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Meanings of hew wood in English

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Usage of hew wood in English
1
Then said the Simpleton: "Father, let me go into the forest and hew wood."
The Golden Goose Book
2
He could hew wood and carry water well, but he was not long left to do such rough work.
Young Folks Treasury, Volume 3 (of 12) / Classic Tales and Old-F...
3
The other man was negligible- abovinelump of flesh without personality-bornto hew wood and draw water for men of enterprise.
The Hidden Places
4
Better hew wood and draw water than attach ourselves devotedly to an art in which we have not the capacity to excel.
Ernest Maltravers — Volume 03
5
He went accordingly into the forest to hew wood, and he ordered his daughters to let one of them bring him his dinner.
The Book of Were-Wolves
6
We are going into the forest to hew wood, and in the evening, when we are ready, we will come and fetch you.
The Junior Classics, Volume 1: Fairy and wonder tales
7
These husbandmen till the ground, breed cattle, hew wood, and convey it to the towns either by land or water, as is most convenient.
Utopia
8
We are going into the forest to hew wood, and in the evening, when we are ready, we will come and fetch you again.
My Book of Favourite Fairy Tales
9
What I was going to say was that you ought to be very thankful that you have got to draw water and hew wood-
Uneasy Money
10
Gifts make a minister; and as a minister, one is but a servant to hew wood and draw water for the house of my God.
Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03
11
They are as numerous as the French, and have a large annual surplus population, which has to hew wood and draw water for foreign peoples.
The Inside Story of the Peace Conference
12
The Tillers of the Soil are no longer Hewing Wood and Drawing Water.
Knocking the Neighbors
13
Annja's feet felt the rough- hewed wood flooring under her.
Sacrifice
14
Hewing wood and sawing plank leave me no time to take part in the disputes of parties.
Ben-Hur
15
"Maybe it would," replied Hansei, at last, "but I've got to hew wood in the winter.
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Vol...
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