1887, The American Magazine - Volume 6 - Page 406:On next meeting Mrs. Ottarson, she permitted no semblance of complaint or of adverse criticism to evidence the weightsome discouragement that oppressed her.
1912, Arthur Wellington Brayley, ‎Arthur Wilson Tarbell, ‎Joe Mitchell Chapple, National magazine - Volume 35 - Page 297:"Fate-dispenser," Medford Browne was wont to ask her on occasion, "how canst thou be so blithe when so weightsome is thy day's allotment of labor?"