1825. Herban, I. xiii.
| Return we now to Herban’s peaceful cot, | |
| Where bless’d contentment with humility | |
| Divides his acheless heart. |
1860. Harvard Mag., VII. Sept., 39–40.
| Shall the College funds be thrown away | |
| In building a Hall in the church’s stead, | |
| Where one may breathe on Commencement Day, | |
| With lungs unpoisoned and acheless head? |
1880. ‘Vernon Lee,’ Belcaro, ii. 26. As the white vapours rose from the town below and gathered on the roofs like a veil, it [a child] would feel a vague, acheless pain within it.
1919. Harvey’s Weekly, II. 4 Oct., 14/2. If a man has an aching tooth, does he complain because the dentist gives professional attention to the one tooth and neglects all the others which are acheless?
