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1  I did not wish to lose the early ones.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 5. Cuzak's Boys: I
2  I wish my papa live to see this summer.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: XIX
3  I began to wish I had not stayed for supper.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: XVII
4  I wish my Martha could come down to see you.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 5. Cuzak's Boys: II
5  I wish I could teach school, like Selma Kronn.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: XIV
6  I don't know whose wish should decide the matter, if not hers.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: XV
7  To my astonishment, grandfather replied that I might go if I wished.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 3. Lena Lingard: IV
8  He wished grandmother to know, however, that he still had some money.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: X
9  I wished I could be a little boy again, and that my way could end there.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 4. The Pioneer Woman's Story: IV
10  I used to wish I could have this flattering dream about Antonia, but I never did.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: XII
11  Mama, I wish you had see the lady dance on the slack-wire in the street at night.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 5. Cuzak's Boys: II
12  Mrs. Harling declared bitterly that she wished she had never let herself get fond of Antonia.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: X
13  Never a tired driver passed the wooden cross, I am sure, without wishing well to the sleeper.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: XVI
14  There was a note of simple gratitude in his voice that made me wish I had given more occasion for it.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 5. Cuzak's Boys: I
15  His voice was so sympathetic and he read so interestingly that I wished he had chosen one of my favourite chapters in the Book of Kings.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: II
16  Their quarrels on this subject passed the boundary of the close-growing cedars, and were heard in the street by whoever wished to loiter and listen.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 5. Cuzak's Boys: II
17  I didn't want her ring, and I felt there was something reckless and extravagant about her wishing to give it away to a boy she had never seen before.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: III
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