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1  Nothing seemed to check the wolves.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: VIII
2  Nothing flattered one like her quick laugh.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: III
3  Peter, crouching in the front seat, saw nothing.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: VIII
4  'There is nothing you can do,' he said doubtfully.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: XIV
5  Nothing happened to her since the last time I was here.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: VII
6  Nothing that Charley wanted was too much trouble for her.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: III
7  FOR SEVERAL WEEKS after my sleigh-ride, we heard nothing from the Shimerdas.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: X
8  There seemed to be nothing to see; no fences, no creeks or trees, no hills or fields.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: I
9  What she did not tell me then, she told later; we talked of nothing else for days afterward.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: VIII
10  When Ambrosch come in, it was dark and he didn't see nothing, but the oxen acted kind of queer.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: XIV
11  There was nothing but land: not a country at all, but the material out of which countries are made.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: I
12  He said almost nothing, and smiled rarely; but as he rested there we all had a sense of his utter content.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: XII
13  We were so deep in the grass that we could see nothing but the blue sky over us and the gold tree in front of us.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: III
14  One son, Fuchs said, was well-grown, and strong enough to work the land; but the father was old and frail and knew nothing about farming.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: III
15  I could hardly wait to see what lay beyond that cornfield; but there was only red grass like ours, and nothing else, though from the high wagon-seat one could look off a long way.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: III
16  As we approached the Shimerdas' dwelling, I could still see nothing but rough red hillocks, and draws with shelving banks and long roots hanging out where the earth had crumbled away.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: III
17  Fuchs had been a cowboy, a stage-driver, a bartender, a miner; had wandered all over that great Western country and done hard work everywhere, though, as grandmother said, he had nothing to show for it.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: IX
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