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1  He would have been repulsive if his face had not been so kindly and happy.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: VII
2  At last he tapped his way upstairs, after bowing to everybody, docile and happy.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: VII
3  She went round crying, when Martha was so happy, and the rest of us were all glad.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 5. Cuzak's Boys: II
4  At any rate, that is happiness; to be dissolved into something complete and great.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: II
5  We drifted along lazily, very happy, through the magical light of the late afternoon.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: VI
6  She was so happy she was crying and laughing at the same time, and her red cheeks was all wet with rain.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 4. The Pioneer Woman's Story: III
7  'The girl will be happy here, and she'll forget those things,' said Mrs. Harling confidently, as we rose to take our leave.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: II
8  It must make you very happy, Jim, to have fine thoughts like that in your mind all the time, and to have words to put them in.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: XIII
9  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.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: VII
10  They had not learned much English, and were not so ambitious as Tony or Lena; but they were kind, simple girls and they were always happy.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: XII
11  There were wooden houses where the old sod dwellings used to be, and little orchards, and big red barns; all this meant happy children, contented women, and men who saw their lives coming to a fortunate issue.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 4. The Pioneer Woman's Story: III
12  Through the scene between Marguerite and the elder Duval, Lena wept unceasingly, and I sat helpless to prevent the closing of that chapter of idyllic love, dreading the return of the young man whose ineffable happiness was only to be the measure of his fall.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 3. Lena Lingard: III