| 单词 | idleness |
| 例句 | These boys, now, who stood before drugstore windows, before poolrooms, on every street corner, who whistled after her, whose lean bodies fairly rang, it seemed, with idleness, and malice, and frustration. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z I stood and shook the idleness out of my skirts. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “It is something like idleness and luxury unmanning us —the strings have gone slack and out of tune.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z And you, my husband, what chance have you when so many young men are festering in idleness! Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z To Milkman’s father, college was time spent in idleness, far away from the business of life, which was learning to own things. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Many became enamoured of the Darkness and the black arts; some were given over wholly to idleness and ease, and some fought among themselves, until they were conquered in their weakness by the wild men. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z He continued, “Cannot read in the Evenings—fatness & idleness—Anxiety & responsibility—less money for books &c if many children forced to gain one’s bread.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z But now, driven by his unrest from idleness and wishing to escape from the reproach of his own heart when he remembered that he had been unjust to his wife, he went toward this place. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z In front of me stared the ticketed pigeon-holes, and the words upon them “letters-unanswered,” “estate,” “miscellaneous,” were like a reproach to me for my idleness. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Idleness was a sin, and card playing, which was a kind of idleness to her. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Talking about his appointments and exuding an odor of new money and idleness, he danced down the steps and strutted toward the pea-green dress. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Miss Peregrine, who seemed to be constitutionally incapable of idleness, took a saucepan from the stove top and began scouring it with a steel brush. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “It would be good for us to work again. It is not fitting that men should corrupt themselves in hunger and idleness.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z One long dry afternoon I took out my composition book and told myself that I would write a story; it was sheer idleness that led me to it. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z As Mr. Gitney and Bono descended, I could see in the lineaments of their faces that the ride of hours had not been passed in idleness, but rather marked by contest of will. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z It wasn’t just that he was out of shape from the long idleness on the ship, and almost pudgy from gorging on board and in the village. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z Speed that was good for picking and for clopping her little ones across the face for idleness and other sins. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He hath been sold at eight from his mother's side, and now must daily watch another boy enjoy coddling, plaudits, and idleness. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Moses’s first whipping for stealing a potato, and his second whipping for idleness, when Connelly had the boy’s wounds washed out with hot pepper until he howled. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The world had caught him; pleasure, covetousness, idleness, and finally also that vice that he had always despised and scorned as the most foolish—acquisitiveness. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t know that it’s a good idea for you to go over there. Riches and idleness, devil’s tools, and you’ve not a very sturdy resistance.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z But they were not used to such idleness and had gone limp with despair. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z And Pomp, hearing of change, mentioned his experiments in the fluctuation of swamp-water in ditches, which he hath conducted in his idleness, but which speculations would do honor to one of our academicians. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Other boys—friends of his—would look up from their work, envy his idleness. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He would do such work himself as an example to his followers whom he taught that idleness and laziness were among the black man’s greatest sins against himself. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z After Bobby’s period of post-Reykjavik idleness had stretched to about a year, he decided that his first priority should be accumulating more money, always on his terms. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z On this head, are not the afternoons spent playing Corelli with my mother—afternoons defunct, now that her harpsichord was sold—do these not seem like the arts of idleness? The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Not entirely trusting what I saw, I spent my day in anx- ious idleness, watching, dozing, searching for acorns and berries for my food. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z This period of carefree idleness was due to end soon. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Her mother had hinted again, only that morning, that Aurelia was indulging in too much idleness and daydreaming. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Seabiscuit may have been trapped in the barn, but his idleness didn’t hurt his celebrity. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The cliche of time passing slowly usually has to do with idleness and inactivity. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And Cuckoo made haste to say, “Anyone can see the thing and a lovely lad he is and too big for idleness and longing.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z If I stood still for a moment in the backyard between hanging up sheets to notice the damp grass tingling under my bare feet, His eyes observed my idleness. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z But inside too many are subjected to enforced idleness, and outside too few are given a chance. Prisoners want work, but undercutting civilian pay is not the answer 2012-08-08T10:00:00Z Even today, people joke that Twin Oaks is a home for Type-A hippies, the sort of nonconformists who chafe at too much idleness. I worked hard for no pay — and I dug it 2013-02-10T23:00:00Z The alternative is that our own idleness or inattention slowly separates us from those we once connected with. We just clicked: why I set out to find a new group of friends online 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z There is another popular saying that calls for the first month of the year to be a time for eating and idleness. Tet Is Full of Traditions, but You Can Have It Your Way 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z Do their games represent the dangers of idleness and ideological shapelessness, or do the women personify a punklike liberation? ‘Daisies,’ From the Czech Director Vera Chytilova, at BAM 2012-06-29T22:03:01Z “Still, making an image feels galvanizing—a way to fight idleness. Making pictures is my natural, and perhaps only, true manner of expression. It’s a small thing, really, making a picture.” Cover Story: Peter Mendelsund’s “Injustice: Baltimore, 2015” 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z In other words, there's an ethics to idleness. "Doing nothing" is all the rage — is it a form of resistance or just an indulgence for the lucky few 2021-03-27T04:00:00Z A hot-blooded, Irish nationalist and proto-feminist during her youth, she raged that women were forced into lives of “vacuity, inanity, vanity, absurdity and idleness.” ‘Wilde’s Women’: the surprising force behind Oscar’s fame and success 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z He valorizes the intellectual seriousness of Sontag, and of the poet and translator Richard Howard, but also confesses his attraction to idleness and lassitude. Wayne Koestenbaum’s Cerebral, Smutty Essays Playfully Disobey the Rules 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z Planters built magnificent houses high above their sugar cane fields, and lived lives of idleness, gorging on drink and wanton sex with slaves. Jamaica, Beyond the Beach 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z I throw myself down under the noonday sun and begin to read urgently, an attempt to make the enforced idleness feel productive. Yorkshire versus Ibiza: which is the perfect holiday? 2013-03-10T06:29:03Z It is the summit of idleness to deplore the present, to deplore actuality. Gender balancing the books 2013-06-08T07:00:00Z To Frazier, just being a part of a touring ice show with fans in the stands after two years of idleness is very special. Stars on Ice back after pandemic with Olympic, world champs 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z Pandemic idleness has played a role, too, in the rise of TikTok-inspired shopping. The ‘TikTok Necklace’ Sparks a Vivienne Westwood Renaissance 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z In the North, the system of “hard labor” was replaced by a system of “hard time,” that numbing, brutalizing idleness where masses of people extruded from the mainstream economy are pooled into mass penal colonies. Why Etan Patz still haunts us 2012-05-25T18:00:00Z The irony, of course, is that we also dream of enjoying idleness, imagining a hazy vision of our future selves lying on a beach doing sweet nothing. Today; Embracing Idleness: radio review 2013-02-22T07:00:11Z At the same time, others construed even the most slothful forms of idleness as a bold resistance to modernity's greatest ills. "Doing nothing" is all the rage — is it a form of resistance or just an indulgence for the lucky few 2021-03-27T04:00:00Z The only ones who genuinely savour idleness are those for whom it's a sudden luxury. Radio previews: The Listeners and more 2013-02-16T06:00:09Z There will also be the anxiety and responsibility of fatherhood, "fatness and idleness" and above all, "loss of time". The private life of Charles Darwin 2012-11-30T08:00:07Z But on a rainy evening of "dead-beat, hungover idleness", he was seized with the idea of walking across Europe to the gates of Asia. Patrick Leigh Fermor: An Adventure by Artemis Cooper – review 2012-10-12T21:55:11Z Even she realizes she is taking on a lot, but she seems happy, incapable of idleness. Venus Williams, Off the Court 2016-08-27T04:00:00Z For those lucky enough to put up at Lake Palace, there is a ready excuse for enforced idleness, since the only way to reach the hotel or leave it is by boat. India in One, Two or Three Weeks 2012-03-23T18:57:13Z Officers prevent homeless people from lying down, sitting or just standing still in the belief that idleness encourages bad behavior. What police are doing right (and wrong) with the homeless in downtown L.A. 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z The tread wheel, a variation of what we know as the modern treadmill, was used in the 1800s to keep British prisoners from idleness but more so for hard labor. A machine that used to be considered punishment is now a $1.4 billion fitness industry 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z Yet others sought to recuperate leisure and idleness for positive political ends. "Doing nothing" is all the rage — is it a form of resistance or just an indulgence for the lucky few 2021-03-27T04:00:00Z I gravitated toward kids who were similarly combatting idleness and absentee parents. Orange wasn’t my new black 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z Life on the farm was tough and unsparing, with long days and little time for idleness. The Japanese-American Sculptor Who, Despite Persecution, Made Her Mark 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z Class and inequality create a rich and a poor – equal only in the obnoxiousness of both their stations – causing both the degradation of poverty and the idleness of wealth. Bernard Shaw's guide to the post-crash world 2012-10-12T21:55:16Z But it's hard to tell from the outside whether idleness is hedonistic or edifying. "Doing nothing" is all the rage — is it a form of resistance or just an indulgence for the lucky few 2021-03-27T04:00:00Z Civic-minded idleness acknowledges our connection with society even as we withdraw from it, giving us space to explore, play and discover. "Doing nothing" is all the rage — is it a form of resistance or just an indulgence for the lucky few 2021-03-27T04:00:00Z There was neither place nor time in his life for idleness, indulgence, complacency or, indeed, any sort of compromise. Claude Lanzmann: the man who told the story of Shoah 2018-07-08T04:00:00Z Busyness has increased for some, while others, for whom slowing down is a foreign concept, have had idleness forced on them. Patterns of pain: what Covid-19 can teach us about how to be human 