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1  Ole missis she'd take an tar de head off'n me.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER II
2  He would hang out no signals, he would take notice of none.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER III
3  The first thing the beetle did was to take him by the finger.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER V
4  Sometimes they would take fifty or sixty eggs out of one hole.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XVI
5  Twice she put out her hand to take the garment again, and twice she refrained.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XIX
6  Well, when pap's full, you might take and belt him over the head with a church and you couldn't phase him.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER X
7  By this time he was far down Meadow Lane, and the bell for school to "take up" tinkled faintly upon his ear.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XIII
8  He was now become, to them, the most balefully interesting object they had ever looked upon, and they could not take their fascinated eyes from his face.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XI
9  As the great day approached, all the tyranny that was in him came to the surface; he seemed to take a vindictive pleasure in punishing the least shortcomings.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXI
10  But presently the temptation rose up strong again and the boys agreed to try, with the understanding that they would take to their heels if the snoring stopped.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER X
11  By and by, Mr. Dobbins straightened himself up, yawned, then unlocked his desk, and reached for his book, but seemed undecided whether to take it out or leave it.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XX
12  It seemed to Becky, in her hot resentment, that she could hardly wait for school to "take in," she was so impatient to see Tom flogged for the injured spelling-book.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XX
13  The creature probably glowed with a gratitude that amounted to prayer, too, at this moment, but it was premature: for when he started thankfully to travel off, Tom turned him aside with a pin and made him take a new direction.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER VII
14  Tom was about to take refuge in a lie, when he saw two long tails of yellow hair hanging down a back that he recognized by the electric sympathy of love; and by that form was the only vacant place on the girls' side of the school-house.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER V
15  The villagers had a strong desire to tar-and-feather Injun Joe and ride him on a rail, for body-snatching, but so formidable was his character that nobody could be found who was willing to take the lead in the matter, so it was dropped.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XI
16  You take and split the bean, and cut the wart so as to get some blood, and then you put the blood on one piece of the bean and take and dig a hole and bury it 'bout midnight at the crossroads in the dark of the moon, and then you burn up the rest of the bean.'
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER V
17  So she sat down to cry again and upbraid herself; and by this time the scholars began to gather again, and she had to hide her griefs and still her broken heart and take up the cross of a long, dreary, aching afternoon, with none among the strangers about her to exchange sorrows with.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER VII
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