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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

By: Mark Twain

... A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) is a publication of the Pennsylv... ...electronic trans mission, in any way. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) , the Pennsylvania State Universi... ... is an equal opportunity University. A CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR’S COURT by MARK TWAIN (Samuel L. Clemens) PREFACE THE UNGENTLE LAWS AND ... ...or. I want you to get word to the king that I am a magician myself — and the Supreme Grand High yu Muck amuck and head of the tribe, at that; and I w... ...on the moment.” “It may not be, Father. No doubt, as you say, where power is supreme, one can do as one likes and suffer no injury; but we poor magici... ...ad won for them from an exacting heaven. By and by we went to see one of the supremely great ones. He was a mighty celebrity; his fame had penetrated ... ...ding himself as a superior being. The king’s judgments wrought frequent in justices, but it was merely the fault of his training, his natu ral and ... ...hing, very neat and pretty to see. It resembled a steamboat explosion on the Mississippi; and dur ing the next fifteen minutes we stood under a stead... ...s — well, I never saw anything to begin with it but a fight between an Upper Mississippi sunset and the aurora borealis. The huge camp of beflagged an...

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