MISERIES in Classic Quotes

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1  The dreadful secret of the murder was a chronic misery.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXII
2  He was so homesick that he could hardly endure the misery of it.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XVI
3  The boys forgot all their fears, all their miseries in an instant.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XVI
4  He bravely bore his miseries three weeks, and then one day turned up missing.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
5  The boys stretched themselves upon the floor with their eyes to knotholes in the planking, and lay waiting, in a misery of fear.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XVI
6  All that they knew was, that after what seemed a mighty stretch of time, both awoke out of a dead stupor of sleep and resumed their miseries once more.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
7  However, one by one they straggled in at last and took shelter under the tent, cold, scared, and streaming with water; but to have company in misery seemed something to be grateful for.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XVI