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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The old lady pulled her spectacles down and looked over them about the room; then she put them up and looked out under them.
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On the Decay of the Art of Lying
Observe, I do not mean to suggest that the custom of lying has suffered any decay or interruption  no, for the Lie, as a Virtue, A Principle, is eternal; the Lie, as a recreation, a solace, a refuge in time of need, the fourth Grace, the tenth Muse, man’s best and surest friend, is immortal, and…
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
They talked it over, and they was going to rule me out, because they said every boy must have a family or somebody to kill, or else it wouldn’t be fair and square for the others.  Well, nobody could think of anything to do  everybody was stumped, and set still.  I was most ready…
