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His body fordone with age is by them considered to be full of the spirit of wisdom.

From Seeds of Pine by Canuck, Janey

And now that gentle lord was all fordone with sweat and toil, he and his charger; and so weary were they that scarcely could they any longer breathe.'

From Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series by Symonds, John Addington

Now they were slumbering, fordone with toil, but their goodly weapons lay by them on the ground, all orderly, in three rows, and by each man his pair of steeds.

From The Iliad by Homer

There, once more, rose frightful struggle; desperate attempt by the fordone Prussians to retake that Height.

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 19 by Carlyle, Thomas

He followed the outer boulevards for a long time, and at length, fordone with weariness, lay down on the edge of a piece of waste land.

From Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels by France, Anatole