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1845
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From this reading The second volume of the _Twice-Told Tales_ was published in 1845, in Boston; and at this time a good many of the stories which were afterwards collected into the _Mosses from an Old Manse_ had already appeared, chiefly in _The Democratic Review_, a sufficiently flourishing periodical of that period.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The second volume of the _Twice-Told Tales_ was published in 1845, in Boston; and at this time a good many of the stories which were afterwards collected into the _Mosses from an Old Manse_ had already appeared, chiefly in _The Democratic Review_, a sufficiently flourishing periodical of that period.
African
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From this reading During the same year Hawthorne edited an interesting volume, the _Journals of an African Cruiser_, by his friend Bridge, who had gone into the Navy and seen something of distant waters.
afterwards
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From this reading The second volume of the _Twice-Told Tales_ was published in 1845, in Boston; and at this time a good many of the stories which were afterwards collected into the _Mosses from an Old Manse_ had already appeared, chiefly in _The Democratic Review_, a sufficiently flourishing periodical of that period.
alreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The second volume of the _Twice-Told Tales_ was published in 1845, in Boston; and at this time a good many of the stories which were afterwards collected into the _Mosses from an Old Manse_ had already appeared, chiefly in _The Democratic Review_, a sufficiently flourishing periodical of that period.
America
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From this reading His biographer mentions that even then Hawthorne's name was thought to bespeak attention for a book, and he insists on this fact in contradiction to the idea that his productions had hitherto been as little noticed as his own declaration that he remained "for a good many years the obscurest man of letters in America," might lead one, and has led many people, to suppose.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The second volume of the _Twice-Told Tales_ was published in 1845, in Boston; and at this time a good many of the stories which were afterwards collected into the _Mosses from an Old Manse_ had already appeared, chiefly in _The Democratic Review_, a sufficiently flourishing periodical of that period.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The second volume of the _Twice-Told Tales_ was published in 1845, in Boston; and at this time a good many of the stories which were afterwards collected into the _Mosses from an Old Manse_ had already appeared, chiefly in _The Democratic Review_, a sufficiently flourishing periodical of that period.
anticipate
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From this reading In mentioning these things I anticipate; but I touch upon the year 1845 in order to speak of the two collections of _Twice-Told Tales_ at once.
appeared
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From this reading The second volume of the _Twice-Told Tales_ was published in 1845, in Boston; and at this time a good many of the stories which were afterwards collected into the _Mosses from an Old Manse_ had already appeared, chiefly in _The Democratic Review_, a sufficiently flourishing periodical of that period.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading His biographer mentions that even then Hawthorne's name was thought to bespeak attention for a book, and he insists on this fact in contradiction to the idea that his productions had hitherto been as little noticed as his own declaration that he remained "for a good many years the obscurest man of letters in America," might lead one, and has led many people, to suppose.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The second volume of the _Twice-Told Tales_ was published in 1845, in Boston; and at this time a good many of the stories which were afterwards collected into the _Mosses from an Old Manse_ had already appeared, chiefly in _The Democratic Review_, a sufficiently flourishing periodical of that period.
attention
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From this reading His biographer mentions that even then Hawthorne's name was thought to bespeak attention for a book, and he insists on this fact in contradiction to the idea that his productions had hitherto been as little noticed as his own declaration that he remained "for a good many years the obscurest man of letters in America," might lead one, and has led many people, to suppose.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading His biographer mentions that even then Hawthorne's name was thought to bespeak attention for a book, and he insists on this fact in contradiction to the idea that his productions had hitherto been as little noticed as his own declaration that he remained "for a good many years the obscurest man of letters in America," might lead one, and has led many people, to suppose.
bespeak
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From this reading His biographer mentions that even then Hawthorne's name was thought to bespeak attention for a book, and he insists on this fact in contradiction to the idea that his productions had hitherto been as little noticed as his own declaration that he remained "for a good many years the obscurest man of letters in America," might lead one, and has led many people, to suppose.
biographer
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From this reading His biographer mentions that even then Hawthorne's name was thought to bespeak attention for a book, and he insists on this fact in contradiction to the idea that his productions had hitherto been as little noticed as his own declaration that he remained "for a good many years the obscurest man of letters in America," might lead one, and has led many people, to suppose.
book
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From this reading His biographer mentions that even then Hawthorne's name was thought to bespeak attention for a book, and he insists on this fact in contradiction to the idea that his productions had hitherto been as little noticed as his own declaration that he remained "for a good many years the obscurest man of letters in America," might lead one, and has led many people, to suppose.
