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  • But Dolly feigned not to understand, at the penalty of many a heart-pang.

    Springhaven Richard Doddridge 2004

  • Cisternas in opposition to the will of his Relations; Many an heart-pang has punished me for the imprudent step.

    The Monk 2004

  • May I still feel the heart-pang and pity, love-ties that I would not release;

    Love A. E. 1913

  • May I still feel the heart-pang and pity, love-ties that I would not release,

    AE in the Irish Theosophist George William Russell 1901

  • She was as serene as if she had never known what it was to have a heart-pang or an instant of regret in all her life.

    A Fool and His Money George Barr McCutcheon 1897

  • Across his surprise and joy there came an intense admiration of her, a heart-pang of passionate gratitude.

    Elder Conklin and Other Stories Frank Harris 1893

  • Across his surprise and joy there came an intense admiration of her, a heart-pang of passionate gratitude.

    Gulmore, The Boss Frank Harris 1893

  • No heart-pang was reflected in those blue mindless eyes; there was no heart to wound: only a little foolish vanity had been bruised.

    Muslin 1892

  • The action caused Kate a heart-pang, but the strangeness of the scene she was witnessing distracted her thoughts.

    A Mummer's Wife 1892

  • To-day the sentimental traveller 'feels a heart-pang to see the order, the cleanliness, the wide streets, the playgrounds, the big boulevards, the absence of indigence that have spoiled the most interesting part of New

    Chopin : the Man and His Music James Huneker 1890

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