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1  Tutors also have rather a hard time of it there, as I know to my sorrow.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER TWELVE
2  Beth whisked it off, and in her half-averted face read a tender sorrow that made her own eyes fill.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
3  In spite of the new sorrow, it was a very happy time, so happy that Laurie could not bear to disturb it by a word.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER FORTY-ONE
4  She could only sob out, "I try to be willing," while she held fast to Jo, as the first bitter wave of this great sorrow broke over them together.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX
5  To have a happy youth, to be well and wisely married, and to lead useful, pleasant lives, with as little care and sorrow to try them as God sees fit to send.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER NINE
6  The moment he read it, he packed his knapsack, bade adieu to his fellow pedestrians, and was off to keep his promise, with a heart full of joy and sorrow, hope and suspense.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER FORTY-ONE
7  But whether the sorrow was too vast to be embodied in music, or music too ethereal to uplift a mortal woe, he soon discovered that the Requiem was beyond him just at present.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER FORTY-ONE
8  It was the best thing he could have done, far more soothing than the most eloquent words, for Jo felt the unspoken sympathy, and in the silence learned the sweet solace which affection administers to sorrow.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
9  As Goethe, when he had a joy or a grief, put it into a song, so Laurie resolved to embalm his love sorrow in music, and to compose a Requiem which should harrow up Jo's soul and melt the heart of every hearer.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER FORTY-ONE
10  She bore it very well, and quietly submitted to the family decree that she should not shorten her visit, for since it was too late to say goodbye to Beth, she had better stay, and let absence soften her sorrow.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER FORTY-ONE
11  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.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER SIXTEEN
12  Laurie turned the matter over in his mind so often that he soon brought himself to confess that he had been selfish and lazy, but then when a man has a great sorrow, he should be indulged in all sorts of vagaries till he has lived it down.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER FORTY-ONE
13  Then, sitting in Beth's little chair close beside him, Jo told her troubles, the resentful sorrow for her loss, the fruitless efforts that discouraged her, the want of faith that made life look so dark, and all the sad bewilderment which we call despair.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER FORTY-TWO
14  For an hour this new pair walked and talked, or rested on the wall, enjoying the sweet influences which gave such a charm to time and place, and when an unromantic dinner bell warned them away, Amy felt as if she left her burden of loneliness and sorrow behind her in the chateau garden.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER FORTY-ONE
15  Everything about her mutely suggested love and sorrow, the blotted letters in her lap, the black ribbon that tied up her hair, the womanly pain and patience in her face, even the little ebony cross at her throat seemed pathetic to Laurie, for he had given it to her, and she wore it as her only ornament.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER FORTY-ONE
16  So taught by love and sorrow, Jo wrote her little stories, and sent them away to make friends for themselves and her, finding it a very charitable world to such humble wanderers, for they were kindly welcomed, and sent home comfortable tokens to their mother, like dutiful children whom good fortune overtakes.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER FORTY-TWO
17  For, as quick to hear her sobbing as she had been to hear her sister's faintest whisper, her mother came to comfort her, not with words only, but the patient tenderness that soothes by a touch, tears that were mute reminders of a greater grief than Jo's, and broken whispers, more eloquent than prayers, because hopeful resignation went hand-in-hand with natural sorrow.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER FORTY-TWO
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