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And having asked God's guidance in a printed pray'r or two,
Poems Teachers Ask For, Book Two Various
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Counsells, & endeauors for his honor & ye weale of his poor people is ye pray'r of
The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 5, February, 1885 Various
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Zoo wi'out any mwore ham-chammy we ageën raise our cyder cups to ee, wi 'th' pious pray'r on our lips that Heaven ull prosper ee, an 'we assure ee that Darset Men ull ever sheen as oone o' th 'bright jools in yer Crown.
Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter Edric Holmes
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He breath'd his pray'r, -- "Long may such goodness live!"
Sweets for Leisure Hours Amusing Tales for Little Readers E. Phillips
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And, while the priests with pray'r the gods invoke,
The Aeneid English 70 BC-19 BC Virgil
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I've travell'd in thought, while this was my pray'r:
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When deep engag'd in pray'r, two neighbouring swains
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 533, February 11, 1832 Various
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Pleas'd with the bribe, the god receiv'd his pray'r:
The Aeneid English 70 BC-19 BC Virgil
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Comes through thy hallowed lips whose pray'r is Love.
Sonnets by the Nawab Nizamat Jung Bahadur Nizamat Jung 1913
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Farewell to the feast-day! the pray'r book is stained
Songs of Labor and Other Poems Morris Rosenfeld 1892
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