1 You may try your experiment for a week and see how you like it.
2 I've tried and failed, and I won't risk our happiness by such a serious experiment.
3 They all drank it merrily, and began the experiment by lounging for the rest of the day.
4 It's a pity, but nothing goes right this week, and Pip has had the worst of the experiment.
5 But these were mere trifles, and they assured their mother that the experiment was working finely.
6 Poor Father took to his books, after I had refused all offers of help, and left me to try my experiment alone.
7 No one would own that they were tired of the experiment, but by Friday night each acknowledged to herself that she was glad the week was nearly done.
8 All were unconscious that this experience was a test of character, and when the first excitement was over, felt that they had done well and deserved praise.
9 To be loved and chosen by a good man is the best and sweetest thing which can happen to a woman, and I sincerely hope my girls may know this beautiful experience.
10 "I think being disgraced in school is a great deal tryinger than anything bad boys can do," said Amy, shaking her head, as if her experience of life had been a deep one.
11 Mrs. March came home to find the three older girls hard at work in the middle of the afternoon, and a glance at the closet gave her an idea of the success of one part of the experiment.
12 It's only an experiment, John, and I want to try it for your sake as much as for mine, because I've neglected you shamefully lately, and I'm going to make home what it used to be, if I can.
13 Meg's eyes kept filling in spite of herself, Jo was obliged to hide her face in the kitchen roller more than once, and the little girls wore a grave, troubled expression, as if sorrow was a new experience to them.
14 To others it might seem a ludicrous or trivial affair, but to her it was a hard experience, for during the twelve years of her life she had been governed by love alone, and a blow of that sort had never touched her before.
15 A few days after the talk with her mother, Meg resolved to try a social evening with John, so she ordered a nice supper, set the parlor in order, dressed herself prettily, and put the children to bed early, that nothing should interfere with her experiment.
16 No one spoke of the great trouble, not even Mrs. March, for all had learned by experience that when Jo was in that mood words were wasted, and the wisest course was to wait till some little accident, or her own generous nature, softened Jo's resentment and healed the breach.
17 They availed themselves of the rare privilege to the fullest extent, for some tried the pleasing experiment of drinking milk while standing on their heads, others lent a charm to leapfrog by eating pie in the pauses of the game, cookies were sown broadcast over the field, and apple turnovers roosted in the trees like a new style of bird.
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