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z There may be some idleness in the cutting room as well, but vanity is perhaps more of a problem. Is The Hobbit simply too long? 2012-12-12T16:15:00Z Gone, too, is the public debauchery Mouhot depicted: “Almost every vice seemed prevalent at Komput — pride, insolence, cheating, cowardice, servility, excessive idleness.” In Cambodia, Along the Path to Something Profound 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z In the case of Lloyd Dobler, there was the added resonance of idleness as political stance, for I too loathed the “occupation” of production and consumption, that hamster wheel attempt to outrun death. In praise of idle hands: Underemployed and unashamed in America 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z These two positions — the desire for idleness and an inability even to conceive of such a thing — frame key questions about life, work and vacations. T Magazine: The Gift of Time 2010-12-04T16:30:00Z What better to do in the heat and idleness of summer than find love, and maybe yourself, too? The Most Anticipated Genre Movies of the Summer 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z Like Virginia Woolf said, "My mind works in idleness." Sad after losing your sense of smell to COVID? Turns out there's a link between sense and happiness 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z It began as sheer whimsy: a project for a redundant travel writer to pursue in moments of idleness, and an alternative to doom-scrolling through the news. In London, looking backward to move forward 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z They ransack wardrobes and chests of drawers and put on special items to celebrate the day of idleness on which their souls dangle. People on Sunday 2015-08-23T04:00:00Z "In my family we were never idle, partly because idleness was a sin, partly because there was so much work to be done, and partly no doubt we were just that sort of people." The Real Iron Lady: Working with Margaret Thatcher – review 2013-03-15T19:40:01Z Championing idleness … had the standing man of Istanbul been reading Melville? The standing man of Taksim Square: a latterday Bartleby 2013-06-20T15:41:13Z Killip is good at photographing work and the lack of it: hanging about, futile idleness and empty days, people with more pride than hope. Deutsche Börse Photography prize show: mashups and moon walkers 2013-04-17T17:23:17Z This is an arena of closed coal pits and industrial plants, of unemployment, idleness and alcoholism. Review | Ken Follett’s latest epic is among the best audiobooks this month 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z He noted his idleness and pressing need to approach the Lord with a clean heart, not today but tomorrow. The man who made America: Reason, religion and the brilliant mind of John Locke 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z Even the basic act of contemplation may suffer if idleness—when waiting for a bus, for example—is replaced with the easy entertainment offered by mobile phones. Too much of a good thing 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z They couldn't cope with my perfectionism and workaholism, and I couldn't stand their idleness. Girl Least Likely To by Liz Jones – digested read 2013-07-22T06:00:20Z It's no surprise, then, that idleness is trending. "Doing nothing" is all the rage — is it a form of resistance or just an indulgence for the lucky few 2021-03-27T04:00:00Z But sublime as it is, under our current “shelter in place” order, I went a bit stir crazy in under a week; 10 days of enforced idleness could seem like a year. When the World Stops, Traveling in John Keats’s ‘Realms of Gold’ 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z Realising I’d surrendered a rare and pleasurable patch of idleness without noticing made me wonder what else I was sacrificing to graze online. Switch it off and give yourself a digital break 2014-07-27T04:00:00Z Medieval Christian society more sharply divided the two modes of idleness. "Doing nothing" is all the rage — is it a form of resistance or just an indulgence for the lucky few 2021-03-27T04:00:00Z Having always prized freedom and industry, he did not appreciate enforced idleness. Denis Forman democratised television 2013-02-25T13:59:31Z The hair, the beard, the glasses and the “bod” that I presume we both hope didn’t grow too “dad” during 12 months of idleness. Seth Rogen Is All Fired Up 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z Relaxation and idleness are markers of sophistication in Ms. von Bonin’s book, and if her scallops and octopuses look a little bored at times, that should be seen as a sign of their modernity. ‘Cosima von Bonin,’ Swimming Against the Tide 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z After two days of idleness, I get restless and irritable. ‘There is a thrill to seeing your stomach getting flatter’: why I run 2017-12-30T05:00:00Z The early Americans imported the Earl of Chesterfield’s admonition: “No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination: never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.” Procrastination rules 2012-07-02T01:00:00Z “This book seeks to recover an alternative tradition in literature, poetry and philosophy, one that says not only is idleness good, but that it is essential for a pleasurable life,” Hodgkinson writes in his preface. Celebrating Literature’s Slacker Heroes, Idlers and Liers-In 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z “It is not a passport to idleness or decadence.” In ‘Adèle,’ a Young Woman Pounds Champagne, Spurns Hermès and Destroys Lives 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z Walter Benjamin describes this conservation of idleness well: “To store time as a battery stores energy: the flâneur.” Walter Benjamin’s Unfinished Magnum Opus, Revisited Through Contemporary Art 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z The lintel over the entrance bore the message: "Avoid idleness and intemperance." 'Oliver Twist' workhouse saved from demolition 2011-03-14T21:15:31Z We tend to think of homework as a necessary part of learning, a practice that teaches children discipline and keeps them from idleness. Homework is making our kids miserable: Why the classroom staple is a colossal waste of time 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z Or is it just that he, like Sherlock Holmes, abuses intoxicants when forced to idleness? Review | Philip Kerr’s posthumous gift: A classic crime novel that delivers in high style 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z In my idleness, I've been trying to do the same in my kitchen, eyeing my pantry items for unseen opportunities for success. For creamier, tastier scrambled eggs, just add peanut butter (seriously) 2020-04-25T04:00:00Z Under a stone carving exhorting them to "avoid idleness and intemperance," they worked at menial tasks, ate watery gruel and lived in quarters half the size of jail cells. Neighbors bid to save 'Oliver Twist' workhouse 2011-02-24T17:56:09Z Afternoon Men: the title itself perfectly evokes idleness, and in vast stretches this novel recreates, with an effervescent comic imagination, that summery state. A Portrait of the Artist as a Droll Slacker 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z He's capable of genius but also great idleness; he's lazy, "pitifully ambitious, and famous for unhappiness"; moth-like in his manner, he's constantly drawn to the bright and the new. Fanfarlo by Charles Baudelaire – review 2013-05-26T13:30:01Z "Most of the young people who have come are unemployed. Getting registered is a blessing for us given the idleness and lack of work," he said. Thousands of Niger junta supporters overwhelm call for civilian volunteers 2023-08-19T04:00:00Z Prefiguring today’s summer school advocates, who note that poor kids in particular lose academic skills during the summer, one advocate contended that vacation schools would “prevent the demoralizing effect of the long weeks of idleness.” Opinion: How we got interminable summer breaks from school — and what we can do about it 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z National progress is the sum of individual industry, energy, and uprightness, as national decay is of individual idleness, selfishness, and vice. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z We must protect the children from the greatest threat they face: gun violence idleness. Opinion | We must protect the children by ... rolling back child labor laws 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z Some of the same circumstances also account for idleness in both species. How will ‘couch potato’ humans evolve? Idle cavefish offer clues. 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z What someone has termed the “New Misery” comprises a set of pathologies ranging from drug abuse to gambling addiction to the simple moral squalor of chronic idleness. Opinion | This book has a vital message, and method, for our times 2023-01-03T05:00:00Z One testimonial poem by Cécile Piot, a baker, read: “I am here / Warm, light, magical / Under your arm or in your basket / Let me give the rhythm / To your day of idleness or work.” A Slice of France, the Baguette Is Granted World Heritage Status 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z They regarded mixed-race people as inferior and ignorant, lost in idleness, unable to prosper, and dishonorable in every way. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Injuries and idleness run throughout the roster ahead of Monday’s match against Wales. US battles injuries, idleness ahead of World Cup opener 2022-11-19T05:00:00Z In these moments, Berger captures the sometimes surreal idleness of war — the uneasy tension of being both a hostile, occupying force and a starving, lusting man in a foreign land. Review: War is hell (again) in Netflix's new adaptation of 'All Quiet on the Western Front' 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z These diversions completely remove silence and idleness, an important time to collect thoughts and ponder. Opinion | Some distractions are positive 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z But what bothers me more about my “Clash” addiction is the way it obliterates idleness. Opinion | I’m hooked on ‘Clash Royale.’ It’s a problem. 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z Boredom is a different experience from the idleness of downtime or relaxation. Boredom is a warning sign. Here’s what it’s telling you. 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z They captured a town overcome by the weight of the past, unable to shake it off, gripped by a kind of sullen idleness. The Singular Offense of the Mass Grave 2022-09-18T04:00:00Z "I confess I am impressed. He could fritter away his life on idleness and self-indulgence." Charles, Britain's conflicted new monarch 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z It’s true that idleness plays an important part in these ways, but there’s a reason these distractions are so widely used. Opinion | Some distractions are positive 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z Black people were not just denied the right to vote, but also could be arrested and jailed for vagrancy or idleness if they lacked jobs. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z Even as a ghost, Ra has an inherent disdain for arbitrariness and idleness. May the ghost of Sun Ra return to lift the 50-year curse he cast on Los Angeles 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z Also see the role idleness plays and find more productive things to engage you. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Invitation without a plus-one threatens decades of family friendship 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z Worried about the lack of activity, workers informed their national lawmaker, François Ruffin, and gave him a chicken made of steel as proof of their idleness. For Macron, France’s Troubled Industries Hit Home 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z Clay countered Barbour’s critique of hired workers by insisting that “idleness and vice” posed “the greatest danger to public liberty,” not wage earners. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z With simple meals, card games and afternoons at the lake, this is a study in the subterranean movements of idleness. Review | Anne Tyler’s ‘French Braid’ is entirely familiar, and that’s just perfect 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z Ramaphosa had such people in mind when he said in his address that some used grant money to start businesses, rejecting the theory that they encourage idleness. Analysis: More welfare or less? S.Africa's ANC confronts apartheid's legacy 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z Other male social critics scolded women for reading novels because they thought it encouraged idleness and wickedness. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Those settling in America in the 17th century thought idleness was sinful, and a six-day workweek sensible. Take a Vacation. Boss’s Orders. 