burthen
Example Sentences
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The woods decay, the woods decay and fall, The vapours weep their burthen to the ground, Man comes and tills the field and lies beneath, And after many a summer dies the swan.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 2, 2010
May we all remember that it can only be preserved by respecting the rights of the States and distributing equally the benefit and the burthen of the Union.
From Time Magazine Archive
But what you will remember is the ghostly burthen of fear and futility borne by the voices of shadowy warriors.
From Time Magazine Archive
This proposition had been put and unanimously carried, and everyone was getting on as nicely as possible, when, all of a sudden, killjoy, Jean Boulot, dropped from the clouds with his unconscious and fever-stricken burthen.
From The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France by Lewis Wingfield
Tails were sent by Nature, not merely as an ornament, but to enable the animal to whisk away the flies, which in hot weather render its life a burthen.
From Ladies on Horseback Learning, Park-Riding, and Hunting, with Hints upon Costume, and Numerous Anecdotes by Nannie Lambert
