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1  Jo shook the tears off her cheeks and waited to hear the news.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER THREE
2  When this excitement was over, Beth waited to see what would happen.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER SIX
3  Amy came in hastily, and looked rather abashed when she saw her sisters all waiting for her.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER TWO
4  I came to see if you could care for it, and I waited to be sure that I was something more than a friend.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER FORTY-SIX
5  Taking the shortest way to the boathouse, he waited for them to appear, but no one came, and he went up the hill to take an observation.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER THIRTEEN
6  Then she slept again, and the girls waited upon their mother, for she would not unclasp the thin hand which clung to hers even in sleep.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY
7  She went off to get her ball, and was a long time finding it among the bushes, but she came back, looking cool and quiet, and waited her turn patiently.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER TWELVE
8  I think it was meant to be so, and would have come about naturally, if I had waited, as you tried to make me, but I never could be patient, and so I got a heartache.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER FORTY-THREE
9  I observed that Amy took drumsticks at dinner, ran errands for her mother all the afternoon, gave Meg her place tonight, and has waited on every one with patience and good humor.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
10  Jo felt as if a veil had fallen between her heart and Beth's, but when she put out her hand to lift it up, there seemed something sacred in the silence, and she waited for Beth to speak.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX
11  For a year Jo and her Professor worked and waited, hoped and loved, met occasionally, and wrote such voluminous letters that the rise in the price of paper was accounted for, Laurie said.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN
12  She would not ask him to stay at home, but felt injured because he did not know that she wanted him without being told, entirely forgetting the many evenings he had waited for her in vain.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT
13  How dark the days seemed now, how sad and lonely the house, and how heavy were the hearts of the sisters as they worked and waited, while the shadow of death hovered over the once happy home.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
14  So held, John had waited with a womanly patience till the little hand relaxed its hold, and while waiting had fallen asleep, more tired by that tussle with his son than with his whole day's work.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT
15  I only loved you all the more, and I worked hard to please you, and I gave up billiards and everything you didn't like, and waited and never complained, for I hoped you'd love me, though I'm not half good enough.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
16  Let it wait and ripen, was her father's advice, and he practiced what he preached, having waited patiently thirty years for fruit of his own to ripen, and being in no haste to gather it even now when it was sweet and mellow.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
17  With the wreck of her frail body, Beth's soul grew strong, and though she said little, those about her felt that she was ready, saw that the first pilgrim called was likewise the fittest, and waited with her on the shore, trying to see the Shining Ones coming to receive her when she crossed the river.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER FORTY
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