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Search phrase: distressful

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Henry VH5 IV.i.263Gets him to rest, crammed with distressful bread;Gets him to rest, cram'd with distressefull bread,
Henry VI Part 11H6 V.iv.126To ease your country of distressful warTo ease your Countrie of distressefull Warre,
OthelloOth I.iii.156When I did speak of some distressful strokeWhen I did speake of some distressefull stroke
Richard IIIR3 IV.iv.318And all the ruins of distressful timesAnd all the Ruines of distressefull Times,

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distressfulearned through great hardship, gained from toil

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