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z “There used to be an engraving here that read, ‘Avoid idleness and intemperance,’” she said, approaching the front of the building. Selling Luxury Apartments Where Oliver Twist Once Asked for Gruel 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z She sometimes expresses dismay at her idleness, even if she has spent all day gardening. Abuela Rosa led her family to the middle class. In the face of COVID, they guard her legacy 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z Experts say idleness caused by the COVID-19 pandemic shares the blame with easy access to guns and disputes that too often end with gunfire. Gun violence claiming more lives of American teens, children 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z Players who hopscotched their way across the 19th-century board encountered squares labeled “honor” or “industry” or, if luck did not go their way, “idleness” and “ruin.” Reuben Klamer, toy inventor who created the Game of Life, dies at 99 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z Illinois looks for “mental deterioration, physical incapacity, mental illness, developmental disability, gambling, idleness, debauchery, excessive use of intoxicants or drugs.” Testing Britney Spears: Restoring Rights Can Be Rare and Difficult 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z The crediting of popular Mexican food products in this country to whites is a trope that perpetuates the idea of American ingenuity and Mexican idleness. Column: What the anger over Flamin' Hot Cheetos origin story is really about 2021-05-18T04:00:00Z Beveridge described slaying the "five giants on the road to reconstruction": Want, disease, idleness, ignorance and squalor. Coronavirus: Is it time for a new Beveridge report? 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z The other is idleness in major competitions forced by the coronavirus pandemic. Chen has 2 major challenges as he seeks 3rd straight worlds 2021-03-22T04:00:00Z It takes its "spirit and the ambition" from William Beveridge's 1942 report, which laid the foundations for the post-war welfare state, identifying the five great challenges as "want, disease, ignorance, squalor and idleness". New children's commissioner pledges to 'rebuild' childhood 2021-03-15T04:00:00Z The real trouble with "entitlements" is that they encourage not idleness, but uppityness, as who should know better than the most entitled among us? Military might, market ideology and moral posturing: A toxic combination that has poisoned America 2021-03-13T05:00:00Z The notion of idleness as damaging to self and to society. Opinion | A $15 minimum wage would cost employers. Inequality costs all of us. 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z The prevalence of prison labor has been largely accepted as a means for promoting rehabilitation, teaching trade skills and reducing idleness among prisoners. US lawmakers unveil anti-slavery constitutional amendment 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z He estimated Friday he’d recovered about 80 percent of his health by then, but following months of idleness from the road, he decided it was time to stop. Arlo Guthrie, citing health, says he’s retired from touring 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z When his father came home from the gulf and retired, he took to selling produce out of a small concrete shack nearby — a way to combat idleness rather than to earn a living. Migration, in reverse: Coronavirus forces migrant workers to return home 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z On the other, the enforced idleness of the lockdown leads to calls to get the economy moving again. Coronavirus is our chance to completely rethink what the economy is for | Malcolm Bull 2020-05-31T04:00:00Z There is a pleasant idleness, a sense of “dolce far niente,” or sweetness of doing nothing, that is raised to a public art form. Rome Has Been Sacked, Conquered and Abandoned. Now It’s the Pandemic’s Turn. 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z Prison labor in Hong Kong is officially billed as an opportunity for inmates to do “useful work” that helps to rehabilitate them and “reduce their idleness and tension.” Who’s Making Hong Kong’s Ubiquitous Face Masks? Prisoners, Among Others 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z Or maybe it is elderly patients who have diabetes or other respiratory diseases whose vulnerability is forcing massive idleness through the country. Donald Trumps needs a coronavirus scapegoat, and right now it’s China 2020-03-30T04:00:00Z With money, free rations and enforced idleness for years on end, many of the Nicobarese gradually lost their motivation to work. How Disaster Aid Ravaged an Island People 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z For Machiavelli, the contagion of corruption was spread above all by Christianity, a “religion of idleness”. Coronavirus is our chance to completely rethink what the economy is for | Malcolm Bull 2020-05-31T04:00:00Z She said teen “idleness” is a major concern, and she called on families to help keep their children on course. ‘There’s no blueprint for this’: Students embark on an unprecedented remote learning plan 2020-03-15T04:00:00Z “We are very concerned about idleness among our teenagers,” Bowser said, “so we hope our families are thinking about ways to keep our young people engaged.” All public schools systems in the Washington region are set to close amid coronavirus fears 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z A widower with no children, Silva spent his free time in complete idleness, eating his meals in a local restaurant. Blood Gold in the Brazilian Rain Forest 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z Conversely, “unwillingness to work” and “idleness” were signs of spiritual inferiority. Opinion | Virginia’s Medicaid work requirements are puritanism run amok 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z With hindsight it looks like that’s one of the problems the religions of idleness tried to address, by incorporating idleness into the calendar. Coronavirus is our chance to completely rethink what the economy is for | Malcolm Bull 2020-05-31T04:00:00Z “We are very concerned about idleness among our teenagers, so we hope our families are thinking about ways to keep our young people engaged and involved,” Bowser said. ‘There’s no blueprint for this’: Students embark on an unprecedented remote learning plan 2020-03-15T04:00:00Z “Their nakedness clothes me, and their heavy toil maintains me in luxurious idleness.” It was the nation’s largest auction of enslaved people. Now, a search for descendants of the ‘weeping time.’ 2019-10-12T04:00:00Z “It’s proven that reducing idleness reduces violence,” Ms. King said. The Secret Jailhouse Garden of Rikers Island 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z Twenty-four-hour care is particularly grueling and isolating: long bouts of idleness, punctuated by spasms of disorder and intimate struggle. On the Job, 24 Hours a Day, 27 Days a Month 2019-09-02T04:00:00Z “If he is going to be remembered for anything it’s going to be his idleness.” Netanyahu makes history as Israel’s longest-serving leader 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z Then he remembered the importance of idleness: “On your list of things to do, you don’t write: ‘Daydream’.” Bill Callahan: 'I can't die – life is too good, it can't end' 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z For that to happen, though, total idleness is required. The Case for Doing Nothing 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z “Instead of following a program to get back focus and productivity I made myself open to idleness,” she says. 'Digital wellness' wants to cure our phone addiction. Should we let it? 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z Sometimes the idleness is so taxing that Executive Time must be broken up — by an hour-long lunch break. Opinion | Rejoice! The president is doing nothing. 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z Finally, do not be idle, as idleness lends itself to another darkness I hope we never truly experience. Pogroms don’t happen in America — do they? 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z I can’t claim there is a direct medical correlation between this incident and a general sense of idleness and languor that I often feel, but it gives me comfort. Survival of the slackest: now that’s what I call an evolved theory | Larry Ryan 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z Learning takes time and effort, so don’t get discouraged if you don’t catch on immediately to the benefits of idleness. The Case for Doing Nothing 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z The team created computer models with simulated ants and found that this system of selective idleness enables the ants to dig deep faster. Industrious fire ants reveal surprise secret to success: Selective laziness 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z In December 1942, having stretched his brief to the point of bursting, Beveridge published his account of the “Five Giants”: disease, idleness, ignorance, squalor and want. The welfare state needs updating 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z Also, the Nats agree with Rendon’s view that idleness drives Murphy batty and “he probably loves baseball more than everybody in this room put together.” Perspective | For the Nationals, the crisis point has arrived in a hurry, as it usually does 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z “This is why Christ is represented as though he is stepping outside of the building, not just confined to the idleness of inner walls,” Baker wrote in the letter. Baptist church threatens to destroy Christ statue deemed too 'Catholic' 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z As a jaded travel writer, someone who has stayed in many soulless hotels and eaten in many overpriced restaurants in many disappointing places, I’m completely at ease with a certain exquisite idleness and ennui. What I figured out about America’s future from visiting Trump resorts throughout the world 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z Psychologically, Miller knows that the idleness of retirement will settle in. Longtime Kings broadcaster Bob Miller will have statue of him unveiled Saturday outside Staples Center 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z He believed that “complete idleness, even on an income, demoralises”, so would probably have scoffed at some forms of UBI. The welfare state needs updating 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z A few said, though, they work because they detest idleness, and persist in jobs that would seem to require remarkable endurance. ‘I hope I can quit working in a few years’: A preview of the U.S. without pensions 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z Holidays were not permitted, “lest the habit of work should be broken, and a taste for idleness acquired.” Opinion | The Anxiety of John Stuart Mill 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z But these labour market problems were believed to be bound up with other issues: squalor, ignorance, want, idleness and disease – the “five giant evils” William Beveridge identified in his famous report, published in 1942. Why we need the welfare state more than ever 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z These villages are now concentrations of idleness, frustration, suffering and grief. They Thought the Monsoons Were Calm. Then Came the Deadly Floods. 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z "There are few Negroes who will work unless there be a constant eye on them," Washington advised one overseer, warning of their "idleness and deceit" unless treated firmly. Should Washington and Jefferson monuments come down? - BBC News 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z There is no school save the overstuffed and optional German classes held in the camp, and their days pass in unstructured idleness. 102 villagers, 750 refugees, one grand experiment 2017-04-19T04:00:00Z Robots and automation, in conjunction with human guidance, ought to strike a balance, allowing us some more free time for family, hobbies and even guiltless idleness to feed the spirit. Learning to Love Our Robot Co-Workers 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z He spells it out directly: avoidance of work, refuge in stolen idleness and leisure, saved the Union and by extension the world, let's not underrate it. Why I Taught Myself to Procrastinate 2016-01-16T05:00:00Z Michael Strain of the American Enterprise Institute is full of ideas to encourage work: less occupational licensing, a lower payroll tax, more apprenticeships, a disability system that no longer incentivizes idleness. Changing over to Trump’s ‘populist working-class party’ 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z In postwar Europe, the impracticality of the twin restrictions of corseted waist and full skirt indicated wealth and idleness. Can a Corset Be Feminist? 