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[twice] [told] [tales] 

[the] [village] [uncle] 

[an] [imaginary] [retrospect] 

[by] [nathaniel] [hawthorne] 

come ! another log upon the hearth . 
1 come 2 !
2 ! 3 another
2 ! 7 hearth
3 another 4 log
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] [.] 
1 toss 5 of
5 of 11 the
11 the 12 last
12 last 14 of
14 of 15 the
15 the 19 ,
19 , 25 ,
20 the 21 bones
20 the 22 of
22 of 25 ,

and now , come , [susan] , come , my children , draw your chairs round me , all of you . 
1 and 2 now
1 and 12 ,
2 now 3 ,
3 , 4 come
4 come 5 ,
4 come 8 come
7 , 8 come
8 come 9 ,
9 , 10 my
10 my 11 children
12 , 20 of
13 draw 14 your
13 draw 16 round
15 chairs 16 round
16 round 17 me
17 me 18 ,
18 , 19 all
19 all 20 of
20 of 21 you
21 you 22 .

there is a dimness over your figures ! 
1 there 4 dimness
2 is 4 dimness
3 a 4 dimness
4 dimness 6 your
4 dimness 7 figures
4 dimness 8 !
5 over 6 your

hark ! let me listen for the swell of the surf ; it should be audible a mile inland , on a night like this . 
1 hark 2 !
1 hark 4 me
3 let 4 me
4 me 5 listen
5 listen 6 for
6 for 8 swell
7 the 8 swell
8 swell 9 of
8 swell 11 surf
10 the 11 surf
11 surf 16 audible
11 surf 23 night
12 ; 14 should
13 it 14 should
14 should 15 be
15 be 16 audible
16 audible 17 a
17 a 18 mile
18 mile 19 inland
19 inland 20 ,
19 inland 21 on
22 a 23 night
23 night 25 this
24 like 25 this
25 this 26 .

how [strangely] [the] [past] is [peeping] [over] the [shoulders] of the [present] ! 
1 how 5 is
5 is 8 the
8 the 10 of
10 of 11 the
10 of 13 !

but it was paler than my rugged old self , and younger , too , by almost half a century . 
1 but 2 it
1 but 7 rugged
3 was 4 paler
4 paler 5 than
4 paler 7 rugged
6 my 7 rugged
7 rugged 8 old
7 rugged 9 self
7 rugged 12 younger
7 rugged 20 century
7 rugged 21 .
9 self 10 ,
11 and 12 younger
12 younger 13 ,
13 , 14 too
14 too 15 ,
16 by 17 almost
16 by 20 century
17 almost 19 a
18 half 19 a

[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
3 dimness 6 eyes
3 dimness 7 !
5 mine 6 eyes

come [nearer] , [susan] , and stand before the fullest blaze of the hearth . 
1 come 3 ,
3 , 5 ,
5 , 6 and
6 and 7 stand
7 stand 8 before
8 before 9 the
9 the 12 of
10 fullest 12 of
11 blaze 12 of
12 of 14 hearth
12 of 15 .
13 the 14 hearth

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

do you remember it ? 
1 do 3 remember
2 you 3 remember
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] . 
1 you 7 ,
1 you 21 .
7 , 11 ,
7 , 12 that
8 over 9 the
9 the 11 ,
12 that 16 's
16 's 19 the

now , [susan] , for a sober picture of our village [!] 
1 now 2 ,
1 now 11 village
2 , 4 ,
4 , 5 for
5 for 6 a
6 a 7 sober
7 sober 8 picture
8 picture 9 of
10 our 11 village

the village was picturesque , in the variety of its edifices , though all were rude . 
1 the 2 village
2 village 4 picturesque
2 village 11 edifices
3 was 4 picturesque
4 picturesque 5 ,
4 picturesque 8 variety
6 in 7 the
7 the 8 variety
8 variety 9 of
10 its 11 edifices
11 edifices 16 rude
12 , 13 though
13 though 15 were
14 all 15 were
15 were 16 rude
16 rude 17 .

two [grocery-stores] [stand] [opposite] [each] [other] , in the [centre] of the village . 
1 two 7 ,
7 , 8 in
8 in 9 the
9 the 11 of
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] [.] 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 ,
3 , 4 children
3 , 5 ,
5 , 8 is
6 the 7 village
6 the 8 is
8 is 10 little
8 is 13 since
9 but 10 little
11 changed 13 since
13 since 15 mother
13 since 16 and
14 your 15 mother

in the [autumn] , [i] [trolled] and caught those lovely [fish] , the mackerel . 
1 in 2 the
2 the 4 ,
4 , 7 and
4 , 12 ,
7 and 8 caught
8 caught 9 those
9 those 10 lovely
12 , 13 the
13 the 14 mackerel
14 mackerel 15 .

