“ A body is always doing what he sees somebody else doing, though there mayn't be no sense in it. ”
Mark Twain, Life on the Mississippi (1883). copy citation
| Author | Mark Twain |
|---|---|
| Source | Life on the Mississippi |
| Topic | body senses |
| Date | 1883 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/245/245-h/245-h.htm |
Context
““'pears to me the current has most quit above the head of this bend durin' the last two years,” he says.
'Well, he raised up two or three times, and looked away off and around on the water. That started me at it, too. A body is always doing what he sees somebody else doing, though there mayn't be no sense in it. Pretty soon I see a black something floating on the water away off to stabboard and quartering behind us. I see he was looking at it, too. I says—
'“What's that?” He says, sort of pettish,—
'“Tain't nothing but an old empty bar'l.””
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