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Meanings of burthen in English
Usage of burthen in English
1
Bathing in this tirtha, the great Rishi became freed from the burthen.
2
And the burthen of his song is of course the autumn tints.
3
That had to be the burthen of the song on both sides.
4
These are the people that make life a burthen to the tourist.
5
The result was the Archimedes, a wooden vessel of 237 tons burthen.
6
The adventurers bought four vessels of an average burthen of 350 tons.
7
The society was so easy, that even Henrietta found it no burthen.
8
Chilian directed the two men, who found it still quite a burthen.
9
So we divided the burthen, and supped merrily together on our knees.
10
No burthen is a burthen when one has carried it to her.
11
Take it with all the burthen of Messrs. Camperdown's lawsuits upon it.
12
One of them will carry a burthen of near six hundred weight.
13
Placing this burthen on thee I shall soon be free from anxiety.
14
Nor did her gun-deck appear to me particularly roomy for her burthen.
15
She was not a heavy burthen, and he took her up easily.
16
I drew near, but my limbs were unable to support their burthen.
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