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1  orange groves sleeping in the moonlight, broke the.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER TEN
2  "He is younger than she, you know," began Mrs. March, but Jo broke in.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY
3  You know I proposed the cupboard, broke in Snodgrass, who was enjoying the joke amazingly.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER TEN
4  The house was still as death, and nothing but the wailing of the wind broke the deep hush.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
5  She did not finish her speech, for Belle shook her head at her and broke in, saying kindly.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER NINE
6  The fatherly voice broke more than once, which only seemed to make the service more beautiful and solemn.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
7  I can't, dear, because you aren't invited," began Meg, but Jo broke in impatiently, "Now, Meg, be quiet or you will spoil it all.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER EIGHT
8  So it was an unusually lively meeting, and did not adjourn till a late hour, when it broke up with three shrill cheers for the new member.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER TEN
9  It was a little thing, but it went straight to their hearts, and in spite of their brave resolutions, they all broke down and cried bitterly.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER SIXTEEN
10  She never broke her word, and was much exercised in her mind how to get round it, and at last devised a plan whereby she could satisfy herself.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
11  All began bravely, but broke down one by one till Beth was left alone, singing with all her heart, for to her music was always a sweet consoler.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER FIFTEEN
12  They felt this most when singing time came, for Beth could only play, Jo stood dumb as a stone, and Amy broke down, so Meg and Mother sang alone.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER EIGHT
13  I love to teach, and this is easier than German, broke in John, getting possession of the other hand, so that she had no way of hiding her face as he bent to look into it.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
14  "I am not sorry you lost them, for you broke the rules, and deserved some punishment for disobedience," was the severe reply, which rather disappointed the young lady, who expected nothing but sympathy.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER SEVEN
15  "If Meg had four, the house wouldn't hold them, and master and missis would have to camp in the garden," broke in Jo, who, enveloped in a big blue pinafore, was giving the last polish to the door handles.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
16  It broke the ice in the beginning by producing a laugh, it created quite a refreshing breeze, flapping to and fro as she rowed, and would make an excellent umbrella for the whole party, if a shower came up, she said.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER TWELVE
17  Instantly, Sir What's-his-name recovered himself, pitched the tyrant out of the window, and turned to join the lady, victorious, but with a bump on his brow, found the door locked, tore up the curtains, made a rope ladder, got halfway down when the ladder broke, and he went headfirst into the moat, sixty feet below.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER TWELVE
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