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| Looking down at the turbulent waters below, she took a deep breath and prayed. |
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| Muslims prayed, fasted, and performed charitable acts from Oct 15 to Nov 14 for Ramadan. |
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| At the time of the abbot's death, monks, students and residents prayed constantly for one month. |
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| Some people stood with their arms raised, as if in blessing, and they swayed slightly as they prayed. |
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| Coming out of the theatre in the cold and the rain, I felt a warm glow inside me and fervently prayed for a kinder new year. |
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| An irregular churchgoer before September, the woman who prayed for a miracle and got one is now keeping her end of the bargain. |
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| James and Preston wanted the land to be taken from the mine, prayed over, filled in, and reconsecrated to the spirits who dwell there. |
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| A student fell to his knees and prayed after a jury cleared him on attempted rape and indecent assault charges. |
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| He has made a big impression on quite a few people to whom he has preached and prayed with on his worldwide tour. |
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| My body was shaking all over as I left the room, and I prayed to God I wouldn't trip on the way out. |
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| Myself and another lady laid our hands on the spot that hurts him the most and prayed for him on Sunday. |
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| They prayed towards Jerusalem, until Muhammad had a revelation reorienting the faithful towards Mecca. |
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| Jesus prayed this prayer first of all for the disciples who were at the Last Supper. |
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| Then she took her leave of Master Robert, and prayed him for his blessing, and so forth of other friends. |
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| He was ready to physically drag the information out of him, and prayed his Keeper would give him permission. |
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| At the beach, she prayed to God, demanding that their faith be rewarded by the return of Bing. |
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| Tell it to all those who hungered and thirsted and prayed and begged for help. |
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| Tony knelt down and prayed making the sign of the cross, while Jisty's parents said their own prayers. |
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| As I took my shower, I prayed that I wasn't going to have to do much thinking because my brain felt like mush. |
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| After the Ascension the disciples, according to their Lord's instruction, prayed together in the upstairs room where they were staying. |
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| After a momentary lull, he and the others turned back and prayed even harder. |
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| Kashmir was a holy land for us, where our yogis and sages prayed and meditated and many of our Hindu people went on pilgrimages. |
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| Mother Theresa, to be sanctified next spring, once said that she sometimes prayed for 24 hours. |
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| She could feel her cheeks flushing and prayed that she was tan enough to hide the blush slightly. |
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| She held him so tight it was painful, and prayed, just prayed, that this was only temporary. |
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| They prayed and then cast a charm to pray that they would pass back to their world in peace and mean them no harm. |
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| The friars inhabited the cloister, sang the matins, fasted and prayed within the walls and lived their lives in Banada six centuries ago. |
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| Some churches still believed the message, and even prayed, but became isolated from the communities they were meant to serve. |
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| She prayed to God, she had never prayed so torridly before as she watched James step up in front of the rope, which hung from above. |
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| Wispy-bearded men prayed before the mihrab, an extravagance of inlaid, multicoloured stone. |
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| He was mild and gentle, and when he prayed in his dining room he shook and swayed, and kissed the prayerbook when he was done. |
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| One could ask if the ploughman and the milkmaid of today would understand much of what is prayed. |
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| He truly toiled and moiled just to accept God's will when he prayed at Gethsemane. |
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| It's as close as any of us will come this side of the grave to knowing how the apostles prayed. |
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| After I left him on the tiles with my mescal, I ran and prayed for luck with keys. |
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| The cops came with loud sirens blaring and I just prayed that no one would discover me until the coast was clear and I could get away. |
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| I think that was the first time I prayed, only I wasn't praying, I was blaspheming. |
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| During the service they prayed for God's blessings on their work and had their hands anointed with blessed oil. |
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| With a quickly prayed prayer of blessing for the food, the two of them began tucking in. |
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| Nobody had ever made him feel so happy before, and he prayed that the blissful feeling would never end. |
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| Like orthodox Muslims, they prayed five times a day, though not facing Mecca. |
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| Ben hoped and prayed, though, that his sixth sense would be wrong this time. |
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| Lord, please keep him safe, Sara prayed, nervously clasping and unclasping her hands. |
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| My birthday was really two weeks ago when my nearest and dearest friends took me out to dinner at Zin and prayed amazing things over me. |
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| Railway workers prayed silently before their meagre meal, coaxed from the heat of a charcoal brazier. |
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| She told him that she prayed every night that someday Billy would come out and talk to her. |
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| As I was sitting there, seeing senior retreat leaders come in, I vainly prayed you would be one of them. |
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| She felt the butterflies fluttering in her stomach and she prayed they would never go away. |
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| His words that morning had placed him in her mind, and she prayed for his safety as the wall began to crumble. |
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| We met in each others homes, went places together, prayed with each other, called each other and encouraged each other. |
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| He is a haji, one who has made the required pilgrimage to Mecca, and a former colleague from Pas recalls that he prayed regularly. |
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| First of all Papylus was nailed to a stake and lifted up, and after the fire was brought near he prayed in peace and gave up his soul. |
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| As I prayed this weekend, I lit the candles in our little shrine and found it focused my prayers beautifully. |
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| The individuals who experienced stigmata were those who prayed deeply and linked themselves apathetically to the suffering of mankind. |
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| He prayed that the war might never be as cruel to them as it had been to him. |
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| On the day of the battle, each cousin brought a lucky charm and each prayed to Venus. |
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| He took out his horsewhip and chastised them, and then he fell on his knees and prayed for their souls. |
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| I prayed the bus would arrive early and lamented the fact that the people who hit on me are never cute young gifts. |
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| At the shrine he was hoisted onto a kneeler, where he prayed before the ivy-covered grotto. |
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| He scrambled to find an air pocket and tried to keep calm as he prayed someone would rescue him as his car horn blared non-stop after being short-circuited by the water. |
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| Instead, he had buckled up tight and prayed that the air bag worked, screaming at the top of his lungs as he sped towards the impending collision. |
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| Fear rushed through him and he prayed that the person meant them no harm. |
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| I prayed that they might be spared the ravages of Ebola epidemics. |
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| I prayed to Jesus to help me many times and threw myself on his mercy. |
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| You might have prayed for him, offered nariyals at the nearest temples, and if not anything else, watched the army take efforts to help this poor little soul out of the hole. |
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| People will testify they were cured of dread diseases when they prayed to Romero. |
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| The Baptist church was the place where people not only prayed but organized their community and exchanged information, including ideas about sewing and quilting. |
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| The men, both in their mid-forties, bearded and dressed in the local traditional baggy long shirt and trousers, washed, ate, prayed and then talked. |
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| Classes began with a 'circle-up' time where everyone often held hands standing in a big circle, sang a simple worship chorus, shared prayer requests, and prayed. |
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| I prayed to Surya, the Sun God, and to Durga Mata, the Holy Mother. |
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| Exeter Cathedral Library still possesses a martyrology in which are written out the names of the dead for whom the clergy prayed in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. |
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| I prayed for the song to end, handed over a 20 and made tracks to the bar. |
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| Moreover, it was not necessary to travel to St. Peter's, as these indulgences were granted to those who prayed in front of a representation of the Vera Icon as well. |
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| They prayed or meditated but did not chant slogans or talk to each other, in order to skirt the blanket ban on public assembly. |
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| A few days later, she grieved and prayed as Eunice was laid to rest, surrounded by the survivors among her 11 children. |
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| After announcing his prophethood, Muhammad prayed for those who insulted or opposed him. |
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| Charlie could see turbulent waters ahead, and prayed for wisdom. |
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| They prayed for everyone in the abbey and the community at large. |
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| The firework siren also reveals that she once prayed to God for, uhh, a new chest. |
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| On that day, the family of a severely ill Costa Rican woman reportedly prayed to the beatified pontiff for her recovery. |
