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1  Tom's whole being applauded this idea.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER X
2  Joe caught at the idea and said he would like to try, too.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XVI
3  THE harder Tom tried to fasten his mind on his book, the more his ideas wandered.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER VII
4  So he returned his straitened means to his pocket, and gave up the idea of trying to buy the boys.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER II
5  She sank to the ground and burst into such a frenzy of crying that Tom was appalled with the idea that she might die, or lose her reason.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
6  "Good idea," said the comrade, who walked across the room, knelt down, raised one of the rearward hearth-stones and took out a bag that jingled pleasantly.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XVI
7  Why, you see, when you got to talking about the funeral, I just got all full of the idea of our coming and hiding in the church, and I couldn't somehow bear to spoil it.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XIX
8  At the end of half an hour Tom had a vague general idea of his lesson, but no more, for his mind was traversing the whole field of human thought, and his hands were busy with distracting recreations.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER IV
9  Huck was irritated to think he had been such a goose and betrayed such a suspicious excitement, for he had dropped the idea that the parcel brought from the tavern was the treasure, as soon as he had heard the talk at the widow's stile.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXX
10  Not long after, as Tom, all undressed for bed, was surveying his drenched garments by the light of a tallow dip, Sid woke up; but if he had any dim idea of making any "references to allusions," he thought better of it and held his peace, for there was danger in Tom's eye.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER III