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" ... was deeply reverent; to the gentleman he was abject; with the small farmer and the free mechanic he was cordial and gossipy ; and when a slave passed by with a countenance respectfully lowered, this chap's nose was in the air — he couldn't even... "
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

Mark Twain - 1889 - 494 pages
...; and when a slave passed by with a coun-' tenance respectfully lowered, this chap's nose was in I the air — he couldn't even see him. Well, there...to hang the whole human, race and finish the farce. Presently we struck an incident. A small mob of half-naked boys and girls came tearing out of the woods,...
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The Writings of Mark Twain: see Old Catalog -. 23. The man that corrupted ...

Mark Twain - 1899 - 436 pages
...other. Toward the shaven monk who trudged along with his cowl tilted back and the sweat washing down his fat jowls, the coal-burner was deeply reverent;...to hang the whole human race and finish the farce. Presently we struck an incident. A small mob of half-naked boys and girls came tearing out of the However,...
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The Writings of Mark Twain: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's court

Mark Twain - 1899 - 430 pages
...other. Toward the shaven monk who trudged along with his cowl tilted back and the sweat washing down his fat jowls, the coal-burner was deeply reverent;...to hang the whole human race and finish the farce. Presently we struck an incident. A small mob of half-naked boys and girls came tearing out of the woods,...
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The Writings of Mark Twain, Volume 16

Mark Twain - 1917 - 426 pages
...other. Toward the shaven monk who trudged along with his cowl tilted back and the sweat washing down his fat jowls, the coal-burner was deeply reverent;...to hang the whole human race and finish the farce. Presently we struck an incident. A small mob of half-naked boys and girls came tearing out of the woods,...
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

Mark Twain - 1917 - 474 pages
...when a slave passed by with a countenance respectfully lowered, this chap's nose was in the air—he couldn't even see him. Well, there are times when...to hang the whole human race and finish the farce. Presently we struck an incident. A small mob of half-naked boys and girls came tearing out of the woods,...
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Moments with Mark Twain

Mark Twain - 1920 - 326 pages
...RACE Toward the shaven monk who trudged along with his cowl tilted back and the sweat washing down his fat jowls, the coal-burner was deeply reverent;...to hang the whole human race and finish the farce. THE KING IN SLAVERY* We had a rough time for a month, tramping to and fro in the earth, and suffering....
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Mark Twain als literarische Persönlichkeit

Friedrich Schönemann - 1925 - 140 pages
...The red must heal the sin: but, Lord, Be merciful to me, a fool!" 1) Connecticut Yankee S. 303: „ Well, there are times when one would like to hang the whole human race and finish the farce." Vgl. Schönemann Englische Studien 55, 63. 2) Connecticut Yankee S. 352. 3) „ The Fool' s Prayer"...
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Mark Twain: Historical Romances (LOA #71): The Prince and the Pauper / A ...

Mark Twain - 1994 - 1068 pages
...the small farmer and the free mechanic he was cordial and gossipy; and when a slave passed by with countenance respectfully lowered, this chap's nose...to hang the whole human race and finish the farce. Presently we struck an incident. A small mob of half naked boys and girls came tearing out of the woods,...
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Mark Twain Wit and Wisecracks

Bernardete - 1998 - 78 pages
...distinguished failure. Nothing can abide the taste of it, but the jackass and his illegitimate child, the mule. There are times when one would like to hang the whole human race and finish the farce. No country can be well governed unless its citizens as a body keep religiously before their minds that...
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Mark Twain: Social Philosopher

Louis J. Budd - 2001 - 290 pages
...moments, when Twain's dark view of character blocked his optimistic theory of history, Hank raged he would like to "hang the whole human race and finish the farce." How could he be sure about the future if people were so intractable? And if they were not, society...
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