Significados de lay the burden em inglês

On my shoulders lay the burden and the glory.

Go to the 'nobles' first, and lay the burden on the backs that ought to carry it.

It was Sabine on whom Felicite resolved to lay the burden of curing Calyste's passion for Beatrix.

Upon his shoulders lay the burden, and the decision that was taken must be attributed solely to him.

Cravenly, he began to blame the woman, to lay the burden of his own shortcomings at Evelina's door.

Your conscience, Mr. Prime Minister, has an easy way of clearing itself; you lay the burden of it on me!

And, as party spirit was the order of the day, an attempt was made to lay the burden of it to that account.

So heavy, indeed, lay the burden of sin upon him that he envied the very dogs, wishing that he could change places with them.

The ability to lay the burden of lapses from good taste, and other goods, upon the shoulders of the flesh, is sometimes convenient and comforting.

She had come to him and laid the burden on his heart.

That ordering, as we all know, laid the burden upon Seabury.

Why upon thee is laid the burden of so many sorrows?

But God has laid the burden on her-andI can only help her to bear it.

We see you increasing every year your expenditures, and laying the burden thereof on your subjects.

He laid the burdens of statesmanship as much as possible on the clergy-onMorton and Fox and Warham.

And so, on top of Reed Opdyke's other interests, Professor Mansfield laid the burden of Scott Brenton's worldly training.