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  • I have seen villains who were rich, and I have seen villains who were poor, and I have seen villains who were neither rich nor poor, but who had realised Agar's wish, and lived in fair and modest competency.

    Shirley, by Charlotte Bronte 2004

  • Agar's Well (Gen., xvi, 14), "between Cades and Barad": Bîr Mâyîn.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913

  • According to God's repeated promise of future greatness for Agar's son, Ismael grew up, lived in the wilderness of Paran, became famous as an archer, and married an Egyptian wife (xxi, 8-21).

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

  • Agar's conception of a child soon led to her flight into the wilderness, where the angel of Yahweh appeared to her, bade her to return to her mistress, and fixed the name and character of her future son.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

  • He went on his way toward the Castle, while we turned our faces for Agar's

    From a Cornish Window A New Edition Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

  • Agar's standard was the best: 'neither poverty nor riches.'

    Gordon Keith Thomas Nelson Page 1887

  • This house was one of such homesteads as the genius sang of: a low, old-fashioned, brown-walled, gray-shingled house; with chimneys generous, with green window-shutters less than green and white window-sills less than white; with feudal vines giving to its walls their summery allegiance; not young, not old, but standing in the middle years of its strength and its honors; not needy, not wealthy, but answering Agar's prayer for neither poverty nor riches.

    Bride of the Mistletoe James Lane Allen 1887

  • How great was the sorrow of Agar's heart upon the pains of her Ismael, whom she saw well-nigh perish with thirst in the desert!

    Treatise on the Love of God 1567-1622 1884

  • On leaving my two friends I drove straight to Agar's to tell her what had happened.

    My Double Life The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt Sarah Bernhardt 1884

  • There came a look into Agar's face which the little officer did not understand.

    From One Generation to Another Henry Seton Merriman 1882

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