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Meanings of long travail in English

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Usage of long travail in English
1
Then thought Sir Dietrich, Thy long travail hath made thee weak.
The Fall of the Nibelungs
2
May they have better luck when, in our absence, the long travail of evolution resumes.
The Guardian
3
The long travail of the World-religion will not have been in vain, which assures this consummation.
Pagan and Christian Creeds: Their Origin and Meaning
4
Our long travail is almost at an end.
The Man Shakespeare and His Tragic Life Story
5
And Uns el Wujoud said in himself, 'I have gained my end' though after long travail.'
The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume IV
6
It is the issue of a long travail of soul to whose words we hearken in such a truth as this:
The Right and Wrong Uses of the Bible
7
No greater is the joy of alchemists, when after long travail, toil, and expense they see in their furnaces the transmutation.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3
8
Any thought of resentment in that Stella had used Sir Chichester's name was overlooked by the revelation of the long travail of her soul.
The Summons
9
So, at the need of one soul, into the world another soul was born, and the long travail of spirit rending flesh was ended.
Nicanor - Teller of Tales : A Story of Roman Britain
10
Had he been less exhausted by long travail and racking thoughts, far different, perhaps, would have been the language of a man so stern.
Leila or, the Siege of Granada, Book IV.
11
But when I look back upon the long travail of our race, it appears to me still impossible to adopt the peace position of non-resistance.
Essays in Rebellion
12
She had lost her alcoholic palsy, but her eyes were sunken and dark around the sockets as though she were exhausted by some long travail.
All souls' rising
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