toilsomeness

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.

The Confessions of a Beachcomber 2003

Nay, all of them had aptitudes, perhaps of a distinguished kind; and must, by their own and other people's labor, have got a training equal or superior in toilsomeness, earnest assiduity, and patient travail, to what breeds men to the most arduous trades.

The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 Various

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

Humphrey Bold A Story of the Times of Benbow Herbert Strang

Sometimes the toilsomeness of the journey was lightened by companionship.

Early Theories of Translation Flora Ross Amos

But now neither speaking nor preaching is taught out of them, and they are used only for disputation and toilsomeness.

Articles 19-27. Twenty-Seven Articles Respecting the Reformation of the Christian Estate 1909

Now when after much toilsomeness they had won clear of that foul tract of morass and quagmire, they came upon vast herds of swine grubbing beneath the oaks, and with them savage-looking swineherds scantily clad in skins.

A Child's Book of Saints William Canton 1909

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.

Confessions of a Beachcomber 1887

In truth, no one tried more than Newgag to excel in "horse-play," but his temperament or his training did not equip him for excelling in it; he defended the monotony, emptiness, and toilsomeness of his humour on the ground that it was "legitimate."

Tales from Bohemia Robert Neilson Stephens 1886

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

The Sign of the Spider Bertram Mitford 1884

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

Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Mark Alexander Maclaren 1868