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Meanings of grievous things in English

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Usage of grievous things in English
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Were those grievous things still growing, seeding, flowering in other lives left behind?
The Child of the Dawn
2
Let's have that tea, dear, and talk about less grievous things.
Big Timber: A Story of the Northwest
3
And the Dissenters testified many and grievous things against Daniel.
The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales
4
O my son, why do wretched I live, having suffered grievous things, thou being dead?
The Iliad of Homer (1873)
5
You must have suffered grievous things in your young conscience, my dear; this was an ugly spot to hide.
A Touch of Sun, and Other Stories
6
For whereas wickedness is fearful, it beareth witness of its condemnation: for a troubled conscience always forecasteth grievous things.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Old Testament — Part 2
7
For if grievous things had to be suffered, bearing poverty and death at the same time, the grief brought about future joys.
The Deeds of God Through the Franks
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Wis 17:11 For wickedness, condemned by her own witness, is very timorous, and being pressed with conscience, always forecasteth grievous things.
Deuterocanonical Books of the Bible / Apocrypha
9
'There certainly are some grievous things going on,' said Abbe Mouret.
Abbe Mouret's Transgression
10
31:18 Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
The King James Bible
11
...For wickedness, condemned by her own witness, is very timorous, and being pressed with conscience, always forecasteth grievous things.
Donal Grant
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