1 His elbow was pressing against some hard substance.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark TwainGet Context In CHAPTER X 2 He well knew the futility of trying to contend against witches, so he gave up discouraged.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark TwainGet Context In CHAPTER VIII 3 Their speed was slow, however, because pitfalls were somewhat common, and had to be guarded against.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark TwainGet Context In CHAPTER XXXI 4 A minute or two later the skiff's head was standing high up, against the boat's swell, and the voyage was begun.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark TwainGet Context In CHAPTER XV 5 That was agreeable, so they chewed it turn about, and dangled their legs against the bench in excess of contentment.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark TwainGet Context In CHAPTER VII 6 The doctor put the lantern at the head of the grave and came and sat down with his back against one of the elm trees.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark TwainGet Context In CHAPTER IX 7 Tom went about, hoping against hope for the sight of one blessed sinful face, but disappointment crossed him everywhere.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark TwainGet Context In CHAPTER XXII 8 A tumblebug came next, heaving sturdily at its ball, and Tom touched the creature, to see it shut its legs against its body and pretend to be dead.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark TwainGet Context In CHAPTER XIV 9 Everything in camp was drenched, the campfire as well; for they were but heedless lads, like their generation, and had made no provision against rain.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark TwainGet Context In CHAPTER XVI 10 He showed Huck the fragment of candle-wick perched on a lump of clay against the wall, and described how he and Becky had watched the flame struggle and expire.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark TwainGet Context In CHAPTER XXXIII 11 Peter sprang a couple of yards in the air, and then delivered a war-whoop and set off round and round the room, banging against furniture, upsetting flower-pots, and making general havoc.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark TwainGet Context In CHAPTER XII 12 They built a fire against the side of a great log twenty or thirty steps within the sombre depths of the forest, and then cooked some bacon in the frying-pan for supper, and used up half of the corn "pone" stock they had brought.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark TwainGet Context In CHAPTER XIII 13 His pity was moved, but nevertheless he felt an abounding sense of relief and security, now, which revealed to him in a degree which he had not fully appreciated before how vast a weight of dread had been lying upon him since the day he lifted his voice against this bloody-minded outcast.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark TwainGet Context In CHAPTER XXXIII 14 After breakfast they went whooping and prancing out on the bar, and chased each other round and round, shedding clothes as they went, until they were naked, and then continued the frolic far away up the shoal water of the bar, against the stiff current, which latter tripped their legs from under them from time to time and greatly increased the fun.
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