Boston
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From this reading The second volume of the _Twice-Told Tales_ was published in 1845, in Boston; and at this time a good many of the stories which were afterwards collected into the _Mosses from an Old Manse_ had already appeared, chiefly in _The Democratic Review_, a sufficiently flourishing periodical of that period.
Bridge
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From this reading During the same year Hawthorne edited an interesting volume, the _Journals of an African Cruiser_, by his friend Bridge, who had gone into the Navy and seen something of distant waters.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading In mentioning these things I anticipate; but I touch upon the year 1845 in order to speak of the two collections of _Twice-Told Tales_ at once.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading During the same year Hawthorne edited an interesting volume, the _Journals of an African Cruiser_, by his friend Bridge, who had gone into the Navy and seen something of distant waters.
chiefly
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From this reading The second volume of the _Twice-Told Tales_ was published in 1845, in Boston; and at this time a good many of the stories which were afterwards collected into the _Mosses from an Old Manse_ had already appeared, chiefly in _The Democratic Review_, a sufficiently flourishing periodical of that period.
collected
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From this reading The second volume of the _Twice-Told Tales_ was published in 1845, in Boston; and at this time a good many of the stories which were afterwards collected into the _Mosses from an Old Manse_ had already appeared, chiefly in _The Democratic Review_, a sufficiently flourishing periodical of that period.
collections
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From this reading In mentioning these things I anticipate; but I touch upon the year 1845 in order to speak of the two collections of _Twice-Told Tales_ at once.
contradiction
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From this reading His biographer mentions that even then Hawthorne's name was thought to bespeak attention for a book, and he insists on this fact in contradiction to the idea that his productions had hitherto been as little noticed as his own declaration that he remained "for a good many years the obscurest man of letters in America," might lead one, and has led many people, to suppose.
Cruiser
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From this reading During the same year Hawthorne edited an interesting volume, the _Journals of an African Cruiser_, by his friend Bridge, who had gone into the Navy and seen something of distant waters.
declaration
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From this reading His biographer mentions that even then Hawthorne's name was thought to bespeak attention for a book, and he insists on this fact in contradiction to the idea that his productions had hitherto been as little noticed as his own declaration that he remained "for a good many years the obscurest man of letters in America," might lead one, and has led many people, to suppose.
Democratic
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From this reading The second volume of the _Twice-Told Tales_ was published in 1845, in Boston; and at this time a good many of the stories which were afterwards collected into the _Mosses from an Old Manse_ had already appeared, chiefly in _The Democratic Review_, a sufficiently flourishing periodical of that period.
distantadjectiveUS /ˈdɪstənt/
not friendly or close
From this reading During the same year Hawthorne edited an interesting volume, the _Journals of an African Cruiser_, by his friend Bridge, who had gone into the Navy and seen something of distant waters.
DuringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading During the same year Hawthorne edited an interesting volume, the _Journals of an African Cruiser_, by his friend Bridge, who had gone into the Navy and seen something of distant waters.
