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(Encyclopedia) Leicester, Robert Dudley, earl ofLeicester, Robert Dudley, earl oflĕsˈtər [key], 1532?–1588, English courtier and favorite of Queen Elizabeth I. A younger son of John Dudley, duke of…Consequences
ConsequencesMrs. Chester's fair was so very elegant and select that it was considered a great honor by the young ladies of the neighborhood to be invited to take a table, and everyone was…Jo Meets Apollyon
Jo Meets Apollyon"Girls, where are you going?" asked Amy, coming into their room one Saturday afternoon, and finding them getting ready to go out with an air of secrecy which excited her…Calls
Calls"Come, Jo, it's time.""For what?""You don't mean to say you have forgotten that you promised to make half a dozen calls with me today?""I've done a good many rash and foolish things in…Artistic Attempts
Artistic AttemptsIt takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women. Amy was learning this distinction through much…Lazy Laurence
Lazy LaurenceLaurie went to Nice intending to stay a week, and remained a month. He was tired of wandering about alone, and Amy's familiar presence seemed to give a homelike charm to the…New Impressions
New ImpressionsAt three o'clock in the afternoon, all the fashionable world at Nice may be seen on the Promenade des Anglais—a charming place, for the wide walk, bordered with palms, flowers…Learning to Forget
Learning to ForgetAmy's lecture did Laurie good, though, of course, he did not own it till long afterward. Men seldom do, for when women are the advisers, the lords of creation don't take…Little Faithful
Little FaithfulFor a week the amount of virtue in the old house would have supplied the neighborhood. It was really amazing, for everyone seemed in a heavenly frame of mind, and self-denial…