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[twice] [told] [tales] 

[the] [village] [uncle] 

[an] [imaginary] [retrospect] 

[by] [nathaniel] [hawthorne] 

[come] [!] [another] [log] [upon] [the] [hearth] [.] 

toss on an armful of those dry oak chips , the last relics of [the] [mermaid] ['s] [knee-timbers] , the bones of [your] [namesake] , [susan] [.] 
1 toss 2 on
2 on 4 armful
3 an 4 armful
4 armful 5 of
4 armful 14 of
5 of 10 ,
6 those 9 chips
7 dry 8 oak
8 oak 9 chips
9 chips 10 ,
10 , 13 relics
11 the 13 relics
12 last 13 relics
14 of 25 ,
19 , 21 bones
20 the 21 bones
21 bones 22 of
22 of 25 ,

and [now] , come , [susan] , come , my children [,] [draw] [your] [chairs] [round] [me] [,] [all] of you [.] 
1 and 11 children
1 and 20 of
3 , 4 come
3 , 5 ,
5 , 7 ,
7 , 8 come
7 , 9 ,
9 , 10 my
10 my 11 children
20 of 21 you

there is a dimness over your figures [!] 
1 there 2 is
2 is 4 dimness
2 is 5 over
3 a 4 dimness
4 dimness 5 over
5 over 7 figures
6 your 7 figures

[hark] [!] [let] [me] [listen] [for] [the] [swell] [of] [the] [surf] [;] [it] [should] [be] [audible] [a] [mile] [inland] [,] [on] [a] [night] [like] [this] [.] 

how [strangely] [the] [past] is [peeping] over [the] [shoulders] [of] [the] [present] [!] 
1 how 5 is
5 is 7 over

but it was paler than my rugged old self , and younger , too , by almost half a century [.] 
1 but 2 it
1 but 3 was
2 it 3 was
3 was 4 paler
4 paler 5 than
4 paler 11 and
6 my 9 self
7 rugged 9 self
8 old 9 self
9 self 11 and
10 , 11 and
11 and 12 younger
12 younger 14 too
12 younger 16 by
13 , 14 too
14 too 15 ,
16 by 18 half
17 almost 18 half
18 half 19 a
18 half 20 century
19 a 20 century

[thank] [heaven] [,] [i] [am] [an] [old] [man] [now] [,] [and] [have] [done] [with] [all] [such] [vanities] [!] 

still this dimness of mine eyes [!] 
1 still 3 dimness
2 this 3 dimness
3 dimness 4 of
4 of 6 eyes
5 mine 6 eyes

come [nearer] , [susan] , and [stand] [before] [the] [fullest] [blaze] [of] [the] [hearth] [.] 
1 come 3 ,
3 , 5 ,
5 , 6 and

there , you made me tremble again [!] 
1 there 2 ,
1 there 3 you
3 you 4 made
4 made 5 me
4 made 6 tremble
6 tremble 7 again

do you remember it [?] 
1 do 2 you
1 do 3 remember
3 remember 4 it

you stood on the little bridge , over the brook , that runs [across] [king] ['s] [beach] [into] [the] [sea] [.] 
1 you 2 stood
2 stood 3 on
3 on 6 bridge
4 the 6 bridge
5 little 6 bridge
6 bridge 8 over
7 , 8 over
8 over 10 brook
8 over 11 ,
9 the 10 brook
11 , 12 that
11 , 13 runs

now , [susan] , [for] [a] [sober] [picture] of [our] [village] [!] 
1 now 2 ,
1 now 4 ,
4 , 9 of

the village was picturesque , in the variety of its edifices , though all were rude [.] 
1 the 2 village
2 village 3 was
3 was 4 picturesque
4 picturesque 6 in
4 picturesque 13 though
5 , 6 in
6 in 8 variety
6 in 12 ,
7 the 8 variety
8 variety 9 of
9 of 11 edifices
10 its 11 edifices
13 though 14 all
13 though 15 were
14 all 15 were
15 were 16 rude

two grocery-stores stand opposite each other , in the centre of the village [.] 
1 two 2 grocery-stores
2 grocery-stores 3 stand
3 stand 4 opposite
3 stand 8 in
4 opposite 6 other
5 each 6 other
7 , 8 in
8 in 10 centre
9 the 10 centre
10 centre 11 of
11 of 13 village
12 the 13 village

