Brooke
[bru:k]
Examples
- Well, you know, Standish, every dose you take is an experiment-an experiment, you know, said Mr. Brooke, nodding towards the lawyer. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Miss Kate took out her sketch again, and Margaret watched her, while Mr. Brooke lay on the grass with a book, which he did not read. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Miss Kate and Mr. Brooke, Meg, and Ned declined, but Fred, Sallie, Jo, and Laurie piled and drew, and the lot fell to Laurie. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Sir James interpreted the heightened color in the way most gratifying to himself, and thought he never saw Miss Brooke looking so handsome. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Quite right, Ladislaw; we shall make a new thing of opinion here, said Mr. Brooke. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- They won't overturn the Constitution with our friend Brooke's head for a battering ram. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Well, you know, Chettam, said Mr. Brooke, good-humoredly, nursing his leg, I can't turn my back on Dorothea. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Ditto, ditto, Mr. Brooke, laughed Meg, looking young and pretty again, as she nodded to him over the teapot. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- You have your own opinion about everything, Miss Brooke, and it is always a good opinion. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Do you mean that I cry up Brooke on any personal ground? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I told Mr. Brooke not to call for me: I would rather walk the five miles. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Please start it, Mr. Brooke, said Kate, with a commanding air, which surprised Meg, who treated the tutor with as much respect as any other gentleman. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Miss Brooke was annoyed at the interruption. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Here Mr. Brooke looked at Celia--You've no notion what it is, you know. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- When Miss Brooke was at the tea-table, Sir James came to sit down by her, not having felt her mode of answering him at all offensive. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- For then the Marches, Laurences, Brookes and Bhaers turned out in full force and made a day of it. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- If there ever were a pair of twins in danger of being utterly spoiled by adoration, it was these prattling Brookes. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The Scotts came to the Brookes' now, and everyone found the little house a cheerful place, full of happiness, content, and family love. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
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