EARLY
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From this reading EARLY WRITINGS.
edited
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From this reading During the same year Hawthorne edited an interesting volume, the _Journals of an African Cruiser_, by his friend Bridge, who had gone into the Navy and seen something of distant waters.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His biographer mentions that even then Hawthorne's name was thought to bespeak attention for a book, and he insists on this fact in contradiction to the idea that his productions had hitherto been as little noticed as his own declaration that he remained "for a good many years the obscurest man of letters in America," might lead one, and has led many people, to suppose.
fact
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From this reading His biographer mentions that even then Hawthorne's name was thought to bespeak attention for a book, and he insists on this fact in contradiction to the idea that his productions had hitherto been as little noticed as his own declaration that he remained "for a good many years the obscurest man of letters in America," might lead one, and has led many people, to suppose.
flourishing
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From this reading The second volume of the _Twice-Told Tales_ was published in 1845, in Boston; and at this time a good many of the stories which were afterwards collected into the _Mosses from an Old Manse_ had already appeared, chiefly in _The Democratic Review_, a sufficiently flourishing periodical of that period.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading His biographer mentions that even then Hawthorne's name was thought to bespeak attention for a book, and he insists on this fact in contradiction to the idea that his productions had hitherto been as little noticed as his own declaration that he remained "for a good many years the obscurest man of letters in America," might lead one, and has led many people, to suppose.
friend
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From this reading During the same year Hawthorne edited an interesting volume, the _Journals of an African Cruiser_, by his friend Bridge, who had gone into the Navy and seen something of distant waters.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The second volume of the _Twice-Told Tales_ was published in 1845, in Boston; and at this time a good many of the stories which were afterwards collected into the _Mosses from an Old Manse_ had already appeared, chiefly in _The Democratic Review_, a sufficiently flourishing periodical of that period.
gone
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From this reading During the same year Hawthorne edited an interesting volume, the _Journals of an African Cruiser_, by his friend Bridge, who had gone into the Navy and seen something of distant waters.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The second volume of the _Twice-Told Tales_ was published in 1845, in Boston; and at this time a good many of the stories which were afterwards collected into the _Mosses from an Old Manse_ had already appeared, chiefly in _The Democratic Review_, a sufficiently flourishing periodical of that period.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The second volume of the _Twice-Told Tales_ was published in 1845, in Boston; and at this time a good many of the stories which were afterwards collected into the _Mosses from an Old Manse_ had already appeared, chiefly in _The Democratic Review_, a sufficiently flourishing periodical of that period.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading His biographer mentions that even then Hawthorne's name was thought to bespeak attention for a book, and he insists on this fact in contradiction to the idea that his productions had hitherto been as little noticed as his own declaration that he remained "for a good many years the obscurest man of letters in America," might lead one, and has led many people, to suppose.
Hawthorne
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From this reading During the same year Hawthorne edited an interesting volume, the _Journals of an African Cruiser_, by his friend Bridge, who had gone into the Navy and seen something of distant waters.
Hawthorne's
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From this reading His biographer mentions that even then Hawthorne's name was thought to bespeak attention for a book, and he insists on this fact in contradiction to the idea that his productions had hitherto been as little noticed as his own declaration that he remained "for a good many years the obscurest man of letters in America," might lead one, and has led many people, to suppose.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading His biographer mentions that even then Hawthorne's name was thought to bespeak attention for a book, and he insists on this fact in contradiction to the idea that his productions had hitherto been as little noticed as his own declaration that he remained "for a good many years the obscurest man of letters in America," might lead one, and has led many people, to suppose.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading During the same year Hawthorne edited an interesting volume, the _Journals of an African Cruiser_, by his friend Bridge, who had gone into the Navy and seen something of distant waters.
hitherto
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From this reading His biographer mentions that even then Hawthorne's name was thought to bespeak attention for a book, and he insists on this fact in contradiction to the idea that his productions had hitherto been as little noticed as his own declaration that he remained "for a good many years the obscurest man of letters in America," might lead one, and has led many people, to suppose.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading In mentioning these things I anticipate; but I touch upon the year 1845 in order to speak of the two collections of _Twice-Told Tales_ at once.
