LIVE in Classic Quotes

1  Tom chased the traitor home, and thus found out where he lived.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER I

2  And it maddened him to see, as he thought he saw, that Becky Thatcher never once suspected that he was even in the land of the living.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XVIII

3  About half-past nine or ten o'clock he came along the deserted street to where the Adored Unknown lived; he paused a moment; no sound fell upon his listening ear; a candle was casting a dull glow upon the curtain of a second-story window.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER III

4  Joe was for being a hermit, and living on crusts in a remote cave, and dying, some time, of cold and want and grief; but after listening to Tom, he conceded that there were some conspicuous advantages about a life of crime, and so he consented to be a pirate.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XIII

5  Away off in the flaming sunshine, Cardiff Hill lifted its soft green sides through a shimmering veil of heat, tinted with the purple of distance; a few birds floated on lazy wing high in the air; no other living thing was visible but some cows, and they were asleep.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER VII

6  The minister related many a touching incident in the lives of the departed, too, which illustrated their sweet, generous natures, and the people could easily see, now, how noble and beautiful those episodes were, and remembered with grief that at the time they occurred they had seemed rank rascalities, well deserving of the cowhide.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XVII