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1  Grandfather is out, so you needn't be afraid, said Laurie, getting up.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER FIVE
2  They both died when Laurie was a little child, and then his grandfather took him home.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER FIVE
3  You should do just what your grandfather wishes, my dear boy, said Meg in her most maternal tone.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER THIRTEEN
4  I'm going into business with a devotion that shall delight Grandfather, and prove to him that I'm not spoiled.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR
5  I don't care what becomes of me, and Laurie got up with a reckless laugh that grated on his grandfather's ear.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
6  I ought to be satisfied to please Grandfather, and I do try, but it's working against the grain, you see, and comes hard.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER THIRTEEN
7  Go and bring that boy down to his dinner, tell him it's all right, and advise him not to put on tragedy airs with his grandfather.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
8  "Laurie and his grandfather would care a great deal, and we should all be very sorry to have any harm happen to you," said Meg heartily.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER TWELVE
9  She wished Beth could hear him, but she did not say so, only praised him till he was quite abashed, and his grandfather came to his rescue.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER FIVE
10  Laurie comes naturally by his love of music, for he is like his mother, and I dare say his grandfather fears that he may want to be a musician.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER FIVE
11  Laurie, having dutifully gone to college to please his grandfather, was now getting through it in the easiest possible manner to please himself.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
12  No, it wouldn't," returned Jo, "I neither like, respect, nor admire Tudor, though his grandfather's uncle's nephew's niece was a third cousin to a lord.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
13  When Laurie came home, dead tired but quite composed, his grandfather met him as if he knew nothing, and kept up the delusion very successfully for an hour or two.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
14  Laurie and his grandfather came over to see her off, and Mr. Brooke looked so strong and sensible and kind that the girls christened him 'Mr. Greatheart' on the spot.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER SIXTEEN
15  No, your grandfather kindly offered us his best, and Aunt March actually sent some, but Father put away a little for Beth, and dispatched the rest to the Soldier's Home.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
16  He gave a short laugh, shook hands with her, and, putting his finger under her chin, turned up her face, examined it gravely, and let it go, saying with a nod, "You've got your grandfather's spirit, if you haven't his face."
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER FIVE
17  It happened to be a hired waiter who knew nothing about the neighborhood and Jo was looking round for help when Laurie, who had heard what she said, came up and offered his grandfather's carriage, which had just come for him, he said.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER THREE
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