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1  "I love his big mouth," said Mary obstinately.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XII
2  "I don't believe he does," said Mary quite obstinately.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XIV
3  She just grew sour and obstinate and did not care what happened.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XVI
4  "It was the robin who showed me the way," she protested obstinately.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXI
5  She knew she felt contrary again, and obstinate, and she did not care at all.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER X
6  When he had finished, Ben Weatherstaff was standing quite still with his jaws set obstinately but with a disturbed look in his eyes fixed on Colin.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
7  And now that an angry unsympathetic little girl insisted obstinately that he was not as ill as he thought he was he actually felt as if she might be speaking the truth.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XVII
8  A terrible sorrow had fallen upon him when he had been happy and he had let his soul fill itself with blackness and had refused obstinately to allow any rift of light to pierce through.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXVII