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1  Antonia reached him first, took his hand and kissed it.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: III
2  Antonia pointed up to the sky and questioned me with her glance.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: III
3  Antonia had opinions about everything, and she was soon able to make them known.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: IV
4  I had never heard of cooking cucumbers, but Antonia assured me they were very good.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: V
5  Antonia loved to help grandmother in the kitchen and to learn about cooking and housekeeping.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: IV
6  While Krajiek was translating for Mr. Shimerda, Antonia came up to me and held out her hand coaxingly.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: III
7  Antonia Shimerda liked to go with me, and we used to wonder a great deal about these birds of subterranean habit.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: IV
8  Antonia said she didn't believe it; that the dogs probably lapped up the dew in the early morning, like the rabbits.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: IV
9  I FIRST HEARD OF Antonia on what seemed to me an interminable journey across the great midland plain of North America.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: I
10  After Mr. Shimerda discovered the Russians, he went to see them almost every evening, and sometimes took Antonia with him.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: V
11  He told Antonia that in his country only rich people had cows, but here any man could have one who would take care of her.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: V
12  After Antonia had said the new words over and over, she wanted to give me a little chased silver ring she wore on her middle finger.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: III
13  I remember Antonia's excitement when she came into our kitchen one afternoon and announced: 'My papa find friends up north, with Russian mans.'
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: V
14  Antonia seemed to like it; she held her little sister by the hand and chattered away in that language which seemed to me spoken so much more rapidly than mine.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: III
15  When we reached the level and could see the gold tree-tops, I pointed toward them, and Antonia laughed and squeezed my hand as if to tell me how glad she was I had come.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: III
16  Once, while he was looking at Antonia, he sighed and told us that if he had stayed at home in Russia perhaps by this time he would have had a pretty daughter of his own to cook and keep house for him.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: V
17  When the bank on the other side of the draw began to throw a narrow shelf of shadow, we knew we ought to be starting homeward; the chill came on quickly when the sun got low, and Antonia's dress was thin.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: VI
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