idea
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From this reading His biographer mentions that even then Hawthorne's name was thought to bespeak attention for a book, and he insists on this fact in contradiction to the idea that his productions had hitherto been as little noticed as his own declaration that he remained "for a good many years the obscurest man of letters in America," might lead one, and has led many people, to suppose.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The second volume of the _Twice-Told Tales_ was published in 1845, in Boston; and at this time a good many of the stories which were afterwards collected into the _Mosses from an Old Manse_ had already appeared, chiefly in _The Democratic Review_, a sufficiently flourishing periodical of that period.
insists
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From this reading His biographer mentions that even then Hawthorne's name was thought to bespeak attention for a book, and he insists on this fact in contradiction to the idea that his productions had hitherto been as little noticed as his own declaration that he remained "for a good many years the obscurest man of letters in America," might lead one, and has led many people, to suppose.
interesting
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From this reading During the same year Hawthorne edited an interesting volume, the _Journals of an African Cruiser_, by his friend Bridge, who had gone into the Navy and seen something of distant waters.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The second volume of the _Twice-Told Tales_ was published in 1845, in Boston; and at this time a good many of the stories which were afterwards collected into the _Mosses from an Old Manse_ had already appeared, chiefly in _The Democratic Review_, a sufficiently flourishing periodical of that period.
Journals
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From this reading During the same year Hawthorne edited an interesting volume, the _Journals of an African Cruiser_, by his friend Bridge, who had gone into the Navy and seen something of distant waters.
lead
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From this reading His biographer mentions that even then Hawthorne's name was thought to bespeak attention for a book, and he insists on this fact in contradiction to the idea that his productions had hitherto been as little noticed as his own declaration that he remained "for a good many years the obscurest man of letters in America," might lead one, and has led many people, to suppose.
led
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From this reading His biographer mentions that even then Hawthorne's name was thought to bespeak attention for a book, and he insists on this fact in contradiction to the idea that his productions had hitherto been as little noticed as his own declaration that he remained "for a good many years the obscurest man of letters in America," might lead one, and has led many people, to suppose.
letters
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From this reading His biographer mentions that even then Hawthorne's name was thought to bespeak attention for a book, and he insists on this fact in contradiction to the idea that his productions had hitherto been as little noticed as his own declaration that he remained "for a good many years the obscurest man of letters in America," might lead one, and has led many people, to suppose.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His biographer mentions that even then Hawthorne's name was thought to bespeak attention for a book, and he insists on this fact in contradiction to the idea that his productions had hitherto been as little noticed as his own declaration that he remained "for a good many years the obscurest man of letters in America," might lead one, and has led many people, to suppose.
man
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From this reading His biographer mentions that even then Hawthorne's name was thought to bespeak attention for a book, and he insists on this fact in contradiction to the idea that his productions had hitherto been as little noticed as his own declaration that he remained "for a good many years the obscurest man of letters in America," might lead one, and has led many people, to suppose.
Manse
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From this reading The second volume of the _Twice-Told Tales_ was published in 1845, in Boston; and at this time a good many of the stories which were afterwards collected into the _Mosses from an Old Manse_ had already appeared, chiefly in _The Democratic Review_, a sufficiently flourishing periodical of that period.
many
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From this reading The second volume of the _Twice-Told Tales_ was published in 1845, in Boston; and at this time a good many of the stories which were afterwards collected into the _Mosses from an Old Manse_ had already appeared, chiefly in _The Democratic Review_, a sufficiently flourishing periodical of that period.
mentioning
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From this reading In mentioning these things I anticipate; but I touch upon the year 1845 in order to speak of the two collections of _Twice-Told Tales_ at once.
mentions
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From this reading His biographer mentions that even then Hawthorne's name was thought to bespeak attention for a book, and he insists on this fact in contradiction to the idea that his productions had hitherto been as little noticed as his own declaration that he remained "for a good many years the obscurest man of letters in America," might lead one, and has led many people, to suppose.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading His biographer mentions that even then Hawthorne's name was thought to bespeak attention for a book, and he insists on this fact in contradiction to the idea that his productions had hitherto been as little noticed as his own declaration that he remained "for a good many years the obscurest man of letters in America," might lead one, and has led many people, to suppose.