you [see] [,] [children] [,] [the] [village] [is] [but] [little] [changed] [,] [since] [your] [mother] [and] [i] were young [.] 
1 you 18 were
18 were 19 young

in the autumn [,] [i] [trolled] [and] [caught] those lovely fish [,] the mackerel [.] 
1 in 3 autumn
1 in 10 lovely
2 the 3 autumn
9 those 10 lovely
10 lovely 11 fish
11 fish 14 mackerel
13 the 14 mackerel

he looked like [a] [harbinger] [of] [tempest] , [a] [shipmate] [of] [the] [flying] [dutchman] [.] 
1 he 2 looked
2 looked 3 like
3 like 8 ,

one [of] [uncle] [parker] 's eyes had been blown out with gunpowder , and the other did but glimmer in its socket [.] 
1 one 5 's
5 's 6 eyes
6 eyes 7 had
7 had 8 been
8 been 9 blown
9 blown 10 out
9 blown 11 with
11 with 22 socket
12 gunpowder 14 and
13 , 14 and
14 and 16 other
14 and 18 but
15 the 16 other
17 did 18 but
18 but 19 glimmer
19 glimmer 20 in
20 in 22 socket
21 its 22 socket

even [now] [i] [seem] to see [the] [group] [of] [fishermen] [,] [with] that [old] [salt] [in] [the] [midst] [.] 
1 even 5 to
5 to 6 see
6 see 13 that

they are a likely set of men [.] 
1 they 2 are
2 are 5 set
3 a 5 set
4 likely 5 set
5 set 6 of
6 of 7 men

be it well with you , my brethren [!] 
1 be 2 it
1 be 3 well
1 be 4 with
4 with 6 ,
5 you 6 ,
6 , 8 brethren
7 my 8 brethren

but where was the mermaid in those delightful times [?] 
1 but 2 where
1 but 3 was
2 where 3 was
3 was 5 mermaid
3 was 6 in
4 the 5 mermaid
6 in 9 times
7 those 9 times
8 delightful 9 times

what [a] [picture] was [susan] behind the counter [!] 
1 what 4 was
4 was 6 behind
6 behind 8 counter
7 the 8 counter

a few freckles became beauty-spots beneath her eyelids [.] 
1 a 2 few
2 few 3 freckles
3 freckles 4 became
4 became 5 beauty-spots
4 became 6 beneath
5 beauty-spots 6 beneath
6 beneath 8 eyelids
7 her 8 eyelids

nature wrought the charm [.] 
1 nature 2 wrought
2 wrought 4 charm
3 the 4 charm

she made you a frank , simple , kind-hearted , sensible , and mirthful girl [.] 
1 she 2 made
2 made 3 you
2 made 15 girl
4 a 5 frank
4 a 15 girl
5 frank 6 ,
5 frank 15 girl
7 simple 8 ,
7 simple 15 girl
9 kind-hearted 15 girl
10 , 13 and
11 sensible 13 and
12 , 13 and
13 and 14 mirthful
13 and 15 girl

it was beautiful to observe [,] how her simple and happy nature mingled itself with mine [.] 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 beautiful
3 beautiful 4 to
4 to 5 observe
5 observe 7 how
7 how 12 nature
7 how 13 mingled
8 her 12 nature
9 simple 10 and
10 and 11 happy
10 and 12 nature
12 nature 13 mingled
13 mingled 14 itself
13 mingled 15 with
15 with 16 mine

she gave me warmth of feeling , while the influence of my mind made her contemplative [.] 
1 she 2 gave
2 gave 4 warmth
3 me 4 warmth
4 warmth 5 of
5 of 6 feeling
6 feeling 8 while
7 , 8 while
8 while 10 influence
8 while 14 made
9 the 10 influence
10 influence 11 of
10 influence 14 made
11 of 13 mind
12 my 13 mind
14 made 15 her
14 made 16 contemplative

except the almanac , we had no other literature [.] 
1 except 3 almanac
1 except 4 ,
1 except 5 we
2 the 3 almanac
5 we 6 had
6 had 9 literature
7 no 8 other
8 other 9 literature

