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a
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From this reading Restless, shifting, fugacious as time itself is a certain vast bulk of the population of the red brick district of the lower West Side.
abode
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From this reading They flit from furnished room to furnished room, transients forever—transients in abode, transients in heart and mind.
about
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From this reading They sing “Home, Sweet Home” in ragtime; they carry their lares et penates in a bandbox; their vine is entwined about a picture hat; a rubber plant is their fig tree.
all
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From this reading Hence the houses of this district, having had a thousand dwellers, should have a thousand tales to tell, mostly dull ones, no doubt; but it would be strange if there could not be found a ghost or two in the wake of all these vagrant guests.
and
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From this reading They flit from furnished room to furnished room, transients forever—transients in abode, transients in heart and mind.
as
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From this reading Restless, shifting, fugacious as time itself is a certain vast bulk of the population of the red brick district of the lower West Side.
bandbox
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From this reading They sing “Home, Sweet Home” in ragtime; they carry their lares et penates in a bandbox; their vine is entwined about a picture hat; a rubber plant is their fig tree.
be
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From this reading Hence the houses of this district, having had a thousand dwellers, should have a thousand tales to tell, mostly dull ones, no doubt; but it would be strange if there could not be found a ghost or two in the wake of all these vagrant guests.
brick
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From this reading Restless, shifting, fugacious as time itself is a certain vast bulk of the population of the red brick district of the lower West Side.
bulk
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From this reading Restless, shifting, fugacious as time itself is a certain vast bulk of the population of the red brick district of the lower West Side.
but
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From this reading Hence the houses of this district, having had a thousand dwellers, should have a thousand tales to tell, mostly dull ones, no doubt; but it would be strange if there could not be found a ghost or two in the wake of all these vagrant guests.
carry
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From this reading They sing “Home, Sweet Home” in ragtime; they carry their lares et penates in a bandbox; their vine is entwined about a picture hat; a rubber plant is their fig tree.
certain
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From this reading Restless, shifting, fugacious as time itself is a certain vast bulk of the population of the red brick district of the lower West Side.
could
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From this reading Hence the houses of this district, having had a thousand dwellers, should have a thousand tales to tell, mostly dull ones, no doubt; but it would be strange if there could not be found a ghost or two in the wake of all these vagrant guests.
district
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From this reading Restless, shifting, fugacious as time itself is a certain vast bulk of the population of the red brick district of the lower West Side.
doubt
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From this reading Hence the houses of this district, having had a thousand dwellers, should have a thousand tales to tell, mostly dull ones, no doubt; but it would be strange if there could not be found a ghost or two in the wake of all these vagrant guests.
dull
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From this reading Hence the houses of this district, having had a thousand dwellers, should have a thousand tales to tell, mostly dull ones, no doubt; but it would be strange if there could not be found a ghost or two in the wake of all these vagrant guests.
dwellers
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From this reading Hence the houses of this district, having had a thousand dwellers, should have a thousand tales to tell, mostly dull ones, no doubt; but it would be strange if there could not be found a ghost or two in the wake of all these vagrant guests.
entwined
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From this reading They sing “Home, Sweet Home” in ragtime; they carry their lares et penates in a bandbox; their vine is entwined about a picture hat; a rubber plant is their fig tree.
et
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From this reading They sing “Home, Sweet Home” in ragtime; they carry their lares et penates in a bandbox; their vine is entwined about a picture hat; a rubber plant is their fig tree.
fig
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From this reading They sing “Home, Sweet Home” in ragtime; they carry their lares et penates in a bandbox; their vine is entwined about a picture hat; a rubber plant is their fig tree.
flit
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From this reading They flit from furnished room to furnished room, transients forever—transients in abode, transients in heart and mind.
forever
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From this reading They flit from furnished room to furnished room, transients forever—transients in abode, transients in heart and mind.
found
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From this reading Hence the houses of this district, having had a thousand dwellers, should have a thousand tales to tell, mostly dull ones, no doubt; but it would be strange if there could not be found a ghost or two in the wake of all these vagrant guests.
from
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From this reading They flit from furnished room to furnished room, transients forever—transients in abode, transients in heart and mind.
fugaciousadjectiveUS /fjuːˈɡeɪʃəs/
lasting for only a short time
From this reading Restless, shifting, fugacious as time itself is a certain vast bulk of the population of the red brick district of the lower West Side.
furnished
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From this reading They flit from furnished room to furnished room, transients forever—transients in abode, transients in heart and mind.
ghost
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From this reading Hence the houses of this district, having had a thousand dwellers, should have a thousand tales to tell, mostly dull ones, no doubt; but it would be strange if there could not be found a ghost or two in the wake of all these vagrant guests.
guests
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From this reading Hence the houses of this district, having had a thousand dwellers, should have a thousand tales to tell, mostly dull ones, no doubt; but it would be strange if there could not be found a ghost or two in the wake of all these vagrant guests.
had
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From this reading Hence the houses of this district, having had a thousand dwellers, should have a thousand tales to tell, mostly dull ones, no doubt; but it would be strange if there could not be found a ghost or two in the wake of all these vagrant guests.
hat
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From this reading They sing “Home, Sweet Home” in ragtime; they carry their lares et penates in a bandbox; their vine is entwined about a picture hat; a rubber plant is their fig tree.
have
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From this reading Homeless, they have a hundred homes.
having
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From this reading Hence the houses of this district, having had a thousand dwellers, should have a thousand tales to tell, mostly dull ones, no doubt; but it would be strange if there could not be found a ghost or two in the wake of all these vagrant guests.
heart
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From this reading They flit from furnished room to furnished room, transients forever—transients in abode, transients in heart and mind.
