Le Fanu House|volume=II|pages=23–24|pageref=24|passage=So Dangerfield’s little dyspepsy had like to have cured one or other of the village leeches, for ever and a day, of the heart-ache and all other aches that flesh is heir to.
Baum Wizard of Oz|chapter=Introduction|passage=It aspires to being a modernized fairy tale, in which the wonderment and joy are retained and the heart-aches and nightmares are left out.
1931, Emma Goldman, Living My Life, Every day brought more disappointment and heart-ache.
