The Wit & Wisdom of Mark TwainHarper & Row, 1987 - 265 pagina's This sparkling anthology of Mark Twain's most trenchant remarks has been culled from his books, speeches, letters and conversations recorded by contemporaries. The sayings are as fresh today as when he first wrote them and represent Twain at his wittiest and best. |
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Pagina 44
... reporters it was smooth sailing compared to the Quaker City of Innocents Abroad fame . He said the Gallia was so steady that if you stood a goblet loose on the shelf at night it would still be there in the morning . A reporter from the ...
... reporters it was smooth sailing compared to the Quaker City of Innocents Abroad fame . He said the Gallia was so steady that if you stood a goblet loose on the shelf at night it would still be there in the morning . A reporter from the ...
Pagina 55
... reporter located Mark Twain in London . The reporter was carrying cabled instructions from his paper , which he reluctantly exhibited on request : " If Mark Twain very ill , five hundred words . If dead , send one thousand . " When Mark ...
... reporter located Mark Twain in London . The reporter was carrying cabled instructions from his paper , which he reluctantly exhibited on request : " If Mark Twain very ill , five hundred words . If dead , send one thousand . " When Mark ...
Pagina 69
... reporter about the English reputation for being reluctant to laugh . The English are not less likely to laugh , Twain answered , but they are slower to laugh . " You talk to four or five Englishmen and tell them a funny story . When you ...
... reporter about the English reputation for being reluctant to laugh . The English are not less likely to laugh , Twain answered , but they are slower to laugh . " You talk to four or five Englishmen and tell them a funny story . When you ...
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American answered asked audience Autobiography become believe Biography called City civilization Clemens Connecticut Yankee critics dead death DeVoto difference don't Earth England essay experience fact feel Following the Equator give hand Harper heard heart Heaven Huckleberry Finn human humor idea Innocents Abroad interest invented Italy keep kind lecture Letter literary live look man's Mark Twain matter mean mind Mississippi morals natural Neider never Notebook once opinion Paine perfect person published Pudd'nhead Wilson race reason religion replied reporter rest river Roughing Satan Sawyer sometimes speak speech stand story Stranger talk tell thing thought told Tramp trouble true truth weather whole woman write wrong wrote York young
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