The poor alchymist was oppressed by many Griefs; and it was not the least, that he had been again interrupted in his labours on the very point of success.
"Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists"
Washington Irving
When trouble comes to us we instinctively feel that we have no claim on the sympathy of others; and so we have to bear our Griefs alone.
"Practical Ethics"
William DeWitt Hyde
81. In the list of borderers, 1597, Hector of Harelaw, with the Griefs and Cuts of Harelaw, also figures as an inhabitant of the Debateable Land.
"Minstrelsy of the Scottish border (3rd ed) (1 of 3)"
Walter Scott