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1  He lay patiently fighting for breath, like a child with croup.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: VIII
2  She leaned her head on her hands, poor child, and said, "I just don't know, Mrs. Steavens."
My Antonia By Willa Cather
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 4. The Pioneer Woman's Story: III
3  There, without calling to anybody, without a groan, she lay down on the bed and bore her child.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 4. The Pioneer Woman's Story: III
4  As a very young child he could repeat, after a fashion, any composition that was played for him.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: VII
5  No, Mrs. Shimerda,' she said firmly, 'I won't stand by and see that child frightened into spasms.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: XVI
6  Often she was tempted to tell Martha that the child must be kept at home, but somehow the memory of his foolish, happy face deterred her.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: VII
7  All the dainties she brought down from the Big House were for the blind child, and she beat and cuffed her other children whenever she found them teasing him or trying to get his chicken-bone away from him.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: VII