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| Isabella was aghast and prayed to God that the marriage would not come to pass. |
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| Other, smaller craters in the North Sea and Ukraine have been prayed in aid of this theory. |
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| As such, they occupied a special place on household altars, where people prayed to them, asked for help, or tried to summon their protection. |
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| Simon, Simon, behold, Satan demanded to have you, that he might sift you like wheat, but I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. |
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| In general, loyalist clergy stayed by their oaths and prayed for the king or else suspended services. |
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| He prayed and laid his hands upon them, in the same way as the other disciples did. |
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| There, in a church his mother built in honor of Lucian the Apostle, he prayed, and there he realized that he was dying. |
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| Hindus offered religious services, sang Bhajan and prayed for the development and prosperity of the homeland in the ceremonies. |
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| In the Trinity Term of 1929 I gave in, and admitted that God was God, and knelt and prayed. |
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| These things so ensorceled me and baffled my wits that I prayed mightily, Give me Minty. |
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| The Book of Tebow Thomas Lake, Sports Illustrated He prayed. |
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| I wore a yarmulke everywhere, we prayed three times a day, and we kept Shabbos and kashrus. |
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| I have prayed for strength for such a duty, and find it come off as weakly and dead-heartedly as before. |
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| We prayed together and we practised dhikr, the recitation of the ninety-nine revealed names of God. |
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| When all had eaten and prayed the first night prayer, they began to recite their dhikr, then they began the musical recital. |
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| They prayed every waking hour for several minutes and each day for a special virtue. |
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| But Guinevere prayed that she might die before he arrived, and so she did, half an hour before his arrival. |
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| As she prayed and prepared for death, she received a series of sixteen visions on the Passion of Christ and the Virgin Mary. |
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| Similarly, reconciliation and unity are not superficial, but are prayed and lived out. |
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| He fasted four or five days and prayed to the saint, before returning by sea to Cardross. |
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| He is said to have received a message from Bedford that he had come to drink with him and prayed for an early meeting. |
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| The story goes that David prayed for his people to have some warning of their death, so that they could prepare themselves. |
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| There is a Hindu festival called Nag Panchami each year on which day snakes are venerated and prayed to. |
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| The crisis passed as she'd prayed it would, but it remained to be seen just how much damage had been done. |
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| The original Arians also generally prayed directly to Jesus, whereas the Witnesses pray to God, through Jesus as a mediator. |
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| During the wedding banquet, a drunken Attalus publicly prayed to the gods that the union would produce a legitimate heir. |
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| Genghis Khan usually fasted, prayed and meditated on this mountain before his campaigns. |
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| Karen Lai states that she interacts with spiritual beings, similar to the way her grandmother prayed to Guan Yin, the Buddhist goddess of mercy. |
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| In 1985, while working in El Salvador, I prayed at the lonely place where they were killed. |
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| In ancient times, our forebears would celebrate the winter solstice with fires and feasting and prayed they had enough food in stock to last them until spring. |
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| The patriot clergy in the South were quick to find reasons to transfer their oaths to the American cause and prayed for the success of the Revolution. |
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| The breaking of bread itself typically consists of one leavened loaf, which is prayed over and broken by a participant in the meeting and then shared around. |
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| According to legend, Clovis had prayed thus before a battle against one of the kings of the Alemanni, and had consequently attributed his victory to Jesus. |
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| Priscillian was questioned and forced to make the confession that he studied obscene doctrines, held nocturnal meetings with shameful women, and prayed while naked. |
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| In Italy he was worshipped as a god of merchants and traders, although others also prayed to him for his characteristic gifts of good luck or rescue from danger. |
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| On January 1, 1901, after a watch night service, the students prayed for and received the baptism with the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in tongues. |
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| After the concert, participants holding candles sang hymns and prayed at the columbarium in the church basement, where 1,300 cinerary urns are kept. |
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| Wroth cast away his violin, and falling on his knees in the midst of the company, most fervently prayed for the blessing of God upon this alarming providence. |