Mosses
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From this reading The second volume of the _Twice-Told Tales_ was published in 1845, in Boston; and at this time a good many of the stories which were afterwards collected into the _Mosses from an Old Manse_ had already appeared, chiefly in _The Democratic Review_, a sufficiently flourishing periodical of that period.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His biographer mentions that even then Hawthorne's name was thought to bespeak attention for a book, and he insists on this fact in contradiction to the idea that his productions had hitherto been as little noticed as his own declaration that he remained "for a good many years the obscurest man of letters in America," might lead one, and has led many people, to suppose.
Navy
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From this reading During the same year Hawthorne edited an interesting volume, the _Journals of an African Cruiser_, by his friend Bridge, who had gone into the Navy and seen something of distant waters.
noticed
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From this reading His biographer mentions that even then Hawthorne's name was thought to bespeak attention for a book, and he insists on this fact in contradiction to the idea that his productions had hitherto been as little noticed as his own declaration that he remained "for a good many years the obscurest man of letters in America," might lead one, and has led many people, to suppose.
obscurest
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From this reading His biographer mentions that even then Hawthorne's name was thought to bespeak attention for a book, and he insists on this fact in contradiction to the idea that his productions had hitherto been as little noticed as his own declaration that he remained "for a good many years the obscurest man of letters in America," might lead one, and has led many people, to suppose.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The second volume of the _Twice-Told Tales_ was published in 1845, in Boston; and at this time a good many of the stories which were afterwards collected into the _Mosses from an Old Manse_ had already appeared, chiefly in _The Democratic Review_, a sufficiently flourishing periodical of that period.
Old
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From this reading The second volume of the _Twice-Told Tales_ was published in 1845, in Boston; and at this time a good many of the stories which were afterwards collected into the _Mosses from an Old Manse_ had already appeared, chiefly in _The Democratic Review_, a sufficiently flourishing periodical of that period.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading His biographer mentions that even then Hawthorne's name was thought to bespeak attention for a book, and he insists on this fact in contradiction to the idea that his productions had hitherto been as little noticed as his own declaration that he remained "for a good many years the obscurest man of letters in America," might lead one, and has led many people, to suppose.
once
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From this reading In mentioning these things I anticipate; but I touch upon the year 1845 in order to speak of the two collections of _Twice-Told Tales_ at once.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading His biographer mentions that even then Hawthorne's name was thought to bespeak attention for a book, and he insists on this fact in contradiction to the idea that his productions had hitherto been as little noticed as his own declaration that he remained "for a good many years the obscurest man of letters in America," might lead one, and has led many people, to suppose.
ordernounUS /order/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In mentioning these things I anticipate; but I touch upon the year 1845 in order to speak of the two collections of _Twice-Told Tales_ at once.
own
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From this reading His biographer mentions that even then Hawthorne's name was thought to bespeak attention for a book, and he insists on this fact in contradiction to the idea that his productions had hitherto been as little noticed as his own declaration that he remained "for a good many years the obscurest man of letters in America," might lead one, and has led many people, to suppose.
people
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From this reading His biographer mentions that even then Hawthorne's name was thought to bespeak attention for a book, and he insists on this fact in contradiction to the idea that his productions had hitherto been as little noticed as his own declaration that he remained "for a good many years the obscurest man of letters in America," might lead one, and has led many people, to suppose.
period
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From this reading The second volume of the _Twice-Told Tales_ was published in 1845, in Boston; and at this time a good many of the stories which were afterwards collected into the _Mosses from an Old Manse_ had already appeared, chiefly in _The Democratic Review_, a sufficiently flourishing periodical of that period.
periodical
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From this reading The second volume of the _Twice-Told Tales_ was published in 1845, in Boston; and at this time a good many of the stories which were afterwards collected into the _Mosses from an Old Manse_ had already appeared, chiefly in _The Democratic Review_, a sufficiently flourishing periodical of that period.
