ora pro nobis
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Adieu! for three weeks I shall say, Sancte Michael, ora pro nobis!
From The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 by Walpole, Horace
Those who remember those days will recall in imagination the strong nasal twang of "Sant' Bartolome, ora pro nobis; Santa Agata, ora pro nobis; Sant' Silvestro, ora pro nobis," &c.
From Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 by Hare, Augustus J. C.
As we sit, they are singing in the chapel, and I hear 'Ave Maria, ora pro nobis.'
From Kate Carnegie and Those Ministers by Maclaren, Ian
I can still see the faces of the priests as if they were at my elbow, and hear Ave Maria, ora pro nobis, sounding through the church.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25) by Lang, Andrew
Then he opened his scared eyes and perceived before him the sweet form which stretched its plaster arms to him in the shadow, and full of agony he cried: "Mater inviolata, ora pro nobis!"
From The Grip of Desire by France, Hector
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