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1  I went in, and while we worked I looked about me, for it was 'a den' to be sure.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
2  But these were mere trifles, and they assured their mother that the experiment was working finely.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER ELEVEN
3  Don't spoil your book, my girl, for there is more in it than you know, and the idea is well worked out.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
4  The invigorating air did them both good, and much exercise worked wholesome changes in minds as well as bodies.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER FORTY-ONE
5  Jo often watched him, trying to discover the charm, and at last decided that it was benevolence which worked the miracle.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
6  Hannah had left a pan of bread to rise, Meg had worked it up early, set it on the hearth for a second rising, and forgotten it.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER ELEVEN
7  The Unquenchables had done their best to be worthy of the name, for like elves they had worked by night and conjured up a comical surprise.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
8  It was only half a dozen little fairy tales, but Jo had worked over them patiently, putting her whole heart into her work, hoping to make something good enough to print.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER EIGHT
9  A cluster of grave yet cheerful pansies on a deeper purple ground was pronounced very appropriate and pretty, and Beth worked away early and late, with occasional lifts over hard parts.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER SIX
10  For a year Jo and her Professor worked and waited, hoped and loved, met occasionally, and wrote such voluminous letters that the rise in the price of paper was accounted for, Laurie said.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN
11  How dark the days seemed now, how sad and lonely the house, and how heavy were the hearts of the sisters as they worked and waited, while the shadow of death hovered over the once happy home.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
12  Half resolving never to return, she went home, and worked off her irritation by stitching pinafores vigorously, and in an hour or two was cool enough to laugh over the scene and long for next week.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
13  Beth opened her lips to say something, but could only point to the pile of nicely mended hose which lay on Mother's table, showing that even in her last hurried moments she had thought and worked for them.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER SIXTEEN
14  It was dreadful, and the worst of it was John went on so quietly afterward, just as if nothing had happened, except that he stayed in town later, and worked at night when she had gone to cry herself to sleep.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
15  I only loved you all the more, and I worked hard to please you, and I gave up billiards and everything you didn't like, and waited and never complained, for I hoped you'd love me, though I'm not half good enough.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
16  Old Hannah never wearied of concocting dainty dishes to tempt a capricious appetite, dropping tears as she worked, and from across the sea came little gifts and cheerful letters, seeming to bring breaths of warmth and fragrance from lands that know no winter.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER FORTY
17  How she did it, she never knew, but for the next few minutes she worked as if possessed, blindly obeying Laurie, who was quite self-possessed, and lying flat, held Amy up by his arm and hockey stick till Jo dragged a rail from the fence, and together they got the child out, more frightened than hurt.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER EIGHT
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