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  • Landlords; if I pray'd in the Temple, it was deem'd Hypocrisy; if I treated my Friends, it was Lewdness; if I requir'd any just Debt, it was

    Exilius 2008

  • I thank'd, and on my Knees pray'd for this kind Lady, who is a

    The Lining of the Patch-Work Screen 2008

  • I seeing him in this desperate Condition, leap'd out also, put on my Cloaths, and pray'd him to look to the Children, whilst I went to seek out for something.

    The Lining of the Patch-Work Screen 2008

  • I thank'd, and on my Knees pray'd for this kind Lady, who is a

    The Lining of the Patch-Work Screen 2008

  • I seeing him in this desperate Condition, leap'd out also, put on my Cloaths, and pray'd him to look to the Children, whilst I went to seek out for something.

    The Lining of the Patch-Work Screen 2008

  • Proposal pleas'd me beyond Expression; I thank'd, forgave, and pray'd for him, then return'd to my Lodging, where I attended the Performance of his

    Exilius 2008

  •     Lightly the son's young grave his father pray'd for, an unwed

    Poems and Fragments 2006

  •     Lightly the son's young grave his father pray'd for, an unwed

    Poems and Fragments 2006

  • That the land pray'd for Out of Groton Could it be Spared is in a very Incomodious place, & will render a Division of the remaining part of the town Impracticable & no ways Shorten the travel of the remotest Inhabit'nts.

    The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 6, June, 1884 Various

  • I pray'd her that Juno might light me home, she open'd the shutter, and said 'twas pretty light abroad: Juno was weary and gone to bed.

    Woman's Life in Colonial Days Carl Holliday

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