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TWICE TOLD TALES
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THE VILLAGE UNCLE
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AN IMAGINARY RETROSPECT
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by Nathaniel Hawthorne
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come ! another log upon the hearth .
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2 ! 3 another
3 another 4 log
3 another 5 upon
4 log 5 upon
5 upon 6 the
5 upon 7 hearth
6 the 7 hearth
7 hearth 8 .

toss on an armful of those dry oak chips , the last relics of the Mermaid 's knee-timbers , the bones of your namesake , Susan .
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5 of 7 dry
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7 dry 9 chips
8 oak 9 chips
9 chips 11 the
10 , 11 the
11 the 12 last
11 the 13 relics
13 relics 14 of
13 relics 15 the
14 of 15 the
15 the 17 's
16 Mermaid 17 's
17 's 18 knee-timbers
17 's 19 ,
19 , 20 the
19 , 21 bones
21 bones 22 of
21 bones 23 your
22 of 23 your
23 your 25 ,
24 namesake 25 ,
25 , 26 Susan

and now , come , Susan , come , my children , draw your chairs round me , all of you .
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8 come 9 ,
9 , 10 my
9 , 11 children
10 my 11 children
11 children 12 ,
12 , 14 your
13 draw 14 your
14 your 15 chairs
14 your 16 round
16 round 17 me
17 me 19 all
18 , 19 all
19 all 20 of
19 all 21 you

there is a dimness over your figures !
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4 dimness 6 your
6 your 7 figures
6 your 8 !

hark ! let me listen for the swell of the surf ; it should be audible a mile inland , on a night like this .
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9 of 11 surf
11 surf 13 it
12 ; 13 it
13 it 14 should
13 it 15 be
15 be 17 a
16 audible 17 a
17 a 18 mile
17 a 19 inland
19 inland 21 on
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21 on 22 a
22 a 23 night
22 a 24 like
24 like 25 this
24 like 26 .
25 this 26 .

how strangely the Past is peeping over the shoulders of the Present !
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8 the 9 shoulders
8 the 10 of
9 shoulders 10 of
10 of 11 the
11 the 12 Present
11 the 13 !

but it was paler than my rugged old self , and younger , too , by almost half a century .
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10 , 11 and
10 , 12 younger
11 and 12 younger
12 younger 13 ,
12 younger 14 too
13 , 14 too
14 too 16 by
15 , 16 by
16 by 17 almost
17 almost 18 half
17 almost 19 a
19 a 20 century
19 a 21 .
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thank Heaven , I am an old man now , and have done with all such vanities !
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8 man 9 now
9 now 11 and
10 , 11 and
11 and 12 have
11 and 13 done
13 done 14 with
14 with 15 all
14 with 16 such
16 such 17 vanities
16 such 18 !
17 vanities 18 !

still this dimness of mine eyes !
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4 of 6 eyes

come nearer , Susan , and stand before the fullest blaze of the hearth .
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8 before 9 the
8 before 10 fullest
9 the 10 fullest
10 fullest 11 blaze
10 fullest 12 of
12 of 13 the
12 of 14 hearth
14 hearth 15 .

there , you made me tremble again !
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2 , 3 you
2 , 4 made
4 made 5 me
5 me 6 tremble
6 tremble 8 !
7 again 8 !

do you remember it ?
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2 you 3 remember
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3 remember 4 it
4 it 5 ?

you stood on the little bridge , over the brook , that runs across King 's Beach into the sea .
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2 stood 3 on
3 on 4 the
4 the 5 little
5 little 7 ,
6 bridge 7 ,
7 , 8 over
8 over 9 the
9 the 10 brook
10 brook 11 ,
11 , 12 that
11 , 13 runs
13 runs 14 across
14 across 15 King
15 King 16 's
16 's 17 Beach
16 's 18 into
18 into 19 the
18 into 20 sea
20 sea 21 .

now , Susan , for a sober picture of our village !
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2 , 3 Susan
2 , 4 ,
4 , 5 for
4 , 6 a
5 for 6 a
6 a 8 picture
7 sober 8 picture
8 picture 9 of
8 picture 10 our
10 our 11 village
10 our 12 !
11 village 12 !

