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Meanings of grievous pestilence in English

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Usage of grievous pestilence in English
1
Another apparition in the firmament bodes war, famine, the advent of grievous pestilence.
Astronomy for Amateurs
2
They refused to let the Israelites go, and He brought slaughter upon them, a very grievous pestilence.
The Legends of the Jews — Volume 2
3
On us hath fallen this grievous pestilence.
The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
4
But at last the gods afflicted the country with a grievous pestilence, which made terrible havoc among the people.
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome
5
With the cessation of civil broils the famine disappeared; and with it the grievous pestilence that had so long accompanied it.
The Life of St. Frances of Rome, and Others
6
This year a grievous pestilence attacked the city and the country; it showed itself, however, in protracted rather than fatal diseases.
The History of Rome, Books 27 to 36
7
A grievous pestilence may sweep off an isolated people before the aid of the physician can arrive to arrest its progress.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 20,...
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