| 单词 | idler |
| 例句 | The wide front hall was empty except for a few idlers who lounged in the doorways leading to the offices on either side. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z So they took to keeping her below decks when they passed a lockkeeper’s cottage or a canal basin, or anywhere there were likely to be idlers hanging about. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Men hurrying by stopped to stare inquisitively before moving on, idlers stood or sat around lazily indulging their curiosity. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Gradually the citizens of Wethersfield claimed their orders, the merchants from Hartford counted off the barrels of nails and oil and salt and only a handful of idlers still stood about. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z “I never carry idlers on my ship! Between ports, a clerk isn’t worth the hardtack to keep him alive.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe he felt a little guilty about Pooky’s father, I don’t know, but he seemed to tolerate Pooky more than he did other complainers and idlers. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z They were surrounded by the usual crowd of idlers and passersby. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Others were simply lazy — “idlers,” in the lingo of the time. Review: ‘White Trash’ Ruminates on an American Underclass 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z Why did this idler, this third-rate artist, this undistinguished soldier, this preposterous ranter who offered religious hatred, dictatorship and war, appeal to so many? 'Hitler': the mystery of the F?hrer's appeal 2012-04-11T22:26:08Z The Idler's Academy of Philosophy, Husbandry and Merriment will be opening its doors for the first time under the expert guidance of professional idler Tom Hodgkinson. Competition: Win a pair of tickets to the Port Eliot festival 2010-06-30T16:27:00Z I’m glad to have aged out of the days when every street worker or blunt-puffing idler was part of a masculine gantlet I had to clear. On a Shockingly Casual Case of Sexual Assault 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z "To you, clerk, literary man, sedentary person, idler, the same advice. Up!" Walt Whitman's paleo-style diet recommendations for 'manly health' are revealed 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z “We do need history,” Nietzsche wrote, “but quite differently from the jaded idlers in the garden of knowledge.” Eric Hobsbawm, the Communist Who Explained History 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z “To you, clerk, literary man, sedentary person, man of fortune, idler, the same advice,” he declared. Walt Whitman Promoted a Paleo Diet. Who Knew? 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z In the sweetly melancholy “Yoyo,” often considered his masterpiece, Mr. Étaix played the dual roles of a wealthy idler and his son, who grows up to become the celebrated clown Yoyo. Pierre Étaix, Director and Slapstick Actor, Dies at 87 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z I huddled with three other idlers around a mini-iPad at the back of the Public Theater’s Martinson Hall, watching a live stream of the match with the volume turned off. Learning 'Lear': Torn Between Soccer and Shakespeare 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z The ashram gates are thronged by press and TV teams and by crowds of idlers. From the Observer archive, 24 February 1968: the Beatles check into an ashram 2013-02-24T00:05:26Z I'm afraid this was the high point in a farrago of leaden jokes, ill-observed "observational" riffing and a yawningly familiar cast of teen idlers, old fools and Shameless-inspired lowlife. Rewind TV: Dragons' Den; Great Thinkers: In Their Own Words; My Life as a Turkey: Natural World Special 2011-08-06T23:05:53Z Colin, an amiable and wealthy idler, lives in a friendly hallucinogenic version of the world we know. Whimsy and War: Boris Vian’s Two Minds 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z It seems as if all you have to do is cross the avenue to melt into the thin Sunday crowd of browsers and idlers. A Spotlight on the Season’s Top Photography Books 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z The French term is commonly translated as “idler” or “stroller” and has its roots in a character in 19th-century literature. Alfred Kazin’s “A Walker in the City” charts an intellectual awakening, block by block 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z The album title, she said, refers to the role of the idler wheel in an engine, which does not propel directly but is connected to everything. Pop: Fiona Apple’s New Album, ‘The Idler Wheel’ 2012-05-30T12:00:00Z The undefined, irresponsible idler with no evil intentions—indeed, hardly any intentions at all—moves through the gleamingly photographed city like a human litmus test, revealing sadness, narrow-mindedness, frustration, and petty cruelty at every turn. Movies 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z And yet it is a place you want to be: how magical, to haunt these dreamy paths like the lovers and idlers who linger in the 's shady nooks. All masterpieces great and small: get lost in the Wallace Collection 2011-01-17T13:32:07Z There is an almost continuous succession of scenes in which Nicholson sketches this idler, lover, jokester, manipulator, con man, gambler, loner. How to watch every best picture winner from 1970 through 1979 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z Among other things, the authors described Britons as “among the worst idlers in the world.” Truss Defied the Markets, and They Ruthlessly Sealed Her Fate 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z In 2012 he contributed to a more overtly political tract called “Britannia Unchained” — a paean of praise to free markets that described the British as “among the worst idlers in the world.” How the U.K. Finance Minister Came to Ignore Finance Experts 2022-10-02T04:00:00Z A decade ago they were co-authors of the political treatise “Britannia Unchained,” which notoriously included the claim that British workers are “among the worst idlers in the world.” New UK Cabinet is diverse in makeup and solidly on the right 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z In the 2012 text, they claimed: "Once they enter the workplace, the British are among the worst idlers in the world." Who is Kwasi Kwarteng? New UK chancellor likes a challenge 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z She founded the Free Enterprise group of Thatcherite Tory lawmakers who produced “Britannia Unchained,” a political treatise that notoriously included the claim that British workers are “among the worst idlers in the world.” Liz Truss: An heir to Thatcher intent on shaking up Britain 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z Callers have denounced them as idlers and traitors, or as taking sides in the conflict. Ukrainians flood a Red Cross hotline for help finding missing loved ones. 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z The remarks by Ms Truss echo controversial arguments made in a 2012 book she co-authored, "Britannia Unchained", in which British workers were described as among the "worst idlers in the world". Liz Truss accused of branding British workers lazy in leaked audio 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z This is something I have thought about more and more in recent years, and it is why I have always preferred doers to idlers, whiners and excuse-makers. Opinion | Madeleine Albright: Resilience of spirit, more than intellect, is the key to life 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z Contrary to predictions by slavery’s defenders, the liberated slaves did not become idlers, but divided their time between continued plantation work and cultivating individual plots the army assigned them. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z The Kellogg’s strike marked the board’s most aggressive step yet toward real-world labor activism, as its followers, or “idlers,” mobilized as an anonymous force that the $20 billion company couldn’t avoid. Kellogg’s is pushing to replace striking workers. A Reddit ‘antiwork’ mob is fighting back. 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z Oh, that would be the uncle who willed his farm and estate to Onegin, a charming idler. Seattle Opera takes on the timeless drama of ‘Eugene Onegin’ 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z “The British are among the worst idlers in the world,” read one passage. Want to know what a Boris Johnson government would look like? I have just the book | John Harris 2019-07-07T04:00:00Z The company supplies idlers, pulleys, bearings and other products. More manufacturing jobs coming to Kentucky 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z “The British are among the worst idlers in the world,” a group of pro-Brexit MPs wrote recently. Opinion | The lure of chaos is leading Britain straight into the abyss 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z There are few schools for idlers or households for the lazy. Perspective | Vacation seems like it frees us from work. That's what work wants us to think. 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z The article is somewhat misleading, there is nothing to envy about Scandinavian social welfare, unless you are an idler and social parasite. The Robots Are Coming, and Sweden Is Fine 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z Those idlers — the Trumps of the world — are Alger’s villains. Trump bet Americans would like his un-Presidential antics. He may be right 2017-07-16T04:00:00Z There is a theory called nominative determinism, much beloved of students of literature and other idlers. Why it's hard to be a Kevin in France - BBC News 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z The rest, the idlers and the stragglers, gather outside the changing rooms, cradling hand-rolled cigarettes and envying those who have brought bacon sandwiches. Two Teams in a League of Their Own 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z As a result, an ever-widening income gap will open up between highly paid and productive workers and an overly large and growing pool of unskilled idlers whose wages will decline. Will technological progress stymie the economies of advanced nations? 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z Only time will tell which version of Sissoko Tottenham have got: the often sullen idler who irritated Newcastle fans or the inspirational player who so impressively raised his game in June. Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z The qualified management consultant co-authored a 2012 booklet entitled Britannia Unchained that argued for more deregulation and alleged “the British are among the worst idlers in the world.” A Quick Guide to Who's Who in Theresa May's New Cabinet 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z Getting the magazine out was taxing, and after a decade, it seemed appropriate to stop for a while and live without a plan — to be an idler himself and shake free space for fresh ideas. The Amateur Cloud Society That (Sort Of) Rattled the Scientific Community 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z To you, clerk, literary man, sedentary person, man of fortune, idler, the same advice. Walt Whitman revealed as author of 'Manly Health' guide 2016-04-30T04:00:00Z "To you, clerk, literary man, sedentary person, man of fortune, idler, the same advice. Up!" Poet Walt Whitman health tips unearthed - BBC News 2016-04-30T04:00:00Z Advertisement Advertisement And, of course, there were many tourists, theatergoers, office workers and idlers. Special Zones Proposed to Limit Toplessness in Times Square 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z Later, in the same letter, he defines two types of idlers. Vincent van Gogh on the Two Types of Idlers 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z INCIDENTS: Six reports of steel pins dislodging from the window shade idler, causing some of the shades to fall. Recalls this week: Bean bag chairs, toy monkeys 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z Like many of the idlers, he is a fan of Mr Ghani. So long, good luck 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z Not idlers, but 7 million are “hardworking” families: abysmal low pay is why they need tax credits. These brutal new Tories are happy playing Ukip’s game 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z Our tabloids thrive on stories that portray the country as a teeming mass of greedy migrants and workshy idlers, run by a parliament of elites in alliance with a small uber-class of the 1%. Britain Is Not Poorer Than Alabama 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z Because there are idlers and idlers, who form a contrast. Vincent van Gogh on the Two Types of Idlers 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z He noticed the workers and idlers, the women tending children, the street vendors manning, or ignoring, their stalls. | Connecticut: A Review of ‘In the Wake of the Butterfly’ in Fairfield 2014-03-21T23:53:36Z The British are among the worst idlers in the world. Britannia Unchained: the rise of the new Tory right 2012-08-22T17:01:51Z "Once they enter the workplace, the British are among the worst idlers in the world," they write. Tory MPs criticise 'idle workers' 2012-08-18T00:48:07Z But don't you fear that I'm turning into an idler. Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z ‘Look, there’s an idler’, says another passing bird — that fellow’s a sort of man of leisure. Vincent van Gogh on the Two Types of Idlers 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z "But she is not an idler?" said the nun. Mariquita A Novel 2012-04-24T02:00:19.737Z At the double the men romped aft--every seaman, marine, stoker, and "idler" not actually prevented by pressure of duty elsewhere. With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight 2012-04-21T02:00:25.260Z Our race they will save From the foul name of ‘master,’ or ‘idler’ or ‘slave.’ The Independence Day Horror at Killsbury 2012-04-20T02:00:07.610Z Groups of idlers, men and women, loiter upon the steps, some sitting and some standing. Jeremiah A Drama in Nine Scenes 2012-04-10T02:00:19.943Z Some go so far as to say that for real success a man's father and grandfather should have been idlers before him. Barrington Volume II (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:32.490Z It was after eleven o'clock when they reached St. Philippe, and a crowd of idlers hung about the door and followed them into the church. Mademoiselle Blanche A Novel 2012-04-07T02:00:33.037Z If such doctrines as these had, in in the time of Jesus, been practised, he would have drawn a host of idlers after him. A Legacy to the Friends of Free Discussion 2012-04-06T02:00:26.317Z "It is no good trying to reform me," he said, after a moment, his hot cheek against Kathleen's floss-silk curls; "I am an incorrigible idler." The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z If the idlers of the streets chalked caricature on the walls, we can not be surprised to discover that Pompeian artists delighted in the comic and burlesque. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z There were crowds of fashionables present, the well-known men about town, and the idlers of the clubs, and a large sprinkling of military men, for the news of the case had got wind already. Barrington Volume II (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:32.490Z At Athens he must have been a dilettante, an idler, without political rights or duties. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z Apart from the normal crowd of idlers, came painters and sculptors to gaze in delight on the perfect face and form revealed through the shimmer of rose-colored light. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z "My friends," he added to the men who had been at work, "take from our idlers their toys." A Pilgrim Maid A Story of Plymouth Colony in 1620 2012-04-02T02:00:24.090Z He admires George Eliot in literature, and, I should say, he regards Charles Dickens as a sort of person who does very well to amuse idlers and ignorant people. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z It is likewise thronged with idlers, lounging over the iron railing, and with forestieri, who come hither to see the famous fountain. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z There is a winsome legend that Jesus once revealed Himself in this way:--A knot of idlers had gathered in the street round a dead dog. One Day at a Time and Other Talks on Life and Religion 2012-03-31T02:00:20.873Z Groups of people, busily conversing, were everywhere to be seen; and in two or three places men were standing on stools--in a fashion then new to me--haranguing knots of idlers. The Red Cockade 2012-03-30T02:00:19.603Z No abbey existed to excite dislike by its extravagance or by its license or by the swarm of ragged idlers it supported. The Story of Francis Cludde 2012-03-30T02:00:16.347Z He is a restless, unmanageable idler and scamp, say his enemies—unstable as water, he shall not excel. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z Banfield's men, with another hundred or so of the town idlers, were gathered about the cart, but of the honest and intelligent voters there were scanty signs. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z Groups of idlers played fan-tan and other games of chance, and through the waving curtains of queerly painted booths came at times the acrid fumes of opium. Bert Wilson, Wireless Operator 2012-03-27T02:00:19.467Z When we left the Mosque, the obsession of the East still continued in the courtyard, where about the fountain sat groups of idlers only wanting the fez and turban for completion. Heroic Spain 2012-03-26T02:00:38.797Z Hence, to Saint Simon the antagonism between the third estate and the privileged classes took the form of an antagonism between "workers" and "idlers." Socialism: Utopian and Scientific 2012-03-26T02:00:37.300Z One who frequents the benches of a tavern; an idler. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z The boring spindle is driven by an idler pulley, direct from the countershaft. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z It had its origin in the 12:10 down train from Euston to Holyhead, which carried, among other passengers, Charles Maitland of the Temple, barrister by theory and idler by, or for want of, practice. The King's Stratagem and Other Stories 2012-03-22T02:00:40.343Z We are too industrious a nation to have idlers enough. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z That the idlers had lost the capacity for intellectual leadership and political supremacy had been proved, and was by the Revolution finally settled. Socialism: Utopian and Scientific 2012-03-26T02:00:37.300Z Such things are doubtless very wrong, but they are the work of idlers and vagrants, who personate my soldiers. Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution (Volume I) 2012-03-19T02:00:25.027Z Then, woe betide the servant whom she chanced to espy among the idlers. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z One second and all had been lost, for the crowd of idlers at the other end of the passage had caught her cry, and were looking that way. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z We landed amid a crowd of half-naked idlers, and were soon at a hotel, where we ordered the best breakfast the town would afford, and sat down once more to clean cloths and unrepulsive food. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z The idlers were not merely the old privileged classes, but also all who, without taking any part in production or distribution, lived on their incomes. Socialism: Utopian and Scientific 2012-03-26T02:00:37.300Z The man wound his way in and out of the idlers and by the time he reached the box Jim and Florence had made their departure. The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan 2012-03-15T02:00:21.153Z Eleven views, showing the various operations of the agency, some of the idlers, and a few groups of squaws and pappooses. Descriptive Catalogue of Photographs of North American Indians 2012-03-11T03:00:11.673Z Captain Dove followed him toward the bureau, attracting not a few glances of mingled surprise and amusement from the elaborate idlers in its neighbourhood. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z It was then sold in convenient pennyworths;—hence coffee-houses where wits, quidnuncs, and idlers resorted, were called “penny universities.” Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z This multitude of miracles, for so they style the cures operated by Jesus, drew after him a crowd of idlers and vagabonds from Galilee, Jerusalem, Decapolis, Judea, and the country beyond Jordan. 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 That dusty city has, like others in the south, distractions to offer the idler with liberal views, though a certain proportion of them are of distinctly doubtful character. Long Odds 2012-03-02T03:00:08.670Z "Solitude," says Gibbon, "is the school of Genius," and the advantages of this tuition are most certainly secured before the idlers of existence are abroad! The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews 2012-03-01T03:00:22.883Z The man had his hands in his pockets and a straw in his mouth, and he seemed to be a mere idler; but as his eyes met Clement's he winked. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z I had time to see who were present--Klink, the two soldiers who had put themselves forward the evening before, and half a score of idlers. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z I should, I repeat, like to open the court, and marshal the jurors, witnesses, and even the idlers to their places in the king's name. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z There was the customary crowd of curious idlers gathered about the gate as the hearse drew up before it. Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color 2012-02-20T03:00:20.550Z Poverty had weighed too heavily on Mrs. Goldstein to allow her to tolerate an idler, and besides she had always looked with disapproval on Yetta's unwomanly education. Comrade Yetta 2012-02-15T03:00:24.213Z They went away, arm in arm, and out of a group of mottled idlers formed about the door came slouching the figure of the Notorious Bugg. Bolanyo 2012-02-12T03:00:14.503Z In most of the nations of our day the idlers and non-producers are either beggars or aristocrats, paupers or princes, and the great middle laboring class support them both. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:52.627Z Besides being the inexhaustible resource of summer idlers, the beach has its practical aspects. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z I did not want for natural capacity, but I was a sad idler. The Monctons A Novel: Volume 2 (of 2) 2012-02-11T03:03:50.943Z Teach them that whoever is an idler, whoever lives upon the labor of others, whether he is a pirate or a king, is a dishonorable person. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:46.253Z These great world activities touch the daily life of every member of society, whether child or adult, worker or idler. How We are Fed A Geographical Reader 2012-02-07T03:00:10.237Z In other words, self-preservation would be the dominant idea, and these men would instantly look upon the idlers as the enemies of their society. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:52.627Z This pathetic trio, ever seeking seclusion, was ever followed by a retinue of idlers, who, for all their intrusive staring, were silent and sympathetic. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z The local authorities were equally severe on Sunday idlers. Old Church Lore 2012-01-31T03:00:14.880Z Every now and then an idler passes through in a leisurely manner, or a don scurries across the grass in a terrible hurry. Peter Binney A Novel 2012-01-29T03:00:10.423Z Another, three years younger, grew six inches in about five months, and from being a sad idler was transformed into an unexpectedly attractive and bright pupil. Adenoids and Diseased Tonsils Their Effect on General Intelligence 2012-01-28T03:00:25.603Z But, if this were the case, landowners and capitalists would be obliged to live just as workmen do, and their highest luxury would have to consist in feeding idlers. Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II 2012-01-25T03:00:34.150Z Thus is the money of the country actually thrown away: the produce of labour is taken from the industrious and given to the idlers. The Brighton Road The Classic Highway to the South 2012-01-24T03:00:26.933Z The eldest, though but in her early teens, is intellectual and studious; the second has a decided talent for painting, whilst the third, says her mother, laughing, "is a consummate idler, but witty and clever." Notable Women Authors of the Day Biographical Sketches 2012-01-19T03:00:21.017Z On such occasions, we have, sometimes, full employment, in driving away idlers, who gather to the spot, to gratify a sickly curiosity, or to steal whatever may be available, however “sacred to the memory,” &c. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z Now all the idlers pry into our life. Woman and Artist 2012-01-10T03:00:14.960Z "Rich or poor, strong or weak, the idler is a knave." Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II 2012-01-25T03:00:34.150Z An idler, it was argued, possessed ample means, and for that cause he was respected. A Drake by George! 2012-01-09T03:00:22.163Z Johnston, whom I knew, was exactly what his distinguished step-brother charged—an idler. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2 (of 2) The True Story of a Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:32.877Z And then the Corniche Railway was put through, placing Monaco on the road between Paris and Italy; and all the gamblers and idlers of the world came flocking here within a few years. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z I have merely amused myself and attempted to amuse idlers by incarnating the floating tradition of the Jewish Schnorrer, who is as unique among beggars as Israel among nations. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z I'm bound for Hong Kong and Canton, and, further, I don't keep any idlers on board. In the Yellow Sea 2011-12-26T03:00:10.083Z Why should these fifty idlers spend their days dawdling about the streets? The Fourth Estate, vol.1 2011-12-25T03:00:10.170Z On Friday the roving bands of anarchists, rioters, and idlers were entirely stopped, and the next day street traffic began again. The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe 2011-12-24T03:07:55.507Z "I knew it would come," he said, with a self-sufficient air to the groups of idlers in the ante-room of the Casino, where he was listened to because of his military title. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z I am prejudiced, for I have always been an idler. Where There is Nothing Being Volume I of Plays for an Irish Theatre 2011-12-21T03:00:25.100Z The snow had put all the idlers to flight. Fr?d?rique; vol. 1 2011-12-19T03:00:39.830Z Just now, voiced in his "I'm growing up an idler that every one will soon be despising," it was discovering restrictions that his brow mirrored darkly. The Happy Warrior 2011-12-18T03:00:18.863Z Imagining nothing idler than words in the face of grave events, he condoles and congratulates with the genteelest air in the world. Modern Essays 2011-12-13T03:00:25.577Z The idlers who promenaded around the "Camembert" frequently saw him enter the Casino with an absent-minded air, like a gambler who has just thought of a new combination. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z Racing a whale, reader, seems idle work, but sailors, when far away at sea, do idler things than that. The Cruise of the Snowbird A Story of Arctic Adventure 2011-12-13T03:00:23.197Z One night, I was walking on the Champs-�lys�es with a friend of mine, who's a good deal of an idler, like myself, and likes good things to eat, too. Fr?d?rique; vol. 1 2011-12-19T03:00:39.830Z I'm just growing up an idler that every one will soon be despising. The Happy Warrior 2011-12-18T03:00:18.863Z They were no pale, melancholy factory slaves, but joyous and light-hearted children of labor, and, it seemed to me, the proper successors of the useless idlers in the monastery of Montserrat. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 120, October, 1867. 2011-12-12T03:00:23.897Z No; they are a couple of idlers, who want to make money without doing anything for it ... ungrateful, both of them, leaving their old father ... and then you know that Fran�ois loves pleasure. Autumn Glory The Toilers of the Field 2011-12-11T03:00:11.417Z We do need history, but quite differently from the jaded idlers in the garden of knowledge, however grandly they may look down on our rude and unpicturesque requirements. Thoughts Out of Season (Part II) 2011-12-07T03:00:18.847Z A few idlers stood staring and gaping under the trees on the steep banks. The Making of William Edwards or The Story of the Bridge of Beauty 2011-12-07T03:00:17.867Z He was no idler, and preferred work to play. Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea 2011-12-05T03:00:48.967Z A small crowd of idlers, as usual, hung about the open courtyard of the posada, watching for "any new thing," and speculating on our objects in coming. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z The inevitable idler secured the horse, and Blewforth, having no small change, was obliged to reward him with a crown, and what is more look as if he enjoyed the expense. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z He does not wish to meet the idler who is rushing through the picture-galleries of the past for a new distraction or sensation, where he himself is looking for example and encouragement. Thoughts Out of Season (Part II) 2011-12-07T03:00:18.847Z While this incorrigible idler is thus yielding to the charm of her habitual indolence, an entirely different scene is going on in an adjoining room. The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence 2011-11-28T03:00:23.427Z Also people of what is called 'good society'; those who pass their lives in doing nothing; idlers of all ranks. Socialism 2011-11-27T03:00:13.337Z The present government has dismissed the saintly idlers of the monasteries, saying, perhaps, in the style of Henry VIII., From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z Certainly the idlers of Curtain Wells had a fruitful subject for an afternoon's debate in the sight of young Mr. Lovely climbing out of the coffee-room window. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z To avoid being troubled by the weak and hopeless idlers, and those whose apparent activity is merely neurotic, he looks behind him and stays his course towards the goal in order to breathe. Thoughts Out of Season (Part II) 2011-12-07T03:00:18.847Z They see the surplus of their product drawn off to maintain a class of idlers, whose activities they know only through the scandals of the divorce courts and the luxury-love of the moving picture screen. The Book of Life 2011-11-25T03:00:13.343Z I am neither fool nor idler, and know well how to toil in the fields, to winnow and to reap. Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends 2011-11-24T03:00:40.487Z Young Jefferson soon realized, after returning to Shadwell, that he would never amount to much and would probably become an idler, if he stayed on the estate like so many of his young friends. Thomas Jefferson The Apostle of Americanism 2011-11-23T03:00:55.563Z When thus discovered, the young broods are commonly hunted down by sea-side idlers for the sake of being sold to any one who cares to try the experiment of rearing them. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z They had returned from inspecting the mountain, and some idlers in the room demanded their intentions. The Ascent of the Matterhorn 2011-11-19T03:00:23.233Z Wide as the world is, it has no room for idlers or pretenders. Nature and Culture 2011-11-17T03:00:34.107Z Proud of their intellectuality, proud of the vast wealth they acquired by gifts from rich Hindus, the local pandits despised bhakti or devotion as weak and vulgar, and engaged in idle ceremonies or idler amusements. Chaitanya's Life And Teachings From his contemporary Begali biography the Chaitanya-charit-amrita 2011-11-16T03:00:26.507Z His strong point lay in detecting the most amorous man, the most beautiful lady, the greatest idler and so-forth in the surrounding company. Mated from the Morgue A tale of the Second Empire 2011-11-15T03:00:23.507Z Now and then, a mischievous boy will throw a stone at the foreigner, or a group of idlers will break into derisive laughter when you pass by. The Story of Seville 2011-11-15T03:00:17.143Z Two young men who were just passing our three idlers stopped in front of them. San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams 2011-11-14T03:00:22.247Z Indeed, if I had enough of them to serve all the idlers in the world, I should want as many as there are stars in the heavens at night. The Diamond Fairy Book 2011-11-14T03:00:18.297Z The subject matter of these scribblings is much the same as that of the similar scrawls made to-day by boys, street idlers and the casual “tripper.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z My fellow men are a great deal too strenuous, and I propose to offer them the spectacle of a complete idler who demands from the world neither honours nor profit, but only entertainment. Plays: Lady Frederick, The Explorer, A Man of Honor 2011-11-11T03:00:30.420Z The crews of these ships were made up of adventurers, gold-seekers, idlers and a sprinkling of scoundrels selected by the Government. The Story of Seville 2011-11-15T03:00:17.143Z Thereupon the passers-by and idlers began to gather about them, wondering what that young messenger had done to be embraced thus effusively; and Sans-Cravate took Madame Desroches's arm and Paul's, and led them away. San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams 2011-11-14T03:00:22.247Z The sight of a knot of curious idlers outside a drug store in Times Square caused him to quicken his steps. The Gray Phantom 2011-11-04T02:00:21.427Z When he was relieved from the deck, and went down into the ward-room, the news had gone before him, and the "idlers" there congratulated him upon his rising fame. Brave Old Salt or, Life on the Quarter Deck 2011-11-04T02:00:18.377Z The approaches to the Assembly were always filled with a gathering of these redoubtable idlers. The Recollections of Alexis de Tocqueville 2011-11-02T02:00:13.477Z Wherever a standard is raised, it is quickly surrounded by the idlers, the thriftless, and the improvident, who are willing, at least, to be supported if not munificently recompensed for the task of bearing arms. Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time; With a View of the Ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization; A Historical Sketch of the Late War; And Notices of New Mexico and California 2011-11-02T02:00:11.380Z Meanwhile, the idlers and other inquisitive folk, who always come up when the danger is over, began to collect around the lady and Adh�mar. San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams 2011-11-14T03:00:22.247Z It was growing dark when she reached the end of her journey, and the dusk made it easy for her to elude the little knot of idlers on the station platform. The Gray Phantom 2011-11-04T02:00:21.427Z They are new yet; but there is, in many parts of the south, at least one who is teaching many watching idlers by deeds and silence. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z They are a pack of pampered idlers who do not have to move a fin to feed. The Determined Angler and the Brook Trout an anthological volume of trout fishing, trout histories, trout lore, trout resorts, and trout tackle 2011-10-28T02:00:26.687Z Thousands, of all classes, professions and occupations,—educated and uneducated—observers and idlers,—poured into the territory of the invaded republic. Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time; With a View of the Ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization; A Historical Sketch of the Late War; And Notices of New Mexico and California 2011-11-02T02:00:11.380Z Evidently seekers after light and knowledge, like the rest of us—no mere heathen idlers wilfully or carelessly breaking the Sabbath day. Thirty Years in Australia 2011-10-25T02:00:27.397Z The cats dozed in the sunshine, but with one eye open, for there were a hundred idlers about to-day. The Heritage of the Kurts, Volume II (of 2) 2011-10-21T02:00:19.713Z They dub thee idler, smilingly sneeringly, and why?— The Rise of Cotton Mills in the South 2011-10-19T02:00:21.010Z He was both dreamer and man of action; he could be 'idler than the idlest flowers,' yet he was always busy about something. Atlantic Classics 2011-10-16T02:00:18.497Z While in this respect indolence conspires against our very existence, the injury is no less when it manifests itself in the vices to which professional idlers are subject. The History of Cuba, vol. 2 2011-10-11T02:01:01.423Z Observing a group of idlers close at hand with their backs against a wall, I went up to them and addressing myself to one, inquired whether I could see the church. Wild Wales The People, Laguage & Scenery 2011-10-09T02:00:29.740Z And small blame to them, for I was an idler who had labored and salvaged a perfectly good opossum and the scion of a mighty mora for naught. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z In contrast with these officers were workmen, artisans, idlers, and vagabonds. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z The idlers begin to mingle with the workers, men in English clothes with canes, women with plumes and jeweled reticules. Atlantic Classics 2011-10-16T02:00:18.497Z An idler pulley was used to tighten the belt. The Story of Great Inventions 2011-10-05T02:00:16.353Z "You come too late, idlers!" the seamen cried mockingly as their pursuers leaped down over the rocks to the narrow strip of sand that fringed the inlet. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z If irresponsible idlers dared to slight even the presidency in their choice of careers let them see what could be done with the least considerable of offices! "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z Who will plant the grain or the vine, if the field or the vineyard is to be an open pasture, which any idler may waste? The Hearth-Stone Thoughts upon Home-Life in Our Cities 2011-09-28T02:00:22.560Z Never, no, we fear no idlers, Death or Freedom’s now the cry, ’Till the “Stars and Bars” triumphant Spread their folds to every eye. Southern War Songs Camp-Fire, Patriotic and Sentimental 2011-09-27T02:00:19.517Z Sometimes the wide sheaves of light struck the high marble bridge of the Heptastadium, which led to the light-house itself and which at this hour was crowded with women and idlers. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z The idlers who had instigated the attack in a spirit of wantonness had no stomach for fighting, and were struggling backward through the press, seeking a safe distance. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z "Oh!" replied Wessex, "among so many brilliant diplomatists from Spain there's scarce room for a mere idler like myself." The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z Robbery, outrage, and murder ran riot in the town, which only a few days before had been a fashionable health resort, crowded by aristocratic idlers. The Great War in England in 1897 2011-09-20T02:00:17.083Z The Pont-Neuf was then a meeting place for strangers, for schemers, for idlers, for pickpockets, and people who had newly disembarked. The Barber of Paris 2011-09-18T02:00:25.547Z On the banks were thousands of idlers and spectators, all the people of Alexandria. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z Her imprecation caused a stir among the idlers, who pressed forward to learn what was the matter and to obtain a better view. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z I know! you all think so, and that I am an unhallowed idler, letting my country drift into the arms of the foreigner. The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z “You were quite right, Stephen,” said Ruth, “why should we waste our time over an idler who plays tricks on people?” The Automobile Girls Along the Hudson Fighting Fire in Sleepy Hollow 2011-09-18T02:00:23.270Z The idlers gathered—for there were idlers as early as 1632—and followed Chaudoreille, that they might see the end of the adventure. The Barber of Paris 2011-09-18T02:00:25.547Z The vendors grin below their baseball caps To each as cops and idlers walk around. Metropolitan Diary: Souvenir Scrutiny, and Other NYTimes.com Reader Tales 2011-09-12T05:31:12Z But the socialists, in their mistaken ideas of justice, do not stop at the rich idler. Contemporary Socialism 2011-09-10T02:00:28.673Z "A fop and an idler!" he murmured mentally. The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z Onesimus had been known to Philemon only as one of the idlers who were more of a nuisance than a benefit, and cost more than they earned; and he apparently ended his career by theft. The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon 2011-09-09T02:01:07.157Z Urbain mechanically looked and listened with the others; in order to judge of that which gave so much pleasure to the idlers of that century, let us, also, listen for a moment. The Barber of Paris 2011-09-18T02:00:25.547Z All the rascals and idlers of the country are attracted into this business of tavern-keeping. Count Frontenac Makers of Canada, Volume 3 2011-09-09T02:01:02.147Z The rich idler is, in their view, a robber; but the rich worker is a greater robber still. Contemporary Socialism 2011-09-10T02:00:28.673Z There was indeed plenty for the idlers to see. The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z The proportion of idlers in all Churches is a scandal and a weakness. The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon 2011-09-09T02:01:07.157Z Chaudoreille put Rolande in his scabbard again and then escaped by the boulevard, crying, "Watch," and followed by all the idlers, and these were not a few, of the neighborhood. The Barber of Paris 2011-09-18T02:00:25.547Z This applied even to his games, about which Herbert was really keen; he played lawn tennis carelessly, though with a verve and energy somewhat surprising in the loafing, smoking idler of the morning. Tiny Luttrell 2011-09-07T02:00:16.757Z "Old Slug," as they delight to nickname the idler, is the "Old Adam" of the Shakers, and a public sentiment of hatred and contempt for the indolent man is sedulously fostered by them. Contemporary Socialism 2011-09-10T02:00:28.673Z After a while the curiosity of all these gay idlers was still further aroused. The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z Men who appear idlers before the world, mere loungers on society, are not unusually when alone the deepest thinkers or the hardest workers; and to such, solitude is an essential. The Gentleman Cadet His Career and Adventures at the Royal Military Academy Woolwich 2011-08-31T02:01:40.423Z Beside the different spectacles assembled in this place to attract idlers, strangers and young gentlemen came there to play different games of cards, of dice, ninepins and skittles. The Barber of Paris 2011-09-18T02:00:25.547Z So the men I had despised for idlers and loiterers were not so idle after all, it seemed! The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z They easily make the idler too uncomfortable to remain. Contemporary Socialism 2011-09-10T02:00:28.673Z And if my father-in-law was as great an idler as your husband is a ninny, and no document made special provision for you, am I to blame? Stories and Pictures 2011-08-30T02:00:28.080Z Saxton was no idler, and he was conscientiously striving to bring order out of chaos in the interests which had been confided to him. The Main Chance 2011-08-26T02:00:27.127Z It was a beautiful day, and a crowd of idlers stood upon the jetty to receive the packet, and enjoy the bustle of the new arrivals. In a Glass Darkly, v. 1/3 2011-08-25T02:00:34.247Z See your well-to-do weighty man of forty-five or fifty, merchant, or soldier, or civil servant; the same who thanks God he is no idler. Limbo and Other Essays To which is now added Ariadne in Mantua 2011-08-25T02:00:33.233Z At first the habitual idlers grumbled, and tried to evade the hard work, but public opinion was against them. The Girls of St. Cyprian's A Tale of School Life 2011-08-24T02:00:19.813Z Very likely she looks upon me as an idler, or even worse ... she does not know that I have a sick mother at home! Stories and Pictures 2011-08-30T02:00:28.080Z Cabmen, police, coachmen, grooms—idlers who had rushed to the doors—seized him, and pulled him out, and set him on his legs, and pushed the brandy flask between his teeth. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z Believe me, there is no flat malice, no hateful story, no absurd tale which a skillful mischief-maker cannot make the idlers of a large town believe.... Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State 2011-08-10T02:00:16.913Z A small crowd of idlers hung about the main door of the Institute, and stared at a string of flags. A Child of the Jago 2011-08-05T02:00:52.533Z This plaza, or quay, is shaded by aged magnolias of great height, and is the resort of unemployed seamen, fruit dealers, and idlers of all degrees. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z She married again and was out of the frying-pan into the fire: another idler to feed! Stories and Pictures 2011-08-30T02:00:28.080Z He remained awhile to bandy repartee with Rosabell and some of the other idlers. The Heart of Canyon Pass 2011-08-04T02:00:24.083Z Some schools have condemned leisure absolutely, have denounced what they call idlers as the enemies of society. Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State 2011-08-10T02:00:16.913Z But he was a born fault-finder, a born idler, insolent and quarrelsome. A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 2011-08-04T02:00:19.957Z As the days grow warmer, the woodpile invites idlers as well as busy bees and wood-cutters. In New England Fields and Woods 2011-07-27T02:00:26.953Z Coming in from July heats, we taste the sweetness of Pindar's line, "Water with purest lustre flows," of whose zest the idler knows nothing, and which the sensualist soils and spoils. Tablets 2011-07-25T02:00:17.487Z Perhaps it would be a good thing if we had some similar way of ridding ourselves of idlers all over our land. The Mormon Puzzle, and How to Solve It 2011-07-21T02:00:23.213Z He dealt the idler a sudden blow that covered him all over with rotten wood, and nearly took him from his feet, but did him no real injury. Capturing a Locomotive A History of Secrect Service in the Late War. 2011-07-19T02:00:19.070Z With them is a crowd of idlers and revellers whose chief ambition is to find some one who will pay for their next meal. Knut Hamsun 2011-07-18T02:00:21.927Z When they reached the hall, they found there a crowd of curious idlers, all eager to see the suicide's daughter. Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. 