the village was picturesque , in the variety of its edifices , though all were rude .
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9 of 10 its
9 of 11 edifices
10 its 11 edifices
11 edifices 12 ,
11 edifices 13 though
12 , 13 though
13 though 14 all
13 though 15 were
15 were 17 .
16 rude 17 .

two grocery-stores stand opposite each other , in the centre of the village .
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6 other 8 in
7 , 8 in
8 in 9 the
8 in 10 centre
9 the 10 centre
10 centre 11 of
11 of 12 the
11 of 13 village
12 the 13 village
13 village 14 .

you see , children , the village is but little changed , since your mother and I were young .
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7 village 9 but
8 is 9 but
9 but 10 little
9 but 11 changed
10 little 11 changed
11 changed 12 ,
12 , 14 your
13 since 14 your
14 your 15 mother
14 your 16 and
16 and 17 I
17 I 19 young
18 were 19 young
19 young 20 .

in the autumn , I trolled and caught those lovely fish , the mackerel .
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4 , 6 trolled
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6 trolled 7 and
6 trolled 8 caught
7 and 8 caught
8 caught 9 those
8 caught 10 lovely
10 lovely 11 fish
10 lovely 12 ,
11 fish 12 ,
12 , 13 the
12 , 14 mackerel
13 the 14 mackerel

he looked like a harbinger of tempest , a shipmate of the Flying Dutchman .
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7 tempest 8 ,
7 tempest 9 a
9 a 10 shipmate
10 shipmate 11 of
10 shipmate 12 the
12 the 13 Flying
12 the 14 Dutchman
14 Dutchman 15 .

one of Uncle Parker 's eyes had been blown out with gunpowder , and the other did but glimmer in its socket .
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8 been 9 blown
9 blown 10 out
9 blown 11 with
11 with 13 ,
12 gunpowder 13 ,
13 , 14 and
13 , 15 the
14 and 15 the
15 the 16 other
15 the 17 did
16 other 17 did
17 did 19 glimmer
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19 glimmer 20 in
19 glimmer 21 its
21 its 22 socket

even now I seem to see the group of fishermen , with that old salt in the midst .
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9 of 10 fishermen
9 of 11 ,
10 fishermen 11 ,
11 , 12 with
12 with 14 old
13 that 14 old
14 old 15 salt
14 old 16 in
16 in 17 the
17 the 19 .
18 midst 19 .

they are a likely set of men .
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be it well with you , my brethren !
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3 well 4 with
4 with 5 you
5 you 6 ,
5 you 7 my
7 my 9 !
8 brethren 9 !

but where was the mermaid in those delightful times ?
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2 where 3 was
2 where 4 the
3 was 4 the
4 the 5 mermaid
4 the 6 in
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6 in 8 delightful
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8 delightful 9 times
9 times 10 ?

what a picture was Susan behind the counter !
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5 Susan 6 behind
5 Susan 7 the
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7 the 8 counter
7 the 9 !
8 counter 9 !

a few freckles became beauty-spots beneath her eyelids .
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4 became 5 beauty-spots
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6 beneath 7 her
7 her 8 eyelids
7 her 9 .

Nature wrought the charm .
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she made you a frank , simple , kind-hearted , sensible , and mirthful girl .
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3 you 5 frank
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8 , 9 kind-hearted
8 , 10 ,
9 kind-hearted 10 ,
10 , 11 sensible
11 sensible 12 ,
11 sensible 13 and
12 , 13 and
13 and 14 mirthful
13 and 15 girl
14 mirthful 15 girl
15 girl 16 .

it was beautiful to observe , how her simple and happy nature mingled itself with mine .
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9 simple 11 happy
11 happy 13 mingled
12 nature 13 mingled
13 mingled 14 itself
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16 mine 17 .

she gave me warmth of feeling , while the influence of my mind made her contemplative .
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8 while 10 influence
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10 influence 12 my
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12 my 13 mind
12 my 14 made
13 mind 14 made
14 made 16 contemplative
15 her 16 contemplative
16 contemplative 17 .

except the almanac , we had no other literature .
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5 we 7 no
6 had 7 no
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8 other 9 literature
8 other 10 .

in truth I dreaded him .
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3 I 5 him
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5 him 6 .

