The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn Quotes Flashcards

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Huck quote about the Duke and the King.

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“It didn’t take me long to make up my mind that these liars weren’t no kings nor dukes […] but I never said anything […] kept it to myself.”

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Huck quote about the Grangerfords and Shepherdsons.

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“but they don’t know what the row was about in the first place.”

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Huck quote about people.

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“people would call me a low-down abolitionist and despise me for keeping mum.”

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Huck quote about apologising.

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“It was fifteen minutes before I could work myself up to go and humble myself.”

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Huck quote about his gang resignation.

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“We played robber now and then about a month, and then I resigned.”

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Huck about Tom Sawyer’s gang.

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“We hadn’t robbed nobody, hadn’t killed any people, but only just pretended.”

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Huck quote about his previous life.

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“I can’t stand it. I been there before.”

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Huck quote about himself.

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“You don’t know about me, without you have read a book by the name of “The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer,” but that ain’t no matter.”

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Huck quote about Mark Twain.

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“That book was made by Mr. Mark Twain, and he told the truth, mainly.”

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Huck quote about morals.

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“I’m unfavorable to killin’ a man as long as you can git around it; it ain’t good sense, it ain’t good morals.”

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Huck quote about murderers.

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“I begun to think how dreadful it was, even for murderers, to be in such a fix.”

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Huck quote about the Duke and the King.

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“I was sorry for them poor pitiful rascals”

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Jim quote about losing Huck.

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“my heart wuz mos’ broke bekase you wuz los’”

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Jim wanted quote.

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“So there’s a reward out for him - three hundred dollars.”

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Jim servant quote.

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“Jim was most ruined for a servant”

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Jim hair-ball quote.

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“He said there was a spirit inside of it, and it knowed everything.”

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Jim quote about owning himself.

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“I owns mysef, en I’s wuth eight hund’d dollars.”

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Jim nickname quote.

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“the runaway”

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Jim being taken care of by Aunt Sally, Aunt Polly and Uncle Silas quote.

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“they made a heap of fuss over him”

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Jim talk quote.

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“He wouldn’t ever dared to talk such talk in his life before.”

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Jim calmness quote.

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“he had an uncommon level head”

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The Duke quote about the cold.

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“Let the cold world do its worst”

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The Duke and the King description quote.

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“So these two frauds said they’d go and fetch it up, and have everything square and above-board”

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Pap quote about the law.

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“The law takes a man worth six thousand dollars and up-ards, and jams him into an old trap of a cabin like this.”

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Pap quote about education.

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“You’re educated […] You think you’re better’n your father, now, don’t you, because he can’t?”

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Pap drunk quote.

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“He chased me round and round the place with a clasp-knife, calling me the Angel of Death, and saying he would kill me”

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Pap drinking quote.

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“He drank and drank”

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Pap abuse quote.

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“He said he’d cowhide me till I was black and blue if I didn’t raise some money for him.”

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Pap description quote.

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“There warn’t no color in his face, where his face showed”

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Pap quote about Huck.

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“You think you’re a good deal of a big-bug, don’t you?”

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Pap sober quote.

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“He used to always whale me when he was sober”

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Pap showing up quote.

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“the old man would turn up again by and by, though I wished he wouldn’t.”

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Pap quote about voting.

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“I says I’ll never vote again.”