toilful

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At dawn we resumed our toilful march, and travelled until four o'clock the following morning, when we reached an extensive valley, where grass and water were plentiful.

From The Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Houghton, Eliza Poor Donner

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

To travel a couple of months is a sufficient reward for a thousand toilful days.

From Among the Forces by Warren, Henry White

Instead of the glittering line of mailed warriors, we behold the patient train of the toilful muleteer, slowly moving along the skirts of the mountain.

From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8 by Sylvester, Charles Herbert

The prairie, for all its beauties, spelt toilful days and bitter disappointment for him.

From The Forfeit by Cullum, Ridgwell