Hence
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From this reading Hence the houses of this district, having had a thousand dwellers, should have a thousand tales to tell, mostly dull ones, no doubt; but it would be strange if there could not be found a ghost or two in the wake of all these vagrant guests.
Home
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From this reading They sing “Home, Sweet Home” in ragtime; they carry their lares et penates in a bandbox; their vine is entwined about a picture hat; a rubber plant is their fig tree.
Homeless
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From this reading Homeless, they have a hundred homes.
homes
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From this reading Homeless, they have a hundred homes.
houses
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From this reading Hence the houses of this district, having had a thousand dwellers, should have a thousand tales to tell, mostly dull ones, no doubt; but it would be strange if there could not be found a ghost or two in the wake of all these vagrant guests.
hundred
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From this reading Homeless, they have a hundred homes.
if
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From this reading Hence the houses of this district, having had a thousand dwellers, should have a thousand tales to tell, mostly dull ones, no doubt; but it would be strange if there could not be found a ghost or two in the wake of all these vagrant guests.
in
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From this reading They flit from furnished room to furnished room, transients forever—transients in abode, transients in heart and mind.
is
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From this reading Restless, shifting, fugacious as time itself is a certain vast bulk of the population of the red brick district of the lower West Side.
it
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From this reading Hence the houses of this district, having had a thousand dwellers, should have a thousand tales to tell, mostly dull ones, no doubt; but it would be strange if there could not be found a ghost or two in the wake of all these vagrant guests.
itself
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From this reading Restless, shifting, fugacious as time itself is a certain vast bulk of the population of the red brick district of the lower West Side.
lares
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From this reading They sing “Home, Sweet Home” in ragtime; they carry their lares et penates in a bandbox; their vine is entwined about a picture hat; a rubber plant is their fig tree.
lower
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From this reading Restless, shifting, fugacious as time itself is a certain vast bulk of the population of the red brick district of the lower West Side.
mindnounUS /maɪnd/
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading They flit from furnished room to furnished room, transients forever—transients in abode, transients in heart and mind.
mostly
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From this reading Hence the houses of this district, having had a thousand dwellers, should have a thousand tales to tell, mostly dull ones, no doubt; but it would be strange if there could not be found a ghost or two in the wake of all these vagrant guests.
no
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From this reading Hence the houses of this district, having had a thousand dwellers, should have a thousand tales to tell, mostly dull ones, no doubt; but it would be strange if there could not be found a ghost or two in the wake of all these vagrant guests.
not
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From this reading Hence the houses of this district, having had a thousand dwellers, should have a thousand tales to tell, mostly dull ones, no doubt; but it would be strange if there could not be found a ghost or two in the wake of all these vagrant guests.
of
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From this reading Restless, shifting, fugacious as time itself is a certain vast bulk of the population of the red brick district of the lower West Side.
ones
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From this reading Hence the houses of this district, having had a thousand dwellers, should have a thousand tales to tell, mostly dull ones, no doubt; but it would be strange if there could not be found a ghost or two in the wake of all these vagrant guests.
or
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From this reading Hence the houses of this district, having had a thousand dwellers, should have a thousand tales to tell, mostly dull ones, no doubt; but it would be strange if there could not be found a ghost or two in the wake of all these vagrant guests.
penates
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From this reading They sing “Home, Sweet Home” in ragtime; they carry their lares et penates in a bandbox; their vine is entwined about a picture hat; a rubber plant is their fig tree.
picture
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From this reading They sing “Home, Sweet Home” in ragtime; they carry their lares et penates in a bandbox; their vine is entwined about a picture hat; a rubber plant is their fig tree.
plant
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From this reading They sing “Home, Sweet Home” in ragtime; they carry their lares et penates in a bandbox; their vine is entwined about a picture hat; a rubber plant is their fig tree.
population
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From this reading Restless, shifting, fugacious as time itself is a certain vast bulk of the population of the red brick district of the lower West Side.
ragtime
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From this reading They sing “Home, Sweet Home” in ragtime; they carry their lares et penates in a bandbox; their vine is entwined about a picture hat; a rubber plant is their fig tree.
red
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From this reading Restless, shifting, fugacious as time itself is a certain vast bulk of the population of the red brick district of the lower West Side.
