load (n.)

load (v.)

'T is a cruelty

To load a falling man.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): King Henry VIII. Act v. Sc. 3.

The ass will carry his load, but not a double load; ride not a free horse to death.

Miguel De Cervantes (1547-1616): Don Quixote. Part ii. Chap. lxxi.

O life! thou art a galling load,

Along a rough, a weary road,

To wretches such as I!

Robert Burns (1759-1796): Despondency.

Men who prefer any load of infamy, however great, to any pressure of taxation, however light.

Sydney Smith (1769-1845): On American Debts.

'T is all men's office to speak patience

To those that wring under the load of sorrow,

But no man's virtue nor sufficiency

To be so moral when he shall endure

The like himself.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Much Ado about Nothing. Act v. Sc. 1.

A load would sink a navy.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): King Henry VIII. Act iii. Sc. 2.