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1  It seems so long to wait, so hard to do.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER THIRTEEN
2  Mother and I are going to wait for John.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
3  We are willing to work and we mean to wait.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
4  "Now, Beth," said Amy, longing for her turn, but ready to wait.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
5  I'll wait, and in the meantime, you could be learning to like me.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
6  If she and John love one another, they can wait, and test the love by doing so.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY
7  I go to wait on my great-aunt, and a dear, cross old soul she is, too, answered Jo.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER FIVE
8  Just wait till I see Annie Moffat, and I'll show you how to settle such ridiculous stuff.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER NINE
9  Jo happened to suit Aunt March, who was lame and needed an active person to wait upon her.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER FOUR
10  I hate to wait, so if you mean ever to do it, make haste and have it over quickly, said Jo pettishly.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
11  A year seems very long to wait before I see them, but remind them that while we wait we may all work, so that these hard days need not be wasted.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER ONE
12  Just wait ten years, and see if we don't, said Amy, who sat in a corner making mud pies, as Hannah called her little clay models of birds, fruit, and faces.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER FIFTEEN
13  It is natural to think of it, Meg, right to hope and wait for it, and wise to prepare for it, so that when the happy time comes, you may feel ready for the duties and worthy of the joy.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER NINE
14  Like bees swarming after their queen, mother and daughters hovered about Mr. March the next day, neglecting everything to look at, wait upon, and listen to the new invalid, who was in a fair way to be killed by kindness.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
15  "I declare, it really seems like being a fine young lady, to come home from the party in a carriage and sit in my dressing gown with a maid to wait on me," said Meg, as Jo bound up her foot with arnica and brushed her hair.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER THREE
16  You have only to wait, I am to do the work," said John beginning his labors by picking up Meg's napkin, with an expression which caused Jo to shake her head, and then say to herself with an air of relief as the front door banged, "Here comes Laurie.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
17  No one spoke of the great trouble, not even Mrs. March, for all had learned by experience that when Jo was in that mood words were wasted, and the wisest course was to wait till some little accident, or her own generous nature, softened Jo's resentment and healed the breach.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER EIGHT
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