They were destined to come to war under any conditions, even if they had found no excuse; their alleged grievances, however, were the following.

The presence of close detailed circumstance, some local, concrete want to be supplied, some distinct tangible grievance to be redressed, some calculable immediate economy to be effected, such are the only conscious motives which push him forward along the path we have described.

" "Then your great grievance is the election of Lincoln?"

Our real grievance against William was not his afforestation, but his cruel Forest Law, which demanded the limb of a man for the life of a beast, a thing I think unknown in England before his advent.

But the greatest grievance is a paltry Quack that takes up my calling just under my nose; and in his printed directions with a, N.B., says: He lives in the house of the late ingenious Mr. JOHN PARTRIDGE, an eminent Practitioner in Leather, Physic, and Astrology.

The great grievance of which the more advanced and enlightened complained was the interference of the Pope with ecclesiastical livings in England.

This grievance was the greater, as it happened at the time that the cruel torture and execution of Captain Towerson and his crew by the Dutch took place at Amboyna.

My grievance is the grievance of Veniceof the nobles and the people!" She spoke with the exaltation of inspiration, and there was a hush in the chamber, as if she had wrought some spell they could not break.

What leads up to this revolution?" Mr. Drummond answered: "The two main grievances are the English navigation acts and the grant of authority to the English noblemen to sell land titles and manage other matters in Virginia.

But the crowning grievance of all was the cottage piano which John had sent to Lady Mary.

Next to a sum of money down, a grievance is the best thing you can have.