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1  But three months passed, and there was no return of repose.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT
2  I can no longer restrain my passion, and must know my fate before I return.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
3  "It's only me, Sir, come to return a book," she said blandly, as she entered.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
4  John Brooke did his duty manfully for a year, got wounded, was sent home, and not allowed to return.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
5  After resisting for some time, she yielded to the impulse, and armed with a book to return, went over to the big house.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
6  Also in return for his great kindness in the hour of affliction any one of my artistic works he likes, Noter Dame is the best.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER NINETEEN
7  The other lion was the fact that they were poor and Laurie rich, for this made them shy of accepting favors which they could not return.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER SIX
8  The doctor had been in to say that some change, for better or worse, would probably take place about midnight, at which time he would return.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
9  So after idling away an hour, they drove home again, and having paid his respects to Mrs. Carrol, Laurie left them, promising to return in the evening.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN
10  They had heard from Laurie where we were to be, and came to ask us to their house, but Uncle won't go, so we shall return the call, and see them as we can.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
11  A return to clay and plaster followed, and ghostly casts of her acquaintances haunted corners of the house, or tumbled off closet shelves onto people's heads.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
12  He fled at once, and the minute it was well, "Up with the bonnets of bonnie Dundee," she slipped away to return no more till the young gentleman departed in high dudgeon.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
13  She was just recovering from one of these attacks when she was prevailed upon to escort Miss Crocker to a lecture, and in return for her virtue was rewarded with a new idea.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
14  "Geese, young ladies," returns Uncle, in a tone that keeps us quiet till Flo settles down to enjoy the Flirtations of Captain Cavendish, and I have the scenery all to myself.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
15  Half resolving never to return, she went home, and worked off her irritation by stitching pinafores vigorously, and in an hour or two was cool enough to laugh over the scene and long for next week.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
16  As she came up the street, on her return, she saw three, yes, four heads popping in and out of the parlor windows, and the moment they saw her, several hands were waved, and several joyful voices screamed.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER SIX
17  Meg meanwhile had apparently forgotten the matter and was absorbed in preparations for her father's return, but all of a sudden a change seemed to come over her, and, for a day or two, she was quite unlike herself.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
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