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Meanings of old grievance in English

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Usage of old grievance in English
1
But the bitterness of her old grievance promptly stiffened up her wavering determination.
Anne of Green Gables
2
I was about to pay the bill for a centuries- old grievance.
A kiss of shadows
3
It was an old grievance, deeply felt, and never more so than now.
A clash of kings
4
Conboy grumbled, bearing on an old grievance, an old theme of servitude and discontent.
Trail's End
5
Mr. Goodman gradually worked back to his old grievance.
The Next of Kin: Those who Wait and Wonder
6
The prelate's heavy cheeks flushed with anger as this old grievance came fresh into his mind.
Sir Nigel
7
An old grievance stirred him: Why were not he and his strange companions on their way?
Triple Spies
8
The old shrug answered the old grievance.
The Amateur Cracksman
9
She was merely restating an old grievance.
Dangerous Days
10
However, that is an old grievance.
The Making of an American
11
At the sight of each other the old grievance became fresh as a thing of yesterday in both their minds.
The Broken Road
12
An old grievance, or perhaps he wanted a favour...
Heart of oak
13
In spite of some soreness over the old grievance, the King proposed the Princess Victoria's health very kindly at the dinner.
Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen — Volume 1
14
Tilly was sorting out the parcels and explaining them; at the end of her task her mind harked back to an old grievance.
Stories of a Western Town
15
Bean's attitude toward the factory girls was an old grievance with him and had caused words between them on more than one occasion.
Calvary Alley
16
Besides which, he has the old grievance against the Bairds, which is all the more bitter since they led the Scots to attack Yardhope.
Both Sides the Border: A Tale of Hotspur and Glendower
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