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Heart-broken, unreconciled; his hopes shipwrecked; his faith destroyed.
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Heart-broken, I came here to curse you, but your appearance at once made me change my mind.
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Heart-broken he finally went out into the cold dusk and gazed up at the heavens appealingly.
Omega, the Man Lowell Howard Morrow
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Heart-broken, I wandered to the bedside, and let my eyes fall on the Suitcase, the container of all my woe.
Bab: A Sub-Deb 1917
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Heart-broken, I wandered to the bedside, and let my eyes fall on the Suitcase, the container of all my woe.
Bab: a Sub-Deb Mary Roberts Rinehart 1917
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How she taunted him with 'Heart-broken, indeed -- and whistling like that!'
Just David 1916
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Heart-broken by these misfortunes and by other disappointments, Charles developed an unreasoning and sullen obstinacy, which alienated his adherents, while the habit of heavy drinking, learned in his Highland distresses, ruined his head and heart, and converted the most gallant, gay, and promising of princes into a brutal dipsomaniac.
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How she taunted him with 'Heart-broken, indeed -- and whistling like that!'
Just David 1894
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Heart-broken to think that his lady-love is undergoing captivity in his behalf, Aucassin spends his time moping.
The Book of the Epic 1894
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Heart-broken and full of fearful forebodings, Marie left her cherished dead in the quiet village of H---- and returned to her death-darkened home.
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