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Meanings of sore affliction in English

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Usage of sore affliction in English
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THAHN A sore affliction indeed, and bad for our calling.
Selections from the Writings of Lord Dunsany
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James F. Cross, of Rosebud, has been assisting Brother Riggs during his sore affliction.
The American Missionary — Volume 49, No. 05, May, 1895
3
The pre-Raphaelite heresy was a sore affliction to him.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 444 / Volume 18, New Series, J...
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It is not surprising, then, that they looked upon his departure as a sore affliction.
Washington Irving
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This sore affliction was the means of drawing out much sympathy from many of the natives.
Excellent Women
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A miserly heart must be a sore affliction.
Selections from the Writings of Lord Dunsany
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You've had sore affliction; but it's an awful thing to bring an innocent man to trouble.
Miscellanea
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Be seated, sar, and please excuse my not rising, my rheumatism is a sore affliction to me.
Pieces of Eight / Being the Authentic Narrative of a Treasure Di...
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Can you not look up, even in this sore affliction, and say, 'Blessed be the name of the Lord?'
Lizzy Glenn; Or, The Trials of a Seamstress
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But there is yet another sore affliction to which the tyrant is liable, Sinmonides, which I will name to you.
Hiero
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Faith, and she was in such sore affliction this morning because of thee, Harry, as might well console any man.
The Heart's Highway: A Romance of Virginia in the Seventeenth Ce...
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It is a sore affliction to him, sent for some good, and may he understand and apply it with wisdom!
Philip Gilbert Hamerton / An Autobiography, 1834-1858, and a Mem...
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Wherefore the children of blessed Shem, by this monster, had sore affliction (Judg 4:2,3).
Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02
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Then, after twenty-four years in this, the Most Great Prison, in agony and sore affliction, His days drew to a close.
Selections from the Writings of `Abdu'l-Bahá
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The Malay could scarce believe the good fortune which had befallen him so quickly following the sore affliction of losing the treasure.
The Monster Men
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Recalled, as it were by the sound of the bugle, Mr. Edson was compelled to say something, a sore affliction to him always.
Home as Found / Sequel to "Homeward Bound"
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