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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... trouble . " CIRCUMSTANCE Circumstances make man , not man circumstances . -Notebook , 1902 Circumstance furnished the capital , and my temperament told me what to do with it . — “ The Turning Point of My Life , " essay , 1910 We are ...
... trouble . " CIRCUMSTANCE Circumstances make man , not man circumstances . -Notebook , 1902 Circumstance furnished the capital , and my temperament told me what to do with it . — “ The Turning Point of My Life , " essay , 1910 We are ...
Pagina 98
... trouble . You look into the dreary dull eye and softly say : ' Well , how's your liver ? ' " You will see that dim eye flash up with a grateful flame , and you will see that jaw begin to work , and you will recognize that nothing is ...
... trouble . You look into the dreary dull eye and softly say : ' Well , how's your liver ? ' " You will see that dim eye flash up with a grateful flame , and you will see that jaw begin to work , and you will recognize that nothing is ...
Pagina 201
... trouble- some to do right and ain't no trouble to do wrong , and the wages is just the same ? " Huckleberry Finn overrules his conscience and helps Jim es- cape , even though he believes he is doing the wrong thing . He ascribes his ...
... trouble- some to do right and ain't no trouble to do wrong , and the wages is just the same ? " Huckleberry Finn overrules his conscience and helps Jim es- cape , even though he believes he is doing the wrong thing . He ascribes his ...
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