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1  For motherly eyes are quick to see any change in children's faces.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER NINE
2  Mr. Laurence watches over us like a motherly old hen, as Jo says, and Laurie is very kind and neighborly.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER SIXTEEN
3  She doesn't bounce, but moves quietly, and takes care of a certain little person in a motherly way which delights me.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
4  "I'm very sorry you were disappointed, dear, but we all did our best to satisfy you," said Mrs. March, in a tone full of motherly regret.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
5  You know as well as I that it does make a difference with nearly everyone, so don't ruffle up like a dear, motherly hen, when your chickens get pecked by smarter birds.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
6  in her motherly way, "I'm on the drive from morning to night, as you may suppose with such a family, but a great anxiety will be off my mind if I know the children are safe with you."
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
7  This gaiety did not impose upon anybody, but they tried to look as if it did for his sake, and he got on very well till Mrs. March kissed him, with a whisper full of motherly solicitude.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
8  Somehow it seemed as if they couldn't have got through the day without that, for whatever their mood might be, the last glimpse of that motherly face was sure to affect them like sunshine.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER FOUR
9  The last words were in answer to the look the elder lady gave him, a kindly questioning look which the handsome eyes met so frankly that the little ceremony closed, as usual, with a motherly kiss.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
10  Touched to the heart, Mrs. March could only stretch out her arms, as if to gather children and grandchildren to herself, and say, with face and voice full of motherly love, gratitude, and humility.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN
11  "Glad to find you so merry, my girls," said a cheery voice at the door, and actors and audience turned to welcome a tall, motherly lady with a 'can I help you' look about her which was truly delightful.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER ONE
12  Jo wanted to lay her head down on that motherly bosom, and cry her grief and anger all away, but tears were an unmanly weakness, and she felt so deeply injured that she really couldn't quite forgive yet.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER EIGHT
13  Yet it seemed a lonely, lifeless sort of house, for no children frolicked on the lawn, no motherly face ever smiled at the windows, and few people went in and out, except the old gentleman and his grandson.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER FIVE
14  But, after a while, they found that he considered them the benefactors, and could not do enough to show how grateful he was for Mrs. March's motherly welcome, their cheerful society, and the comfort he took in that humble home of theirs.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER SIX
15  Mrs. March is as brisk and cheery, though rather grayer, than when we saw her last, and just now so absorbed in Meg's affairs that the hospitals and homes still full of wounded 'boys' and soldiers' widows, decidedly miss the motherly missionary's visits.'
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
16  Mrs. March and Meg sat among the apple piles like a pair of Pomonas, sorting the contributions that kept pouring in, while Amy with a beautiful motherly expression in her face sketched the various groups, and watched over one pale lad, who sat adoring her with his little crutch beside him.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN
17  "Poor little souls, they will have a hard time, I'm afraid, but they won't suffer, and it will do them good," she said, producing the more palatable viands with which she had provided herself, and disposing of the bad breakfast, so that their feelings might not be hurt, a motherly little deception for which they were grateful.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER ELEVEN
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