I feared to trust them even with the alphabet ; it was the key to a fatal treasure .
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8 the 9 alphabet
8 the 10 ;
10 ; 11 it
11 it 13 the
12 was 13 the
13 the 14 key
13 the 15 to
15 to 16 a
16 a 17 fatal
16 a 18 treasure
18 treasure 19 .

sometimes my voice lost itself in a tremulous depth ; for I felt His eye upon me as I spoke .
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11 for 12 I
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14 His 15 eye
15 eye 17 me
16 upon 17 me
17 me 18 as
18 as 19 I
19 I 20 spoke
20 spoke 21 .

strange illusion !
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like Uncle Parker , whose rheumatic bones were dashed against Egg Rock , full forty years ago , I am a spinner of long yarns .
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2 Uncle 3 Parker
3 Parker 4 ,
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8 were 10 against
10 against 11 Egg
10 against 12 Rock
11 Egg 12 Rock
12 Rock 14 full
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14 full 16 years
15 forty 16 years
16 years 17 ago
16 years 18 ,
17 ago 18 ,
18 , 19 I
19 I 20 am
19 I 21 a
21 a 22 spinner
21 a 23 of
22 spinner 23 of
23 of 24 long
23 of 25 yarns
25 yarns 26 .

with a broken voice I give utterance to much wisdom .
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10 wisdom 11 .

with such awful fidelity did that lover return to fulfil his vows !
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10 fulfil 11 his
11 his 12 vows
11 his 13 !

thus do I talk , and all my auditors grow wise , while they deem it pastime .
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7 all 8 my
8 my 9 auditors
8 my 10 grow
9 auditors 10 grow
10 grow 11 wise
10 grow 12 ,
12 , 13 while
12 , 14 they
14 they 15 deem
14 they 16 it
16 it 17 pastime
16 it 18 .

I recollect no happier portion of my life , than this , my calm old age .
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10 than 11 this
10 than 12 ,
11 this 12 ,
12 , 13 my
12 , 14 calm
13 my 14 calm
14 calm 15 old
15 old 16 age
15 old 17 .
16 age 17 .

but with me , the verdure and the flowers are not frostbitten in the midst of winter .
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10 are 11 not
10 are 12 frostbitten
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13 in 14 the
14 the 16 of
15 midst 16 of
16 of 17 winter
16 of 18 .

show me anything that would make an infant smile , and you shall behold a gleam of mirth over the hoary ruin of my visage .
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3 anything 4 that
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10 , 11 and
10 , 12 you
12 you 13 shall
12 you 14 behold
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15 a 17 of
16 gleam 17 of
17 of 18 mirth
17 of 19 over
19 over 20 the
19 over 21 hoary
20 the 21 hoary
21 hoary 23 of
22 ruin 23 of
23 of 25 visage
24 my 25 visage
25 visage 26 .

why should not an old man be merry too , when the great sea is at play with those little children ?
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3 not 4 an
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6 man 8 merry
8 merry 9 too
8 merry 10 ,
10 , 12 the
11 when 12 the
12 the 13 great
12 the 14 sea
14 sea 16 at
15 is 16 at
16 at 17 play
16 at 18 with
17 play 18 with
18 with 19 those
18 with 20 little
20 little 21 children
20 little 22 ?

next , they are smit with wonder at the black shells of a wagon-load of live lobsters , packed in rock-weed for the country market .
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8 at 10 black
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10 black 12 of
12 of 14 wagon-load
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15 of 16 live
15 of 17 lobsters
17 lobsters 18 ,
18 , 19 packed
19 packed 20 in
20 in 21 rock-weed
21 rock-weed 22 for
21 rock-weed 23 the
23 the 24 country
24 country 26 .
25 market 26 .

for I launch my boat no more .
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2 I 3 launch
2 I 4 my
4 my 6 no
5 boat 6 no
6 no 7 more

for I am a patriarch !
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2 I 3 am
2 I 4 a
4 a 5 patriarch
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Susan !
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my children !
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will you meet me there ?
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3 meet 5 there
4 me 5 there

and now for a moral to my revery .
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2 now 4 a
4 a 5 moral
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7 my 8 revery
7 my 9 .
8 revery 9 .

be this the moral , then .
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end of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Village Uncle ( from " twice Told Tales " ) , by Nathaniel Hawthorne
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