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Well, the obvious answer is Project Gutenberg. All the material is there and searchable. The question would be how to confine your search to just the works that fit your definition of classic Engli...
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Well, the obvious answer is Project Gutenberg. All the material is there and searchable. The question would be how to confine your search to just the works that fit your definition of classic English literature. What I think you are really looking for is a concordance of English literature, and Google does not return any direct results for one. This page ([http://faculty.goucher.edu/eng240/use\_of\_concordances\_in\_the\_study.htm](http://faculty.goucher.edu/eng240/use_of_concordances_in_the_study.htm)) has some informaiton on creating your own form digitized sources, such as Project Guttenberg. The library of congress also has links to some resources that may be relevant: [https://www.loc.gov/rr/main/alcove9/literature/concordances.html](https://www.loc.gov/rr/main/alcove9/literature/concordances.html)