THE GILDED AGE, by Twain and Warner [MT#39][mtgld10.txt]3178 Accidental murder resulting from justifiable insanity Always trying to build a house by beginning at the top Appropriation Beautiful credit! The foundation of modern society Believed it; because she desired to believe it Best intentions and the frailest resolution Big babies with beards Cheap sentiment and high … Read more
DOUBLE BARRELLED DETECTIVE, by Mark Twain [MT#41][mtdbd10.txt]3180 “We ought never to do wrong when people are looking.” “The regularest man that ever was,” said Jake Parker, the blacksmith: “you can tell when it’s twelve just by him leaving, without looking at your Waterbury.” The sheriff that lets a mob take a prisoner away from him … Read more
THOSE EXTRAORDINARY TWINS, by Mark Twain [MT#46][mtext10.txt]3185 A man who is born with the novel-writing gift has a troublesome time of it when he tries to build a novel. I know this from experience. He has no clear idea of his story; in fact he has no story. He merely has some people in his … Read more