“ Tom appeared on the sidewalk with a bucket of whitewash and a long-handled brush. He surveyed the fence, and all gladness left him and a deep melancholy settled down upon his spirit. Thirty yards of board fence nine feet high. Life to him seemed hollow, and existence but a burden. ”
Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876). copy citation
Author | Mark Twain |
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Source | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer |
Topic | burden work |
Date | 1876 |
Language | English |
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Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/74/74-h/74-h.htm |
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