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1  Sallie had urged her to do it, had offered to lend the money, and with the best intentions in life had tempted Meg beyond her strength.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
2  "Well, I like to hear about cricket and boating and hunting," said Frank, who had not yet learned to suit his amusements to his strength.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER TWELVE
3  His love and care never tire or change, can never be taken from you, but may become the source of lifelong peace, happiness, and strength.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER EIGHT
4  The study door flew open, the little red wrapper appeared on the threshold, joy put strength into the feeble limbs, and Beth ran straight into her father's arms.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
5  Not until months afterward did Jo understand how she had the strength of mind to hold fast to the resolution she had made when she decided that she did not love her boy, and never could.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
6  She tried to rush forward, but her feet seemed to have no strength in them, and for a second, she could only stand motionless, staring with a terror-stricken face at the little blue hood above the black water.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER EIGHT
7  "I haven't strength of mind enough to clear up now, so we will sober ourselves with a funeral," said Jo, as they rose, and Miss Crocker made ready to go, being eager to tell the new story at another friend's dinner table.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER ELEVEN
8  My child, the troubles and temptations of your life are beginning and may be many, but you can overcome and outlive them all if you learn to feel the strength and tenderness of your Heavenly Father as you do that of your earthly one.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER EIGHT
9  In the ruffled mane, the rider's breezy hair and erect attitude, there was a suggestion of suddenly arrested motion, of strength, courage, and youthful buoyancy that contrasted sharply with the supine grace of the 'Dolce far Niente' sketch.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE
10  They had a long talk that night, and Meg learned to love her husband better for his poverty, because it seemed to have made a man of him, given him the strength and courage to fight his own way, and taught him a tender patience with which to bear and comfort the natural longings and failures of those he loved.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
11  Hannah nodded without speaking, for her lips twitched nervously, Meg dropped down into a chair as the strength seemed to go out of her limbs at the sound of those words, and Jo, standing with a pale face for a minute, ran to the parlor, snatched up the telegram, and throwing on her things, rushed out into the storm.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
12  The minute he was put into bed on one side, he rolled out on the other, and made for the door, only to be ignominiously caught up by the tail of his little toga and put back again, which lively performance was kept up till the young man's strength gave out, when he devoted himself to roaring at the top of his voice.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT