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But life in the swarming cities, Shanghai, Canton, Peiping, Hankow and the capital, Nanking, went toilsomely and safely on.

From Time Magazine Archive

We have seen how patiently, how toilsomely, Music has broken one by one the fetters of conventionality; how she has grown in strength and beauty, anticipating the moment of her final deliverance.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 by Rudd, John

And that is a publication of his relations with Jesuitism, the destruction of the toilsomely obtained confidence of his party, in order to prevent his election.

From A Twofold Life by Hillern, Wilhelmine von

In a moment she was out; her sisters followed more deliberately; then the three together, exerting all their strength, dragged the boat toilsomely up the beach.

From The Girl Crusoes A Story of the South Seas by Strang, Mrs. Herbert

"Do you want anything?" askt his host, rising toilsomely from the floor.

From The Old Man of the Mountain, The Lovecharm and Pietro of Abano Tales from the German of Tieck by Tieck, Ludwig