IG Carson Hihlreth 



GRAND SUMMARY. 



Shakespeare 5,002 



Bacon 2,041 



The 5,002 sentences in Shakespeare aggregate 61,956 

 words, the 2,041 sentences in Bacon 66,524 words, so that the 

 mdterial in Bacon is slightly in excess of that examined in 

 Shakespeare. Shakespeare's sentences average 12.39 words 

 per sentence, and Bacon's 32.59. Shakespeare averages 1.70 

 predications to the sentence, Bacon 3.45. Shakespeare uses 

 1.962 simple sentences, Bacon but 294; or, in other words, 39 

 per cent of Shakespeare's sentences are simple sentences, 

 while of Bacon's sentences but 14 per cent are simple sen- 

 tences. The deduction is easily made, yet the figures are not 

 presented as proof conclusive, but only as contributory 

 evidence. 



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