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1  With him was another Shimerda son.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: III
2  Mr. Shimerda signed to us that Pavel was asleep.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: VIII
3  Presently Pavel began to talk to Mr. Shimerda, scarcely above a whisper.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: VIII
4  Mr. Shimerda caught him by the shoulders, but could hardly hold him in bed.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: VIII
5  As we neared Mr. Shimerda she shouted, and he lifted his head and peered about.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: VI
6  We went with Mr. Shimerda back to the dugout, where grandmother was waiting for me.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: III
7  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
8  Mrs. Shimerda grumbled, but realized it was important that one member of the family should learn English.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: IV
9  Pavel was very bad, he said, and wanted to talk to Mr. Shimerda and his daughter; he had come to fetch them.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: VIII
10  Pavel died a few days after he unburdened his mind to Mr. Shimerda, and was buried in the Norwegian graveyard.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: VIII
11  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
12  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
13  Mr. Shimerda and Peter were on the front seat; Antonia and I sat in the straw behind and ate our lunch as we bumped along.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: VIII
14  Before we left, Peter put ripe cucumbers into a sack for Mrs. Shimerda and gave us a lard-pail full of milk to cook them in.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: V
15  Their agreement with him was made before they left the old country, through a cousin of his, who was also a relative of Mrs. Shimerda.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: III
16  He grew more and more excited, and kept pointing all around his bed, as if there were things there and he wanted Mr. Shimerda to see them.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: VIII
17  Peter told his troubles to Mr. Shimerda: he was unable to meet a note which fell due on the first of November; had to pay an exorbitant bonus on renewing it, and to give a mortgage on his pigs and horses and even his milk cow.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: VIII
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