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Sometimes the toilsomeness of the journey was lightened by companionship.

From Early Theories of Translation by Amos, Flora Ross

Apart from the toilsomeness of the task, there were risks to be feared and provided against.

From Humphrey Bold A Story of the Times of Benbow by Strang, Herbert

The heat, the clatter, the stuffy odours, the toilsomeness, the fatigue of town life are abandoned; the careless quiet, the calm, the refreshment of the whole air, the tonic of the wide sea are gained.

From Confessions of a Beachcomber by Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James)

Through the toilsomeness and peril of their journeying no word of complaint or despondency escaped her.

From The Sign of the Spider by Mitford, Bertram

I. First, then, let me point out some of the significant hints which the gospel records give us of the toilsomeness of Christ's service.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Mark by Maclaren, Alexander