he looked like a harbinger of tempest , a shipmate [of] [the] [flying] [dutchman] . 
1 he 2 looked
1 he 15 .
2 looked 3 like
2 looked 7 tempest
2 looked 8 ,
2 looked 10 shipmate
3 like 4 a
5 harbinger 7 tempest
6 of 7 tempest
9 a 10 shipmate

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 12 gunpowder
6 eyes 19 glimmer
7 had 8 been
8 been 9 blown
9 blown 10 out
10 out 11 with
11 with 12 gunpowder
12 gunpowder 13 ,
14 and 16 other
15 the 16 other
16 other 17 did
17 did 18 but
17 did 19 glimmer
19 glimmer 20 in
20 in 22 socket
21 its 22 socket
22 socket 23 .

even now [i] [seem] to see the group of fishermen , with that old salt in the midst . 
1 even 2 now
1 even 10 fishermen
5 to 6 see
6 see 7 the
7 the 8 group
8 group 9 of
8 group 10 fishermen
10 fishermen 11 ,
11 , 14 old
11 , 19 .
12 with 14 old
13 that 14 old
14 old 15 salt
15 salt 18 midst
16 in 18 midst
17 the 18 midst

they are a likely set of men . 
1 they 2 are
2 are 7 men
2 are 8 .
3 a 4 likely
3 a 5 set
5 set 6 of
5 set 7 men

be it well with you , my brethren ! 
1 be 2 it
1 be 3 well
1 be 8 brethren
3 well 4 with
4 with 5 you
4 with 6 ,
6 , 7 my
8 brethren 9 !

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

what a picture [was] [susan] behind the counter ! 
1 what 2 a
1 what 9 !
2 a 3 picture
3 picture 8 counter
6 behind 8 counter
7 the 8 counter

a few freckles became beauty-spots beneath her eyelids . 
1 a 2 few
1 a 9 .
2 few 3 freckles
3 freckles 4 became
4 became 5 beauty-spots
5 beauty-spots 6 beneath
6 beneath 8 eyelids
7 her 8 eyelids

nature wrought the charm . 
1 nature 2 wrought
2 wrought 3 the
2 wrought 4 charm
4 charm 5 .

she made you a frank , simple , kind-hearted , sensible , and mirthful girl . 
1 she 3 you
1 she 14 mirthful
2 made 3 you
3 you 4 a
4 a 5 frank
5 frank 11 sensible
6 , 7 simple
7 simple 9 kind-hearted
8 , 9 kind-hearted
9 kind-hearted 10 ,
10 , 11 sensible
12 , 13 and
13 and 14 mirthful
14 mirthful 15 girl
15 girl 16 .

it was beautiful to observe , how her simple and happy nature mingled itself with mine . 
1 it 3 beautiful
2 was 3 beautiful
3 beautiful 4 to
3 beautiful 5 observe
5 observe 7 how
6 , 7 how
7 how 8 her
8 her 9 simple
8 her 12 nature
10 and 11 happy
11 happy 12 nature
12 nature 14 itself
12 nature 17 .
13 mingled 14 itself
14 itself 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 3 me
2 gave 4 warmth
4 warmth 5 of
5 of 6 feeling
6 feeling 7 ,
6 feeling 16 contemplative
7 , 8 while
9 the 10 influence
9 the 11 of
11 of 14 made
12 my 13 mind
13 mind 14 made
14 made 16 contemplative
15 her 16 contemplative
16 contemplative 17 .

except the almanac , we had no other literature . 
1 except 3 almanac
2 the 3 almanac
3 almanac 4 ,
3 almanac 5 we
3 almanac 9 literature
5 we 6 had
6 had 7 no
7 no 8 other
9 literature 10 .

in truth [i] dreaded him . 
1 in 2 truth
1 in 4 dreaded
4 dreaded 5 him
5 him 6 .

