They may produce what they call idleness now, and a great deal of vexation and suffering. From Wordnik.com. [The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus] Reference
But while some feast in idleness, many others slave in poverty. From Wordnik.com. [In Times Like These] Reference
Don't tell about children raised in idleness that turned out bad. From Wordnik.com. [The Second Chance] Reference
These women do nothing at home; their idleness is such that they live in the greatest want. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun] Reference
There is plenty lying for me to do at home; and I cannot go on long in idleness, - however speculative and ornamental. From Wordnik.com. [New Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle] Reference
You people are taxpayers, it is costing a lot of money to keep us in idleness and watch us disintegrate and slowly fade away. From Wordnik.com. [A Plea for the Canadian Northland] Reference
Now, it is morally wrong to keep people long periods in idleness and what is morally wrong cannot be economically right or politically sound. From Wordnik.com. [Population Problems] Reference
And when they had drunk and rioted in idleness to their heart's content they would once more set sail, and roam the seas in search of fresh adventure. From Wordnik.com. [This Country of Ours: The Story of the United States] Reference
Curé declares that such idleness is sinful, and that he might work if he would; but one cannot be sure, and he makes himself out to be a very poor creature. From Wordnik.com. [The Fairies and the Christmas Child] Reference
Therefore Montaigne concluded that idleness is bad because “when the soul is without definite aim she gets lost; for, as they say, if you are everywhere you are nowhere.”. From Wordnik.com. [More Montaigne Hodge-Podge Goodness « So Many Books] Reference
– to see able-bodied youths and young ladies wasting the precious summer hours in idleness and luxury. '. From Wordnik.com. [The Wouldbegoods] Reference
Their winter hours had not been consumed in idleness. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire] Reference
It makes me sadder than idleness, which is saying much. From Wordnik.com. [Hortus Inclusus Messages from the Wood to the Garden, Sent in Happy Days to the Sister Ladies of the Thwaite, Coniston] Reference
I HAVE said that Jenkins spent most of his days in idleness. From Wordnik.com. [Beautiful Joe: An Autobiography] Reference
This disease is by some called idleness, and by others sloth. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Illustrated London Reading Book] Reference
There was a reason that Beveridge called idleness a “giant evil”. From Wordnik.com. [Tackling the giant evil of idleness] Reference
We cannot have these millions of people walking our streets in idleness. From Wordnik.com. [The Scottish Trade Mission] Reference
Why, all manner of idleness, which is the most interrupting, you know, of all things. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2)] Reference
As for so-called idleness-that is, one form of it-I vow it is the noblest aim of man. From Wordnik.com. [Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin] Reference
Page 753 two or three hours of every day, in what may be called the idleness of exercise. From Wordnik.com. [North Carolina Schools and Academies 1790-1840 A Documentary History] Reference
As for so-called idleness — that is, one form of it — I vow it is the noblest aim of man. From Wordnik.com. [Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin] Reference
An educated man can put up with enforced idleness, which is one of the worst evils of poverty. From Wordnik.com. [Down and Out in Paris and London] Reference
I shall not have the Methodists saying that I kept her out of school while I lolled in idleness. From Wordnik.com. [Rainbow Valley] Reference
Unemployment lowers the physical, spiritual, and moral standard of people maintained in idleness. From Wordnik.com. [Population Problems] Reference
Brazier found them, apologising for his so-called idleness and eagerly asking what he should do to help. From Wordnik.com. [Rob Harlow's Adventures A Story of the Grand Chaco] Reference
It is well understood that those who settle on the Malheur Reservation will not be supported by the government in idleness. From Wordnik.com. [Life Among The Piutes: Their Wrongs and Claims] Reference
We just ran into the idiom (modismo) "roncando en sus anchas" which apparently from the context means wasting time in idleness. From Wordnik.com. [roncando en sus anchas] Reference
Gathering in an inn for the purpose of "idleness" was forbidden. From Wordnik.com. [The Robin And The Kestrel]
Say "idleness" to any well-adjusted American and all he can think of is golf. From Wordnik.com. [WASN'T THE GRASS GREENER A Curmudgeon's Fond Memories]
What does he call idleness?. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of My Life Being Reminiscences of Sixty Years' Public Service in Canada] Reference
We must not thus baptize our idleness. From Wordnik.com. [The Saint's Tragedy] Reference
"Guard against idleness, which is the mother of all vices. From Wordnik.com. [The Empire of Russia] Reference
It's the other kind of idleness that tempts our young people. From Wordnik.com. [A Traveler from Altruria: Romance] Reference
The power save function sets everything to standby after just ten seconds of idleness which is quite inconveniently short. From Wordnik.com. [Epinions Recent Content for Home] Reference
Many men would be happier if they could see Bresci, the murderer, forced into that idleness which is sometimes ignorantly desired. From Wordnik.com. [Editorials from the Hearst Newspapers] Reference
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