Restless
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From this reading Restless, shifting, fugacious as time itself is a certain vast bulk of the population of the red brick district of the lower West Side.
room
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From this reading They flit from furnished room to furnished room, transients forever—transients in abode, transients in heart and mind.
rubber
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From this reading They sing “Home, Sweet Home” in ragtime; they carry their lares et penates in a bandbox; their vine is entwined about a picture hat; a rubber plant is their fig tree.
shifting
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From this reading Restless, shifting, fugacious as time itself is a certain vast bulk of the population of the red brick district of the lower West Side.
should
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From this reading Hence the houses of this district, having had a thousand dwellers, should have a thousand tales to tell, mostly dull ones, no doubt; but it would be strange if there could not be found a ghost or two in the wake of all these vagrant guests.
Side
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From this reading Restless, shifting, fugacious as time itself is a certain vast bulk of the population of the red brick district of the lower West Side.
sing
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From this reading They sing “Home, Sweet Home” in ragtime; they carry their lares et penates in a bandbox; their vine is entwined about a picture hat; a rubber plant is their fig tree.
strange
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From this reading Hence the houses of this district, having had a thousand dwellers, should have a thousand tales to tell, mostly dull ones, no doubt; but it would be strange if there could not be found a ghost or two in the wake of all these vagrant guests.
Sweet
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From this reading They sing “Home, Sweet Home” in ragtime; they carry their lares et penates in a bandbox; their vine is entwined about a picture hat; a rubber plant is their fig tree.
tales
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From this reading Hence the houses of this district, having had a thousand dwellers, should have a thousand tales to tell, mostly dull ones, no doubt; but it would be strange if there could not be found a ghost or two in the wake of all these vagrant guests.
tell
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From this reading Hence the houses of this district, having had a thousand dwellers, should have a thousand tales to tell, mostly dull ones, no doubt; but it would be strange if there could not be found a ghost or two in the wake of all these vagrant guests.
the
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From this reading Restless, shifting, fugacious as time itself is a certain vast bulk of the population of the red brick district of the lower West Side.
their
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From this reading They sing “Home, Sweet Home” in ragtime; they carry their lares et penates in a bandbox; their vine is entwined about a picture hat; a rubber plant is their fig tree.
there
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From this reading Hence the houses of this district, having had a thousand dwellers, should have a thousand tales to tell, mostly dull ones, no doubt; but it would be strange if there could not be found a ghost or two in the wake of all these vagrant guests.
these
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From this reading Hence the houses of this district, having had a thousand dwellers, should have a thousand tales to tell, mostly dull ones, no doubt; but it would be strange if there could not be found a ghost or two in the wake of all these vagrant guests.
they
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From this reading Homeless, they have a hundred homes.
this
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From this reading Hence the houses of this district, having had a thousand dwellers, should have a thousand tales to tell, mostly dull ones, no doubt; but it would be strange if there could not be found a ghost or two in the wake of all these vagrant guests.
thousand
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From this reading Hence the houses of this district, having had a thousand dwellers, should have a thousand tales to tell, mostly dull ones, no doubt; but it would be strange if there could not be found a ghost or two in the wake of all these vagrant guests.
time
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From this reading Restless, shifting, fugacious as time itself is a certain vast bulk of the population of the red brick district of the lower West Side.
to
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From this reading They flit from furnished room to furnished room, transients forever—transients in abode, transients in heart and mind.
transientsplural nounUS /ˈtrænziənts/
people staying somewhere only temporarily
From this reading They flit from furnished room to furnished room, transients forever—transients in abode, transients in heart and mind.
tree
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From this reading They sing “Home, Sweet Home” in ragtime; they carry their lares et penates in a bandbox; their vine is entwined about a picture hat; a rubber plant is their fig tree.
two
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From this reading Hence the houses of this district, having had a thousand dwellers, should have a thousand tales to tell, mostly dull ones, no doubt; but it would be strange if there could not be found a ghost or two in the wake of all these vagrant guests.
vagrantadjectiveUS /ˈveɪɡrənt/
moving from place to place without settlement
From this reading Hence the houses of this district, having had a thousand dwellers, should have a thousand tales to tell, mostly dull ones, no doubt; but it would be strange if there could not be found a ghost or two in the wake of all these vagrant guests.
vast
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From this reading Restless, shifting, fugacious as time itself is a certain vast bulk of the population of the red brick district of the lower West Side.
vine
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From this reading They sing “Home, Sweet Home” in ragtime; they carry their lares et penates in a bandbox; their vine is entwined about a picture hat; a rubber plant is their fig tree.
wake
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From this reading Hence the houses of this district, having had a thousand dwellers, should have a thousand tales to tell, mostly dull ones, no doubt; but it would be strange if there could not be found a ghost or two in the wake of all these vagrant guests.
West
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From this reading Restless, shifting, fugacious as time itself is a certain vast bulk of the population of the red brick district of the lower West Side.
would
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From this reading Hence the houses of this district, having had a thousand dwellers, should have a thousand tales to tell, mostly dull ones, no doubt; but it would be strange if there could not be found a ghost or two in the wake of all these vagrant guests.