2011-07-13T02:00:14.230Z They had stopped a minute near a ring of idlers who had drifted on to the floor, and somebody caught up his words. Barnaby A Novel 2011-07-12T02:00:39.777Z In looking over the familiar places, when revisiting the earth, that were once the haunts of the idlers of the town, I was struck by the entire absence of whittling in which they formerly engaged. Revisiting the Earth 2011-07-12T02:00:36.337Z We informed the idlers that there would soon be a mighty uprising of Kentuckians in favor of the Southern cause, but professed ignorance of the movements of Mitchel's army. Capturing a Locomotive A History of Secrect Service in the Late War. 2011-07-19T02:00:19.070Z Any one who has an opportunity of quietly questioning the members of such an assemblage will find that, besides the miscellaneous crowd of idlers, there are usually specimens of two classes of very earnest devotees. Old Deccan Days or Hindoo Fairy Legends Current in Southern India 2011-07-12T02:00:31.917Z Rough, certainly, a spectator who had judged the two idlers would have said; but he was decidedly a country rough, and did not belong to town. Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family 2011-07-08T02:00:20.557Z Habitual idlers and professional students of society, never available for any other purpose, have naturally, as ever, found there their best ground of personal study. The Coward A Novel of Society and the Field in 1863 2011-07-08T02:00:16.223Z The prisoners as a body rebelled against it, and were not constrained to work; but a few were willing, and these were promptly stigmatized as "scabs," and ill treated by the lordly idlers. The Cup of Trembling and Other Stories 2011-07-07T02:00:29.180Z The Port Watch having collected crowds of idlers addressed them on the general depressed state of affairs, and they found ready listeners. The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day 2011-07-06T02:00:45.180Z Well I fear me I have been but an idler in the sun; All unfinished are the tasks long and long ago begun;— In the dark perchance they weep, who have left their work undone. The Ballad of the Quest 2011-07-06T02:00:44.593Z The student turned his resolute face to the baron, "I say the literature of sated idlers!" Hania 2011-07-04T02:00:18.053Z In places men were building boats or repairing them, in others they were stowing outfits into them: there were no idlers. A Claim on Klondyke A Romance of the Arctic El Dorado 2011-07-03T02:00:07.507Z I wouldn’t want him to become an idler, living on his wife. The Brute 2011-06-30T02:00:30.283Z The many idlers took their last sip at the cup of pleasure. The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day 2011-07-06T02:00:45.180Z Meantime, consider whether, there being confessedly some difficulty in dealing with rogues and idlers, it may not be advisable to produce as few of them as possible. Unto This Last and Other Essays on Political Economy 2011-06-29T02:00:26.763Z "The literature of sated idlers who must disappear with it," said Kresovich, who had snorted previously. Hania 2011-07-04T02:00:18.053Z The idlers, adventurers and vagabonds, who follow public works in new countries, and who congregate at the termination of navigation, made a rendezvous here. The History of Peru 2011-06-27T02:01:04.487Z A larger number than usual of possible customers and evident idlers were gathered at Billy West's country store on the Tuesday morning following Court Day, discussing the latest news. The Night Riders A Thrilling Story of Love, Hate and Adventure, Graphically Depicting the Tobacco Uprising in Kentucky 2011-06-23T02:00:24.513Z Curious idlers with open mouths, full of wonder, passed to and fro, for such a sight had never been seen before. The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day 2011-07-06T02:00:45.180Z Like his father, he was fond of walking or riding through the parks and streets of Berlin and Potsdam, talking familiarly with the people and now and then using his cane upon an idler. A History of Germany From the Earliest Times to the Present Day 2011-06-22T02:00:21.157Z This granddaughter," thought he, "being such a beautiful girl, might, especially in Nice, on that shore where idlers squander millions every year, keep carriages, servants, and have a drawing-room finished in satin. Hania 2011-07-04T02:00:18.053Z Already the idlers had noted the arrival of a dust-laden royal carriage, which crossed the pontoons at breakneck speed and entered by the Calcutta Gate. The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny 2011-06-22T02:00:20.120Z But I hope there are not many idlers hanging about this neighbourhood. Ruth Fielding In the Saddle College Girls in the Land of Gold 2011-06-14T02:00:22.083Z And grumbling they came, for that fort harbored no idler, irrespective of age or sex. Erskine Dale?Pioneer 2011-06-13T02:00:32.327Z But it was the hour of sunset; and the crowd of idlers, more numerous than the crowd bent on affairs, covered the quay. Ancient Manners Also Known As Aphrodite 2011-06-13T02:00:23.863Z She had played with idlers, boys of twenty or boys of forty, interested in nothing but an indolent floating voyage through life. The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z We forced our way through crowds of merchants, each crying his wares; through buyers and sellers and idlers of every description, chattering and chaffering in all the languages of the world. In Both Worlds 2011-06-08T02:00:17.360Z I have not summoned every idler in the street. The Ghetto A Drama in Four Acts 2011-06-04T02:00:13.903Z These idling works of idlers must have been the pleasant productions of persons of great leisure, with some tincture of literature, and to whom, by the peculiarity of their condition, fame was an absolute nullity. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z He pushed his way through a little group of idlers near one of the doors, and was turning towards the booking-office, when he was startled by a violent commotion close behind him. Nearly Bedtime Five Short Stories for the Little Ones 2011-06-02T02:00:26.960Z It was not a good place for thieves or brawlers or idlers. The Childhood of Rome 2011-06-02T02:00:22.297Z We say that this is more useful than to denounce as idlers and robbers "the shopkeepers and their hangers on," as is done by the present teachers of Socialism. Some Objections To Socialism From "The Atheistic Platform", Twelve Lectures 2011-05-31T02:00:37.647Z The Riviera season was at its height, and passing to and fro in front of them were the usual crowd of well-dressed idlers, who make up the society of that delectable, if expensive, resort. Men, Women and Guns 2011-05-27T02:00:17.367Z Sometimes I have been led to half believe the fellow exists only in the fancy of a spellbound idler like you and me. Rosemary and Rue 2011-05-21T02:00:11.483Z The Shearing is no less lively and picturesque, and no less attended by all the idlers of the Village as spectators. Mirror of the Months 2011-05-21T02:00:10.227Z Balfour proved a most companionable boy, and his energy and industry made a great impression on Martine, when she contrasted him with the idler college boys whom she knew. Brenda's Ward A Sequel to 'Amy in Acadia' 2011-05-20T02:00:37.457Z A large percentage of men were, of course, found medically unfit to serve, and were discharged to swell the mobs of hungry idlers. The Invasion 2011-05-20T02:00:29.260Z It was nothing but a procession of those idlers you saw in the road, dragging home the unlucky dog-cart: Mr. Cris at their head. Trevlyn Hold 2011-05-16T02:00:12.977Z No idler, he read everything and studied at universities throughout Germany and France. Lincoln Steffens: Muckraker?s Progress 2011-05-14T17:52:36Z She incites the murderous small boy and all the idlers and vagrants to share and shoot the singing bird, and silence the heavenly music of the summer air. From the Easy Chair, series 3 2011-05-14T02:00:12.237Z Martine had never been accused of laziness, even in her idler days, yet her energy had never been expended in the prosaic realm of household work. Brenda's Ward A Sequel to 'Amy in Acadia' 2011-05-20T02:00:37.457Z The habits of Delescluze, grave and laborious, his high aspirations, alienated him more than any other from many of his colleagues, light-headed idlers, prone to personal bickerings. History of the Commune of 1871 2011-05-07T02:00:33.113Z A few idlers, guarded by a small detachment of policemen, had gathered behind the platform barriers; some representatives of the press were present. Royal Highness 2011-05-05T02:00:22.363Z The great windows fronting the street shed a glow of light over the crowd of staring idlers outside. Dry Fish and Wet Tales from a Norwegian Seaport 2011-04-24T02:00:08.440Z A crowd had collected, and was following, composed chiefly of such idlers as are invariably attracted by any spectacle, though it may even be to see a fellow-creature put to death. Jovinian A Story of the Early Days of Papal Rome 2011-04-21T02:00:52.107Z The Count had become a resident of London—an idler upon town—for want of congenial employment elsewhere. The Child Wife 2011-04-21T02:00:50.050Z The Committee of Public Safety could not, they said, find workmen, when they had 1,500 idlers at the Prince-Eugène Barracks, 100,000 sedentary guards, and millions of francs to hand. History of the Commune of 1871 2011-05-07T02:00:33.113Z Though he was not a hard worker yet he was by no means an idler: when he was not absorbed in his studies he was astonishingly busy with his amusements. Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I 2011-04-15T02:00:13.527Z "Pick the machine up on your shoulders," Mr. Phipps ordered several of the idlers. The Boy Scouts of the Air in Indian Land 2011-04-11T02:00:11.027Z The law proved to be a good one, and the idlers were soon busy making glass, felling trees, and preparing tar, pitch, and soap-ashes. American Leaders and Heroes A preliminary text-book in United States History 2011-04-03T02:00:17.547Z But further examination extinguished the title; and left the secret, which had perplexed so many unravellers of literary webs, to perplex the grave idlers of generations to come. The American Quarterly Review No. XVIII, June 1831 (Vol 9) 2011-04-02T02:00:12.460Z On the 24th there remained on the Place de Terreaux but a few groups of idlers. History of the Commune of 1871 2011-05-07T02:00:33.113Z No fine acquaintances, none of those pleasant idlers, who like to run down for a week to the country, and bring all the gossip of town along with them, will follow you to Ireland. Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z The maiden, however, shrank from approaching any of the larger fountains which ornamented the plazas, fearful of being noticed, perhaps recognized, by some of the gay idlers who congregated around them. The Spanish Cavalier A Story of Seville 2011-03-31T02:00:19.850Z By this plan the idlers had to work or starve, and the thrifty were encouraged to work harder, because they knew they would receive the benefit of their labor. American Leaders and Heroes A preliminary text-book in United States History 2011-04-03T02:00:17.547Z The opposite class of wanderers from the golden mean is hardly so numerous as the idlers, yet it is quite a large one. What I know of farming: a series of brief and plain expositions of practical agriculture as an art based upon science 2011-03-29T02:00:08.937Z Their means were totally inadequate; they were too ignorant of the principles of Association; were too much crowded together, and had too many idlers among them. History of American Socialisms 2011-03-28T02:00:20.967Z "Not even that, my good friend—a mere idler, no more." Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z For all the idler and the dilettante that he is, no man ever more conscientiously attended to business than Cramis. Peeps at People 2011-03-26T02:00:17.597Z The self-same weariness weighs upon both, the weariness of idlers who do not know how to squander time gracefully. 