BHAER in Classic Quotes

1  Mr. Bhaer spoke warmly, and walked to the fire, crumpling the paper in his hands.

Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR

2  "Me wants me Bhaer," said the mite, slamming down her book and running to meet him.

Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE

3  Mr. Bhaer was Nick Bottom, and Tina was Titania, a perfect little fairy in his arms.

Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE

4  Professor Bhaer was there, and while he arranged his books, I took a good look at him.

Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE

5  From her Jo learned it, and liked it all the better because Mr. Bhaer had never told it.

Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR

6  I was in our parlor last evening when Mr. Bhaer came in with some newspapers for Mrs. Kirke.

Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE

7  I never knew how much there was in Shakespeare before, but then I never had a Bhaer to explain it to me.

Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE

8  To begin at the beginning, Mrs. Kirke called to me one day as I passed Mr. Bhaer's room where she was rummaging.

Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE

9  Speaking of books reminds me that I'm getting rich in that line, for on New Year's Day Mr. Bhaer gave me a fine Shakespeare.

Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE

10  Now, Mr. Bhaer was a diffident man and slow to offer his own opinions, not because they were unsettled, but too sincere and earnest to be lightly spoken.

Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR

11  Being a little shortsighted, Mr. Bhaer sometimes used eye glasses, and Jo had tried them once, smiling to see how they magnified the fine print of her book.

Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR

12  Mr. Bhaer, in one of their conversations, had advised her to study simple, true, and lovely characters, wherever she found them, as good training for a writer.

Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR

13  She felt as if she had solid ground under her feet again, and when Mr. Bhaer paused, outtalked but not one whit convinced, Jo wanted to clap her hands and thank him.

Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR

14  Mr. Bhaer soon joined her, looking rather out of his element, and presently several of the philosophers, each mounted on his hobby, came ambling up to hold an intellectual tournament in the recess.

Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR

15  But the lesson did not go at all for a few minutes because Mr. Bhaer caught sight of a picture on the hat, and unfolding it, said with great disgust, "I wish these papers did not come in the house."

Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR

16  The girl had gone, and I thought he had also, it was so still, and I was busily gabbling over a verb, and rocking to and fro in a most absurd way, when a little crow made me look up, and there was Mr. Bhaer looking and laughing quietly, while he made signs to Tina not to betray him.

Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE

17  When I got back to the nursery there was such an uproar in the parlor that I looked in, and there was Mr. Bhaer down on his hands and knees, with Tina on his back, Kitty leading him with a jump rope, and Minnie feeding two small boys with seedcakes, as they roared and ramped in cages built of chairs.

Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE