Hence it is that an angry word rankles longer in the heart than an angry gesture, nay, very often even longer than a blow.
I reckon it kinder rankles you for to see old Tuck Peevy a-hangin' roun' when the t'other feller's in sight.
I cannot expel the passion that rankles in my blood," Basil interposed darkly.
Once the poison of her kisses rankles in your blood nothing can save you from your doom.
Hence my despair; for neither force nor art Can wound her bosom, nor extract the dart That rankles here, while proudly she defies The power that makes a captive world his prize.
I never saw so much political bitterness as that which rankles in the hearts of himself and his wife.
She said Lord Holland's death was in great measure attributable to the vexation and excitement he underwent, and the recollection of the opposition Palmerston met with still rankles deeply in her mind.
He is not aware how little he is regarded in the country in comparison with Peel, or, if aware of it, the consciousness rankles in his mind, and embitters his naturally sour feelings against Peel.
When once the venom of jealousy has found its way within the heart of man, it rankles there, and, little by little, poisons his whole blood.
The letter came yesterday; to-day, analyzing myself more quietly, I find to my own astonishment that the offence not only rankles in my mind, but also has taken firmer root.
Then again it rankles in my mind that perhaps a Kromitzki is sufficient to her happiness.
Yet it is hardly the mere piercing of the skin that hurts us most; it is in the dark night hours when the wound rankles that our agony comes home to us.
All night long the conversation between her cousin and Lady Stafford rankles in her mind.
He beneath the wreck Of Babel lies and thence looks out and sees Me in white garments on the mount of God Going toward glory, and it rankles in him.
A century has passed away since then, and, notwithstanding that, the hatred of Whites still rankles in their souls, and is cherished and yielded to as a national creed and guide of conduct.
For he not yet had felt the pain That rankles in a wounded breast; He waked to sin, then slept again, Forsook his God, yet took his rest.
Comparatively few English people have even heard of this Treaty of Limerick; in Ireland it rankles to this day.
Nor Massic herbs, nor slumberous charms avail To cure the wound, that rankles in his heart.
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