'Gloria Victis!' A Romance 2011-03-26T02:00:13.597Z The lamps of Rome twinkle in the distance--they have reached the Corso, at this hour almost empty of vehicles but crowded with idlers, and the caf�s are brilliantly lighted up. Our Own Set A Novel 2011-03-26T02:00:12.923Z At that place there seemed to be much confusion; too many people and too many idlers among them. History of American Socialisms 2011-03-28T02:00:20.967Z Groups of idlers were about—townsfolk and a few strangers—who made way for them to pass. Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z You must not look upon me as quite an idler, though. Mysterious Mr. Sabin 2011-03-24T02:00:10.087Z Just like you!" he exclaimed, "the same haughty, aristocratic idler as ever! 'Gloria Victis!' A Romance 2011-03-26T02:00:13.597Z The embassy at Rome at that time swarmed to such an extent with handsome, fashionable idlers that the Palazzo di Venezia was like a superior school for fine ladies with moustaches--as Sempaly aptly said. Our Own Set A Novel 2011-03-26T02:00:12.923Z Their means were totally inadequate; they were too ignorant of the principles of Association; were too much crowded together, and had too many idlers among them. History of American Socialisms 2011-03-28T02:00:20.967Z The idlers of the town might not have been able to accurately define the moment when the drama of defeat, with which he had prodigally entertained them, lost its interest. The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains 2011-03-22T02:00:18.637Z Wolfenden, for an idler, was a young man of fairly precise habits. Mysterious Mr. Sabin 2011-03-24T02:00:10.087Z The idlers look at it; one touches it. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 2011-03-21T02:00:11.920Z A shiftless idler, a hair-brained, irresponsible ne’er-do-well comes to no good end, and leaves better folk to take up his burdens. Jane Lends A Hand 2011-03-20T02:00:32.553Z These idlers were the judges of those arts which the others cultivated. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z Any man beholding her might have been pardoned for supposing her to be a luxury-loving idler, a girl who thought of little else but appearances. The Daughter Pays 2011-03-19T02:00:09.513Z I do not wonder at you fellows—Densham, who is a worshipper of beauty; you, Wolfenden, who are an idler—being struck with her! Mysterious Mr. Sabin 2011-03-24T02:00:10.087Z This double daily parade is truly a unique spectacle, viewed by throngs of idlers of all nations, themselves a picturesque feature of the show. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 2011-03-21T02:00:11.920Z But he was too much occupied and troubled, I suppose, to be very courteous to such an old idler as I am. The Haute Noblesse A Novel 2011-03-10T03:00:50.577Z But the nation of idlers, by dancing and singing, forced them into obscurity in their caverns, as the warbling birds drive the croaking bats back to their holes and ruins. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z The child appeared no less often in Shelley the philosopher than in Shelley the idler. The Radicalism of Shelley and Its Sources 2011-03-08T03:00:45.010Z Her friends had a different story; Chapman Price was no good, had neglected her, was an idler and a spendthrift. Miss Maitland Private Secretary 2011-03-08T03:00:39.100Z Never! no! we fear no idlers, “Death or freedom”’s now the cry, ’Till the stars and bars, triumphant, Spread their folds to every eye. Songs and Ballads of the Southern People 1861-1865 2011-03-06T03:00:22.800Z In a well constituted slave society, there should be no idlers. Cannibals all! or, Slaves without masters 2011-03-06T03:00:21.020Z The idlers screamed loudly at these exhibitions, and the next day thought no more about them, but were buried in the contemplation of some new fashion. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z If he was not an exalted creature, full of poetic aspirations and noble fancies, he must be a profligate young idler, ready to whisper any falsehood into the ears of foolish rustic womanhood. The Doctor's Wife 2011-03-06T03:00:18.770Z He was an idler, a dreamer, corrupting his own mind—a horrible caricature of himself. More Tales by Polish Authors 2011-03-04T03:01:05.113Z He was a man of education and a thorough Bohemian: he had received a partial, but very incomplete, training as a sculptor; but he disliked work, and in the summer time led an idler's life. Forty Years of 'Spy' 2011-03-04T03:00:57.237Z She soon cleared the passage of the throng of idlers who blocked it up, and shut them outside the door by main force. A Charming Fellow, Volume III (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:27.467Z In proportion as the idlers were polished, agreeable, and amiable, it was observed that there was a greater and more shocking contrast between them and those who were engaged in business. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z Dirty pages and troublesome idlers still infested my tent; and the approaches were choked by numerous bands of Yedjow Galla, who were begging their way to the country of Dedjasmach Paris. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z On tore Jarker, racing over the ground with a long, loping run, and on came the police, with the tag of idlers; but the goal was reached. Mad A Story of Dust and Ashes 2011-02-25T03:01:05.303Z But once familiar with the altered standard of excellence, these centuries, with their arts, their habits, their idleness, become exceedingly sympathetic, and lure with peculiar dexterity the idler who seeks entertainment and the picturesque. A Short History of Italy (476-1900) 2011-02-24T03:01:00.630Z Lady Amabel, as I have told you, though elegant and charming, was an idler; she missed Mr Lyle extremely, when some days passed without a visit from him. Jasper Lyle 2011-02-19T03:01:11.070Z Nothing could shake his design of pursuing Formosanta; but his carriage not being ready, he was compelled to remain three days longer among the idlers, who were still feasting and merry-making. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z The open Aráda before the great-gate is choked with idlers, gossips, and immoveable beggars, who, from the rising up to the going down of the sun, maintain one incessant howl of importunity. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z No idlers or wanderers were to be seen on the way. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z Cool, calculating and daring, he would have made an excellent soldier—being brought up as an idler, he turned out a capital scoundrel. Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 1 of 3) 2011-02-17T03:00:17.787Z The executive committee was authorized to sell a lot owned by the Union at the corner of Monroe and Peoria streets, to raise funds to meet the demands of the idlers. 30,000 Locked Out. The Great Strike of the Building Trades in Chicago. 2011-02-16T03:00:39.173Z Had I not dined with the child of genius from the opera, in the city of the idlers, the princess of Babylon would not have been in this alarming situation. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z The girl alternated between personal encouragement of the workers, and a curious examination of the idler. The Westerners 2011-02-14T03:00:39.347Z It is even possible that the curious knot of idlers did not bring him higher than this platform, which might well be called part of Mars’ Hill. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z For weeks after whenever idlers of the town come together there is always a warm discussion concerning their comparative merits in this respect. A Japanese Boy 2011-02-14T03:00:37.363Z The concourse of traffickers and idlers in the open space before the old Market Place were free of tongue; they sometimes talked, in no subdued tone, of their fellow-townsfolk of all ranks. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z Will you kindly afford 'the idler,' Herr Dernburg, a deeper insight into your world of work? 'Clear the Track' A Story of To-day 2011-02-09T03:00:49.283Z He pictured to himself the noisy saloon, thronged with racing men, cowboys, ranchers, idlers from the town and the outlying homesteads, with a sprinkling of Indians and half-breeds. Sergeant Silk the Prairie Scout 2011-02-07T03:00:22.570Z So we were brought in with triumph by a large escort of idlers and officials, and presently sat down to dinner at the fashionable hour, though in anything but fashionable dress. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z The negroes stand round, to remove and replace the baskets as they are weighed; and occasionally the countenance of an idler may be seen to fall. The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 2 2011-02-05T03:00:13.817Z The fop, the idler, the incompetent, to aspire to her! The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:20.520Z The men that used to have dash and energy have become loungers and idlers, and the energy—the real energy of the nation—has centred in the women,—the women and the priests! The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:16.820Z Down the other alley and through the crowd of idlers I must go. The Blind Mother and The Last Confession 2011-02-03T03:00:11.867Z The workers and the idlers, the studious and the joy-chasers, all gave him the welcome hand, for his smile and his gay speech were the password to all hearts. Comfort Found in Good Old Books 2011-01-31T03:00:11.907Z The idlers of Flushing, who were gazing with some curiosity at the United States screw sloop Kearsarge, suddenly became aware of some unusual stir upon her decks. Cruise and Captures of the Alabama 2011-01-30T03:00:18.733Z There the wealthy went to exhibit their riches, and the needy to make money, the dissolute to enjoy their pleasures, the mere idler to while away his time. London in Modern Times or, Sketches of the English Metropolis during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. 2011-01-28T03:00:22.900Z In speculation, only, however; for in sober reality he settled down into a mere idler, discontented, dreamy, and unhappy. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:16.820Z Half-a-dozen idlers were lined up to one side, smoking and discussing the coming and going of the sheriff. The Mesa Trail 2011-01-27T03:00:37.207Z If you had nothing to do but play all your life you would soon want to die, and you ought to, for there is no place in this world for idlers. Among the Forest People 2011-01-17T03:00:55.113Z You see, Deane, the city is no longer a mythical place to us idlers. The Golden Web 2011-01-15T03:00:38.007Z Is not even a wealthy idler of some use in a nation? The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts 2011-01-13T03:01:05.707Z We haven’t a single, solitary man or woman among us we can afford to support as an idler. Following the Color Line an account of Negro citizenship in the American democracy 2011-01-06T03:00:45.737Z "Yes, I have been an idler, an imbecile—you are right!" Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z People seemed to be delighted at seeing Castle Grenwitz once more the place of meeting for all the busy idlers of the neighborhood, and thus regaining its ancient fame for hospitality. Problematic Characters A Novel 2010-12-26T03:00:15.780Z The idler was driven by the workhouse into work. A Short History of English Liberalism 2010-12-22T15:03:38.007Z The idlers drew back, and though they continued to stare, made no attempt to follow the stranger. Adventures Among the Red Indians Romantic Incidents and Perils Amongst the Indians of North and South America 2010-12-20T17:12:20.420Z The son squanders the money of his lamented papa, and calls himself Du Bois, of the bois of which parasites and idlers are made. English Pharisees and French Crocodiles and Other Anglo-French Typical Characters 2010-12-20T17:12:04.833Z Their life as wealthy idlers filled their minds entirely; Frank's at any rate, for Bertie had brought a new charm into it. Footsteps of Fate 2010-12-20T17:11:56.663Z There's nothing idler than people on the internet, wanting nothing in particular, just wanting to be nearer the centre of things. What do women get up to online? 