they came	came
482	329 33	Charles Arthur	Why will they wish more of it	why; wish
483	329 34	Andrew Lovell	It is often met with as often	z
484	329 35	Chorus	She shall be well	well
485	329 36	Louis Here	When they were well attended	well
486	329 37	Charles Bird	For which they feel a flower	z
487	330 01	George Fred	Might they have thought that they declined	thought
488	330 02	Edith Frederick	It was all lost or presently	lost; presently
489	330 03	May Firth	Will beauty be for most	z
490	330 04	Hilda Strong	It is at best as well	well
491	330 05	Frieda Mars	Should she be met yet	z
492	330 06	Lorna Blaine	It is fortunately not that they bewilder	z
493	330 07	Brenda Custom	By this which they decline	z
494	330 08	Gustave George	Once in a while they play	play
495	330 09	Barbara Sweet	Or just when they are made prettily	z
496	330 10	Violet Holt	Should they make more than join	join
497	330 11	Ada Clark	Just when they like they may mean	like; mean
498	330 12	Agnes Sickle	It is often all who felt very well spoken	well
499	330 13	Manfred Shawl	With which they are welcome to attack	welcome
500	330 14	Magnus Gaylord	Will they be bought as peace	z
501	330 15	Fred Chapman	Think in which way well known is clouded	well
502	330 16	John Gay	It is by this that they can hear	hear
503	330 17	John Basket	It is very likely in the country that any sound can be heard	heard; likely
504	330 18	Wilfred Humbert	Or should they mean that they will join	join; mean
505	330 19	Francis Home	He meant to know his brother	brother
506	330 20	Robert Stone	He was his brother	brother
507	330 21	Diana William	She knew two who were incomparable	z
508	330 22	May Blaine	Which they mean for them as well	mean; well
509	330 23	Fergus Blaine	They think well certainly	certainly; well
510	330 24	Chorus	Should they be right	z
511	330 25	Pierre May	Did he leave it or not close it often	close
512	330 26	Hugo Blaine	Not which it is in which it is encouraged	z
513	330 27	Charles Ferguson	It is attached by them with which they blame	blame
514	330 28	Maggie Lane	They may recommend all of which they do	z
515	330 29	Edith Jones	How do they place day light	day; place
516	330 30	Frank Rudder	It is all of which there is there	z
517	330 31	Bernard William	She may be thought to be appointed	thought
518	330 32	John Lathrop	Think more than they have with their wishes	wishes
519	330 33	Guy John	It is a thought which they enjoy	thought
520	330 34	Bertie Garfield	Do you choose who they know	choose
521	331 01	Mildred Trust	Finds out how many are heard	heard
522	331 02	Jane May	It is often out of it that they like	like
523	331 03	*	Feel well they chose who do	well
524	331 04	James Royal	She will think as well as sing	well
525	331 05	Andrew Hilda	Do and did make it kindly	kindly
256	331 06	Gilbert Husted	To be quite right	z
527	331 07	Marcel Johns	It was part of the time in winter	part
528	331 08	Myra Blaine	For which they had their use	z
529	331 09	Louise Garfield	All which are known are called my own	called
530	331 10	Peter Williams	She may be liked as well as known	liked; well
531	331 11	George Mansfield	Why do they call out occasionally	why; call
532	331 12	Arthur Blaise	It was a task that they used all	z
533	331 13	Richard Bliss	May they be mine for which	mine
534	331 14	Abraham Blaine	Like it or not as well	like; well
535	331 15	May Basket	What did they believe they change	believe; change
536	331 16	Paul Arthur	It was theirs which was a mistake	mistake
537	331 17	Chorus	Will they held	z
538	331 18	Christopher Jenny	How are they divided for many	z
539	331 19	Isabel Friend	She may be very likely nine	likely
540	331 20	Therese Fold	May she be taught as well	well
541	331 21	David Join	She could be dearly a wonder	wonder
542	331 22	Rene Herbert	For which it is as seen	z
543	331 23	May Gardener	Might it not be a weight	z
544	331 24	Bartholomew Laws	Could who be a hood	z
545	331 25	Barbara Neith	Why should they leave with their name	name; why
546	331 26	Any Harp	Could she be taught well by the truth	truth; well
547	331 27	Dinah William	Which may many of them touch	touch
548	331 28	Agatha Pearl	They may think lightly of their ought	ought
549	331 29	Agnes Carew	Could it be worth their delight	delight
550	331 30	Dorothy Elf	It was all they needed	z
551	331 31	Donald Edder	Could they carry salt	z
552	331 32	Daniel Hubert	A cartridge is used as a well	well
553	331 33	Bertie Blaine	She may be thought curious	curious; thought
554	331 34	Beatrice Howard	Nor may she wish her well	wish; well
555	331 35	Genevieve May	It is not without delight	delight
556	331 36	George Blaine	Should she be thought	thought
557	331 37	Mary Blaine	But which they knew	z
558	332 01	Merton Blaine	It is by their aid that they wish well	wish; well
559	332 02	Manfred May	For this is what is now added	z
560	332 03	Israel North	Could there be a wonder	wonder
561	332 04	Bertha Gaylord	She may well think	well
562	332 05	Winifred Dwight	It is not known	z
563	332 06	Chorus	In no time	z
564	332 07	Muriel Head	She may be thought	thought
565	332 08	May Shipman	It is more than idle	z
566	332 09	Hiram Flood	They may be caught close	caught; close
567	332 10	Hilda Lamb	Or which they think	z
568	332 11	Henry Martin	Could they be relieved by them	z
569	332 12	Marius William	It is often that they call it alike	alike; call
570	332 13	Barbara Blaine	Should she miss use and treasure	z
571	332 14	Ferdinard Wills	It is always best to be taught	z
572	332 15	Jenny Sheridan	Think more than they will will	z
573	332 16	Grace Fellows	It is not why they ask	why
574	332 17	Martin Lane	All which they have they can	z
575	332 18	Guy Mann	It is often by themselves thoughtful	thoughtful
576	332 19	Herbert Blaine	All which they come to have	come
577	332 20	Mary Care	It is ours to have ours known	z
578	332 21	Howard Blaine	All which they think	z
579	332 22	Hector Strings	Might it be well on the chance	chance; well
580	332 23	Edith Rown	It is more likely in time	likely
581	332 24	Denis Round	She will be nearly in their way	nearly
582	332 25	Margaret Elk	Should she leave the door open	z
583	332 26	Bernard May	If she could easily be influenced	z
584	332 27	May Blaine	Or for themselves	z
585	332 28	Minnie Blaine	Or may they be always alike	alike
586	332 29	Dora Fisher	Which it is lost	lost
587	332 30	Donald Rolls	May they be left as courteous	z
588	332 31	David Grace	She may be thought as well	thought
589	332 32	Louis Blake	Will she be told	z
590	332 33	Louise Thorn	Not if without their hold	z
591	332 34	Nellie Blaine	Should it be nicely now	nicely
592	332 35	May Helen	If it likes	likes
593	332 36	Chorus	By them	z
594	332	—	Finis	z

