toilful

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When, by a slow and toilful progress, the family graveyard has been reached, the lowering of the coffin into the grave—sometimes a huge circular opening—is the culminating point of the many days of excitement.

From Village Life in China A Study in Sociology by Smith, Arthur H.

With the other division, Greene made a march of toilful difficulty through a barren country, to Hicks' Creek, in Chesterfield district, on the east side of the Pedee River, opposite the Cheraw Hills.

From The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools by Irving, Washington

At dawn we resumed our toilful march, and travelled until four o'clock the following morning, when we reached an extensive valley, where grass and water were plentiful.

From The Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Houghton, Eliza Poor Donner

The day is over, the day which has been so hard and toilful even for the children,—and with the night comes rest and play.

From Tales of the Punjab by Steel, Flora Annie

An idyllic passage in Darmesteter's toilful scholar life was his tender friendship with the gifted English woman, A. Mary F. Robinson.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 by Mabie, Hamilton Wright