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Q&A Online resources searchable for example sentences from literature

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...

posted 7y ago by Mark Baker‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#2: Initial revision by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T06:42:01Z (about 5 years ago)
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)

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2017-07-02T13:10:21Z (over 7 years ago)
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