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1  Antonia and Ambrosch and the mother took turns going down to pray beside him.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: XIV
2  Several times the poor boy fell asleep where he sat, wakened with a start, and began to pray again.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: XIV
3  He did not say a word all morning, but sat with his rosary in his hands, praying, now silently, now aloud.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: XIV
4  He prayed that if any man there had been remiss toward the stranger come to a far country, God would forgive him and soften his heart.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: XVI
5  All the time he was praying, grandmother watched him through the black fingers of her glove, and when he said 'Amen,' I thought she looked satisfied with him.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: XVI
6  He gave thanks for our food and comfort, and prayed for the poor and destitute in great cities, where the struggle for life was harder than it was here with us.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: XII
7  Ambrosch, Jake said, showed more human feeling than he would have supposed him capable of, but he was chiefly concerned about getting a priest, and about his father's soul, which he believed was in a place of torment and would remain there until his family and the priest had prayed a great deal for him.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: XIV