fardel

Example Sentences

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"Whom would fardels bear under such a weary and long life.... when he could his quietus make with a bare bodkin?"

From New York Times

And then there it was, in “To be, or not to be”: “Who would fardels bear, to grunt and sweat under a weary life?”

From The New Yorker

Time, so far, had brought with him only a complication of troubles, more tangled than his usual fardel.

From Project Gutenberg

The sharp corners of the fardels were ploughing into his back.

From Project Gutenberg

In travail, as in tears, With the fardel of her years Overprest,— In mercy was she borne Where the weary ones and worn Are at rest.

From Project Gutenberg