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1 He lay patiently fighting for breath, like a child with croup.
My AntoniaBy 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 AntoniaBy 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 AntoniaBy 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 AntoniaBy 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 AntoniaBy 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 AntoniaBy 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 AntoniaBy Willa Cather ContextHighlight In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: VII