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z Conversely, nothing destroys dignity more than idleness and a sense of superfluousness—the feeling that one is simply not needed. How Donald Trump Filled the Dignity Deficit 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z Furthermore, since most of the labour-intensive final assembly is handled at factories outside of Korea, any enforced idleness in those plants is not Korea's problem directly. Samsung Galaxy Note 7 flames out: Experts react - BBC News 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z Opium deepened his “natural inclination for a solitary life” by giving a cosmic cast to idleness. The Man Who Invented the Drug Memoir 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z Choi's life in North Korea was initially one of enforced idleness involving pruning trees, planting a garden and taking long walks. 'The Lovers and the Despot' reveals the story of Kim Jong Il's private, kidnapped filmmakers 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z He pledged to defend the party's "greatest creation" of social protection for all, speaking of the economist William Beveridge's five "giant evils" of of want, disease, ignorance, squalor and idleness. How Corbyn and Smith's policies compare - BBC News 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z "The injustices that scar society today are not those of 1945... want, squalor, idleness, disease and ignorance," he is expected to say. Labour leadership: Corbyn vows to tackle 'nation's ills' - BBC News 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z Terms such as “cracker” and “squatter” began as Americanisms that brought pejorative English notions of idleness and vagrancy to this side of the Atlantic, where they served as a shorthand for landless migrants. “White Trash” — a cultural and political history of an American underclass 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z While the lure of jihadism isn’t reducible to economic stagnation, the idleness generated by high taxes, rigid labor laws and endless red tape doesn’t help. The Bedouin Billionaire for Muslim Integration 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z Philosopher Walter Benjamin thought that it was “the apogee of mental relaxation”; for Kierkegaard, idleness made one into a “meticulous observer”. Is Freewrite 'smart typewriter' hipster bait or thoughtful tech? 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z “Of course, the library reduces idleness, but it also starts dialogue. They talk about the books with each other, they relate to it. It helps with their communication skills.” How do you get prisoners to read? Build a library like the one in this jail. 2016-04-02T04:00:00Z Every football coach loathes idleness, but Durkin takes his disdain to another level. DJ Durkin can’t stop moving 2016-03-06T05:00:00Z Like her, they enjoy periods of idleness between bouts of intense activity. Prince William speaks out against Brexit? Rubbish 2016-02-17T05:00:00Z It was enough to snap him out of his idleness. A Harlem Man’s First Steps Toward Self-Reliance 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z He planned a presidential speech for the end of Thanksgiving to blast the Congress – especially the Democrats – for their idleness: Thanksgiving at the White House 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z This, though, is more a function of the modern economy than some plot to enhance idleness. Millennials Aren't the Lazy Narcissists You Think 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z Speaking by phone from the refugee center where his family is staying, he tells me their days are spent in enforced idleness. A Family Swept Up in the Migrant Tide 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z Sinatra was a guy who constantly had to keep moving; he was terrified of idleness, terrified of sleep, terrified of anything that represented inaction. Michael Bublé and Seth MacFarlane on what made Frank Sinatra a 'wonderful monster' 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z I don't recall the combination of links and clicks, of idleness and intention, that brought me to the door of Idea Channel, a YouTube channel under the aegis of PBS Digital Studios. On Mike Rugnetta's Idea Channel, worlds collide and comments count 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z Based on someone Sullivan had known, the character of Wolfie Smith was described as a deluded anarchist: Full of good intentions but beset by idleness. Citizen Smith TV revival denied - BBC News 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z In a speech in July to the Prisoner Learning Alliance, Mr Gove called for an end to the "idleness and futility" of prison life. Prison education review announced - BBC News 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z Invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness.” A Deadly Sin at the Aldrich, From the Comfort of an Armchair 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z He said in his last annual report that prisons were in their worst state for a decade and some jails were "places of violence, squalor and idleness". Prison education must improve, Michael Gove says - BBC News 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z “Frankly I don’t share it. Neither am I, or my fellow trustees, in favour of the ‘Let it fall down’ school of thought, which is simply an excuse for idleness, apathy and philistinism. Inside Venice's bid to hold back the tide 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z There’s more changing jobs, moving around and idleness. The plight of the young and unemployed 2015-06-07T04:00:00Z Far more hazardous are the obesity risks and idleness we subject children to if we do not allow them to run outside and play. When letting kids out of your sight becomes a crime 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z Jarrow suffered from a "thick air heavy with enforced idleness, poverty and misery" and seemed as if it had "deeply offended some celestial emperor and was now being punished". Playwright Priestley's 'grim' north 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z After an initial mourning period, Smith viewed his idleness as an opportunity. He won't show it, but you know it: beating Bears big deal for Lovie Smith 2014-11-22T05:00:00Z "We did not want you to confuse our silence with idleness, a lack of caring or, as some have alleged, an institutional conspiracy to protect a star athlete," the letter said. Report: Jameis Winston informed of disciplinary hearing 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z “Meaningful pursuits” could mean charity work or graduate school–anything, really, but idleness. Inside An $8 Billion Family Feud: Who Poisoned The Orkin Fortune? 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z A 1907 state law made it legal for local law enforcement to arrest for vagrancy “all able-bodied males over 18 without means of support and who remain in idleness.” Turpentine magnate used jail inmates to get rich 2014-09-21T04:00:00Z For Kargbo, spreading Ebola awareness was a welcome break from idleness after the outbreak cut off all opportunities for him to train and compete. Sierra Leone marathoner joins race against Ebola 2014-09-20T04:00:00Z The profile would have been worthwhile had it only conveyed a little bit of the strange world of idleness and wealth that is today’s Williamsburg. Mikheil Saakashvili Doesn't Know What Democracy Is 2014-09-20T04:00:00Z Andrew discussed the cultural offense taken towards idleness over time. Your Brain Unplugged: Proof That Spacing Out Makes You More Effective 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z "The emptiness and idleness that pervade most solitary confinement units are profound and enveloping." Forty years of solitude 2013-10-03T00:00:59Z But some worry that welfare is once again encouraging idleness. Welfare and work: Taxing hard-up Americans at 95% 2013-09-05T15:00:49Z So I watched, curious if an hour of idleness somehow might lend insight into the brains responsible for returning the Bears to the Super Bowl. Bears, don't get cute in 1st round of draft 2013-04-25T00:45:00Z Osgood was playing his last game before starting an eight-week ban for accruing six bookings and began with the determination of someone bridling at the injustice of two months' enforced idleness. Chelsea and Manchester City bring rarity value to FA Cup semi-final 2013-04-12T12:09:58Z The same applies to idleness—you will build up deficit over time. Your Brain Unplugged: Proof That Spacing Out Makes You More Effective 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z There would be no going back – an end to Beveridge's listed evils of want, idleness, ignorance, disease and squalor. 'Squeezed middle' is too cuddly a term for the harm done to British wages 2013-03-16T08:31:01Z After injuring his ankle in a match against Angus McIntosh, some 22 years his junior, Tolkien was immobilized, and his idleness begat the fantasy series that would bring him worldwide acclaim. Straight Sets: Tolkien's Path: Suffer Tennis Injury, Write 'Hobbit' 2012-12-18T12:01:00Z But in December 1942 Beveridge did report, assailing "the five giants" of idleness, ignorance, disease, squalor, and want, and commending universal social insurance and health care as the remedy. Meet the real William Beveridge 2012-12-07T21:30:01Z Now, after six months of idleness, some are losing patience. National Network for First Responders Won’t Happen for Years, if at All 2012-12-06T23:14:22Z Andrew explained that his motivation for writing his book was to outline the idea that the brain is very active during idleness—just in a different way. Your Brain Unplugged: Proof That Spacing Out Makes You More Effective 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z The tax funds that are today wasted on idleness of the chiefs could instead be invested in good education for the masses, better infrastructure, R&D, poverty alleviation, etc. Growth: Markets, broad and deep 2012-11-19T20:56:27Z The decision follows a critical report in August by the chief inspector of prisons which highlighted high levels of illegal drug use and significant inmate idleness. G4S loses Wolds prison contract 2012-11-08T12:01:00Z "Want is one only of five giants on the road of reconstruction… the others are disease, ignorance, squalor and idleness," he wrote in Social Insurance and Allied Services. Is the benefit system too baffling to be solved? 2012-10-17T09:25:12Z In 1936, Mormon authorities released an official document condemning the “horrors of the dole” and the “evils of idleness.” Mitt Romney’s hard-hearted twist on the Mormon work ethic 2012-09-20T22:03:26Z These are the moments of idleness that produce creative ideas—your aha moments. Your Brain Unplugged: Proof That Spacing Out Makes You More Effective 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z The best gift to poorer people isn't comfortable idleness in final years - it's better investment in education, vocational training, and lower tax on the capital investment that lifts productivity, employment & wages. Growth: Markets, broad and deep 2012-11-19T20:56:27Z But there's a bigger problem with the politics of idleness than quibbling over definitions. Fixing Britain's work ethic is not the answer to this economic mess 2012-08-20T16:00:01Z It justifies their own bone idleness because they can't imagine applying themselves to do anything in their lives. The tour de France in the mountains: analysis and discussion 2012-07-10T15:57:07Z "It justifies their own bone idleness because they can't ever imagine applying themselves to anything in their lives." Leader Wiggins lashes out at doping remarks 2012-07-08T16:55:02Z The fact is that idleness, unplugging, and disconnecting from the machine is our absolute human right and one of the best ways to be true to our special instincts. Your Brain Unplugged: Proof That Spacing Out Makes You More Effective 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z The Laffer curve relies on the twin assumptions that the rich create the output in an economy and that they need incentives to choose idleness over work. So the Laffer curve says tax cuts for the rich? This isn't going to be funny 2012-06-27T18:07:14Z But still, the politics of idleness deserves unpicking. Fixing Britain's work ethic is not the answer to this economic mess 2012-08-20T16:00:01Z More and more, when we slip away surreptitiously for a few minutes' idleness, we do so in ways that are partially or entirely public, and so not surreptitious at all. This column will change your life: cut us some slack 2012-06-22T21:59:48Z As usual, I find myself marveling at the sheer idleness of the richest and most successful country in the European Union. The European Farce 2012-05-14T05:00:00Z The Default Mode Network of your brain becomes more organized and engaged in idleness. Your Brain Unplugged: Proof That Spacing Out Makes You More Effective 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z Still, one of the first consequences of the exuberant charity of the Church was to multiply impostors and mendicants, and the idleness of the monks was one of the earliest complaints. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) 2012-04-27T02:00:34.267Z Her mother was always reproaching Valentine for being late, and her father for losing money, and herself for idleness in the house. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z The host of one of the inns stood before his door observing their proceedings, and some half-a-dozen little boys were spending their idleness in gazing at the glittering soldiery. Agincourt The Works of G. P. R. James, Volume XX 2012-04-25T02:01:07.457Z The sun is always shining, and winter, instead of being a period of enforced idleness, is a season when labour is greatly in demand. Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information 2012-04-22T02:00:09.320Z Idle hands are the devil’s workshop type stuff—helping embed “danger” into the idea of idleness. Your Brain Unplugged: Proof That Spacing Out Makes You More Effective 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z I thanked him and withdrew, feeling sick at heart at the prospect of a life of idleness when I might be serving the king at sea. A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z But the Abyssinian, although intensely lazy, is by no means satisfied to eat the bread of idleness. March to Magdala 2012-04-19T02:00:32.620Z Though living in a palace, and surrounded by luxury, he does not pass his time in idleness, but gives himself no rest, hardly taking time for food and sleep. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z It was not for them to practise the strenuous idleness of conventual life, in a ceaseless round of barren liturgies. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I 2012-04-17T02:00:16.473Z The father, a lieutenant in Handaside's regiment, passed from engagement to idleness, and from barrack to barrack, more than was the custom even in those unsettled days. Shelburne Essays, Third Series 2012-04-16T02:00:02.027Z Day drinking is subversive, and springtime — helpmate to idleness and leisure — has a way of making us want to play hooky. Drink: The Subversive Charm of Day Drinking 2012-04-12T21:46:59Z Probably she was better acquainted with him than with Rupert, for he had encouraged and laughed at her childish tricks, during the years that he spent "in idleness" at the Hague. Rupert Prince Palatine 2012-04-13T02:00:20.660Z After four clear days for idleness and reorganisation at Kharta we set forth again on August 2 with this object. Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 2012-04-12T02:00:28.417Z She had thrust him back into idleness and helplessness when every day was of the utmost value to him. A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z Lucky is the actor—if he ever exists—who throughout his career has been free from this compulsory idleness. The Secrets of a Savoyard 2012-04-08T02:00:19.727Z The effect of this exhilarating air is quite magical; and when I arose to-day, and again saw bright sunshine, I exulted in the thoughts of the entire idleness I was again about to indulge in. Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from Italy and Switzerland 2012-04-07T02:00:33.707Z Why should they be kept in idleness and suspense so long? Mademoiselle Blanche A Novel 2012-04-07T02:00:33.037Z Under it, the not highly delighted father, who wished his boy to be a learned doctor, wrote: "This is drawn by Joshua in school, out of pure idleness." Famous European Artists 2012-04-07T02:00:30.487Z "Then there's a chance of your being compensated for this long spell of suffering and idleness." A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z But, George, you should remember one thing," he said: "idleness does not get a man on in the world. Mildred Arkell, Volume II (of 3) A Novel 2012-04-06T02:00:29.933Z In such frank style the people lived, hating three things with all their hearts: idleness, want, and cowardice; and for the rest, carrying their hearts high, and having their hands full. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z These facts did not increase her esteem for Jules, whose days, in spite of his duties as his wife's manager, were spent in what she regarded as wholly unpardonable idleness. Mademoiselle Blanche A Novel 2012-04-07T02:00:33.037Z This long interval of idleness and suspense was harder to bear than the battle itself. The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:39.100Z There is much cheap labour, but the present mode of existence of the farming class is one which favours a bare sufficiency, and for the remainder a state of placid idleness. The Siege of Mafeking (1900) 2012-04-04T02:01:01.773Z None knew better than he his own deficiencies, and that they chiefly arose through his own idleness. Mildred Arkell, Volume II (of 3) A Novel 2012-04-06T02:00:29.933Z He was not a fortune-hunter, for he did not require it; but idleness and extravagance might make him one in the end. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Don't make me an excuse for encouraging young men to waste precious time in idleness and folly. Punch, or the London Charivari, October 21st 1893 2012-04-04T02:01:00.747Z There were now assembled at Halifax about 5,000 people, whose labours were suddenly suspended by the intensity of the frost, and there was in consequence considerable enforced idleness. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z His companions were not half so earnest as their master, and after awhile they hired a large house, kept a professed cook, and enjoyed themselves in idleness. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z Though she had not been left absolutely penniless, her little pittance was not enough to keep her in idleness, and she was staying at Mitchelhurst while the question of her future was debated. Mitchelhurst Place, Vol. I (of 2) A Novel 2012-04-03T02:00:33.630Z But though Anna considered it a part of her duty to punish Eug�nie for her idleness, she was always otherwise very gentle to the child. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z She had taken the sunshine, the beauty, the ease and indolence of her life as a convalescent accepts idleness, without scruple or question. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z Consequently, a large number had to spend the winter in idleness; and in the spring, in many cases, their resources were exhausted. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z “Fighting is better than idleness,” as the Kurdish proverb goes. IHT Rendezvous: Kurds, Marginalized, Could Be Key to Syrian Revolt's Success 2012-03-28T11:23:21Z Some of the straw-plaiting girls, whose fingers seemed restless during their Sunday idleness, were nudging and pulling each other, or turning the leaves of their hymnbooks, or smoothing their dresses. Mitchelhurst Place, Vol. I (of 2) A Novel 2012-04-03T02:00:33.630Z What happens then with weeks, possibly months, of idleness ahead of them, can be better imagined than described. Chicago's Awful Theater Horror 2012-03-28T02:00:25.877Z I should now advise a polite treatment of thyself—a journey—a frolic—a good long holiday, yet not absolute idleness, which is good for nobody. Edward Hoare, M.A. A record of his life based upon a brief autobiography 2012-03-28T02:00:25.040Z The poor, hating industry and destitute of all intellectual resources, lived in habitual idleness, and looked upon abject servility as the normal road to fortune. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z Humility may be held in veneration by the dwellers in a monastery or a convent, it favors the meanness and idleness of a monastic life. Theological Essays 2012-03-27T02:00:21.867Z To-day the idleness enforced by fashion leads often to morbid religiosity or to moral disaster. Heroic Spain 2012-03-26T02:00:38.797Z The men spent a small part of their time in hunting, and lounged away the rest in idleness. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z But at present our work consists in idleness, and I propose to devote myself to it with much diligence! Edward Hoare, M.A. A record of his life based upon a brief autobiography 2012-03-28T02:00:25.040Z To give a satisfactory reason; to tell the cause of; to explain; Ð with for; as, idleness accounts for poverty. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z Beggarly sins, that is, those sins which idleness and beggary usually betray men to; such as lying, flattery, stealing, and dissimulation. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z Strangers are inclined to take for granted the idleness of women's lives in a city like Seville. Heroic Spain 2012-03-26T02:00:38.797Z The example of a beggared nobility, who, proud and penniless, could only assert their rank by idleness and ostentation, was not lost upon him. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z Robbery, if committed beyond the borders of the tribe, is not regarded as disgraceful, and they say that it is practised for the sake of training the youth and preventing idleness. A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance 2012-03-23T02:00:40.930Z She may be the cause of much annoyance yet. —— should have work, active and constant, or his health will fail, living in idleness, spiritually and bodily. There is no Death 2012-03-22T02:00:39.257Z But after we have fairly and fully considered the subject, there remains the one fact that idleness will end life sooner than any other cause. Health, Happiness, and Longevity Health without medicine: happiness without money: the result, longevity 2012-03-22T02:00:38.537Z A few weeks of idleness and drinking, a month or two at the Bull and Staff had much changed the once sleek and respectable servant. The New Rector 2012-03-22T02:00:35.997Z Ecuyer ... not to give those who are able to provide for their families any encouragement to loiter away their time in idleness about the Fort.” The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z When not engaged in war they pass much of their time in the chase, and still more in idleness, giving themselves up to sleep and feasting. A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance 2012-03-23T02:00:40.930Z During the long hours passed in enforced idleness at their posts, many of the men had contrived to give their surroundings quite a home-like appearance. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z According to his creed, there was no folly, no fault, no idleness, no improvidence in the poor. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z To set an example of idleness and stupidity is all they seem to be needed for, the gendarmes; that’s all, that’s all.” The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z The industrial system applied in prisons must have the best results—counteracting habits of idleness, strengthening self-control, and educating the will. A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution 2012-03-17T02:01:00.033Z Too often such relaxation was but a pretext for the indulgence of idleness or vice. A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance 2012-03-23T02:00:40.930Z The remedy is, of course, rest—but that does not mean idleness. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z The waste, the almost vicious luxury, the idleness that is allowed! Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z A peculiar air hung about the city, an air at once of festive idleness and suppressed bustle. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z I have had loves picked up for the opportunity's sake, or for pure idleness; but my love for you is different. The Making of a Saint 2012-03-16T02:00:25.243Z Let those who know no trade learn one, not for the purpose of receiving wages for their toil, but for their good example and to escape idleness. A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance 2012-03-23T02:00:40.930Z Nothing makes moroseness and heavy-heartedness in a house so fast as idleness. The Optimist's Good Morning 2012-03-15T02:00:23.453Z You might have marked him for a successful lawyer, for there was an earnestness about his expression which precluded a life of idleness. The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan 2012-03-15T02:00:21.153Z Were they treated like men, subjected to proper discipline, and rewarded for good behavior and industry, instead of being punished so liberally for bad behavior and idleness, most of them would be reclaimed. Salvation Syrup; Or, Light On Darkest England 2012-03-14T02:00:28.613Z With Indian inclinations to idleness, some of the men looked forward eagerly to the completion of the snow houses. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z After spending nearly one year in the cramped conditions of relocation camps, idleness and the absence of clear prospects are undermining their health. At Edge of Japan's Nuclear Zone, Residents Face an Uncertain Future 2012-03-12T06:10:00Z An illness or a period of idleness does not suffice to dispossess you; a change of position, even considerable, does not put you to confusion. The Optimist's Good Morning 2012-03-15T02:00:23.453Z God forbid thou should'st be idle!" answered the dame;—"for idleness leads to sin and crime, while honest labour needs never be ashamed. Wise Saws and Modern Instances, Volume II (of 2) 2012-03-12T03:00:23.003Z Other poets also imagined Golden Ages of quiet ease and idleness, but the conclusion which Horace drew was more robust. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z He meets with the same obstacles to success as in the world, the same temptations to idleness, the same gilded seductions, but without the same power of resistance. William Hickling Prescott 2012-03-11T03:00:12.297Z This temperament is generally acquired, and proceeds from a sedentary life, too great an enjoyment of sensual pleasures, and fanciful ideas brought on by romantic readings and romantic thoughts indulged in hours of idleness. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z Let our hands be busy at some good part of the world's work, for we know that idleness never went hand in hand with joy. The Optimist's Good Morning 2012-03-15T02:00:23.453Z A day's idleness would mean a day's quarrelling. Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z Most of the monks, more indulgent, were content with renouncing the world, vegetating in solitude, languishing in sloth, and living in absolute idleness at the expence of nations who toil. Ecce Homo! A Critical Inquiry into the History of Jesus of Nazareth: Being a Rational Analysis of the Gospels 2012-03-06T03:00:27.910Z Here he spent the winter in retirement, yet not in idleness. William Hickling Prescott 2012-03-11T03:00:12.297Z Our bodies are our gardens, to which our wills are gardeners—either to have it sterile with idleness, or manured with industry. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z If a person is disposed to hysteria by neurotic inheritance, idleness, sedentary habits, vicious practices, excessive development of the emotions, any affection of the uterus or its appendages will greatly aggravate the outbreaks. Essays In Pastoral Medicine 2012-03-05T03:00:09.993Z If on this occasion the due measure of rubber was not forthcoming, the anger of Bula Matadi would blaze, the soldiers would come, and the men of Banonga would have cause to rue their idleness. Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z Poverty again is associated with bad habits, with dirt, waste, idleness and vice, both as cause and as effect. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z No one who comes with them to the east coast for the fishing season will ever again believe in the oft-repeated lies about their idleness. Our Journey to the Hebrides 2012-03-03T03:00:19.857Z Their whole bearing indicated that the money they had recently come into had helped them down the road of idleness and crime. Ralph in the Switch Tower 2012-03-02T03:00:11.847Z A career of fashionable idleness, irresponsibility, and dissipation, is not a desirable prelude to the systematic routine of quiet duties essential to the home-happiness of a man of moderate resources and retired habits. The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews 2012-03-01T03:00:22.883Z By degrees, double, treble rows of chairs are occupied on either side of every walk, while the whole space between is one vast moving mass of pleasant idleness. Paris and the Parisians in 1835 (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-02-29T03:00:23.930Z The late Lord Carnarvon was not so infected by the plutocratic idleness of Eton as to miss when at Christ Church the highest honours of the Classical Schools. Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country 2012-02-29T03:00:22.540Z As the volume of money contracts prices decline, and with the decline of prices comes stagnation of industry, and the relegation to idleness of thousands of willing workmen. Money: Speech of Hon. John P. Jones, of Nevada, On the Free Coinage of Silver; in the United States Senate, May 12 and 13, 1890 2012-02-29T03:00:21.727Z Now, the Squire hated idleness, but he hated still more to see a newspaper in one of his men's hands. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z But from my lengthy idleness alternating with moderate action, I had no strain upon my faculties. Charles Auchester, Volume 1 of 2 2012-02-23T03:00:42.347Z There is no sight in the world that I love better than a numerous populace during their hours of idleness and glee. Paris and the Parisians in 1835 (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-02-29T03:00:23.930Z Some of her critics declared that she was bringing up the children for nuns; others said her plans savoured too much of carnal wisdom; while others again charged her with idleness. Fletcher of Madeley 2012-02-23T03:00:39.877Z They leave entirely out of the account the large numbers of workmen who of necessity are relegated to idleness on account of the lack of profit in business. Money: Speech of Hon. John P. Jones, of Nevada, On the Free Coinage of Silver; in the United States Senate, May 12 and 13, 1890 2012-02-29T03:00:21.727Z I thank God that not a day of my life has been spent in idleness. The Last Words of Distinguished Men and Women (Real and Traditional) 2012-02-22T03:00:24.020Z The same consuming desire for humbling and punishing the proud Spaniards burnt in his veins, and he chafed at the idleness to which he was enforced on this remote island. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z It will set one thinking a little, however fresh from the busy idleness of Paris,—of Paris, that antidote to 190 all serious thought, that especial paradise for the worshippers of Sans Souci. Paris and the Parisians in 1835 (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-02-29T03:00:23.930Z It necessarily rooted itself in their vices and their idleness; and of their vices principally in two, pride and sensuality. Modern Painters. Vol. III (of V) Containing Part IV. Of Many Things 2012-02-20T03:00:15.843Z Prices falling, business ceases to be profitable, stores and work-shops close, and men are relegated to idleness. Money: Speech of Hon. John P. Jones, of Nevada, On the Free Coinage of Silver; in the United States Senate, May 12 and 13, 1890 2012-02-29T03:00:21.727Z As to the prisoner Taylor, he had, on his own admission, led a life of idleness, and got through a fortune of £45,000. The Trial of Oscar Wilde From the Shorthand Reports 2012-02-19T03:00:17.513Z He could only suppose that even they had begun to weary of idleness, and had resorted to their former occupation of log-cutting from no other motive than the desire to kill time. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z She strolled very slowly along the foot of the slope, as if in pure idleness or to stretch limbs cramped by over-long sitting. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z The following week was to me one of busy idleness. Out of a Labyrinth 2012-02-17T03:00:38.887Z But when prices fall, goods sell below cost, business is unprofitable, workshops are closed, and men are thrown into idleness. Money: Speech of Hon. John P. Jones, of Nevada, On the Free Coinage of Silver; in the United States Senate, May 12 and 13, 1890 2012-02-29T03:00:21.727Z We see the venerable priest pouring out the sweet-scented wine, and then we see the young Endymion himself:— "He seemed To common lookers-on like one who dreamed Of idleness in groves Elysian." The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z He became crabbed in his enforced idleness; pinched viciously the satin skins of his pet dogs, instead of stroking them; took more and more to claret; was constantly making trips to Letterkenny. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:26.817Z Slaveholders and their families form a distinct class, characterized by idleness, vanity, licentiousness, profanity, dissipation, and tyranny. The Iron Furnace Slavery and Secession 2012-02-14T03:00:24.963Z He was now heartily sick of the sea, because of the enforced idleness and wearisome discipline that he had now endured aboard the Desaix for three years. Paul Gauguin, His Life and Art 2012-02-14T03:00:24.393Z It will banish involuntary idleness, by putting every willing man to work. Money: Speech of Hon. John P. Jones, of Nevada, On the Free Coinage of Silver; in the United States Senate, May 12 and 13, 1890 2012-02-29T03:00:21.727Z It is so much pleasanter, at this point, to close the book, and dream "of idleness in groves Elysian." The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z A few common-place attentions, that was all, out of mere idleness. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z A fortnight's idleness will tire out a man worse than a month's work.' A Life's Secret A Novel 2012-02-13T03:00:17.060Z They hold universally the sanctity of idleness, and the duty of being supported by the community. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z It was the child of Ignorance and Avarice, and is already the prolific parent of enforced idleness, poverty, and misery. Money: Speech of Hon. John P. Jones, of Nevada, On the Free Coinage of Silver; in the United States Senate, May 12 and 13, 1890 2012-02-29T03:00:21.727Z I think the man who eats the bread of idleness is under a certain obligation to speak well of labor. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 10 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Legal 2012-02-11T03:04:05.257Z The unruly army which he had brought back from Corea, accustomed to plunder and lawless licence, would have to be employed somehow, for idleness begets mischief. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z It was wearying work, that forced idleness and that forced famine; and it worked badly, especially on the girls. A Life's Secret A Novel 2012-02-13T03:00:17.060Z No, not exactly misbehaving; but a friend of his has just been elected to my club, and I don't think it's good for Hugh to be hanging about in idleness. Poor Relations 2012-02-11T03:04:00.973Z The whole number of persons enrolled for labor in the State being 816,470, this is equivalent to the total idleness of one-tenth of the people engaged in all occupations. Money: Speech of Hon. John P. Jones, of Nevada, On the Free Coinage of Silver; in the United States Senate, May 12 and 13, 1890 2012-02-29T03:00:21.727Z Wicked industry supported pious idleness, the hut gave to the cathedral, and frightened poverty gave even its rags to buy a robe for hypocrisy. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 1 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:59.847Z A long course of excess and idleness had sapped the discipline of the braves, and instead of hailing the coming fray with the joy that becomes heroes, they showed signs of sullen discontent. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z They tossed their heads at the idea of going out to service, thereby giving up their liberty and their idleness. A Life's Secret A Novel 2012-02-13T03:00:17.060Z "Well, to be quite honest, nothing at all" She referred sympathetically to the death of Mrs. Touchwood, and, without the ghost of a blush, he availed himself of that excuse for idleness. Poor Relations 2012-02-11T03:04:00.973Z But, aside from the effect on the individual, what benumbing consequences are entailed upon the nation by the idleness of so large a number of its people. Money: Speech of Hon. John P. Jones, of Nevada, On the Free Coinage of Silver; in the United States Senate, May 12 and 13, 1890 2012-02-29T03:00:21.727Z Is Mr. Van Norden ready to take the ground that when Christ said: "Sell that thou hast and give to the poor," he intended to encourage idleness and crime? The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:58.623Z It is the escape of the aristocrat, whose traditions leave him the choice between idleness and what is called "public service." Behind the Mirrors The Psychology of Disintegration at Washington 2012-02-11T03:03:55.693Z As in America, so in France, he knew no idleness—he was an organizer and worker. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:52.627Z Slavery gives idleness and idleness degrades, deforms and brutalizes. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 8 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Political 2012-02-11T03:03:48.503Z While here, it may be regarded as vicious idleness, armed with the assassin's knife and the incendiary's torch, in Europe, it is a different thing. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:47.297Z "The experience of centuries, said he, "teaches us that the giving of alms to the poor only encourage them in their idleness and their crimes. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:58.623Z The husband's enforced idleness often ends in his becoming a confirmed loafer, contented to live on what his wife can earn. The Strand Magazine, Vol. 27, No. 161, May 1904 2012-02-11T03:03:45.230Z It means that impudent idleness shall no longer live upon the labor of honest men. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:52.627Z His companions bask in the sunshine of idleness. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 8 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Political 2012-02-11T03:03:48.503Z Nothing can be worse than for idleness to eat the bread of industry. