"The Time Machine", by H(erbert) G(eorge) Wells [1898]

 Rank  Occurances  Percentage    3-tuple
       (of 28525)
   1         53    0.1858019%    the time traveller
   2         30    0.1051709%    the time machine
   3         24    0.0841367%    the medical man
   4         16    0.0560911%    it seemed to
   5         15    0.0525855%    here and there
   6         14    0.0490798%    seemed to me
   7         14    0.0490798%    i did not
   8         13    0.0455741%    it was a
   9         13    0.0455741%    i saw the
  10         13    0.0455741%    i began to
  11         12    0.0420684%    said the time
  12         12    0.0420684%    out of the
  13         12    0.0420684%    i could see
  14         12    0.0420684%    for a moment
  15         11    0.0385627%    the little people
  16         11    0.0385627%    said the medical
  17         11    0.0385627%    one of the
  18         11    0.0385627%    i saw a
  19         11    0.0385627%    i could not
  20         11    0.0385627%    and i was
  21         11    0.0385627%    a kind of
  22         10    0.0350570%    the white sphinx
  23         10    0.0350570%    that i was
  24         10    0.0350570%    i had a
  25          9    0.0315513%    to me that
  26          9    0.0315513%    that i had
  27          9    0.0315513%    of the morlocks
  28          9    0.0315513%    must have been
  29          9    0.0315513%    in the end
  30          9    0.0315513%    i thought of
  31          9    0.0315513%    i had seen
  32          9    0.0315513%    i did so
  33          8    0.0280456%    there was a
  34          8    0.0280456%    that it was
  35          8    0.0280456%    palace of green
  36          8    0.0280456%    of the time
  37          8    0.0280456%    of the little
  38          8    0.0280456%    of green porcelain
  39          8    0.0280456%    it was the
  40          8    0.0280456%    it must have
  41          8    0.0280456%    i tried to
  42          8    0.0280456%    i determined to
  43          8    0.0280456%    at the time
  44          8    0.0280456%    as it seemed
  45          8    0.0280456%    as i did
  46          8    0.0280456%    a moment i
  47          7    0.0245399%    time machine and
  48          7    0.0245399%    thought of the
  49          7    0.0245399%    there were no
  50          7    0.0245399%    there was the
  51          7    0.0245399%    the palace of
  52          7    0.0245399%    that i could
  53          7    0.0245399%    our own time
  54          7    0.0245399%    of the sun
  55          7    0.0245399%    into my head
  56          7    0.0245399%    in the dark
  57          7    0.0245399%    in my mind
  58          7    0.0245399%    in a moment
  59          7    0.0245399%    i was in
  60          7    0.0245399%    came into my
  61          7    0.0245399%    and then i
  62          7    0.0245399%    and in the
  63          6    0.0210342%    was in the
  64          6    0.0210342%    the time travellers
  65          6    0.0210342%    the first time
  66          6    0.0210342%    seemed to be
  67          6    0.0210342%    of the human
  68          6    0.0210342%    of our own
  69          6    0.0210342%    my time machine
  70          6    0.0210342%    moment i was
  71          6    0.0210342%    me and i
  72          6    0.0210342%    it may be
  73          6    0.0210342%    into the future
  74          6    0.0210342%    in my pocket
  75          6    0.0210342%    i should have
  76          6    0.0210342%    i looked at
  77          6    0.0210342%    i had to
  78          6    0.0210342%    i had the
  79          6    0.0210342%    i found the
  80          6    0.0210342%    i found a
  81          6    0.0210342%    i do not
  82          6    0.0210342%    i came to
  83          6    0.0210342%    for the first
  84          6    0.0210342%    but it was
  85          6    0.0210342%    as i stood
  86          6    0.0210342%    and when i
  87          6    0.0210342%    and sat down
  88          6    0.0210342%    and it was
  89          6    0.0210342%    and i had
  90          5    0.0175285%    was the same
  91          5    0.0175285%    very young man
  92          5    0.0175285%    to my mind
  93          5    0.0175285%    time machine was
  94          5    0.0175285%    there was no
  95          5    0.0175285%    there is no
  96          5    0.0175285%    there in the
  97          5    0.0175285%    the time i
  98          5    0.0175285%    the thought of
  99          5    0.0175285%    the sun had
 100          5    0.0175285%    the silent man