in truth [i] [dreaded] [him] [.] 
1 in 2 truth

i feared to trust them even with the alphabet ; it was the key to a fatal treasure [.] 
1 i 2 feared
2 feared 3 to
2 feared 10 ;
3 to 4 trust
4 trust 5 them
4 trust 6 even
6 even 7 with
7 with 9 alphabet
8 the 9 alphabet
10 ; 11 it
10 ; 12 was
11 it 12 was
12 was 14 key
12 was 15 to
13 the 14 key
14 key 15 to
15 to 18 treasure
16 a 17 fatal
16 a 18 treasure
17 fatal 18 treasure

sometimes my voice lost itself in a tremulous depth [;] [for] [i] [felt] [his] [eye] [upon] [me] [as] [i] [spoke] [.] 
1 sometimes 3 voice
2 my 3 voice
3 voice 4 lost
4 lost 5 itself
4 lost 6 in
6 in 9 depth
7 a 8 tremulous
7 a 9 depth
8 tremulous 9 depth

strange illusion [!] 
1 strange 2 illusion

like [uncle] [parker] , [whose] [rheumatic] [bones] [were] [dashed] [against] [egg] [rock] [,] [full] [forty] [years] [ago] [,] [i] [am] [a] [spinner] [of] [long] [yarns] [.] 
1 like 4 ,

[with] [a] [broken] [voice] [i] [give] [utterance] [to] [much] [wisdom] [.] 

[with] [such] [awful] [fidelity] [did] [that] [lover] [return] [to] [fulfil] [his] [vows] [!] 

[thus] [do] [i] [talk] [,] [and] [all] [my] [auditors] [grow] [wise] [,] [while] [they] [deem] [it] [pastime] [.] 

i recollect no happier portion of my life , than this , my calm old age [.] 
1 i 2 recollect
2 recollect 5 portion
3 no 5 portion
4 happier 5 portion
5 portion 6 of
6 of 8 life
7 my 8 life
8 life 11 this
9 , 10 than
9 , 11 this
11 this 12 ,
12 , 13 my
13 my 16 age
14 calm 16 age
15 old 16 age

but with me , the verdure and the flowers are not frostbitten in the midst of winter [.] 
1 but 2 with
1 but 4 ,
1 but 7 and
2 with 3 me
5 the 6 verdure
6 verdure 7 and
7 and 9 flowers
7 and 10 are
8 the 9 flowers
10 are 11 not
10 are 12 frostbitten
11 not 12 frostbitten
12 frostbitten 13 in
13 in 15 midst
14 the 15 midst
15 midst 16 of
16 of 17 winter

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

why should [not] an old man be merry too , when the great sea is at play with those little children ? 
1 why 2 should
2 should 6 man
2 should 7 be
4 an 5 old
4 an 6 man
5 old 6 man
7 be 8 merry
8 merry 9 too
8 merry 11 when
10 , 11 when
11 when 14 sea
11 when 15 is
11 when 22 ?
12 the 14 sea
13 great 14 sea
14 sea 15 is
15 is 16 at
15 is 18 with
16 at 17 play
17 play 18 with
18 with 21 children
19 those 21 children
20 little 21 children

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 [.] 
1 next 2 ,
1 next 3 they
3 they 4 are
4 are 5 smit
5 smit 6 with
5 smit 8 at
6 with 7 wonder
7 wonder 8 at
8 at 11 shells
9 the 11 shells
10 black 11 shells
11 shells 12 of
12 of 14 wagon-load
13 a 14 wagon-load
14 wagon-load 15 of
15 of 17 lobsters
16 live 17 lobsters
17 lobsters 19 packed
17 lobsters 21 rock-weed
17 lobsters 22 for
19 packed 20 in
22 for 25 market
23 the 25 market
24 country 25 market

[for] [i] [launch] [my] [boat] [no] [more] [.] 

[for] [i] [am] [a] [patriarch] [!] 

[susan] [!] 

my children [!] 
1 my 2 children

will you meet me there [?] 
1 will 2 you
1 will 3 meet
3 meet 4 me
3 meet 5 there

and [now] [for] [a] [moral] to [my] revery [.] 
1 and 6 to
6 to 8 revery

be this [the] moral , then [.] 
1 be 4 moral
2 this 4 moral
4 moral 6 then
5 , 6 then

end of the [project] [gutenberg] [ebook] of [the] [village] [uncle] [(] [from] ["] [twice] [told] [tales] ["] [)] , [by] [nathaniel] [hawthorne] 
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