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1  He nearly cried he was so glad, but he warn't surprised.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XVIII.
2  Then I bounced for the top in a hurry, for I was nearly busting.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XVI.
3  He had a blanket around his head, and his head was nearly in the fire.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER VIII.
4  He listened some more; then he come tiptoeing down and stood right between us; we could a touched him, nearly.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER II.
5  They all crowded up and leaned over the rails, nearly in my face, and kept still, watching with all their might.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER VIII.
6  I heard one man say it was nearly three o'clock, and he hoped daylight wouldn't wait more than about a week longer.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER VII.
7  We laid low and kept still, and never shoved out till nearly ten o'clock; then we slid by, pretty wide away from the town, and didn't hoist our lantern till we was clear out of sight of it.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XX.
8  Children was heeling it ahead of the mob, screaming and trying to get out of the way; and every window along the road was full of women's heads, and there was nigger boys in every tree, and bucks and wenches looking over every fence; and as soon as the mob would get nearly to them they would break and skaddle back out of reach.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXII.