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1  And he tugged at her apron and the hands.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER VII
2  They were satisfactory, and the property changed hands.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER IV
3  I've took off thousands of warts off of my hands that way, Huck.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER V
4  He sat long with his elbows on his knees and his chin in his hands, meditating.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER VIII
5  She glanced around; found herself alone, and the next instant she had the book in her hands.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XX
6  And so on, with clapping of joyful hands till all the group had begged for invitations but Tom and Amy.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
7  Tom presently wondered to find that his coveted vacation was beginning to hang a little heavily on his hands.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXII
8  By and by she gave up, and let her hands drop; her face, all glowing with the struggle, came up and submitted.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER VII
9  When he stood before the murdered man, he shook as with a palsy, and he put his face in his hands and burst into tears.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XI
10  There was another communing silence, broken at intervals by muffled sobs, and then the minister spread his hands abroad and prayed.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XVII
11  They went about poking sticks into the sand, and when they found a soft place they went down on their knees and dug with their hands.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XVI
12  The boys seized each others' hands and fled, with many tumblings and bruises, to the shelter of a great oak that stood upon the riverbank.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XVI
13  A groan escaped from poor Potter, and he put his face in his hands and rocked his body softly to and fro, while a painful silence reigned in the courtroom.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
14  When he entered the kitchen presently, with both eyes shut and groping for the towel with his hands, an honorable testimony of suds and water was dripping from his face.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER IV
15  Four times he had his hands on that rich treasure and four times it wasted to nothingness in his fingers as sleep forsook him and wakefulness brought back the hard reality of his misfortune.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
16  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
17  Then he betook himself to his seat, rested his elbows on his desk and his jaws in his hands, and stared at the wall with the stony stare of suffering that has reached the limit and can no further go.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER X
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