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:47.297Z Is it possible that when it was said, "It is better to give than to receive," the real meaning was, It is better to encourage idleness and crime than to receive assistance? The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:58.623Z His hour of rising was usually nine, and then, preceded by his favorite little dog, which was sure to be as plump as idleness and good feeding could render it, he entered the breakfast-room. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 2012-02-10T03:00:15.463Z I cannot see how any man who does nothing—who lives in idleness—can insist that others should work ten or twelve hours a day. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:52.627Z It is among the domestic servants that negro idleness is most severely felt, for there are ways of making the others work, although the whip is banished, by checking their pay. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:13.500Z "Still your old child's tricks!" replied the dwarf: "Will there never be an end to idleness?" Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter 2012-02-08T03:00:20.643Z The merchants are, in America, the class of people among whom the most idleness is found, and they are extremely numerous. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z Material prosperity, however, was not considered any reason for luxurious idleness. Inventors 2012-02-08T03:00:16.647Z "Spirituality" for the most part is a mask worn by idleness, arrogance and greed. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:52.627Z Their houses are as dirty as their persons, and from their incurable habits of idleness, starvation is often their fate. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:13.500Z The first was the young field of scientific management, in which Frederick Taylor experimented with paying workers by the task to increase productivity and reduce idleness. Off the Shelf: ?Strings Attached? Looks at Incentives and Ethics ? Review 2012-02-04T21:32:45Z In every direction I turn I am so edified by the example of hard work that I long for the luxury of being shocked by idleness. Our House And London out of Our Windows 2012-02-03T03:00:24.190Z But such, if the Fens were drained, would quit their idleness, and betake themselves to more lucrative manufactures. Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely 2012-02-03T03:00:22.657Z He will have no confidence in the religion of idleness, and will give no part of what he earns to support parson or priest, archbishop or pope. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:52.627Z Has he not perplexities enough in the ruling of the city—" "Nay, Amraphel," cut in Belshazzar, hastily, "I am here because of my idleness. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z Get up, you son of idleness, and set the crate back in its place, and take care that it is secure. Carry On! A Story of the Fight for Bagdad 2012-01-31T03:00:13.130Z And it is upon this new belief that the justification of idleness and the cruelty of men is built. What Shall We Do? 2012-01-29T03:00:11.167Z Employ thy hours full wisely, and tend thy household well, Be never slothful, woe and death with idleness do dwell. The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries 2012-01-28T03:00:21.937Z The parasite idleness scorns the great oak of labor on which it feeds, and that lifts it to the light. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:52.627Z The queen was lost in one of those vacant reveries in which long years of idleness and neglect had taught her to remain for hours. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z How many a weak man has been misled by a long cessation from work during a strike, which ate up his savings, into lasting idleness and a devil-may-care kind of life. Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II 2012-01-25T03:00:34.150Z But it is plain and simple and clear only when our wants are also plain, and when we ourselves are still sound and not corrupted to the backbone by idleness and laziness. What Shall We Do? 2012-01-29T03:00:11.167Z As her mother and sister were enthusiastic in this feminine accomplishment, and were constantly engrossed in the embroidering of church altar-cloths and linen, they were inclined to look on books as an excuse for idleness. Notable Women Authors of the Day Biographical Sketches 2012-01-19T03:00:21.017Z He could thoughtfully compute the glittering values, the goodly financial revenues, the days and months and total seasons of physical idleness and delights that accrue to human owners from the unrequited toil of human slaves. Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians 2012-01-17T03:00:21.120Z Draco punished murder with death, and he punished idleness with death. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z Thus, for instance, Petty calls the coarse absence of the feeling of higher wants among the Irish the chief cause of their idleness and poverty. Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II 2012-01-25T03:00:34.150Z They also have claimed and obtained for themselves the right of idleness and of utilizing other men's labour, and also have been false to their calling. What Shall We Do? 2012-01-29T03:00:11.167Z One great evil of a standing army is the idleness which it develops in its members, unfitting them for the business of life when their military service is ended. Heroes of Science: Physicists 2012-01-17T03:00:17Z Disobedience, passion, quarrelsomeness, idleness—in short, all the faults you can have—are evil things which defile the temple, and render it unfit for the abode of the Holy Spirit. "Granny's Chapters" (on scriptural subjects) 2012-01-13T03:00:12.913Z There was but seventeen years difference in their ages, and compara48tive idleness with some ill-health on the part of the daughter, had made the difference appear less. The Crux 2012-01-12T03:00:12.630Z It is true that it requires great intellectual and moral power to resist the temptations which a brilliant hereditary condition presents; temptations especially to idleness, to pride and debauchery. Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II 2012-01-25T03:00:34.150Z True, the advantages are all interwoven; but without much consideration the conscience of each will say, On whose side is the labour, and on whose the idleness? What Shall We Do? 2012-01-29T03:00:11.167Z Holiday, hol′i-dā, n. a consecrated day: a religious festival: a day for the commemoration of some event: a day of idleness and amusement.—adj. befitting a holiday: cheerful.—Holiday speeches, fine but empty phrases. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z The only one which seemed within my reach was the tuition of youth; and I felt myself less dependent when I recollected my thorough knowledge of music, and my acquaintance with other arts of idleness. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z After spending a day there, and beginning to feel tired of idleness, I made up my mind to return to camp again. Nurse and Spy in the Union Army The Adventures and Experiences of a Woman in Hospitals, Camps, and Battle-Fields 2012-01-07T03:00:15.907Z Indeed it was a period of ill health resulting in an enforced idleness from the familiar sea that gave him opportunity to put some of his adventures into words. The Critical Game 2012-01-05T03:00:38.527Z Both wished to be worked less and to be worked for more, the difference between them being only in degrees of idleness. What Shall We Do? 2012-01-29T03:00:11.167Z Hence that legion of armies, political functionaries, and hangers-on, who devour in idleness the productions of industry; pampering their vicious appetites, and spreading universal corruption. Rule of the Monk or, Rome in the Nineteenth Century 2012-01-05T03:00:36.930Z Most men who have been great students, such as he was, in their hours of idleness have taken to the bottle, to cards or dice. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2 (of 2) The True Story of a Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:32.877Z No; for, as poor Richard says, 'Troubles spring from idleness, and grievous toils from needless ease: many without labor would live by their own wits only; but they break for want of stock.' The Life of Benjamin Franklin Illustrated by Tales, Sketches, and Anecdotes 2012-01-04T03:00:46.617Z He could not explain to himself why he had conceded that additional day to his idleness: it was an instinctive postponement, without any motive whatsoever. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z This science is now the dispenser of diplomas for idleness, because in her temples she alone analyzes and determines what activity in the social organism is parasitic and what organic. What Shall We Do? 2012-01-29T03:00:11.167Z The depravity of the system and the vapid idleness of harem life are much exaggerated by observers whose sympathies are wholly against the system. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" 2012-01-02T03:00:22.443Z The people were convinced and sat about in idleness, waiting for the free food. Adventures in Swaziland The Story of a South African Boer 2012-01-01T03:00:06.887Z Cowardice and idleness were the most heinous crimes; a life of rapine and a violent death were passports to the sacred mountain. The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom 2011-12-30T03:00:25.917Z He had grown tired, no doubt, of the excessive ease and idleness afforded him by his penitent, and was bored with astronomical observations on the roof of the dwelling in the Champs-�lys�es. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z The ministers of the Church gave themselves up to idleness and depravity. What Shall We Do? 2012-01-29T03:00:11.167Z Thurlow was rebuked for idleness by the Master, who said to him: “Whenever I look out of the window, Mr. Thurlow, I see you crossing the Court.” The philosophy of B*rtr*nd R*ss*ll 2011-12-30T03:00:24.883Z Not my wife, whom multitudinous cares enthrall; nor yet myself, whom a couple of months' enforced idleness now constrains to a preternatural activity, lest the world fail of salvation. Notes of a Son and Brother 2011-12-29T03:00:14.087Z During this long period they observed certain tabus, and spent the days in complete idleness. The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom 2011-12-30T03:00:25.917Z Her vanity was satisfied, at such times, by the mere fact of having constructed a costly jewel case to harbor her idleness. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z They had not in view the people; but, from kings down to the lowest state functionaries, in Rome, as well as in France, England, Russia, and America, they gave themselves over to idleness and depravity. What Shall We Do? 2012-01-29T03:00:11.167Z So they indulged in another season of idleness and mischief. The Captive in Patagonia 2011-12-27T03:00:10.803Z It was late when we arrived, and we put up at the hotel, which, like every thing else in Worthing, has an air of languor and idleness about it. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 2011-12-27T03:00:07.217Z The master of the house came back, and gently chid him for his idleness. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z Here," he said, "is lying in idleness the most influential instrument of human progress, and this not from any fault of the owner, but through the desertion of mankind. The Fourth Estate, vol.1 2011-12-25T03:00:10.170Z On this new doctrine, the justification of man's idleness and the hiding from him his treason against his calling, is particularly based. What Shall We Do? 2012-01-29T03:00:11.167Z I had become tired of idleness, and offered to assist in the preparation of guano; but Mr. Hall interposed a decided veto. The Captive in Patagonia 2011-12-27T03:00:10.803Z His solitary and recluse habits, and his total want of sympathy with most of his fellow students in their idleness, and in their frivolous amusements, rendered him far from popular with the multitude. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 2011-12-27T03:00:07.217Z "Young persons especially," he said, "would be better, and morally more safe, for greater opportunities of innocent pleasure and games at the hours of enforced idleness on the Sunday." Liberty In The Nineteenth Century 2011-12-24T03:08:02.240Z It is well said that idleness is the mother of every vice. The Fourth Estate, vol.1 2011-12-25T03:00:10.170Z Severe labour is succeeded by long fits of idleness, because their labour takes a chance direction. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z Thus, while the first two hours of the evening were hours of comparative idleness, the last hour was one of extreme pressure. The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 2011-12-19T03:00:45.273Z What a ghastly result of idleness, of indolence! Fr?d?rique; vol. 1 2011-12-19T03:00:39.830Z And that man, after making her unaccustomed to work by a life of idleness and dissipation, leaves her, in most cases, with no resource against destitution! Fr?d?rique; vol. 2 2011-12-19T03:00:37.437Z Accept idleness if Aunt Maggie so desires, will you?—and the laughter and contempt, eh? The Happy Warrior 2011-12-18T03:00:18.863Z The notion was a benevolent one; and it was the favourite scheme, for half a century, to destroy idleness and beggary in England, by setting up manufactories at the public cost. