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1  Then there were reading exercises, and a spelling fight.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXI
2  When they don't fight it's only a sign that there's trouble around, you know.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XVI
3  But she did see, nevertheless; and she knew she was winning her fight, too, and was glad to see him suffer as she had suffered.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
4  White, mulatto, and negro boys and girls were always there waiting their turns, resting, trading playthings, quarrelling, fighting, skylarking.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER II
5  He had been careful to begin both of his inquest-statements with the fight, without confessing the grave-robbery that preceded it; therefore it was deemed wisest not to try the case in the courts at present.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XI
6  Every little while some giant tree yielded the fight and fell crashing through the younger growth; and the unflagging thunderpeals came now in ear-splitting explosive bursts, keen and sharp, and unspeakably appalling.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XVI
7  The latter third of the speech was marred by the resumption of fights and other recreations among certain of the bad boys, and by fidgetings and whisperings that extended far and wide, washing even to the bases of isolated and incorruptible rocks like Sid and Mary.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER IV