fardel
Example Sentences
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He, who in the old days had shouldered with a smile responsibilities which would have set his elders sweating with apprehension, found the light weight of Gramarye a fardel to make him stagger.
From Anthony Lyveden by Yates, Dornford
I’ll rest my fardel a bit on the stile while Emmet comes up.”
From All's Well Alice's Victory by Lewin, M.
His gold chain of pride he hath laid aside, And furred gown of the scarlet red;He set on his back a fardel and pack, And a hood on his grizzled head.
From More Bywords by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
To torment myself with the detail of the noisome contents of the fardel will but make it stick the closer, first to my imagination and then to my unwilling will.
From The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge by Coleridge, Henry Nelson
It was selfish of me to link you with so much wretchedness, and join you with me in bearing the fardel of never-ending anxiety and suspense.”
From The Phantom Ship by Marryat, Frederick
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.