burthens

Kick off their burthens, meaning the high classes.

Don Juan George Gordon Byron Byron 1806

You may remember the nice parts: promises of easy yokes, light burthens and peace on earth.

Rodney Punt: A Quest for Meaning in Holiday Music (And Finding It in The Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles) Rodney Punt 2011

“Know, O Princess, that this is Sayf al-Muluk, whose hand saved me by the ordinance of Allah Almighty and he it is who hath borne all manner burthens on thine account: wherefore I would have thee look upon him with favour.”

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

Now when Kamar al-Zaman, heard these words and understood her verses and their import, he said, “O King, I have not the habit of these doings, nor have I strength to bear these heavy burthens for which elder than I have proved unable; then how will it be with my tender age?”

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

And anon their Laws that they take out of the press are carried by several men, four or five several burthens in all, and they do relieve one another; and whether it is that every one desires to have the carrying of it, I cannot tell, thus they carried it round about the room while such a service is singing.

October 15th, 2006 2006

Critobulus retorted: I see, Socrates, you are doing your very best to escape an irksome task: you would rather not, if you can help it, stretch out so much as your little finger to help me to bear my necessary burthens more easily.

Oeconomicus 2007

By Hera, I envy you your wealth, Antisthenes, firstly, because the state does not lay burthens on you and treat you like a slave; and secondly, people do not fall into a rage with you when you refuse to be their creditor.

Symposium 2007

Must we not bear humiliation, along with the other burthens and griefs, for the sake of our country?

The Virginians 2006

He rose with a lion added to the burthens of his conscience, and held out his hand to assist her.

The Wheels of Chance: a bicycling idyll Herbert George 2006

They wore white flannel mantillas, topped by a sombrero, and carried enormous weights on their heads, and sang and chattered, not at all distressed by their burthens.

The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton 2006