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1  I can't stop here, for the house is full.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER THREE
2  Now, the garden separated the Marches' house from that of Mr. Laurence.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER FIVE
3  If the roof of the house had suddenly flown off, the old gentleman wouldn't have been more astonished.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER SIX
4  With that, Jo shouldered her broom and marched into the house, wondering what they would all say to her.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER FIVE
5  To Jo's lively fancy, this fine house seemed a kind of enchanted palace, full of splendors and delights which no one enjoyed.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER FIVE
6  The big house did prove a Palace Beautiful, though it took some time for all to get in, and Beth found it very hard to pass the lions.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER SIX
7  The atmosphere of the whole house being summerlike, Laurie led the way from room to room, letting Jo stop to examine whatever struck her fancy.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER FIVE
8  Simple as the toilets were, there was a great deal of running up and down, laughing and talking, and at one time a strong smell of burned hair pervaded the house.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER THREE
9  On one side was an old, brown house, looking rather bare and shabby, robbed of the vines that in summer covered its walls and the flowers, which then surrounded it.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER FIVE
10  Such plays and tableaux, such sleigh rides and skating frolics, such pleasant evenings in the old parlor, and now and then such gay little parties at the great house.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER SIX
11  There was ice cream, actually two dishes of it, pink and white, and cake and fruit and distracting French bonbons and, in the middle of the table, four great bouquets of hot house flowers.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER TWO
12  When all the afternoon's adventures had been told, the family felt inclined to go visiting in a body, for each found something very attractive in the big house on the other side of the hedge.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER FIVE
13  Yet it seemed a lonely, lifeless sort of house, for no children frolicked on the lawn, no motherly face ever smiled at the windows, and few people went in and out, except the old gentleman and his grandson.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER FIVE
14  The first sound in the morning was her voice as she went about the house singing like a lark, and the last sound at night was the same cheery sound, for the girls never grew too old for that familiar lullaby.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER ONE
15  Laurie colored up, but answered frankly, "Why, you see I often hear you calling to one another, and when I'm alone up here, I can't help looking over at your house, you always seem to be having such good times."
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER FIVE
16  Next day, having seen both the old and young gentleman out of the house, Beth, after two or three retreats, fairly got in at the side door, and made her way as noiselessly as any mouse to the drawing room where her idol stood.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER SIX
17  On the other side was a stately stone mansion, plainly betokening every sort of comfort and luxury, from the big coach house and well-kept grounds to the conservatory and the glimpses of lovely things one caught between the rich curtains.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER FIVE
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