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[twice] [told] [tales] 

[the] [sister] [years] 

[by] [nathaniel] [hawthorne] 

the wintry moonlight showed that she looked weary of [body] , and sad of heart , like [many] another wayfarer of earth [.] 
1 the 3 moonlight
2 wintry 3 moonlight
3 moonlight 4 showed
4 showed 5 that
5 that 6 she
5 that 7 looked
6 she 7 looked
7 looked 12 and
7 looked 17 like
8 weary 12 and
9 of 11 ,
11 , 12 and
12 and 13 sad
12 and 14 of
14 of 15 heart
16 , 17 like
17 like 20 wayfarer
19 another 20 wayfarer
20 wayfarer 21 of
21 of 22 earth

but [,] after trudging only a little [distance] farther , this [poor] [old] [year] was [destined] to enjoy [a] long , long sleep [.] 
1 but 3 after
1 but 15 was
3 after 4 trudging
4 trudging 5 only
4 trudging 9 farther
6 a 7 little
7 little 9 farther
10 , 11 this
11 this 15 was
15 was 17 to
17 to 18 enjoy
18 enjoy 23 sleep
20 long 21 ,
20 long 23 sleep
22 long 23 sleep

besides this luggage , there was a folio book under her arm , very much resembling the annual volume of a newspaper [.] 
1 besides 3 luggage
1 besides 4 ,
1 besides 5 there
2 this 3 luggage
5 there 6 was
6 was 9 book
6 was 10 under
6 was 16 resembling
7 a 9 book
8 folio 9 book
9 book 10 under
10 under 12 arm
11 her 12 arm
13 , 16 resembling
14 very 15 much
15 much 16 resembling
16 resembling 19 volume
17 the 19 volume
18 annual 19 volume
19 volume 20 of
20 of 22 newspaper
21 a 22 newspaper

she was evidently a stranger , and perhaps had come to town by the evening train of cars [.] 
1 she 7 and
2 was 3 evidently
2 was 5 stranger
2 was 7 and
4 a 5 stranger
6 , 7 and
7 and 9 had
8 perhaps 9 had
9 had 10 come
10 come 12 town
10 come 13 by
11 to 12 town
13 by 16 train
14 the 16 train
15 evening 16 train
16 train 17 of
17 of 18 cars

" [well] [,] [my] [dear] [sister] [,] ["] said [the] [new] [year] [,] [after] the [first] salutations [,] ["] [you] [look] [almost] [tired] [to] [death] [.] 
1 " 9 said
9 said 17 salutations
15 the 17 salutations

what have you been about [during] [your] [sojourn] in [this] [part] [of] [infinite] [space] [?] ["] 
1 what 2 have
1 what 4 been
2 have 3 you
2 have 4 been
4 been 5 about
4 been 9 in

" [o] [,] [i] [have] [it] [all] [recorded] [here] [in] [my] [book] [of] [chronicles] [,] " [answered] [the] [old] [year] [,] [in] [a] [heavy] [tone] [.] 
1 " 16 "

["] [there] [is] [nothing] [that] [would] [amuse] [you] [;] [and] [you] [will] [soon] [get] [sufficient] [knowledge] [of] [such] [matters] [from] [your] [own] [personal] [experience] [.] 

it is but tiresome reading [.] ["] 
1 it 2 is
2 is 3 but
3 but 5 reading
4 tiresome 5 reading

" [what] [have] [you] [been] [doing] [in] [the] [political] [way] [?] " [asked] [the] [new] [year] [.] 
1 " 12 "

[but] [the] [loco] [focos] ["] 

" [i] [do] [not] [like] [these] [party] [nicknames] [,] " [interrupted] [her] [sister] [,] [who] [seemed] [remarkably] [touchy] [about] [some] [points] [.] 
1 " 10 "

" [perhaps] [we] [shall] [part] [in] [better] [humor] [,] [if] [we] [avoid] [any] [political] [discussion] [.] " 
1 " 17 "

" [with] [all] [my] [heart] , " [replied] [the] [old] [year] [,] who had [already] [been] tormented [half] [to] [death] [with] [squabbles] [of] [this] [kind] [.] 
1 " 17 tormented
6 , 7 "
6 , 13 who
13 who 14 had
14 had 17 tormented

yet they have occupied so large a share of my attention [,] [that] [i] [scarcely] [know] [what] [else] [to] [tell] [you] [.] 
1 yet 2 they
2 they 3 have
3 have 4 occupied
4 occupied 8 share
5 so 6 large
5 so 7 a
6 large 7 a
7 a 8 share
8 share 9 of
9 of 11 attention
10 my 11 attention

