The adventures of Huckleberry FinnCollier, 1884 |
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... told the truth , mainly . There was things which he stretched , but mainly he told the truth . That is nothing . I never seen anybody but lied , one time or another , without it was Aunt Polly , or the widow , or maybe Mary . Aunt Polly ...
... told the truth , mainly . There was things which he stretched , but mainly he told the truth . That is nothing . I never seen anybody but lied , one time or another , without it was Aunt Polly , or the widow , or maybe Mary . Aunt Polly ...
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... told me all about the bad place , and I said I wished I was there . She got mad , then , but I didn't mean no harm . All I wanted was to go somewheres ; all I wanted was a change , I warn't particular . She said it was wicked to say ...
... told me all about the bad place , and I said I wished I was there . She got mad , then , but I didn't mean no harm . All I wanted was to go somewheres ; all I wanted was a change , I warn't particular . She said it was wicked to say ...
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... told me all about the good place . She said all a body would have to do there was to go around all day long with a harp and sing for ever and ever . So I didn't think much of it . But I never said so . I asked her if she reckoned Tom ...
... told me all about the good place . She said all a body would have to do there was to go around all day long with a harp and sing for ever and ever . So I didn't think much of it . But I never said so . I asked her if she reckoned Tom ...
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... told it he said they rode him down to New Orleans ; and after that , every time he told it he spread it more and more , till by - and - by he said they rode him all over the world , and tired him most to death , and his back was all ...
... told it he said they rode him down to New Orleans ; and after that , every time he told it he spread it more and more , till by - and - by he said they rode him all over the world , and tired him most to death , and his back was all ...
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... told what it was he said to it . Niggers would come from all around there and give Jim anything they had , just for a sight of that five - center piece ; but they wouldn't touch it , because the devil had had his hands on it . Jim was ...
... told what it was he said to it . Niggers would come from all around there and give Jim anything they had , just for a sight of that five - center piece ; but they wouldn't touch it , because the devil had had his hands on it . Jim was ...
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