fardel

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In travail, as in tears, With the fardel of her years Overprest,— In mercy was she borne Where the weary ones and worn Are at rest.

From A Selection from the Works of Frederick Locker by Locker-Lampson, Hannah Jane

I'm sore bestead, Priscilla—I have a quarrel with Myles Standish, and 't is as big a fardel as my shoulders will bear.

From Standish of Standish A story of the Pilgrims by Austin, Jane G. (Jane Goodwin)

What a satire was in this their so contemptible a fardel, who would lightly toss away another man's dear life!

From Idonia: A Romance of Old London by Wallis, Arthur F.

Eye-colours for dying blue, almost as good as indigo, made up in round cakes, and packed 100 cakes in a fardel, worth fifty to sixty.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Kerr, Robert

After venting that brief soliloquy he sat silent a little while, till Leonard was nearly out of sight, then rose, resumed his fardel, and, creeping quick along the hedgerows, followed Leonard toward the town.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 by Various