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1  They worked and sweated for half an hour.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXV
2  The boy worked on, apparently unconscious.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER V
3  This course worked well, and Tom began to groan again.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER V
4  The beetle lay there working its helpless legs, unable to turn over.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER V
5  These thoughts worked their dim way through Huck's mind, and under the weariness they gave him he fell asleep.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXX
6  These details and accompanying delays worked up an atmosphere of preparation that was as impressive as it was fascinating.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
7  Tom was suffering in reality, now, so handsomely was his imagination working, and so his groans had gathered quite a genuine tone.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER V
8  And while the late steamer Big Missouri worked and sweated in the sun, the retired artist sat on a barrel in the shade close by, dangled his legs, munched his apple, and planned the slaughter of more innocents.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER II
9  He so worked upon his feelings with the pathos of these dreams, that he had to keep swallowing, he was so like to choke; and his eyes swam in a blur of water, which overflowed when he winked, and ran down and trickled from the end of his nose.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER III