toils

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Toils to be fair, O blot her out that day As false within!

From The Electra of Euripides Translated into English rhyming verse by Murray, Gilbert

But these letters also show us that he was already connected with this office by his position in the subordinate office of Tents and Toils.

From John Lyly by Wilson, John Dover

When she had secur’d him thus far in her Toils, she never conceal’d her Power, but play’d the Part of a perfect Humourist.

From Zadig Or, The Book of Fate by Voltaire

Rich death, that realises all my cares, Toils, virtues, hopes; without it a chimera!

From Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes by Young, Edward

"There is a large family of these Toils," remarked the stranger.

From Little Daffydowndilly (From: "The Snow Image and Other Twice-Told Tales") by Hawthorne, Nathaniel