toilful
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The march continued to be toilful and difficult.
From The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools by Irving, Washington
The march continued to be toilful and difficult; on one day it did not exceed two miles, having to cut a passage over a mountain.
From Life of George Washington — Volume 01 by Irving, Washington
With the other division, Greene made a march of toilful difficulty through a barren country, to Hicks' Creek, in Chesterfield district, on the east side of the Pedee River, opposite the Cheraw Hills.
From The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools by Irving, Washington
And yet it all depends on the toilful conquest of a subtle and intricate art.
From Edison, His Life and Inventions by Dyer, Frank Lewis
An idyllic passage in Darmesteter's toilful scholar life was his tender friendship with the gifted English woman, A. Mary F. Robinson.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 by Mabie, Hamilton Wright