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| Gildas then travelled to Britain, where he met Arthur face to face, and kissed him as he prayed for forgiveness, and Arthur accepted penance for murdering Gildas' brother. |
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| Doctrine must also be lived in order to be prayed, for without action, the prayer is idle and empty, a mere vanity, and therefore the theology of demons. |
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| I prayed for us in the middle of tears and snotters and blood. |
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| At its last sitting for 2013, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, chaired by Russian Patriarch Kiril, has prayed for late Bulgarian Patriarchs Ignatiy and Maxim. |
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| When Alban reached the summit of the hill he began to thirst, and prayed God would give him water, whereupon a spring immediately sprang up at his feet. |
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| While the English panicked, the Moravians calmly sang hymns and prayed. |
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| Though he prayed for a moose, just one moose,all game seemed to have deserted the land, and nightfall found the exhausted man crawling into camp, lighthanded, heavyhearted. |
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| The king prayed he might behearken mass first, and that was done. |
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| I prayed that God would watch over his glowing face and hands. |
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| In return, Chase prayed for their souls in her small chapel. |
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Examples from Classical Literature
| That night he was put to bed in a clean room, and before he slept he prayed that he might never be homeless and friendless again. |
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| And thereupon alighting, he tied his horse to the same tree, and prayed the lady to unarm him. |
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| But the danger of the Protector was too serious a question to every gospeller not to be recurred to and prayed against. |
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| Thus he prayed, while GUI Camoys sang, riding deeper into the tattered, yellowing forest. |
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| I have thought about you, sergius my son, and prayed also, and this is what God has suggested to me. |
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| And then he kneeled down on his knee, and prayed the Bishop to shrive him and assoil him. |
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| But Sita prayed that the fire should not injure hanuman, and her prayer was heard. |
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| So he alighted, tied his horse to the tree, and prayed the lady to unarm him. |
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| Raymond had prayed to God, in some of his accesses of fanaticism, that he might suffer martyrdom in his holy cause. |
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| Even while he prayed there came a ship into the harbor, bringing a letter to aegeus and alarming news from Athens. |
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| He could not now recal his words, but he hoped and he prayed that he had not. |
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| Often she prayed Tarraway to come for her, but he turned a deaf ear to her cry, and was never more seen in trove. |
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| He intreats that the indulgence prayed for by the learned Cowell may be accorded to his humble efforts. |
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| Mr. Cripps called me his 'prodigal daughter,' and Mrs. Cripps prayed over me. |
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| They believe all prayers which are prayed in that way are accepted through his mediatorial prayer. |
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| She prayed as they prayed to-night, so earnest, so importunate, so believing. |
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| One legend informs us that a woman who had been married many years and had not been blessed with a child prayed at Inari's shrine. |
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| He prayed Heaven to bless her, and so the affianced lovers parted for the night. |
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| My cousin said he prayed that her prophecy might come true, but I remained hard and stockish. |
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| And when they were come to theirself again they went to the good man and prayed him that he would say them truth. |
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| Therefore disregarding their entreaties he prayed unto God for the soul of the derider, and went on his way. |
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| He had all the fervour of the fanatic, and when he prayed his eyes assumed a berserk look. |
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| And therewith Sir Launcelot alighted, and tied his horse to the same tree, and prayed the lady to unarm him. |
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| I've thought iv thim whin th' lockstep was goin' in to dinner, an' prayed f'r th' day whin I might see ye again. |
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| These rays were joyless to the heart of the poor young girl, who wept and prayed. |
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| Tamuramaru collected the army, and when ready to start he came to this Temple and prayed to kannon that he might gain the victory. |
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| The foolish men will say, What hath turned them from their keblah, towards which they formerly prayed? |
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| He went to his bachelor rooms, knelt down, and prayed to be made like a Salvationist. |
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| But he prayed to Sarasvati, with whose aid the vessel was always filled up. |
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| O Sato has prayed devoutly for three years, and yet Kwannon gives no sign of hearing her supplication. |
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| When the Tecumseh went to the bottom the Admiral prayed for light and guidance. |
