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“The very "marks" on the bottom of a piece of rare crockery are able to throw me into a gibbering ecstasy.”

Book:A Tramp Abroad: Mark Twain's Collections

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A Tramp Abroad: Mark Twain's Collections

A Tramp Abroad is a travelogue written by Mark Twain, detailing his experiences and observations during a trip to Europe. The book offers a humorous and insightful look into the cultures and landscapes of the time. more

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Mark Twain

Mark Twain, born Samuel Langhorne Clemens, was a renowned American author and humorist in the 19th century. His works are characterized by humor, satire, and profound social insight, with notable novels such as 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer' and 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'. more

“There's plenty of boys that will come hankering and gruvvelling around when you've got an apple, and beg the core off you; but when they're got one, and you beg for the core, and remind them how you give them a core one time, they take a mouth at you, and say thank you 'most to death, but there ain't a-going to be no core.”

Giving Boys Mouths Core Plenty Apples One Time Saying Thank You Hankering

Author:Mark Twain

“It was in Warwick Castle that I came across the curious stranger whom I am going to talk about. He attracted me by three things: his candid simplicity, his marvelous familiarity with ancient armor, and the restfulness of his company--for he did all the talking.”

Book Three Company Talking Simplicity Ancient Stranger Curious Marvelous Castles Three Things Familiarity Armor Candid

Book:10 Books in 1

Source: 10 Books in 1

“This is the year 1492. I am eighty-two years of age. The things I am going to tell you are things which I saw myself as a child and as a youth.”

Years Children Two Book Age Saws Youth Two Years Eighty

Book:Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc

Source: Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc

“My brother had just been appointed Secretary of Nevada Territory--an office of such majesty that it concentrated in itself the duties and dignities of Treasurer, Comptroller, Secretary of State, and Acting Governor in the Governor's absence. A salary of eighteen hundred dollars a year and the title of "Mr. Secretary," gave to the great position an air of wild and imposing grandeur. I was young and ignorant, and I envied my brother.”