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Book Title: On the Decay of the Art of Lying
Author: Mark Twain
Book Description:
Observe, I do not mean to suggest that the _custom_ of lying has
suffered any decay or interruption--no, for the Lie, as a Virtue, A Principle,
is eternal; the Lie, as a recreation, a solace, a refuge in time of need, the
fourth Grace, the tenth Muse, man's best and surest friend, is immortal, and
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Book Title: Mark Twain's Speeches
Author: Mark Twain
Book Description:
INTRODUCTION
These speeches will address themselves to the minds and hearts of those
who read them, but not with the effect they had with those who heard
them; Clemens himself would have said, not with half the effect. I have
noted elsewhere how he always held that the actor doubled the value of
the author's words; and heMore... | |
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Book Title: MARK TWAIN, A BIOGRAPHY
Author: Albert Bigelow Paine
Book Description:
N ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Dear William Dean Howells, Joseph Hopkins Twichell, Joseph T. Goodman,
and other old friends of Mark Twain:
I cannot let these volumes go to press without some grateful word to you
who have helped me during the six years and more that have gone to their
making.
First, I want to confess how I haveMore... | |
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Book Title: IS SHAKESPEARE DEAD?
Author: Mark Twain
Book Description:
CHAPTER I
Scattered here and there through the stacks of unpublished
manuscript which constitute this formidable Autobiography and Diary
of mine, certain chapters will in some distant future be found
which deal with "Claimants"--claimants historically notorious:
Satan, Claimant; the Golden Calf, Claimant; the VeiledMore... | |
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Book Title: 1601
Author: Mark Twain
Book Description:
INTRODUCTION
"Born irreverent," scrawled Mark Twain on a scratch pad, "--like all
other people I have ever known or heard of--I am hoping to remain so
while there are any reverent irreverences left to make fun of."
--[Holograph manuscript of Samuel L. Clemens, in the collection of the
F. J. Meine]
Mark Twain was just asMore... | |
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Book Title: Aquarium & Fish Care Tactics
Book Description:
"Who Else Wants To Learn The Secret Tactics For Setting Up And Maintaining A Solid Aquarium Set At Home And Get The Most Exciting Information About Aquarium & Fish Care In A Decade"
You're about to discover the most comprehensive report on aquarium and fish care you will ever read on the internet in the next five More... | 
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