Being a domestic man, John decidedly missed the wifely attentions he had been accustomed to receive, but as he adored his babies, he cheerfully relinquished his comfort for a time, supposing with masc...
Because, what? You won't tell? Never! Well, I have a bad trick
And Polly did n't think she had done much; but it was one of the little things which are always waiting to be done in this world of ours, where rainy days come so often, where spirits get out of tune,...
A long night and a happy day had passed. All had been told...
For a girl with eyes like hers has a will and is not ruled by anyone but a lover.
I had learned the priceless worth of a pure heart...
. . for when women are the advisers, the lords of creation don't take the advice till they have persuaded themselves that it is just what they intended to do. Then they act upon it, and, if it succeed...
One's outlook is a part of his virtue.
I want to be great or nothing. I won't be a commonplace dauber so I don't intend to try any more.
…Jo valued the letter more than the money, because it was encouraging, and after years of effort it was so pleasant to find that she had learned to do something…
Vacation is
Supper, so
Now with new paint, added wings, well-kept lawn and
Despairing
A principle that can't bear being laughed at, frowned on, and cold-shouldered, is n't worthy of the name.
You are getting to be rather conceited my dear, and it is quite time you set about correcting it. You have good many little gifts and virtues, but there is no need of parading them, for conceit spoils...
Yes, Phebe was herself now, and it showed in the change that came over her at the first note of music. No longer shy and silent, no longer the image of a handsome girl, but a blooming woman, alive and...
When Jo's conservative sister Meg says she must turn up her hair now that she is a young lady, Jo shouts, I'm not! and if turning up my hair makes me one, I'll wear it in two tails till I'm twenty.......
What do you want? and Rose looked up rather surprised.I'd like to borrow some money. I shouldn't think of asking you, only Mac never has a cent since he's set up his old chemical shop, where he'll blo...
We can't any of us do all we would like, but we can do our best for every case that comes to us, and that helps amazingly.