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
3 to 5 them
4 trust 5 them
5 them 6 even
6 even 9 alphabet
7 with 9 alphabet
8 the 9 alphabet
9 alphabet 15 to
10 ; 11 it
11 it 12 was
12 was 14 key
12 was 15 to
13 the 14 key
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] [.] 
1 sometimes 7 a

strange illusion ! 
1 strange 2 illusion
1 strange 3 !

like [uncle] [parker] [,] [whose] [rheumatic] [bones] [were] [dashed] [against] [egg] [rock] [,] [full] [forty] [years] [ago] [,] [i] [am] a [spinner] of [long] [yarns] [.] 
1 like 21 a
21 a 23 of

with a [broken] voice [i] [give] [utterance] [to] [much] [wisdom] . 
1 with 2 a
2 a 4 voice
4 voice 11 .

with such awful fidelity did that lover return to fulfil his vows ! 
1 with 5 did
1 with 10 fulfil
2 such 3 awful
2 such 4 fidelity
4 fidelity 5 did
5 did 7 lover
5 did 8 return
6 that 7 lover
8 return 9 to
10 fulfil 11 his
10 fulfil 12 vows
12 vows 13 !

thus [do] [i] [talk] , and all my [auditors] [grow] [wise] , [while] [they] [deem] [it] [pastime] [.] 
1 thus 5 ,
5 , 12 ,
6 and 7 all
6 and 12 ,
7 all 8 my

i recollect no happier portion of my life , than this , my calm old age . 
1 i 2 recollect
2 recollect 3 no
3 no 4 happier
4 happier 5 portion
4 happier 8 life
4 happier 10 than
5 portion 6 of
7 my 8 life
9 , 10 than
10 than 11 this
10 than 12 ,
12 , 13 my
13 my 14 calm
13 my 15 old
15 old 16 age
16 age 17 .

but with me , the verdure and the flowers are not frostbitten in the midst of winter . 
1 but 2 with
2 with 3 me
2 with 4 ,
4 , 5 the
5 the 6 verdure
5 the 12 frostbitten
5 the 15 midst
6 verdure 7 and
6 verdure 9 flowers
8 the 9 flowers
10 are 11 not
11 not 12 frostbitten
13 in 15 midst
14 the 15 midst
15 midst 16 of
15 midst 17 winter
17 winter 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 . 
1 show 2 me
2 me 4 that
2 me 9 smile
2 me 18 mirth
3 anything 4 that
4 that 5 would
5 would 6 make
7 an 8 infant
8 infant 9 smile
9 smile 10 ,
9 smile 14 behold
11 and 12 you
11 and 13 shall
13 shall 14 behold
15 a 16 gleam
16 gleam 17 of
17 of 18 mirth
18 mirth 19 over
19 over 22 ruin
19 over 25 visage
19 over 26 .
20 the 21 hoary
21 hoary 22 ruin
22 ruin 23 of
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
1 why 3 not
3 not 4 an
3 not 7 be
4 an 5 old
5 old 6 man
7 be 8 merry
7 be 9 too
9 too 10 ,
10 , 16 at
11 when 12 the
11 when 15 is
13 great 14 sea
14 sea 15 is
15 is 16 at
16 at 17 play
16 at 22 ?
17 play 18 with
19 those 20 little
19 those 22 ?
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 ,
2 , 5 smit
3 they 4 are
4 are 5 smit
5 smit 6 with
5 smit 7 wonder
7 wonder 8 at
8 at 9 the
8 at 11 shells
8 at 14 wagon-load
10 black 11 shells
11 shells 12 of
13 a 14 wagon-load
14 wagon-load 15 of
14 wagon-load 16 live
16 live 17 lobsters
17 lobsters 18 ,
17 lobsters 19 packed
19 packed 21 rock-weed
19 packed 22 for
20 in 21 rock-weed
22 for 25 market
22 for 26 .
23 the 25 market
24 country 25 market

for [i] [launch] [my] [boat] [no] more . 
1 for 7 more
7 more 8 .

for [i] [am] a [patriarch] ! 
1 for 4 a
1 for 6 !

susan ! 
1 susan 2 !

my children ! 
1 my 2 children
1 my 3 !

will you meet me there ? 
1 will 3 meet
2 you 3 meet
3 meet 5 there
4 me 5 there
5 there 6 ?

and now for a moral to my revery . 
1 and 2 now
1 and 9 .
2 now 8 revery
3 for 8 revery
4 a 5 moral
5 moral 6 to
5 moral 8 revery
7 my 8 revery

be this the moral , then . 
1 be 2 this
2 this 4 moral
3 the 4 moral
4 moral 6 then
4 moral 7 .
5 , 6 then

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