…but I never shall be very wise, I'm afraid.
…I'm always ready to talk, shouldn't be a woman if I were not,' laughed Mrs. Jo…
Tiresome
Lavished
Both of us hope and trust that our daughters, whether married or single, will be the pride and comfort of our lives.
Afraid.
Went to Wiesbaden first, a pleasant, gay place, full of people.
Well, I am happy, and I won't fret, but it does seem as if the more one gets the more one wants, doesn't it?
We live in a beautiful and wonderful world, Demi, and the more you now about it the wiser and the better you will be.
Virtue was its own reward.
There were six dolls to be taken up and dressed every morning, for Beth was a child still, and loved her pets as well as ever. Not one whole or handsome one among them; all were outcasts till Beth too...
The scar will remain, but it is better for a man to lose both arms than his soul; and these hard years, instead of being lost, may be made the most precious of your lives, if they teach you to rule yo...
So she enjoyed herself heartily, and found, what isn't always the case, that her granted wish was all she had hoped.
She laughed at herself for this fancy at first; but not possessing the sweet unconsciousness of those heroines who can live through three volumes with a burning passion before their eyes, and never se...
Presently, out from the wrappings came a teapot, which caused her to clasp her hands with delight, for it was made in the likeness of a plump little Chinaman ... Two pretty cups with covers, and a fin...
Oh, Jo, how could you? Your one beauty.
Occasionally a matrimonial epidemic appears, especially toward spring, devastating society, thinning the ranks of bachelordom, and leaving mothers lamenting for their fairest daughters.
November is the most disagreeable month in the whole ear,' said Margaret, standing at the window one dull afternoon, looking out at the frostbitten garden.'That's the reason I was born in it,' observe...
Never take advice!
My Jo, you may say anything to your mother, for it is my greatest happiness and pride to feel that my girls confide in me and know how much I love them.