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  • Again sore-stricken Hongray fled, and sought his grief to smother,

    Madam La Marquise 2000

  • Then, _The Bonita_ righted herself, tremulously, languidly, as one sore-stricken might sit up, very feebly.

    Heart of the Blue Ridge Waldron Baily

  • The rehabilitation of the community of the sore-stricken believers throughout Burma constitutes the most urgent task of the Indian believers, and is a direct challenge which they cannot ignore or neglect.

    Dawn of a New Day 1897-1957 Shoghi Effendi 1927

  • William Pitt, long failing in health, was sore-stricken by the news of

    The Life of Napoleon I (Volume 2 of 2) John Holland Rose 1898

  • For a time, Kutusoff forbore to attack the sore-stricken host; but, early in November, the Russian horse began to infest the line of march, and at Viasma their gathering forces were barely held off: had

    The Life of Napoleon I (Volume 2 of 2) John Holland Rose 1898

  • This was to be the general drift of Austrian policy for the next four years; and it may be granted that only by bending before the blast could that sore-stricken monarchy be saved from destruction.

    The Life of Napoleon I (Volume 2 of 2) John Holland Rose 1898

  • -- What had led to her wild, swift vengeance? for Todd had in turn been carried to hospital, a sore-stricken man.

    An Apache Princess A Tale of the Indian Frontier Charles King 1888

  • To the girl it seemed as if an ally had risen to her need, and that the moment's tender clasp of his arms was a pledge of aid to a sore-stricken fugitive.

    Janice Meredith Paul Leicester Ford 1883

  • In twenty days he had covered the distance between the Plateau and Msala, stumbling on alone, blinded, wounded, sore-stricken, through a thousand daily valleys of death.

    With Edged Tools Henry Seton Merriman 1882

  • The sore-stricken leviathan stopped, shuddered and reeled, smitten to death.

    The World Peril of 1910 George Chetwynd Griffith 1881

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