fardel

Example Sentences

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As he spoke, a dozen men rushed forward, each screening himself behind a huge fardel of brushwood.

From The White Company by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

I trembled for fear in his virtuous scorn he should take his fardel away again.

From Helmet of Navarre by Runkle, Bertha

Remembering the which, I gathered unto myself divers pretty toys—you shall hear them sweetly a-jingle in my fardel here.

From Beltane the Smith by Farnol, Jeffery

I’ll but lay down my fardel, and then step o’er to poor Sens Bradbridge.”

From All's Well Alice's Victory by Lewin, M.

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.