Citations:prayer


 * 1678, John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress:
 * Yes; and fled from not only my sins, but sinful company too; and betook me to religious duties, as prayer, reading, weeping for sin, speaking truth to my neighbours, &c.


 * 1843, Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol:
 * Holding up his hands in a last prayer to have his fate reversed, he saw an alteration in the Phantom's hood and dress. It shrunk, collapsed, and dwindled down into a bedpost.


 * 1985, Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale:
 * There are five different prayers: for health, wealth, a death, a birth, a sin. You pick the one you want, punch in the number, then punch in your own number so your account will be debited, and punch in the number of times you want the prayer repeated.