toilful

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The wild flowers were no longer the mere ornaments of the fields, or the resorts of the toilful bee; they were the lurking-places of fairies.

From The Crayon Papers by Irving, Washington

Where all were toilful laborers, and few possessed more than a sufficiency of worldly goods to provide for the necessities of the day, there was no room for the distinctions of rank.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No. V, May, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various

During their slow, toilful walks she appeared to be dragging with her for a penance the burden of that infirm bulk.

From To-morrow by Conrad, Joseph

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.

I grasp'd the laurels of heroic strife, The thousand perils of a soldier's life; Obedient in the ranks each toilful day!

From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 by Disraeli, Isaac