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z The Ghibelline party included the naturalized nobles, the men of arms and idleness, the advocates of feudalism, the politicians who regarded constitutional progress with disfavour. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z Instead of being condemned to idleness in barracks, the soldiers comprising the increased forces would be doing useful and productive labor and would build enormously valuable internal improvements. Our National Defense: The Patriotism of Peace 2011-12-14T03:00:16.577Z "But I know what I am talking about; I mean that she had not the taste for pleasure or idleness which sooner or later leads a girl on to her ruin." Fr?d?rique; vol. 2 2011-12-19T03:00:37.437Z If he must feel the chains that bound him in idleness, let him at least make mastery of his body and rebuke it till it wearied. The Happy Warrior 2011-12-18T03:00:18.863Z He wasn't by any means that: he was still weak, and not able to face any great hardship; but enforced idleness was sending the man mad, and I thought we'd better make a start. The Heart of Denise and Other Tales 2011-12-14T03:00:15.733Z You must not allow yourself to drift into the habit of idleness. The Outcaste 2011-12-12T03:00:25.380Z Many soldiers are demoralized by the inactivity or idleness of the life of the camp or the barracks. Our National Defense: The Patriotism of Peace 2011-12-14T03:00:16.577Z No, my dear fellow; I forbade you to call me your brother, when, led astray by vicious men, you lived a life of idleness, drunkenness, and debauchery. Fr?d?rique; vol. 2 2011-12-19T03:00:37.437Z If I have sometimes reproached you for idleness, it has been because times are hard for everyone. Autumn Glory The Toilers of the Field 2011-12-11T03:00:11.417Z "I am sick of this idleness here," he added. The Honour of Savelli A Romance 2011-12-10T03:00:15.560Z The enforced idleness was not at all to her mind, and she welcomed their return with unmixed joy. The Outcaste 2011-12-12T03:00:25.380Z Tired of idleness, yet indifferent to his estate. Paddy-The-Next-Best-Thing 2011-12-08T03:00:28.210Z But he behaved very badly at one time; for a long while he led a life of idleness and dissipation. Fr?d?rique; vol. 2 2011-12-19T03:00:37.437Z Guido Franceschini was staying at Rome in idleness, out of the service of a certain Cardinal, without a soldo, by which service he had provided for himself up to that time. The Old Yellow Book Source of Robert Browning's The Ring and the Book 2011-12-08T03:00:22.847Z I am not going to wear my life away to support you in idleness. The Making of William Edwards or The Story of the Bridge of Beauty 2011-12-07T03:00:17.867Z In the same way, in opposition to moral good, the evil one creates idleness, lies, lust, doubt, disbelief. The History of Antiquity Vol. V. 2011-12-06T03:00:24.110Z Work is uncertain, or long periods of idleness has made the payment of rent impossible for a period. The Leaven in a Great City 2011-12-05T03:00:48.150Z And idleness, the proportion between, how regulated, ib. An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations 2011-12-05T03:00:41.403Z He was afraid of the mischief found for idle hands, and he could not be satisfied that in his books Jabez might find enough work to keep him out of any temptation to idleness. Eunice 2011-12-05T03:00:40.560Z At length, however, the years spent in luxurious idleness on the silent plains must come to an end. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z Just so the majority of men who have one sort of work to do accuse him of idleness who has more directions for his industry than they can comprehend. Household Education 2011-12-02T03:00:25.437Z When her visitor protested against the sisters working to support the brothers in idleness, the mother was indignant. The Leaven in a Great City 2011-12-05T03:00:48.150Z The proportion between capital and revenue regulates the proportion between industry and idleness, 138. An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations 2011-12-05T03:00:41.403Z A gentleman is the dregs of the idleness of centuries! An American at Oxford 2011-12-02T03:00:19.150Z Miss Agatha, looking up and observing this idleness, was on the point of remonstrating when the door opened opportunely to admit a visitor, and Prudence’s delinquencies were forgotten in the business of welcoming the arrival. Imprudence 2011-12-01T03:00:19.303Z It is an utter mistake to suppose that idleness alone can give happiness. Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians 2011-11-30T03:00:13.313Z She had never resented her husband's days of idleness until this baby died and there was not one cent to provide for the care and disposition of the little body. The Leaven in a Great City 2011-12-05T03:00:48.150Z The proportion between revenue and capital regulates the proportion between idleness and industry, 138. An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations 2011-12-05T03:00:41.403Z At least, I see now that the love of idleness may impart wonderful energy to one's efforts, at least for a time. The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence 2011-11-28T03:00:23.427Z "I have long known I should have to sink into idleness, and it was a good piece of work to retire on," he said. The Mistress of Bonaventure 2011-11-28T03:00:22.190Z There will be no idleness in heaven: God's "servants shall serve Him." Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians 2011-11-30T03:00:13.313Z A host of office-seekers has thus been created, and large numbers of educated persons spend many years in idleness or in political agitation. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z The proportion between capital and revenue, therefore, seems everywhere to regulate the proportion between industry and idleness. An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations 2011-12-05T03:00:41.403Z During the day, which was spent in complete idleness, like the one which had preceded it, Michel's nurse brought him a letter. The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence 2011-11-28T03:00:23.427Z Indeed, a number passed without bringing any word of him, and because idleness meant disaster, we perforce relaxed our vigilance and resumed our plowing. The Mistress of Bonaventure 2011-11-28T03:00:22.190Z You might as well try to make an elephant happy by feeding him with a grain of sand a day, as try to satisfy that heart of your's with rank, riches, learning, idleness, or pleasure. Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians 2011-11-30T03:00:13.313Z The smaller sellers acquire habits of injurious idleness, waiting often for hours for customers. Socialism 2011-11-27T03:00:13.337Z Wherever capital predominates, industry prevails; wherever revenue, idleness. An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations 2011-12-05T03:00:41.403Z Ah, but Valentine, as Michel says, 'A love of idleness is often the real cause of some of the most laborious lives. The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence 2011-11-28T03:00:23.427Z Not that she was taught to love idleness or things above her station. The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant 2011-11-27T03:00:11.777Z Of drinking, gambling, lying, swearing, Sabbath-breaking, idleness, pride, you may well be ashamed. Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians 2011-11-30T03:00:13.313Z Here I pillowed myself in inevitable idleness, now become, alas! too familiar, and amused myself with the energetic caquet of my companions. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z The whole modern art of cooking is largely a perversion; a product of idleness, vanity, and sensuality. The Book of Life 2011-11-25T03:00:13.343Z Such pride is idleness, or thoughtlessness, or both, unless illness causes the inability. English Secularism A Confession Of Belief 2011-11-24T03:00:50.030Z In this state of enforced idleness he browsed through newspapers and journals more than he had before or than he ever did again, and so his letters contained more comments on daily events. The Letters of William James, Vol. II 2011-11-24T03:00:48.427Z It covers the land with idleness, misery and crime. Ingersollia Gems of Thought from the Lectures, Speeches, and Conversations of Col. Robert G. Ingersoll, Representative of His Opinions and Beliefs 2011-11-24T03:00:41.267Z Laws spring from the instinct of self-preservation, Industry objected to supporting idleness, and laws were made against theft. Mistakes of Moses 2011-11-24T03:00:39.887Z For a man who took his duties seriously it was by no means an existence of idleness, in nowise to be compared with the life of an English gentleman farmer. Thomas Jefferson The Apostle of Americanism 2011-11-23T03:00:55.563Z He was in reality a loafer of very vicious sort, feeding his idleness upon the alms of an infatuated woman, whose devotion he did not repay with even the saving grace of fidelity. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z I am just back from a month of practical idleness in the Adirondacks, but such is the infirmity of my complexion that I am not yet in proper working trim. The Letters of William James, Vol. II 2011-11-24T03:00:48.427Z There never was a man—except J.—who had such a contempt for idleness and such a talent for work. Our Philadelphia 2011-11-23T03:00:41.453Z Their lives are passed in alternate periods of exhausting labour and of utter idleness, there is nothing to strive for, nothing to learn, nothing to improve. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z Literature owes a great deal to enforced idleness, whether the writer be sick or in prison. Essays on Modern Novelists 2011-11-22T03:00:10.817Z The April sun glared hot, the better part of a north-easterly gale was blowing, the horses had over-eaten themselves with the bread of idleness, and were fat and frisky. In Mr. Knox's Country 2011-11-21T03:00:16.010Z Most of the miseries and vices of mankind proceed from idleness and a wrong direction given to their energies. Memoir of John Howe Peyton in sketches by his contemporaries, together with some of his public and private letters, etc., also a sketch of Ann M. Peyton 2011-11-15T03:00:20.413Z All my literary hopes came toppling over and I saw myself condemned to the old idleness and dependence. Our Philadelphia 2011-11-23T03:00:41.453Z Economy is almost always the companion of toil; dissipation, of idleness. San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams 2011-11-14T03:00:22.247Z Dear Mary Shelley—Pardon my tardiness in writing, which from day to day I have postponed, having no other cause to plead than idleness. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume II (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:10.110Z “Four days of idleness,” are Mary’s only allusion to this event. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume I (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:08.903Z “I think I’m strong enough to take a little walk,” decided the youth, after an hour or so of idleness. Fenn Masterson's Discovery or, The Darewell Chums on a Cruise 2011-11-07T02:00:19.467Z The braver and more energetic preferred the free open existence of the pampa to idleness in the sleepy villages of Paraguay. The South American Republics Part I of II 2011-11-06T02:00:14.827Z No. This one day, as Mr. Wordsworth said, we'll give to idleness. Across the Stream 2011-11-05T02:00:11.673Z In Shelley’s words, slightly varied, “How should slaves produce anything but idleness, even as the seed produces the plant?” The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume II (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:10.110Z Talk with him all evening; this is a day devoted to Love in idleness. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume I (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:08.903Z He was no longer subject to the dreadful fits of depression that had made his idleness a torment. The Whirligig of Time 2011-11-04T02:00:23.063Z I called the militia together for exercise on Sundays and holidays, days which otherwise the people would have spent in idleness and pleasure. The South American Republics Part I of II 2011-11-06T02:00:14.827Z The intellect, however, but rarely shows itself the docile slave of the will, and his, to which idleness was a cause of real suffering, immediately set about to seek an object worthy of its attention. The Recollections of Alexis de Tocqueville 2011-11-02T02:00:13.477Z But till I see the effect of the first part, I cannot possibly proceed to the second, and time is fleeting, and I am lost in idleness. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume II (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:10.110Z A plan is extant, horrible to relate, for the total demolition of the old quadrangle of Magdalen, and its replacement by a modern palace of idleness in the Italian style. Oxford and Her Colleges 2011-11-02T02:00:09.560Z And that, I think, is the way most married unhappinesses begin; not in unfaithfulness or in jealousy or in loss of love, but merely in idleness. The Whirligig of Time 2011-11-04T02:00:23.063Z |
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