productions
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From this reading His biographer mentions that even then Hawthorne's name was thought to bespeak attention for a book, and he insists on this fact in contradiction to the idea that his productions had hitherto been as little noticed as his own declaration that he remained "for a good many years the obscurest man of letters in America," might lead one, and has led many people, to suppose.
published
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From this reading The second volume of the _Twice-Told Tales_ was published in 1845, in Boston; and at this time a good many of the stories which were afterwards collected into the _Mosses from an Old Manse_ had already appeared, chiefly in _The Democratic Review_, a sufficiently flourishing periodical of that period.
remainednounUS /ˈremained/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading His biographer mentions that even then Hawthorne's name was thought to bespeak attention for a book, and he insists on this fact in contradiction to the idea that his productions had hitherto been as little noticed as his own declaration that he remained "for a good many years the obscurest man of letters in America," might lead one, and has led many people, to suppose.
Review
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From this reading The second volume of the _Twice-Told Tales_ was published in 1845, in Boston; and at this time a good many of the stories which were afterwards collected into the _Mosses from an Old Manse_ had already appeared, chiefly in _The Democratic Review_, a sufficiently flourishing periodical of that period.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading During the same year Hawthorne edited an interesting volume, the _Journals of an African Cruiser_, by his friend Bridge, who had gone into the Navy and seen something of distant waters.
second
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From this reading The second volume of the _Twice-Told Tales_ was published in 1845, in Boston; and at this time a good many of the stories which were afterwards collected into the _Mosses from an Old Manse_ had already appeared, chiefly in _The Democratic Review_, a sufficiently flourishing periodical of that period.
seen
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From this reading During the same year Hawthorne edited an interesting volume, the _Journals of an African Cruiser_, by his friend Bridge, who had gone into the Navy and seen something of distant waters.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading During the same year Hawthorne edited an interesting volume, the _Journals of an African Cruiser_, by his friend Bridge, who had gone into the Navy and seen something of distant waters.
speak
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From this reading In mentioning these things I anticipate; but I touch upon the year 1845 in order to speak of the two collections of _Twice-Told Tales_ at once.
stories
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From this reading The second volume of the _Twice-Told Tales_ was published in 1845, in Boston; and at this time a good many of the stories which were afterwards collected into the _Mosses from an Old Manse_ had already appeared, chiefly in _The Democratic Review_, a sufficiently flourishing periodical of that period.
sufficiently
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From this reading The second volume of the _Twice-Told Tales_ was published in 1845, in Boston; and at this time a good many of the stories which were afterwards collected into the _Mosses from an Old Manse_ had already appeared, chiefly in _The Democratic Review_, a sufficiently flourishing periodical of that period.
supposenounUS /ˈsuppose/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading His biographer mentions that even then Hawthorne's name was thought to bespeak attention for a book, and he insists on this fact in contradiction to the idea that his productions had hitherto been as little noticed as his own declaration that he remained "for a good many years the obscurest man of letters in America," might lead one, and has led many people, to suppose.
Tales
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From this reading The second volume of the _Twice-Told Tales_ was published in 1845, in Boston; and at this time a good many of the stories which were afterwards collected into the _Mosses from an Old Manse_ had already appeared, chiefly in _The Democratic Review_, a sufficiently flourishing periodical of that period.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The second volume of the _Twice-Told Tales_ was published in 1845, in Boston; and at this time a good many of the stories which were afterwards collected into the _Mosses from an Old Manse_ had already appeared, chiefly in _The Democratic Review_, a sufficiently flourishing periodical of that period.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The second volume of the _Twice-Told Tales_ was published in 1845, in Boston; and at this time a good many of the stories which were afterwards collected into the _Mosses from an Old Manse_ had already appeared, chiefly in _The Democratic Review_, a sufficiently flourishing periodical of that period.
then
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From this reading His biographer mentions that even then Hawthorne's name was thought to bespeak attention for a book, and he insists on this fact in contradiction to the idea that his productions had hitherto been as little noticed as his own declaration that he remained "for a good many years the obscurest man of letters in America," might lead one, and has led many people, to suppose.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading In mentioning these things I anticipate; but I touch upon the year 1845 in order to speak of the two collections of _Twice-Told Tales_ at once.
things
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From this reading In mentioning these things I anticipate; but I touch upon the year 1845 in order to speak of the two collections of _Twice-Told Tales_ at once.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The second volume of the _Twice-Told Tales_ was published in 1845, in Boston; and at this time a good many of the stories which were afterwards collected into the _Mosses from an Old Manse_ had already appeared, chiefly in _The Democratic Review_, a sufficiently flourishing periodical of that period.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His biographer mentions that even then Hawthorne's name was thought to bespeak attention for a book, and he insists on this fact in contradiction to the idea that his productions had hitherto been as little noticed as his own declaration that he remained "for a good many years the obscurest man of letters in America," might lead one, and has led many people, to suppose.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The second volume of the _Twice-Told Tales_ was published in 1845, in Boston; and at this time a good many of the stories which were afterwards collected into the _Mosses from an Old Manse_ had already appeared, chiefly in _The Democratic Review_, a sufficiently flourishing periodical of that period.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading In mentioning these things I anticipate; but I touch upon the year 1845 in order to speak of the two collections of _Twice-Told Tales_ at once.
touch
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From this reading In mentioning these things I anticipate; but I touch upon the year 1845 in order to speak of the two collections of _Twice-Told Tales_ at once.
Twice-Told
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From this reading The second volume of the _Twice-Told Tales_ was published in 1845, in Boston; and at this time a good many of the stories which were afterwards collected into the _Mosses from an Old Manse_ had already appeared, chiefly in _The Democratic Review_, a sufficiently flourishing periodical of that period.
two
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From this reading In mentioning these things I anticipate; but I touch upon the year 1845 in order to speak of the two collections of _Twice-Told Tales_ at once.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading In mentioning these things I anticipate; but I touch upon the year 1845 in order to speak of the two collections of _Twice-Told Tales_ at once.
volume
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From this reading The second volume of the _Twice-Told Tales_ was published in 1845, in Boston; and at this time a good many of the stories which were afterwards collected into the _Mosses from an Old Manse_ had already appeared, chiefly in _The Democratic Review_, a sufficiently flourishing periodical of that period.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The second volume of the _Twice-Told Tales_ was published in 1845, in Boston; and at this time a good many of the stories which were afterwards collected into the _Mosses from an Old Manse_ had already appeared, chiefly in _The Democratic Review_, a sufficiently flourishing periodical of that period.
waters
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From this reading During the same year Hawthorne edited an interesting volume, the _Journals of an African Cruiser_, by his friend Bridge, who had gone into the Navy and seen something of distant waters.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The second volume of the _Twice-Told Tales_ was published in 1845, in Boston; and at this time a good many of the stories which were afterwards collected into the _Mosses from an Old Manse_ had already appeared, chiefly in _The Democratic Review_, a sufficiently flourishing periodical of that period.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The second volume of the _Twice-Told Tales_ was published in 1845, in Boston; and at this time a good many of the stories which were afterwards collected into the _Mosses from an Old Manse_ had already appeared, chiefly in _The Democratic Review_, a sufficiently flourishing periodical of that period.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading During the same year Hawthorne edited an interesting volume, the _Journals of an African Cruiser_, by his friend Bridge, who had gone into the Navy and seen something of distant waters.
WRITINGS
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From this reading EARLY WRITINGS.
year
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From this reading In mentioning these things I anticipate; but I touch upon the year 1845 in order to speak of the two collections of _Twice-Told Tales_ at once.
years
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From this reading His biographer mentions that even then Hawthorne's name was thought to bespeak attention for a book, and he insists on this fact in contradiction to the idea that his productions had hitherto been as little noticed as his own declaration that he remained "for a good many years the obscurest man of letters in America," might lead one, and has led many people, to suppose.
