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"On the first page of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Huck informs us that the Widow Douglas decided to take him up and 'sivilize' him, but 'it was rough living in the house all the time, considering how dismal regular and decent the widow was in all her ways; and so when I couldn't stand it no longer, I lit out.'"
Test Your Nerd Power Doppelganger 2007
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"On the first page of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Huck informs us that the Widow Douglas decided to take him up and 'sivilize' him, but 'it was rough living in the house all the time, considering how dismal regular and decent the widow was in all her ways; and so when I couldn't stand it no longer, I lit out.'"
But in a Way, Aren't We All Winners? Doppelganger 2007
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Huck never did want nobody to "sivilize" him, and I'd rather not see his tale scrubbed.
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"I reckon I got to light out for the Territory," he declares as he flees all attempts to "sivilize" him.
Critical Mass Eric Banks 2010
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"I reckon I got to light out for the Territory," he declares as he flees all attempts to "sivilize" him.
Critical Mass Eric Banks 2010
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But I reckon I got to light out for the Territory ahead of the rest, because Aunt Sally she's going to adopt me and sivilize me, and I can't stand it.
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The Widow Douglas she took me for her son, and allowed she would sivilize me; but it was rough living in the house all the time, considering how dismal regular and decent the widow was in all her ways; and so when I couldn't stand it no longer I lit out.
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Territory ahead of the rest, because Aunt Sally she's going to adopt me and sivilize me, and I can't stand it.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain 1872
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The Widow Douglas she took me for her son, and allowed she would sivilize me; but it was rough living in the house all the time, considering how dismal regular and decent the widow was in all her ways; and so when I couldn't stand it no longer I lit out.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain 1872
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Territory ahead of the rest, because Aunt Sally she's going to adopt me and sivilize me, and I can't stand it.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapters 36 to The Last Mark Twain 1872
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