Word: hardness
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...Yaas," began Captain Peregrine again, with his inevitable introductory monosyllable, "I s'pose the Widder Hannam 'z havin' a pooty hard time on 't. An' there's Jake, her own husban's brother, one o' the richest men in taown. I vum 't is a shame...
...through the blowing snow and the piling drifts he manfully trudged. But it was hard work for the little fellow, and after a short time he could make no headway at all. His hands were numb and stiff, and several times he fell headlong, spilling his bundles and their contents. Then, wearied out with his fruitless endeavors, he resigned all hope and began to cry. It was this that attracted the notice of the stranger, floundering about in the drifts a hundred feet away. Then the child felt himself lifted from the ground by a strong arm and heard...
...very glad to see that the Directors of the Dining Association have taken such prompt action to end the recent nuisances in the gallery of the Hall. It does, to be sure, seem a little hard that so many men should be deprived of privileges, for the abuse of which they were not themselves responsible. It is always a pity that the many should have to suffer for the shortcomings of the few. But the present seems to be one of the cases where such an apparent injustice is unavoidable. It was absolutely necessary for the reputation of the Association...
...what that is. I suppose its some musical thing for the children), dust the parlors, do the sewing. In the spare moments you will be ready to read aloud to my mother, and to wheel the perambulator. However [slyly], I don't think that will be very hard work, for the policeman on our block is very good-looking and obliging. Then you will - oh, by the way, what is your name...
...hard thing - a very torture - for a young girl to surrender herself to a master; only perfect love, or abundant C. O. D., can lessen the pain...