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

From Some Chinese Ghosts by Hearn, Lafcadio

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

His body fordone with age is by them considered to be full of the spirit of wisdom.

From Seeds of Pine by Canuck, Janey

Let bath be made For such men fordone, Wash thou hands and feet thereof, Comb their hair and dry them Ere the coffin has them; Then bid them sleep full sweetly.

From The Story of the Volsungs, (Volsunga Saga) With Excerpts from the Poetic Edda by Morris, William

He was near fordone, poor man! but still entreatingly prayed, in sentences broken by consumptive spasms, for wisdom and faith and the fire of the Holy Ghost in this dire emergency.

From The Cruise of the Shining Light by Duncan, Norman