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Meanings of bitter draught in English

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Usage of bitter draught in English
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O, what a bitter draught was theirs, even to the very dregs!
A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences of Laura S. Havilan...
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But a more bitter draught was still in store for him.
The Man in Gray: A Romance of North and South
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The doctor straightened in his chair, stiffening himself to administer the bitter draught.
The Brentons
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She sipped her bitter draught, watching as he tended the meat.
The grail king
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The bitter draught was swallowed at last, and, after that, all went smoothly.
Eminent Victorians
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It was a bitter draught for the Jesuits; but there was no other course.
The Jesuit Missions : A Chronicle of the Cross in the Wilderness
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But soon the bitter draught of disappointment began to breed harsher thoughts in me.
Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet: An Autobiography
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When one has tasted the bitter draught of certainty, one does not suffer less.
Cosmopolis — Volume 1
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Wilhelm looked as if he were swallowing a bitter draught.
The Malady of the Century
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But another bitter draught was to be mixed for him.
Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Volume 0...
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Yet that letter from his King was a bitter draught.
The Historical Nights' Entertainment: Second Series
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War must have been a bitter draught for Lloyd George.
The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol. 1, ...
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But I deny not that 'twill be a bitter draught.
Sir Mortimer: A Novel
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It is a bitter draught in a golden beaker.
Joseph II. and His Court: An Historical Novel
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Ser Davos, truth can be a bitter draught, even for a man like Lord Stannis.
A clash of kings
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The cup he took seemed like some bitter draught he was swallowing for politeness' sake.
What Necessity Knows
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Bitter draught across language varieties
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