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toil Archaic a trap for wild beasts How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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An Ant passed by, bearing along with great toil an ear of corn he was taking to the nest. Still Adrienne thought herself the obliged party, in times as critical as those which then hung over France, in being permitted to toil for a sum that would barely supply a grisette, accustomed all her life to privations, with the coarsest necessaries. He rises with the lark, passes the day in wholesome toil, and lies down at night to pleasant dreams. |
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