Sentence example with the word 'burthen'

burthen

Definition n. a variant of `burden'

Last update: October 20, 2015


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His only burthen was to give help to the Roman side in war; within his kingdom he was free, and his dominions flourished as no part of Sicily had flourished since the days of Timoleon.   [Please select]

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She held up a warning finger, and then glanced at her sleeping burthen.   [Please select]

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"Those two make one's life a burthen, with their everlasting wrangling and bickering."   [Please select]

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Why--why was it so difficult to shake off this burthen of mortal clay.   [Please select]

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_September_ says-- The burthened earth abounds with various fruit, Which doth the Epicurean's Palate Suit.   [Please select]

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When the canoe rose, it was free from its burthen, and bottom upwards; and Mrs.   [Please select]

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"I will take thy burthen from thee," the man said.   [Please select]

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Anna, and thought to be seuen hundred tvnnes in burthen.   [Please select]

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Finally in 1492 Granada fell, and then, helped by some merchants of the town of Palos, Columbus got his ships, three ships, of which only one, the _Santa Maria_, of 100 tons burthen, was decked.   [Please select]

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They have been tamed--but at a price, the price of throwing the burthen of taxation upon the voiceless mass of the common people.   [Please select]

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