OBSERVATION in Classic Quotes

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1  "Lounging and larking doesn't pay," observed Jo, shaking her head.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER ELEVEN
2  "I don't call myself a child, and I'm not in my teens yet," observed Amy.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER FIVE
3  "I think anxiety is very interesting," observed Amy, eating sugar pensively.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER SIXTEEN
4  Procrastination is not agreeable, observed Amy, taking a last look at the diamonds.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER NINETEEN
5  "I have great hopes for my boy," observed Jo, watching him fly over the fence with an approving smile.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
6  "That's the reason I was born in it," observed Jo pensively, quite unconscious of the blot on her nose.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER FIFTEEN
7  I'm getting too old for such things, observed Meg, who was as much a child as ever about 'dressing-up' frolics.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER ONE
8  "I think it's been a pretty hard one," observed Amy, watching the light shine on her ring with thoughtful eyes.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
9  "I've got the key to my castle in the air, but whether I can unlock the door remains to be seen," observed Jo mysteriously.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER THIRTEEN
10  I'm not aristocratic, but I do object to being seen with a person who looks like a young prize fighter, observed Jo severely.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
11  "You said the other day that you'd be perfectly happy if you could only go to Annie Moffat's," observed Beth in her quiet way.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER NINE
12  Taking the shortest way to the boathouse, he waited for them to appear, but no one came, and he went up the hill to take an observation.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER THIRTEEN
13  "It's a useful thing to have in the house in case of fire or thieves," observed Laurie, as a watchman's rattle appeared, amid the laughter of the girls.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
14  "I'm afraid he'll laugh at our paper, and make fun of us afterward," observed Pickwick, pulling the little curl on her forehead, as she always did when doubtful.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER TEN
15  I observed that Amy took drumsticks at dinner, ran errands for her mother all the afternoon, gave Meg her place tonight, and has waited on every one with patience and good humor.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
16  Not a word did she say, however, till her mother found her in tears one day, and insisted on knowing what the matter was, for Meg's drooping spirits had not escaped her observation.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT
17  Meg observed it, but did not trouble herself to make inquiries, for she had learned that the best way to manage Jo was by the law of contraries, so she felt sure of being told everything if she did not ask.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
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