The abilities of man must fall short on one side or the other, like too scanty a blanket when you are abed. If you pull it upon your shoulders, your feet are left bare; if you thrust it down to your feet, your shoulders are uncovered. From LearnThat.org. [Sir William Temple (1881-1944), English Archbishop of Canterbury, philosopher, theologian, teacher, leader.]
"She's lyin 'abed, and so far from bein' well that she'll never be well again.". From Wordnik.com. [The Hills of the Shatemuc] Reference
"If we had lain abed till the usual time," said Solomon John, "we should have been all right.". From Wordnik.com. [The Peterkin Papers] Reference
The fierce champion; so well, that abed there he saw. From Wordnik.com. [The Tale of Beowulf Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats] Reference
And never lay abed till noon; and never sat up late. From Wordnik.com. [Poems Teachers Ask For, Book Two] Reference
I came back to find Holmes, astonishingly, still abed. From Wordnik.com. [Locked Rooms]
'Only if you are accustomed to confessing what you do abed. From Wordnik.com. [The Falcons of Montabard]
But it's such a beautiful morning; it's a shaame to lie abed. From Wordnik.com. [Julia And Her Romeo: A Chronicle Of Castle Barfield From "Schwartz" by David Christie Murray] Reference
'He was caught abed with one of King Henry's young mistresses. From Wordnik.com. [The Falcons of Montabard]
He was probably already abed, where Perrin meant to be shortly. From Wordnik.com. [The Shadow Rising]
Dela was abed, drugged down; perhaps he felt he needed someone. From Wordnik.com. [Port Eternity]
All except those on duty were abed by last post on 30th August at. From Wordnik.com. [Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan] Reference
Only Ellice had lain abed till the ringing of the breakfast-bell. From Wordnik.com. [The Imaginary Marriage] Reference
On the Sunday after the coming of Belle the gipsy I lay long abed. From Wordnik.com. [The McBrides A Romance of Arran] Reference
Watch her shot from above on abed. legs akimbo like a mini-Sharon Stone. From Wordnik.com. [Have A Heart, Hit Man] Reference
Bentivoglio snug abed, the sword none the worse for a little pig's blood. From Wordnik.com. [Little Novels of Italy Madonna Of The Peach-Tree, Ippolita In The Hills, The Duchess Of Nona, Messer Cino And The Live Coal, The Judgment Of Borso] Reference
"It must be a lot better than lying abed all the time," said Ruth, quietly. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding of the Red Mill Or, Jasper Parloe's Secret] Reference
You c'n sleep any old time, and lie abed till ten on Sunday, if you want to. From Wordnik.com. [Afloat or, Adventures on Watery Trails] Reference
Lucky the squire was used to London hours in his youth, or we'd find him abed. From Wordnik.com. [In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India] Reference
Miss Sterling had been abed an hour or more when she was awakened by a gentle rap. From Wordnik.com. [Polly and the Princess] Reference
My lady sat abed among her lace pillows, all cream lace herself, and blue ribbons. From Wordnik.com. [Port Eternity]
"You can't have two daughters sick abed, you know," she added, with a wistful smile. From Wordnik.com. [Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa] Reference
But for Tofan abed Al-Wahab, Oct. 27 turned out to be a moment of perverse good luck. From Wordnik.com. [Bad Days In Baghdad] Reference
I'm thankful the twins are abed and asleep, or I should have three of you on my hands. From Wordnik.com. [Flamsted quarries] Reference
Even those who lay abed in stress of wounds, must needs forget the bitterness of death. From Wordnik.com. [The Nibelungenlied] Reference
There he found his wife still abed, her tousled hair damp with sweat, her face flushed. From Wordnik.com. [The Cobbler and the King] Reference
When fellows are up to any mean dodge they like to wait till all honest people are abed. From Wordnik.com. [The Banner Boy Scouts on a Tour, or, The Mystery of Rattlesnake Mountain] Reference
"Freddie couldn't stay abed when the sun is beckonin 'on the waves; could you, Freddie?". From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Girls on Crystal Bay or, The Secret of the Red Oar] Reference
He would lie abed till two o'clock, and sit up half the night talking, and an edition of. From Wordnik.com. [English Literature for Boys and Girls] Reference
King Valdemar had a mother named Gerda, who was so old and infirm that she always lay abed. From Wordnik.com. [Olaf the Glorious A Story of the Viking Age] Reference
We are our own masters, I should think, and can lie abed in the morning as long as we like. From Wordnik.com. [East O' the Sun and West O' the Moon] Reference
She was no "lie-abed" in any case, and in her present nervous state she had to be up and doing. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding Down East Or, The Hermit of Beach Plum Point] Reference
In all probability every one is abed, and now sleeping the sleep of the just -- all except him. From Wordnik.com. [The Haunted Chamber A Novel] Reference
I think the scamp knew I was lying abed longer than usual, and was determined to make me get up. From Wordnik.com. [The Citizen-Soldier or, Memoirs of a Volunteer] Reference
Mrs. Hazleton scolded her jestingly for late rising, and asked if she was always such a lie-abed. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851] Reference
But I had learned this much, that one Downy at least sometimes liked to be abed on cold mornings. From Wordnik.com. [The Bird Study Book] Reference
What we all want, is to be abed with our wives; how should our allies fail to second our project?. From Wordnik.com. [The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1] Reference
Save Sir Willoughby himself, doubtless every person in the house was by this time abed and asleep. From Wordnik.com. [In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India] Reference
One morning I am still abed when a huge mongrel looks in at my window with his forepaws on the sill. From Wordnik.com. [Stuka Pilot]
They would have effect limp at untraversable distances behind cause; they would keep destiny carefully abed and feed it upon spoon-victual. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 43, May, 1861 Creator] Reference
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