some stats

594 lines
592 sentences, of which
five are repeated twice each: “All of which”, “For which they know”, “For which they like”, “Just why they will”, and “With them”;
31 are spoken by chorus, and
561 by names (one of these an asterisked blank), of which
eight names are associated with more than one sentence: Arthur Balfour, 2; Arthur Lane, 2; Edith, 2; Henry, 2; Herbert Blaine, 2; Martha, 2; Arthur Blaine, 4; and May Blaine, 4

In form (two columns, almost-unique names to almost-unique phrases), the text resembles a telegraphic code dictionary in-the-making, and only needs to be ordered alphabetically by name or phrases to operate like one.

These sentences read, for the most part, as phrases that might be combined with other words or phrases into sentences.

“...the twentieth century was the century not of sentences as was the eighteenth not of phrases as was the nineteenth but of paragraphs. And as I explained paragraphs were inevitable because as the nineteenth century came to its ending, phrases were no long full of meaning and the time had come when a whole thing was all there was of anything.”
ex Lectures in America, Making of the Making of Americans (LoA, Writings 1932-1940): 285

A path to reading Stein was opened to me by my misreadings of telegraphic codes. Short Sentences was one of these texts; others were Lifting Belly, Sacred Emily, Stanzas in Meditation and Patriarchal Poetry. It had to do with the rise and fall of sense, or significance, as in the development and subsequent decay of a sequence of phrases, taken alone or even in counterpoint with their respective codewords (for sense, or only alliteration, or some varying combination of both).

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4 December 2022