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  • I am a heart-bleeding democrat and would like to make something clear to you before you guys make any decision.

    Obama, Clinton supporters both say Clinton attacking unfairly 2008

  • "Rather let me die, a youth, living my life to the full, fighting ever, suffering ever," he said, "than live at ease like a beast that feeds on flowery pastures and knows no fiery gladness, no heart-bleeding pain."

    A Book of Myths Jeanie Lang

  • These poor men and women sang songs in spite of their hard lot; but these songs were not the acclaims of joy and gladness; they were not the sweet melodies of cheer and hope; they were not the strains of light-hearted, care-free, intelligent human beings; but rather the pathetic soul-cries, the sorrow-songs, the weird sobs of grief, the tremulous wails, the moans and groans of heart-bleeding, simple-minded, long-suffering black folks.

    Battles and Victories of Allen Allensworth, A. M., Ph. D., Lieutenant-Colonel, Retired, U. S. Army 1914

  • Dear friend and comrade, in _your_ sorrow, in your sore trial of faith, in _your_ Calvary, take to your heart this revelation of the heart of the Son of Man, and be careful of the solitary and heart-bleeding ones near you, no matter how humble and how unworthy they may seem.

    Our Master Thoughts for Salvationists about Their Lord Bramwell Booth 1892

  • One of His heart-broken, heart-bleeding people will sink down to death and hell under a burden of sin and corruption that another of them will scarcely feel or know or believe that it is there.

    Bunyan Characters (2nd Series) Alexander Whyte 1878

  • "I see some of the Amity's heart-bleeding has rubbed off on you.

    Warhorse Zahn, Timothy 1990

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