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  • "Heart-sick!" cried Elsie, in surprise; "that would not put him in a temper, surely."

    Miss Dexie A Romance of the Provinces Stanford Eveleth

  • Heart-sick, Ivan returned to his seat in the lamp-light.

    The Genius Margaret Horton Potter

  • Heart-sick for an English Spring-time, all afire for an English ring-time,

    Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, January 17, 1917 Various

  • Heart-sick but resolved, it seemed strange to him that after months of irresolution his mind should now be so firmly composed.

    The Cathedral Hugh Walpole 1912

  • Heart-sick, my daily duties were faithfully done, but my difficulties and sufferings were not mentioned to a living being.

    A slaveholder's daughter, 1900

  • Heart-sick, he forbore to ask for the explanation; he knew the real answer, anyway -- whatever she might say -- and he understood that any game in that house was Ruthven's game, and the guests his guests; and that

    The Younger Set 1899

  • Heart-sick he leaned over the side watching the Indians in their paint and feathers shooting backwards and forwards in their canoes, and staring across at the town where the gaunt gable ends of houses and charred walls marked the effect of the terrible fire which a few years before had completely destroyed the lower part.

    The Refugees Arthur Conan Doyle 1894

  • Heart-sick and ashamed, waiting for Philip, and listening to every step, she kept her room two days longer.

    The Manxman A Novel - 1895 Hall Caine 1892

  • Heart-sick, I was ashamed for her, hated myself for having blundered into surprising her.

    The Deluge David Graham Phillips 1889

  • Heart-sick, he only wonders when a Yankee bullet will end the throbbings of his unconquerable heart.

    The Little Lady of Lagunitas A Franco-Californian Romance Richard Savage 1874

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