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1  Yours is as good as new, but I forgot the burn and the tear in mine.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER THREE
2  Jo had burned the skin off her nose boating, and got a raging headache by reading too long.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER ELEVEN
3  The bread burned black; for the salad dressing so aggravated her that she could not make it fit to eat.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER ELEVEN
4  From fire to oil was a natural transition for burned fingers, and Amy fell to painting with undiminished ardor.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
5  I'll give him a hearty scolding and bring him over to beg pardon, cried Jo, burning to execute immediate justice.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
6  Jo gave a despairing groan, and Meg laughed outright, while Beth let her bread burn as she watched the fun with interest.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER ONE
7  One edition of jelly was trickled from pot to pot, another lay upon the floor, and a third was burning gaily on the stove.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
8  Round the house he hurried, led by a pungent smell of burned sugar, and Mr. Scott strolled after him, with a queer look on his face.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
9  Meg saw the girls glance at it and then at one another, and her cheeks began to burn, for with all her gentleness she was very proud.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER NINE
10  She could not roam about and amuse herself, for the burned breadth would show, so she stared at people rather forlornly till the dancing began.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER THREE
11  Jo sat still, looking as if the fire had come to her, for her cheeks burned long after the cocked hat had turned to smoke and gone harmlessly up the chimney.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
12  Simple as the toilets were, there was a great deal of running up and down, laughing and talking, and at one time a strong smell of burned hair pervaded the house.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER THREE
13  After a grand rummage three of the missing articles were found, one over the bird cage, one covered with ink, and a third burned brown, having been used as a holder.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
14  A tower rose to the ceiling, halfway up appeared a window with a lamp burning in it, and behind the white curtain appeared Zara in a lovely blue and silver dress, waiting for Roderigo.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER TWO
15  Well, I have a bad trick of standing before the fire, and so I burn my frocks, and I scorched this one, and though it's nicely mended, it shows, and Meg told me to keep still so no one would see it.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER THREE
16  Shadowy effigies in armor stood on either side, a dead silence reigned, the lamp burned blue, and the ghostly figure ever and anon turned its face toward him, showing the glitter of awful eyes through its white veil.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER TWELVE
17  While this attack lasted, the family lived in constant fear of a conflagration, for the odor of burning wood pervaded the house at all hours, smoke issued from attic and shed with alarming frequency, red-hot pokers lay about promiscuously, and Hannah never went to bed without a pail of water and the dinner bell at her door in case of fire.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
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