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1  Only think of his writing that to you.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER SIX
2  That devilish Professor you were always writing about.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
3  "It's like his writing," faltered Meg, comparing it with the note in her hand.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
4  She took to writing sensation stories, for in those dark ages, even all-perfect America read rubbish.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
5  Yesterday was a quiet day spent in teaching, sewing, and writing in my little room, which is very cozy, with a light and fire.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
6  All this surprised and flattered her, though she did not understand it till Miss Belle looked up from her writing, and said, with a sentimental air.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER NINE
7  The teaching would render her independent, and such leisure as she got might be made profitable by writing, while the new scenes and society would be both useful and agreeable.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
8  He writes in a different way entirely, telling me that he never sent any love letter at all, and is very sorry that my roguish sister, Jo, should take liberties with our names.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
9  "Two letters for Doctor Jo, a book, and a funny old hat, which covered the whole post office and stuck outside," said Beth, laughing as she went into the study where Jo sat writing.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER TWELVE
10  Meg went daily to her pupils, and sewed, or thought she did, at home, but much time was spent in writing long letters to her mother, or reading the Washington dispatches over and over.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
11  But having given the rein to her lively fancy, it galloped away with her at a great pace, and common sense, being rather weakened by a long course of romance writing, did not come to the rescue.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
12  Poor little girl, it will be a sad going home for her, I'm afraid, and Laurie opened his desk, as if writing to Amy had been the proper conclusion of the sentence left unfinished some weeks before.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER FORTY-ONE
13  I'm so fond of writing, I should go spinning on forever if motives of economy didn't stop me, for though I've used thin paper and written fine, I tremble to think of the stamps this long letter will need.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
14  He did it so quietly that Jo never knew he was watching to see if she would accept and profit by his reproof, but she stood the test, and he was satisfied, for though no words passed between them, he knew that she had given up writing.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
15  That evening while Meg was writing to her father to report the traveler's safe arrival, Jo slipped upstairs into Beth's room, and finding her mother in her usual place, stood a minute twisting her fingers in her hair, with a worried gesture and an undecided look.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY
16  She did not think herself a genius by any means, but when the writing fit came on, she gave herself up to it with entire abandon, and led a blissful life, unconscious of want, care, or bad weather, while she sat safe and happy in an imaginary world, full of friends almost as real and dear to her as any in the flesh.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
17  For two or three hours the sun lay warmly in the high window, showing Jo seated on the old sofa, writing busily, with her papers spread out upon a trunk before her, while Scrabble, the pet rat, promenaded the beams overhead, accompanied by his oldest son, a fine young fellow, who was evidently very proud of his whiskers.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER FOURTEEN
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