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1  Laurie thought I wasn't proper.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER NINE
2  Miss Meg is going to make a proper good housekeeper.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER SIXTEEN
3  Oh, yes, of course it's very nice and proper in them to do so.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER TWELVE
4  I can't come to you, it isn't proper, said she, as sweet as honey.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER TWELVE
5  It isn't proper to be gadding about so late with a rattlepated boy like.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
6  Each had made such preparation for the fete as seemed necessary and proper.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER TWELVE
7  Or he'll get another seat for you, and that isn't proper when you weren't asked.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER EIGHT
8  It's proper to use good words, and improve your vocabilary, returned Amy, with dignity.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER ONE
9  She does not scold at all, and always calls me Miss Margaret, which is quite proper, you know, and treats me with respect.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER SIXTEEN
10  If I was a boy, we'd run away together, and have a capital time, but as I'm a miserable girl, I must be proper and stop at home.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
11  I like his manners, and he looks like a little gentleman, so I've no objection to your knowing him, if a proper opportunity comes.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER TWO
12  Feeling indignant that he was not taken into his tutor's confidence, he set his wits to work to devise some proper retaliation for the slight.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
13  , for as secret societies were the fashion, it was thought proper to have one, and as all of the girls admired Dickens, they called themselves the Pickwick Club.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER TEN
14  "Any more than it's proper to wear all your bonnets and gowns and ribbons at once, that folks may know you've got them," added Jo, and the lecture ended in a laugh.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER SEVEN
15  "It is one of her aristocratic tastes, and quite proper, for a real lady is always known by neat boots, gloves, and handkerchief," replied Meg, who had a good many little 'aristocratic tastes' of her own.'
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER THREE
16  "She will be back soon, I think, so fry your cakes, and have everything ready," said Meg, looking over the presents which were collected in a basket and kept under the sofa, ready to be produced at the proper time.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER TWO
17  Aunt March never petted any one; she did not approve of it, but she meant to be kind, for the well-behaved little girl pleased her very much, and Aunt March had a soft place in her old heart for her nephew's children, though she didn't think it proper to confess it.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER NINETEEN
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