 There was no lack of material; boys happened along every little while; they came to jeer but remained to whitewash. By the time Ben was fagged out, Tom had traded the next chance to Billy Fisher for a kite in good repair; and when he played out, Johnny...  The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Page 30by Mark Twain - 1881 - 274 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Melville De Lancey Landon - American wit and humor - 1893 - 618 pages
...on, hour after hour. And when the middle of the afternoon came, from being a poor, povertystricken boy in the morning, Tom was literally rolling in wealth. He had, besides the things I have mentioned, twelve marbles, part of a Jew's harp, a piece of blue bottle-glass... | |
 | Mark Twain - 1903 - 360 pages
...and when he played out, Johnny Miller bought in for a dead rat and a string to swing it with — and so on, and so on, hour after hour. And when the middle of the afternoon came, from being a poor poverty-stricken boy in the morning, Tom was literally rolling in wealth. He had besides the things... | |
 | Mark Twain - 1903 - 338 pages
...on, hour after hour. And when the middle of the afternoon came, from being a poor poverty-stricken boy in the morning, Tom was literally rolling •...beside the things before mentioned, twelve marbles, TOM GAVE UP THE BRUSH part of a jews-harp, a piece of blue bottle-glass to look through, a spool cannon,... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - English literature - 1906 - 844 pages
...and when he 260 played out, Johnny Miller bought in for a dead rat and a string to swing it with; and so on, and so on, hour after hour. And when the middle of the afternoon came, from being a poor poverty-stricken boy in the 255 morning, Tom was literally rolling in wealth. He had, besides the things... | |
 | P. Garrett - 1906 - 880 pages
...and when hf played out, Johnny Miller bought in for a dead rat and a string to swing it witli ; and so on, and so on, hour after hour. And when the middle of the afternoon came, from being a poor.poverty-strickeii boy in the morning, Tom was literally rolling in wealth. He had, beside the... | |
 | Lizzie E. Wooster, Lorraine Elizabeth Wooster - Readers - 1907 - 328 pages
...; and when he played out, Johnny Miller bought in for a dead rat and a string to swing it with; and so on, and so on, hour after hour. And when the middle of the afternoon came, from being a poor, poverty-stricken boy in the morning, Tom was literally rolling in wealth. He had, beside the things... | |
 | James William Searson, George Ellsworth Martin - Readers - 1911 - 384 pages
...repair; and when he played out, Johnny Miller bought in for a dead rat and a string to swing it with; and so on, and so on, hour after hour. And when the middle of the afternoon came, from being a poor poverty-stricken boy in the morning, Tom was literally rolling in wealth. He had, beside the things... | |
 | Solomon Henry Clark - Elocution - 1915 - 352 pages
...carry forests on my back, Neither can you crack a nut." . — EMERSON: The Mountain and the Squirrel. And when the middle of the afternoon came, from being a poor poverty-stricken boy in the morning, Tom Sawyer was literally rolling in wealth. He had, beside the... | |
 | Solomon Henry Clark - Elocution - 1915 - 328 pages
...carry forests on my back, Neither can you crack a nut." — EMERSON: The Mountain and the Squirrel. And when the middle of the afternoon came, from being a poor poverty-stricken boy in the morning, Tom Sawyer was literally rolling in wealth. He had, beside the... | |
 | Mark Twain - American fiction - 1917 - 328 pages
...and when he played Out, Johnny Miller bought in for a dead rat and a string to swing it with — and so on, and so on, hour after hour. And when the middle of the afternoon came, from being a poor poverty-stricken boy in the morning, Tom was literally rolling in wealth. He had beside the things... | |
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