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1  Various veterans had told him tales.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 1
2  The tale had created in him a great concern for himself.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
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3  He had no strength to invent a tale; he would be a soft target.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 13
4  The youth of this tale felt gratitude for these words of his comrade.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
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5  He could see himself in a room of warm tints telling tales to listener.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 15
6  But his oration ceased as he saw their eyes, which were large with great tales.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 18
7  Still, he could not put a whole faith in veteran's tales, for recruits were their prey.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
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8  He was like a listener in a country store to wondrous tales told among the sugar barrels.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 8
9  The officers were impatient and snappy, their countenances clouded with the tales of misfortune.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
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10  But, as he mortally feared these shafts, it became impossible for him to invent a tale he felt he could trust.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
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11  Furthermore, he was much afraid that some arrow of scorn might lay him mentally low before he could raise his protecting tale.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
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12  He thought he must hasten to produce his tale to protect him from the missiles already on the lips of his redoubtable comrades.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
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13  He was swelled with a tale he had heard from a reliable friend, who had heard it from a truthful cavalryman, who had heard it from his trustworthy brother, one of the orderlies at division headquarters.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
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14  When he perceived again that it was not possible for the army to be defeated, he tried to bethink him of a fine tale which he could take back to his regiment, and with it turn the expected shafts of derision.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 11