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Who should have Priam's wealthy substance won, If watery Thetis had her child fordone?

From The Works of Christopher Marlowe, Vol. 3 (of 3) by Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)

He came across them as they fared slowly down the bent, looking weary and fordone.

From The Sundering Flood by Morris, May

There, once more, rose frightful struggle; desperate attempt by the fordone Prussians to retake that Height.

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 19 by Carlyle, Thomas

The way is long, and when he returns in the morning he looks fordone with weariness.

From Some Chinese Ghosts by Hearn, Lafcadio

The ruffled fag fordone with care   And brooding, God would ease this pain: Him soothest thou and smoothest down   Till some content return again.

From John Marr and Other Poems by Melville, Herman