toilful
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The wild flowers were no longer the mere ornaments of the fields, or the resorts of the toilful bee; they were the lurking-places of fairies.
From The Crayon Papers by Washington Irving
Hard likeness to the toilful apes of youth He bore at times, and tempted the sly smile; And not on her soft lips was it descried.
From Poems — Volume 3 by George Meredith
During their slow, toilful walks she appeared to be dragging with her for a penance the burden of that infirm bulk.
From To-morrow by Joseph Conrad
Where all were toilful laborers, and few possessed more than a sufficiency of worldly goods to provide for the necessities of the day, there was no room for the distinctions of rank.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No. V, May, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various
These were our farewells to each other in this world, a fitting finish to the tragedies of our toilful and thankless lives.
From The Trail of the Tramp by Leon Ray Livingston
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