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The Manor, even if she had been wishing to return thither, would, he knew, be the most undesirable home for her at present: every scene, every object there, was associated with still unallayed anguish.

From Scenes of Clerical Life by Eliot, George

All through the winter, the perturbation of the little huckster’s mind remained unallayed; but there came a day in early spring which set his questionings at rest.

From The Golden Shoemaker or 'Cobbler' Horn by Keyworth, J. W.

This was always the consoling thought to which Mary Potter returned, from the unallayed trouble of her mind.

From The Story of Kennett by Taylor, Bayard

No aged maids shall pass from yonder throng With bitterness,—their heart's unuttered song For some dear love to end their joyless woe, And longings unallayed that e'er may flow.

From Babylonian and Assyrian Literature by Anonymous

Ten years afterwards, in writing to Björnson, the discomfort of that experience was still unallayed.

From Henrik Ibsen by Gosse, Edmund