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| Felix prayed earnestly that he might be enabled to eat a bitter apple without making a face. |
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| In the palm they must be graven, and round the joints be clasped, and the disir prayed for aid. |
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| She prayed that he might always be as fond of her as he was then, and resolved to be worthy of him if she could. |
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| I was alone with God, and prayed to him for help in my distress, and for direction. |
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| And then he kneeled down on his knees, and prayed the hermit for to shrive him and assoil him. |
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| And as she so movingly prayed and promised to behave better, he raised her up and made peace with her. |
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| After this, he and Nallamuttoo, the catechist, daily instructed me and prayed with me for many weeks. |
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| I prayed uncle that we might be driven home by the way of eighty-sixth Street. |
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| Once she put up a candle before the eikon and prayed that Styopa might pass. |
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| She then charged him with his oath, but he prayed pardon, and said he should els not have had her. |
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| Mr. Cheever was an Englishman of the old school, and prayed for King George. |
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| When it was ended, he prayed for two or three minutes, not more, and sent them away. |
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| And even as she prayed, the awful Erinys, who wanders through the air, heard her words and swore to accomplish the doom. |
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| He prayed that the doctor was evaluating it as the intricate raving of delusion. |
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| Yet I felt so certain that she would grant my prayer, I had prayed to her so fervently. |
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| I prayed for it so fervently, and she granted my prayer, and saved you even in saving me. |
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| They prayed together in the choir, worked together in the cloister, ate together in the frater, and slept together in the dorter. |
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| You prayed to the devil in Serpentine avenue that the fubsy widow in front might lift her clothes still more from the wet street. |
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| A CROW caught in a snare prayed to Apollo to release him, making a vow to offer some frankincense at his shrine. |
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| I have prayed, I have abased myself before them, but none will hear. |
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| She knelt, and prayed God to let her make Barstow happy forever and ever. |
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| Bathsheba had been prayed for, and in due time startled and converted. |
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| As he stood in the doorway, the poor old careworn wayworn woman burst into tears, and clasped her hands, as if in a very agony she prayed to him. |
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| The burden was hard to bear, yet I prayed for strength to bear it. |
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| In the evening I prayed for her conditionally, if it were lawful. |
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| The Vicomte de Chagny, realizing that there was nothing left to do but pray, went down on his knees and prayed. |
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| All through the night we knelt and prayed, Mad mourners of a corse! |
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| He prayed that if any man there had been remiss toward the stranger come to a far country, God would forgive him and soften his heart. |
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| On board, priests celebrated Mass at a makeshift altar in the restaurant car as the faithful prayed in the aisles. |
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| I prayed for forgiveness, and asked God to direct and protect me. |
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| I prayed and prayed, and prayed again to my god to dispel your work. |
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| Not a word he spoke, but went by the shore of the sounding sea and prayed apart to King Apollo whom lovely Leto had borne. |
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| The princess had prayed of the Rain God to send that downpour. |
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| Early on Sunday morning he went into a little room called a study in the bell tower of the church and prayed. |
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| Again she fell upon her knees, and prayed God to enable her. |
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| For six days we heard each other's stories, broke bread, met local social justice activists, prayed and laughed. |
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| Every priest in goa prayed that he might be sent on the mission. |
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| And thinking of her, I prayed that Carter and Halsey might be wrong. |
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| He prayed for frost, and hoarfrost settled that night on its branches. |
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| He reproached himself, made good resolutions, and prayed over this fault, but still he remained slothful and idle. |
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| I shouted out, and then fell on my knees on the rock and reached up my hands and prayed to them. |
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| Every morning she went into the garden and prayed to God in heaven to bestow on her a son or a daughter. |
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| When I was growing up I hoped and prayed that a Chad Allen would come along. |
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| Of the infrequent visitors who came thither, none knelt or prayed. |
