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1  Beth was too shy to enjoy society, and Jo too wrapped up in her to care for anyone else.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX
2  Meg was absent-minded, shy, and silent, started when the bell rang, and colored when John's name was mentioned.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
3  As he sat down beside her, Amy felt shy again, and turned rosy red at the recollection of her impulsive greeting.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER FORTY-ONE
4  Beth, who was collecting the scattered Author cards, looked up and said, in her shy yet friendly way, "I'm afraid you are tired."
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER TWELVE
5  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
6  To complete her confusion, she saw Belle nudge Annie, and both glance from her to Laurie, who, she was happy to see, looked unusually boyish and shy.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER NINE
7  To Jo alone did the shy child tell her thoughts, and over her big harum-scarum sister Beth unconsciously exercised more influence than anyone in the family.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER FOUR
8  "There's so little of her, I'm afraid to say much, for fear she will slip away altogether, though she is not so shy as she used to be," began their father cheerfully.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
9  Elizabeth, or Beth, as everyone called her, was a rosy, smooth-haired, bright-eyed girl of thirteen, with a shy manner, a timid voice, and a peaceful expression which was seldom disturbed.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER ONE
10  His tone was properly beseeching, but stealing a shy look at him, Meg saw that his eyes were merry as well as tender, and that he wore the satisfied smile of one who had no doubt of his success.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
11  The parlor windows were closed and curtained, no picture of the pretty wife sewing on the piazza, in white, with a distracting little bow in her hair, or a bright-eyed hostess, smiling a shy welcome as she greeted her guest.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
12  There are many Beths in the world, shy and quiet, sitting in corners till needed, and living for others so cheerfully that no one sees the sacrifices till the little cricket on the hearth stops chirping, and the sweet, sunshiny presence vanishes, leaving silence and shadow behind.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER FOUR
13  The milkman, baker, grocer, and butcher inquired how she did, poor Mrs. Hummel came to beg pardon for her thoughtlessness and to get a shroud for Minna, the neighbors sent all sorts of comforts and good wishes, and even those who knew her best were surprised to find how many friends shy little Beth had made.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER EIGHTEEN