Do we say grieve or aggrieve

grieve 923 occurrences

Why Twilight should grieve at the tomb of Lorenzo, grandson of Lorenzo Magnifico, any more than the grandfather would have done, does not seem very clear, even to Twilight himself, who seems, after all, in a very crepuscular state upon the subject.

One relates to a vulgarism of language, which I grieve to say is sometimes heard even from female lips.

Let them not grieve for me; let them remember that the brave should be prepared to meet death, and I will do as becomes a Dakotah.

Those lips are thinethy own sweet smile I see, The same that oft in childhood solaced me; Voice only fails, else how distinct they say, 'Grieve not, my child, chase all thy fears away!' The meek intelligence of those dear eyes (Blest be the art that can immortalize, The art that baffles Time's tyrannic claim To quench it) here shines on me still the same.

And, Andrew dear, believe me, Ye'll find mankind an unco squad, And muckle they may grieve ye:

"Grieve not my lovebe not so sad, 'Tis now the season to be glad; There is a time for war and strife, A time to soothe the ills of life.

Thy Byzun lives; no longer grieve, I see him there, my words believe;

But mark the fierse, If they swell before, It will grieve them sore.

That you did not find him sensible must doubtless grieve you; his disposition towards you was undoubtedly that of a kind, though not of a fond father.

Why do I stand relating of the storie Which in the doing had enough to grieve me? Tell on and end the tale, you whom it pleaseth; Mee mine own sorrow stops from further speaking.

Seeke not to grieve that heart which is thine owne.

many, though unacquainted With our intents, have had disgrace and wrongs Which grieve them still; most will be glad of change, And even they that lov'd him best, when once They see him gone, will smile oth' comming times, Let goe things past and looke to their owne safetie:

Why, what can you ith' government mislike, Unlesse it grieve you that the world's in peace Or that our arm[i]es conquer without blood?

Weele not belie our teares; we waile not thee, It is our selves and our owne losse we grieve: To thee what losse in such a change can bee? Vertue is paid her due by death alone.

"No one lives who will grieve for me," he replied sadly.

"Neither, indeed, is It possible for them, in the way they take, so to express Passion as that the effects of it should appear in the concernment of an audience; their speeches being so many declamations, which tire us with the length: so that, instead of persuading us to grieve for their imaginary heroes, we are concerned for our own trouble, as we are, in the tedious visits of bad [dull] company; we are in pain till they are gone.

Fond friends, don’t grieve For scenes like these, Or smart from bugs, mosquitoes, fleas.

and I will at once send in my resignation to the king, and will retire into a corner to grieve over the fate of my country and of you."

[* Read, consider] "Those two be those two great calamities, That long agoe did grieve the noble spright Of Salomon with great indignities, Who whilome was alive the wisest wight: 445

665 At last me seem'd wing-footed Mercurie, From heaven descending to appease their strife, The arke did beare with him above the skie, And to those ashes gave a second life, To live in heaven, where happines is rife: 670 At which the earth did grieve exceedingly, And I for dole was almost like to die.

[Footnote 5: 'and we care for your safety as much as we grieve for the death of Polonius.']

I grieve over every day lost, which protracts our separation.

I grieve not now that old Menanders veine Is ruin'd to survive in thee againe; Such in his time was he of the same peece, The smooth, even naturall Wit, and Love of Greece.

He will feel the deep truth of what Plato says: [Greek: oute ti ton anthropinon haxion on megalaes spondaes]nothing in human affairs is worth any great anxiety; or, as the Persian poet has it, Though from thy grasp all worldly things should flee, Grieve not for them, for they are nothing worth: And though a world in thy possession be, Joy not, for worthless are the things of earth.

I am sorry that ever I should Be naughty and give you a pain; I hope I shall learn to be good, And so never grieve you again.

aggrieve 2 occurrences

wrong, aggrieve, oppress, persecute; trample upon, tread upon, bear hard upon, put upon; overburden; weigh down, weigh heavy on; victimize; run down; molest &c 830. maltreat, abuse; ill-use, ill-treat; buffet, bruise, scratch, maul; smite &c (scourge) 972; do violence, do harm, do a mischief; stab, pierce, outrage.

irritate, provoke, sting, nettle, try the patience, pique, fret, rile, tweak the nose, chafe, gall; sting to the quick, wound to the quick, cut to the quick; aggrieve, affront, enchafe^, enrage, ruffle, sour the temper; give offense &c (resentment)

Do we say   grieve   or  aggrieve