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By this I meant, whether for all this footsoreness, this thirst and this exertion, I would be rewarded by proportional pleasure.

From The Bride of Dreams by Auw, Mellie von

While she was thus perplexed at her unexplained fatigue and footsoreness, and at the gap in her memory, M. Boeteau hypnotised her.

From Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death by Myers, F. W. H. (Frederic William Henry)

His instructions were to wait there, picking up in the meantime such of the sailor party as lagged behind from footsoreness or fatigue, till joined by Lieut.

From The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore by Hutchinson, J. R. (John Robert)

In those six days of marching they suffered terribly from cold, rain, and footsoreness.

From The Leicestershires beyond Baghdad by Thompson, Edward John

Perhaps he will content himself in his footsoreness by noting that, to reach C 13, he has not had to go up or down any stairs.

From Observations of an Orderly Some Glimpses of Life and Work in an English War Hospital by Muir, Ward