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| All this time he stood on the other side of the partition and prayed. |
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| He prayed, too, that there might be no need for his intervention. |
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| Then Miss Watson she took me in the closet and prayed, but nothing come of it. |
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| The AJK Speaker Assembly prayed for eternal peace and tranquility for the departed soul and commiserated with the bereaved family. |
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| There was another communing silence, broken at intervals by muffled sobs, and then the minister spread his hands abroad and prayed. |
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| They prayed for the cause of missions in their Sunday litany. |
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| Dr. Bleek did not find that the mantis was prayed to, as Cagn was by Qing. |
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| But the fellow begged and prayed that he might not be sent to the tronk. |
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| In the old days men used to worship stocks and stones and idols, and prayed to them to give them luck. |
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| He said, If he has not preached, mickle has he prayed in his time. |
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| He remembered how passionately he had prayed for the miracle which his uncle had assured him was possible to omnipotence. |
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| He then descended from the pulpit, and prayed in the mihrab. |
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| He washed his eye with this muddy liquid, and prayed fervently. |
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| She knelt upon a cushion and prayed, with her head buried between her palpitating arms. |
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| I says, now I reckon the widow or the parson or somebody prayed that this bread would find me, and here it has gone and done it. |
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| We prayed that the war might be warded off, but God disposed otherwise. |
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| Even the holy fathers had doubts, and prayed to God to strengthen their faith. |
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| Wherefore the king called unto him Sir Launcelot, and prayed him to encounter with that knight. |
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| Then they betook themselves Romeward, and many folk prayed well for them. |
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| I can't forget how he prayed with almost equal fervor for a cat, and then tried to tear my throat out with his teeth. |
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| I prayed that the matador had met with a similar interruption! |
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| The people of Lodi prayed his protection against the tyrannies of Milan. |
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| But he was soon studying other subjects, although he prayed daily and strictly adhered to his Congregationalist faith throughout his life. |
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| He prayed, fasted, went through a course of maceration of the body. |
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| In the evening after supper I knelt by the table where the money lay and prayed for hours. |
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| They washed their hands and took up the barley-meal to sprinkle over the victims, while Chryses lifted up his hands and prayed aloud on their behalf. |
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| The Roman made an expiatory offering, and prayed, Whatever god or goddess thou art to whom this grove is sacred, be propitious to me, my family, and children, etc. |
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| Pray as you never prayed before, for the preservation of Mrs. |
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| Even as thou didst hear me aforetime when I prayed, and didst press hardly upon the Achaeans, so hear me yet again, and stay this fearful pestilence from the Danaans. |
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| Bobby pressed his forehead against the rain-splashed window-pane as the train lumbered across the sodden Doab, and prayed for the health of the Tyneside Tail Twisters. |
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| Then when Sir Ghelent saw that of going back there was none, he prayed to good Saint Cuthbert, and setting spurs into his steed rode forward bravely and most joyously. |
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| Then in the church, where but a few hours before the fallen Emperor had knelt and prayed to Christ, the Sultan bowed himself in thanks and praise to Allah and Mohammed. |
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| Rigid and hereditary stratification dominated lords ruled, clergy prayed, knights in arms fought, serfs and villeins worked the land in return for protection by their lieges. |
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| The messenger boys' wounds were always conveniently placed and they never screamed and writhed or prayed for morphia when they were being bandaged. |
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| He gave thanks for our food and comfort, and prayed for the poor and destitute in great cities, where the struggle for life was harder than it was here with us. |
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| Owen groaned in spirit and prayed fervently to be delivered from him. |
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| It was spared that cruel favour, for which no brave heart had ever prayed. |
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| Jo's only answer was to hold her mother close, and in the silence which followed the sincerest prayer she had ever prayed left her heart without words. |
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| They prayed Allah Almighty to rest his soul in eternal peace and grant of fortitude to the bereaved family and his admirers to bear the loss with courage. |
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| I do not know what would have happened had she prayed for rain or shine. |
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