" [perhaps] [,] " [cried] [the] [hopeful] [new] [year] [,] ["] [perhaps] [i] [shall] [see] [that] [happy] [day] [!] ["] 
1 " 4 "

" [i] [doubt] [whether] [it] [be] so [close] [at] [hand] [,] ["] [answered] [the] [old] [year] [,] [gravely] [smiling] [.] 
1 " 7 so

" [have] [you] [done] [much] [for] [the] [improvement] [of] [the] [city] [?] " [asked] [the] [new] [year] [.] 
1 " 13 "

" [judging] [from] [what] [little] [i] [have] [seen] [,] [it] [appears] [to] [be] [ancient] [and] [timeworn] [.] " 
1 " 18 "

[old] [salem] [now] [wears] [a] [much] [livelier] [expression] [than] [when] [i] [first] [beheld] [her] [.] 

[strangers] [rumble] [down] [from] [boston] [by] [hundreds] [at] [a] [time] [.] 

[new] [faces] [throng] [in] [essex] [street] [.] 

railroad-hacks and omnibuses rattle over the pavements [.] 
1 railroad-hacks 2 and
2 and 3 omnibuses
2 and 4 rattle
4 rattle 5 over
5 over 7 pavements
6 the 7 pavements

there is a perceptible increase of oyster-shops , and other establishments for the accommodation of a transitory diurnal multitude [.] 
1 there 2 is
2 is 5 increase
3 a 4 perceptible
3 a 5 increase
4 perceptible 5 increase
5 increase 6 of
5 increase 12 for
6 of 9 and
7 oyster-shops 9 and
8 , 9 and
9 and 11 establishments
10 other 11 establishments
12 for 14 accommodation
13 the 14 accommodation
14 accommodation 15 of
15 of 19 multitude
16 a 17 transitory
16 a 19 multitude
17 transitory 19 multitude
18 diurnal 19 multitude

but a more important change awaits the venerable town [.] 
1 but 5 change
1 but 6 awaits
2 a 5 change
3 more 4 important
4 important 5 change
5 change 6 awaits
6 awaits 9 town
7 the 9 town
8 venerable 9 town

an immense accumulation of musty prejudices will be carried off by the free circulation of society [.] 
1 an 3 accumulation
2 immense 3 accumulation
3 accumulation 4 of
3 accumulation 7 will
4 of 6 prejudices
5 musty 6 prejudices
7 will 8 be
8 be 9 carried
9 carried 10 off
9 carried 11 by
11 by 14 circulation
12 the 14 circulation
13 free 14 circulation
14 circulation 15 of
15 of 16 society

much of the result will be [good] [;] [there] [will] [likewise] [be] [a] [few] [things] [not] so good [.] 
1 much 2 of
1 much 5 will
2 of 4 result
3 the 4 result
5 will 6 be
6 be 18 good
17 so 18 good

we sisterhood [of] [years] [never] [carry] [anything] [really] [valuable] [out] [of] [the] [world] [with] [us] [.] 
1 we 2 sisterhood

here are patterns of [most] [of] [the] [fashions] [which] [i] [brought] [into] [vogue] , and which have already lived out their allotted term [.] 
1 here 2 are
2 are 3 patterns
3 patterns 4 of
4 of 14 ,
14 , 15 and
15 and 16 which
15 and 19 lived
16 which 17 have
17 have 19 lived
18 already 19 lived
19 lived 20 out
20 out 23 term
21 their 23 term
22 allotted 23 term

you will supply their place , with others equally ephemeral [.] 
1 you 2 will
2 will 3 supply
3 supply 5 place
4 their 5 place
5 place 7 with
6 , 7 with
7 with 8 others
7 with 10 ephemeral
9 equally 10 ephemeral

i have likewise a quantity of men 's dark hair , instead of which , [i] [have] left gray locks , or none at all [.] 
1 i 2 have
2 have 3 likewise
2 have 5 quantity
2 have 24 at
4 a 5 quantity
5 quantity 6 of
5 quantity 13 of
6 of 10 hair
7 men 8 's
8 's 10 hair
9 dark 10 hair
11 , 12 instead
11 , 13 of
13 of 14 which
13 of 15 ,
18 left 22 or
19 gray 20 locks
20 locks 22 or
21 , 22 or
22 or 23 none
23 none 24 at
24 at 25 all

moreover , here is an assortment of many [thousand] broken promises , and [other] broken ware , all very light and packed into little space [.] 
1 moreover 2 ,
1 moreover 3 here
3 here 4 is
4 is 13 and
5 an 6 assortment
6 assortment 7 of
6 assortment 13 and
7 of 11 promises
8 many 11 promises
10 broken 11 promises
12 , 13 and
13 and 16 ware
13 and 17 ,
13 and 18 all
13 and 22 packed
15 broken 16 ware
18 all 21 and
19 very 20 light
20 light 21 and
21 and 22 packed
22 packed 23 into
23 into 25 space
24 little 25 space

