The adventures of Huckleberry FinnCollier, 1884 |
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Page 48
... struck out for the canoe . I just expected there'd be somebody laying down in it , because people often done that to fool folks , and when a chap had pulled a skiff out most to it they'd raise up and laugh at him . But it warn't so this ...
... struck out for the canoe . I just expected there'd be somebody laying down in it , because people often done that to fool folks , and when a chap had pulled a skiff out most to it they'd raise up and laugh at him . But it warn't so this ...
Page 54
... struck out a quarter of a mile or more towards the middle of the river , because pretty soon I would be passing the ferry landing and people might see me and hail me . I got out amongst the drift - wood and then laid down in the bottom ...
... struck out a quarter of a mile or more towards the middle of the river , because pretty soon I would be passing the ferry landing and people might see me and hail me . I got out amongst the drift - wood and then laid down in the bottom ...
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... struck me . I says , now I reckon the widow or the parson or somebody prayed that this bread would find me , and here it has gone and done it . So there ain't no doubt but there is something in that thing . ON THE WATCH ! 59 That is ...
... struck me . I says , now I reckon the widow or the parson or somebody prayed that this bread would find me , and here it has gone and done it . So there ain't no doubt but there is something in that thing . ON THE WATCH ! 59 That is ...
Page 68
... struck out fer de islan ' . Well , I had a notion I could lan ' mos ' any- whers , but I couldn't -- bank too bluff . I'uz mos ' to de foot er de islan ' b'fo ' I foun ' a good place . I went into de woods en SIGNS . 69 jedged I wouldn ...
... struck out fer de islan ' . Well , I had a notion I could lan ' mos ' any- whers , but I couldn't -- bank too bluff . I'uz mos ' to de foot er de islan ' b'fo ' I foun ' a good place . I went into de woods en SIGNS . 69 jedged I wouldn ...
Page 81
... struck a light , the snake's mate was there , and bit him . He jumped up yelling , and the first thing the light showed was the varmint curled up and ready for another spring . I laid him out in a second with a stick , and Jim grabbed ...
... struck a light , the snake's mate was there , and bit him . He jumped up yelling , and the first thing the light showed was the varmint curled up and ready for another spring . I laid him out in a second with a stick , and Jim grabbed ...
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