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And then the prayers which had seemed cold and lifeless on her lips when she had supplicated for George Gilbert's restoration took a new colour, and were as if inspired.

From The Doctor's Wife by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)

Be patient--;I give you my word, that when the Baron sent this present to an unfortunate woman, for whom her son had supplicated, he did not know that woman was Agatha.

From Lover's Vows by Inchbald, Mrs.

We must now return to the evening when Jaqueline, having sent her attendant Margaret to obtain provisions for the suffering family, accompanied the woman who had supplicated her.

From The Lily of Leyden by Kingston, William Henry Giles

The bride had supplicated for me at Nykjöbing, but had not gained her object.

From Memoirs of Leonora Christina Daughter of Christian IV. of Denmark; Written During Her Imprisonment in the Blue Tower at Copenhagen 1663-1685 by Ulfeldt, Leonora Christina