Burdens

Examples

• It is as well I should ease my mind before I die: what we think little of in health, burdens us at such an hour as the present is to me. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• The men put down their burdens, and then one caught sight of the notice which Tarzan had posted. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• His superior intelligence and cunning permitted him to invent a thousand diabolical tricks to add to the burdens of Tublat's life. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• How slow had been the apprehension of the forces of that kind but silent Mother whose strong arms are ever ready to lift and carry the burdens of men whenever her aid is diligently sought! William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Then came the riderless horses with their burdens tied across the saddles. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• I may be strong-minded, but no one can say I'm out of my sphere now, for woman's special mission is supposed to be drying tears and bearing burdens. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• There never was a man like him for laying on himself burdens greater than he can bearvoluntarily incurring needless responsibilities. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Ephraim is an heartless dove--Issachar an over-laboured drudge, which stoops between two burdens. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• It was the first great battle successfully won and gave a spirit of confidence and an irresistible spirit of victory to the men who were lifting the burdens off the bodies of men. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Men fall into a routine when they are tired and slack: it has all the appearance of activity with few of its burdens. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.

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