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• But so deep was the peace which had fallen on her heart that the news gave no pang--caused no tears Olive, dearest," said Mrs. Rothesay, herself subdued into weeping I know, mamma," was the answer. —  Olive A Novel
• And his murderer stood by to see the shudder convulse the rigid limbs, and count each lingering pang--calm, pitiless, unmoved, his face so serene in its chill indifference, its brutal and unnatural tranquillity, whilst beneath the drooped lids his eyes watched with the dark glitter of a triumphant vengeance the last agony of the man whom he had loved, that the two who were with him in this ghastly hour shrank involuntarily from his side, awed more by the Living than the Dead. —  Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida Selected from the Works of Ouida
• They would have, he and she at least, their common pang--through which fact, somehow, he should feel less stranded. —  The Finer Grain
• Mixed with his joy was a half-pang, as he realised that he had lost his fear of Poppy Tyrell I promised my father," said the girl, presently. —  A Master Of Craft
• Why could she not smother down the unwonted pang, the new craving? —  Agatha's Husband A Novel

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