" [i] [have] [a] [fine] [lot] [of] [hopes] [here] [in] [my] [basket] [,] " [remarked] [the] [new] [year] [.] 
1 " 14 "

" [they] [are] [a] [sweet-smelling] [flower] [,] [a] [species] [of] [rose] [.] " 
1 " 13 "

" they [soon] [lose] [their] [perfume] [,] ["] replied [the] [sombre] [old] [year] [.] 
1 " 9 replied
2 they 9 replied

" [what] [else] [have] [you] [brought] [to] [insure] [a] [welcome] [from] [the] [discontented] [race] [of] [mortals] [?] " 
1 " 18 "

but [i] [heartily] [wish] [well] [to] [poor] [mortals] , [and] [mean] to do all [i] [can] for their improvement and happiness [.] ["] 
1 but 9 ,
9 , 12 to
12 to 13 do
13 do 14 all
14 all 17 for
17 for 20 and
18 their 19 improvement
19 improvement 20 and
20 and 21 happiness

" [and] [must] [i] [also] [pickup] [such] [worthless] [luggage] [in] [my] [travels] [?] " [asked] [the] [new] [year] [.] 
1 " 14 "

" [most] [certainly] [;] [and] [well] [,] [if] [you] [have] [no] [heavier] [load] [to] [bear] [,] " [replied] [the] [other] [.] 
1 " 17 "

if these ridiculous people ever see anything tolerable in you , it will be after you are gone forever [.] ["] 
1 if 4 people
1 if 6 see
1 if 11 ,
1 if 12 it
2 these 4 people
3 ridiculous 4 people
4 people 6 see
5 ever 6 see
6 see 7 anything
6 see 9 in
7 anything 8 tolerable
7 anything 9 in
9 in 10 you
12 it 13 will
13 will 14 be
14 be 15 after
14 be 19 forever
15 after 16 you
15 after 17 are
16 you 17 are
17 are 18 gone

" [but] [i] [,] " [cried] [the] [fresh-hearted] [new] [year] [,] ["] [i] [shall] [try] [to] [leave] [men] [wiser] [than] [i] [find] [them] [.] 
1 " 5 "

for my happiness must depend on them [.] ["] 
1 for 3 happiness
2 my 3 happiness
3 happiness 4 must
4 must 5 depend
5 depend 6 on
6 on 7 them

" [alas] [for] [you] [,] [then] [,] [my] [poor] [sister] [!] ["] said [the] [old] [fear] , sighing , [as] [she] [uplifted] [her] [burden] [.] 
1 " 13 said
13 said 18 sighing
17 , 18 sighing
18 sighing 19 ,

["] [we] [grand-children] [of] [time] [are] [born] [to] [trouble] [.] 

but [hark] [!] [my] [task] is [done] [.] ["] 
1 but 6 is

but she , in the company of [time] [and] [all] [her] [kindred] , must [hereafter] [hold] [a] [reckoning] [with] [mankind] [.] 
1 but 2 she
2 she 4 in
2 she 14 must
3 , 4 in
4 in 6 company
4 in 13 ,
5 the 6 company
7 of 13 ,

" [thank] [you] [kindly] [!] ["] said [the] [new] [year] [;] [and] [she] [gave] the [watchman] one of the roses of hope [from] [her] [basket] [.] 
1 " 7 said
7 said 17 one
15 the 17 one
17 one 18 of
18 of 20 roses
19 the 20 roses
20 roses 21 of
21 of 22 hope

" [may] [this] [flower] [keep] [a] [sweet] [smell] [,] [long] [after] [i] [have] [bidden] [you] [good] [by] [.] " 
1 " 19 "

wherever there was a knot of midnight roisterers , they quaffed her health [.] 
1 wherever 2 there
1 wherever 3 was
1 wherever 9 ,
1 wherever 10 they
2 there 3 was
3 was 5 knot
4 a 5 knot
5 knot 6 of
6 of 8 roisterers
7 midnight 8 roisterers
10 they 11 quaffed
11 quaffed 13 health
12 her 13 health

[kind] [patrons] [,] [will] [not] [you] [redeem] [the] [pledge] [of] [the] [new] [year] [?] 

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