All 4 Uses of
laborious
in
Gulliver's Travels
- I rested two or three minutes, and then gave the boat another shove, and so on, till the sea was no higher than my arm-pits; and now, the most laborious part being over, I took out my other cables, which were stowed in one of the ships, and fastened them first to the boat, and then to nine of the vessels which attended me; the wind being favourable, the seamen towed, and I shoved, until we arrived within forty yards of the shore; and, waiting till the tide was out, I got dry to theā¦†
Chpt 1
- That the life I had since led was laborious enough to kill an animal of ten times my strength.†
Chpt 2 *
- Every one knew how laborious the usual method is of attaining to arts and sciences; whereas, by his contrivance, the most ignorant person, at a reasonable charge, and with a little bodily labour, might write books in philosophy, poetry, politics, laws, mathematics, and theology, without the least assistance from genius or study.†
Chpt 3
- I had worked two chairs with my knife, the sorrel nag helping me in the grosser and more laborious part.†
Chpt 4
Definition:
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(laborious) difficult (requiring hard work)