2010-07-16T23:02:00Z These days, sabbaticals are often considered the pampered preserve of the independently wealthy, or a restful period for academic idlers. Preoccupations: Dreams vs. Reality While on a Sabbatical 2010-04-03T19:04:00Z My mother insisted that I give up practice, and now I am an enforced idler.” The Girl From Tim's Place The notion was simply that the young idlers about town met together to acquire perfection in the arts of bombast and exaggeration. A Cursory History of Swearing “How much better it would be if the idlers in the world were compelled to bear a part of the labor.” Zula It was a grim one enough at first sight—a rabble of idlers with four or five of those other great ones whom Marcel Trouet had brought from Paris. A Blot on the Scutcheon Doubtless, many of the fashionable idlers, who dawdled away their time in the many resorts devoted to gossip and scandal, were glad to show themselves in the crowd. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Smokers and other idlers loitered about the steps leading to the racket ground, draining their pots as they watched the game. In Jail with Charles Dickens Parlmee, with family behind him, and a moderate income, had shown a distaste for business and a disposition to live the life of an idler. Lefty Locke Pitcher-Manager The people are poor, and there are many idlers. The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise One day when he had paid such a visit he was told that the noblemen's sons were much idler than those of the common citizens. Stories of the Olden Time (Historical Series—Book IV Part I) As it is a necessity to have a partner, it is also necessary to have a good one, for the successful trapper has no idler's job on his hands. Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper Autobiography, experiences and observations of Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock during his fifty years of hunting and trapping. Among these natives, as a rule, the laborious work is put upon the women, while the men fill the rôle of idlers. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands Intermediate gear b does not need to be changed as it is simply an “idler” for connecting gears a and c. Turning and Boring A specialized treatise for machinists, students in the industrial and engineering schools, and apprentices, on turning and boring methods, etc. In the middle of the eighteenth century two houses in Paris were especially the rendezvous of the talkers, idlers, and philosophers of Paris. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 368, June 1846 Nevertheless I, Joe Yarrow, whom everybody thought an idler, a mere waster of precious time, would spring this news upon the world! Deep Moat Grange Thus securely restrained, he was powerless to escape the jests and jeers of every idler in the community. Curious Punishments of Bygone Days On the corners of the streets in Melbourne are to be seen a peculiar class of idlers. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands Because he has been an idler, must he necessarily be a—vandal?” The Valiants of Virginia Often an idler in the Macpherson Company's office, he was always interesting to York. The Reclaimers Rhoda, wounded, resented the change with a touch of malice; she allowed the advance of the handsome idler Philip, no friend of Christian's liking, she knew, though to her his faults were not patent. The Unknown Sea "I may not be as well up in woodcraft as are you; but I'm no idler." On the Kentucky Frontier A Story of the Fighting Pioneers of the West The Book Arcade is a very popular resort for students and the better class of evening idlers. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands “He has been an idler—that’s true enough—and till a week ago he was ‘idiotically rich.’ The Valiants of Virginia I thought I saw Robert's giant figure coming towards me; but only a few stray idlers were loafing around, and gaped at my strange apparition. The Wish A Novel Yet Tony's idle mood or idler words had done this very thing—and all three acknowledged it in their various ways. The Wave An Egyptian Aftermath He was a rich idler with a good deal of worldly wisdom, but he loved and admired his erratic friend. The Mystery of Evelin Delorme A Hypnotic Story "So, then, you would rather be an idler, a scamp, a vagabond,—eh?" said he, in a stern voice; "and then, perhaps, a thief?" The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 4 of 6 There were possibilities for the exercise of his especial gifts in a vice-president of the Corporation who was also Vanity Valiant, the decorative idler of social fopperies and sumptuous clothes. The Valiants of Virginia One of those idlers, more inquisitive than his companions, went and asked the butcher-boy, who, with a merry face and active hands, was very busy in completing the arrangements of the shop. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 1 of 6 An interruption here occurred, and I took the opportunity to saunter out into the crowd of idlers always to be found hanging around a country store at mail-time. X Y Z A Detective Story Chetwood in overalls, with nailed boots, hard and brown, differed materially from the young idler of the summer before, but his cheery good nature was unchanged. The Land of Strong Men "Only think who has come back to us," said one of the idlers of the Cascine, as he lounged on the steps of a fashionable carriage,—"La Nina!" The Fortunes Of Glencore It is still too young to be the home of art and letters, and still too sensible to breed idlers. With Edge Tools In truth the idlers were to be pitied. Misread Passage of Scriptures And then this man Hamel, though the circumstances of his birth had been unfortunate, was not an idler like Frank Houston. Ayala's Angel She didn't approve of me because I was an idler and presumably a remittance man. The Land of Strong Men The enormous amount of light reading indulged in by the frequenters of Free Libraries leads us to expect that these places are largely used by well-to-do and other idlers. The Library and Society Reprints of Papers and Addresses About the gate, the little group of curious idlers had been augmented. The Gambler A Novel Was he to be laughed out of his nascent convictions by these empty-headed idlers? Valeria The Martyr of the Catacombs In a moment the idlers sprang to their weapons and mounted their horses. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency Being young, one side of him had at times envied their easy life; but another side of him held for them the grim, bitter scorn of the worker for the idler and waster. The Land of Strong Men Limonar appears in large letters on the small building where we next stop, and I get out and inquire of a squad of idlers for the plantation of Se�or Chartrand. To Cuba and Back The system obliged the hard-working to maintain the idlers, while it continually increased their number. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" You should have seen the idlers aft and the boys forrard, redding up as if all their mothers was expected. A Man in the Open Not an idler in the street, But is better off to-day. Later Poems I was an idler, and she rather despised me. The Land of Strong Men For the Hind was a great lady, with much pride of race, which though it made her civil to every one, taught her to be shy of idlers and low company. The Story of a Red Deer The alternatives before the idler—so far as his own community is concerned—are labour with neighbourly help to a limited extent, or hunger. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" Art for art's sake is the mask of studio idlers. Great Singers on the Art of Singing Educational Conferences with Foremost Artists As for this surgeon, Kidd swore that he had been a drunken, useless idler who would lay in the hold for weeks at a time. The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day Then, idler that I was, I began to gossip. Spies of the Kaiser Plotting the Downfall of England At the next station where they stopped to change horses, the Sunday idlers were astonished to see a peasant woman descend from so elegant a carriage. On the Heights A Novel "I confide an important prisoner to you and you prove unable to watch him ... you miserable tonsured idlers ... topers and do-nothings!" The Abbatial Crosier or Bonaik and Septimine. A Tale of a Medieval Abbess Like all quacks they gather a crowd of slaves, children, women and idlers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" Some idlers sat at sunset on the verandah of the last saloon, looking down the gulch as the manzanita smoke curled up from the Gopher's cabin. First Fam'lies of the Sierras In the corridors reporters and idlers lounged, speculating on the verdict, prophesying that the deliberations of the jury would be brief. The Perfume of Eros: A Fifth Avenue Incident The moment his father acknowledged the right he had to be confident, he in turn would try to show by following his father's advice that he was not the wrong-headed idler of his reputation. Plashers Mead A Novel Your father is a scamp and an idler, and expects us to put every morsel of bread into his mouth. Joseph in the Snow, and The Clockmaker In Three Volumes. Vol. III. For this man, in spite of his successes, had never attained much positive happiness for himself in life; Lanse, Lucian, many another idler, attained more. East Angels So has it been with your capacity for Shakspeare, or you are a truant and an idler. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 She, idler and parasite, would play a part in the world of affairs. Thirty Miss Smith, who was a terror to the idler or the dreamer, had never missed a day from her work for twenty-two years. The Shadow More immediately in front of the house stood a mixed society of idlers, beggars, horseboys, and grooms, assembled there from motives of curiosity or gain. Jack Hinton The Guardsman "David dislikes an idler," said Zacharias, who acknowledged her invitation by dropping his withered hands on the back of the chair, but made no move to sit down. The Garden of Eden Another throng have been sheer idlers on the earth, doers of neither good nor ill. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 Between those times and the present, the wild and furious perspective of war lay spread out, and Gabriel could imagine that the idler who had hacked the desk belonged to another generation altogether. Gabriel Tolliver A Story of Reconstruction Many are the dram-shops and potent the liquor where the idlers play with cards and liquid fire. Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia Stephen was a solicitor by trade; but, in fact and perforce, an idler. Man and Maid Theron instinctively joined himself to those who followed the litter, a motley dozen of street idlers, chiefly boys. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 The rich idlers dropped their eyes all of a tremble. The Carlovingian Coins Or The Daughters of Charlemagne. A Tale of the Ninth Century I believe that in this country, where surely nine tenths of all men earn a livelihood, the small proportion of idlers have themselves to blame for their condition. A Modern Wizard They belonged to the class of idlers who skulked about the saloons in that neighborhood at night, and begged during the day. Harper's Round Table, April 30, 1895 “Tell you what it is, boys,” a weather-beaten, grizzled old farmer was saying—haranguing a gathering of idlers on the stoep of the hotel. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War It is a place full of life, abounding in buyers and sellers, as well as idlers, who come to tattle and pick up any news they can. Ten Years' Captivity in the Mahdi's Camp 1882-1892 The description which Cato gives of the young idlers at Rome reminds us very much of young Bengál. Lectures on The Science of Language The little disappointments of schoolboy life, and the somewhat less childish ones of an uneventful and undistinguished academic career, should not have sufficed to turn me out at one-and-twenty-years of age a melancholic, listless idler. International Short Stories American At the table he was surrounded by idlers and millionaires. Fairfax and His Pride Under his rule the country flourished, for he would have no idlers. The West Indies and the Spanish Main The industrious man had a little better chance, and the idlers were put to the rout and, much to their disgust, forced to work, or at any rate to attempt to do so. Christopher Crayon's Recollections The Life and Times of the late James Ewing Ritchie as told by himself “No, we are not English; nor are we devils of any sort, whether of sea or land.” p. 283An idler who was standing by, interposed to prevent the ill effect of this awkward question. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1 [of 2] To the idler they may bear the appearance, and bring some of the profit, of study; to the conscientious and resolved student, they would be an idleness and a dissipation. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 359, September 1845 There were not many idlers, however, and no saloons. Fairfax and His Pride Louisa and Colonel Harris had some difficulty in making their way through the groups of idlers who filled every corner of the gangway. The Heart of a Woman They are not fashionable idlers, nor promoters, nor Wall Street speculators. The Romance of the Reaper There was, too, that business-like practical tone about him that jars fearfully on the sensitive fibre of the idler's nature. A Day's Ride A Life's Romance We mingled with these idlers to make certain Darius was not among them, and then went toward the other ruins on a like errand, but with no success. Commodore Barney's Young Spies A Boy's Story of the Burning of the City of Washington The population of London—even its idlers—usually move along in tracks and grooves. The Galaxy, April, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—April, 1877.—No. 4. But what were two fat mouchards against twenty stalwart idlers all determined to hear—and then there were the women—they were determined to know more. The Heart of a Woman But the greatest crowd of idlers always assembled when he began to chop the sausage-meat. Black Forest Village Stories They were not idlers, though men did the spinning, weaving, and laundry work. Oriental Women But we do get a dollar now an' then," I said with a laugh, "which is more than could be done if we turned idlers. Commodore Barney's Young Spies A Boy's Story of the Burning of the City of Washington So love, like the other big prizes of life, eluded him, and at thirty-three he was a confirmed bachelor as well as a professional idler. The Torch Bearer Just as she stood in an outer room selecting her music, she heard a group of idlers—men and women—talking over the mysterious murder in the taxicab. The Heart of a Woman The industrious alone are intrinsically cheerful, peaceable and well meaning; idlers easily lean to gambling and drunkenness, and are prone to wrangling, quarrels, and treachery. Black Forest Village Stories "It isn't good for the community to have a class of busy idlers at the top of the ladder." The New Warden If you have never thought on these things, and have been an idler, I want to ask you to "Redeem the time." With the Children on Sunday Through Eye-Gate and Ear-Gate into the City of Child-Soul I have inserted them to make good my statement that Balzac was neither a gambler, a drunkard, nor an idler. An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections There were tasteful pavilions over the very lake; snug spots where solitude might love to ponder, a student read, or an idler enjoy his cigar, in the most enviable of scenes. Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day So much easier is it to speak than to think, that any slightest temptation suffices to carry away the idler from the harder to the lighter work. Methods of Authors Half a dozen curious idlers had followed them. Northern Diamonds An idler is of no use either in the world or in the church. With the Children on Sunday Through Eye-Gate and Ear-Gate into the City of Child-Soul "No one could blame you for sacrificing a lot of worthless idlers like us, for a thing like this." The World with a Thousand Moons He was, indeed, in a state that furnished an admirable contrast to that of the elegant if disabled idler. The Destroying Angel At Janina, a single mourning woman was weeping over the headless corpse; at Stambul a hundred thousand inquisitive idlers were shouting around the bodyless head. The Lion of Janina The Last Days of the Janissaries The energetic idler may be doing his worst for the community without being ranked as a spendthrift, because he makes such idleness respectable. Rural Health and Welfare The cart contained a good-sized box, and no sooner did its outlines become visible, through the glimmer of a stray light, than it began to affect the idlers. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 6 August 1906 Why do you waste my means on idlers and vagabonds? Tales of the Caravan, Inn, and Palace Here and there he strolled, casting back their looks of hatred with a bravado that attracted all the idlers in the neighborhood. The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure And with the careless ease of a mere idler, he lounged into the house, followed by the others. The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life As each emigrant ship arrived, hosts of these idlers of the Lower Town beset the newly landed strangers, and by their voice and accent imposed upon the poor wanderers. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas The passengers play games or walk about, or sit idling drowsily in deck chairs, with their eyes straying constantly from the unheeded book to the long horizon, or noting the trivial doings of other idlers. Titanic In the little caffè under the arcades the idlers seem to have fallen into an enchanted sleep. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20, September, 1877. Following the first tide of venturesome, strong-limbed men came the weaklings, the maimed and crooked of body and soul, the parasites and idlers. The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure But I was reassured when informed that the crowd was simply composed of curious idlers, who were following their usual habits in coming down to see the travellers land. The Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun But besides the antagonism between feudal baron and bourgeois there existed the general antagonism between the robbers and the robbed, between the rich idlers and the toiling poor. Landmarks of Scientific Socialism "Anti-Duehring" His saloon, as he somewhat ostentatiously called it, was the rendezvous for the idlers of a fashionable world, who spent their mornings canvassing the last gossip of the city and devising new extravagances in dress. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I At the United States Club, the idlers and gamblers surveyed Charles with dubious looks; and, over a rum punch, he adopted a sullen uncommunicative air. The Bright Shawl As there was no being a hero by any idler way, so there is no being a Christian by any easier road. Coelebs In Search of a Wife Beautiful aunt," said Fable, "I am no idler. Henry of Ofterdingen: A Romance. But so were a hundred others in sight, there being no idler creature than the American woman of small means, who neither belongs to clubs nor does her own work. Ancestors A Novel The rumor of expected war had brought, a crowd of idlers about the door, through which we passed with some difficulty into the house. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I If he is wise he will see Havana as an idler. The Bright Shawl But the lady's calm desire for obedience prevailed, and presently, out of the knot of idlers that gathered quickly, one, more chivalrous than the rest, helped the strange adventurers down into the boat. Strangers and Wayfarers The streets of Nashville were almost deserted, for the cold wind, aided by the driving rain that was falling steadily, had forced all the idlers to seek comfort within doors. Marcy The Refugee There were numerous autos of idlers like themselves in a court before the hotel. The "Genius" Mr. Allie was perennial, indolently handsome, an idler in the gay little world, yet somehow one believed he could have gone at life in earnest had there been need. The House of Fulfilment On his going out, the storekeeper turned to half a dozen idlers sitting round the stove, and said, “I wonder if that ’tarnal fool meant ing-uns!” Five Hundred Mistakes of Daily Occurrence in Speaking, Pronouncing, and Writing the English Language, Corrected But these idlers who tread under foot all the great essentials of the Christian faith, must needs pursue such things and worry other people, in order to have some object in life. Works of Martin Luther With Introductions and Notes (Volume I) Lawyers, doctors, merchants, traders, Preachers, artisans, and idlers, From afar and near flocked hither; And the “continental coppers” Were in speedy circulation. The Song of Lancaster, Kentucky to the statesmen, soldiers, and citizens of Garrard County. There were some new studios being erected for the rich loungers and idlers which commanded, so he understood, three or four thousand dollars a year. The "Genius" The criminal bound and held beneath the spigot, from which water, drop by drop, pounds with thundering impact upon his hot head, and the idlers in sylvan dells, view time differently. Cupid's Middleman It is a great summer resort of wealthy Spanish idlers—a sort of Madrid-super-Mare. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. II) The trail leading to the Circle Cross ranch was dotted with probable bidders, curiosity seekers, idlers, and mere residents of the town. The Coming of the Law The new Exchange, like the nave of St. Paul's, soon became a resort for idlers. Old and New London Volume I Away,—from the hum of business, from the gossip of idlers and the staid speech of a city into the silence of the vast desolation wherein they moved, the only reasoning, thinking beings it contained. The Boy Slaves We wish to understand busy people as well as idlers. Psychology A Study Of Mental Life At the station a number of officials, a couple of Carabineros, and a knot of idlers were gathered. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. II) There were also the usual loafers, 120 who constitute an element never absent in any group of idlers in any street. The Coming of the Law The idler, passing his time in search of amusement, can hardly fail to communicate it when he yields up his store of experiences. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 26, July 1880. Their influence in government would be infinitely more wholesome than the influence of the white sansculottes, the riff-raff, the idlers, the rowdies and the outlaws. Modern Industrialism and the Negroes of the United States The American Negro Academy, Occasional Papers No. 12 For the rest, in practice I am an idler, a dilettante, and a good deal else that is pleasant and utterly useless. The Angel of the Revolution A Tale of the Coming Terror Midday clouds and afternoon clouds, except in the season of thunderstorms, are usually harmless idlers and vagabonds. A Year in the Fields It is admitted that the race is cursed with not only pretenders but with idlers. The Educated Negro and His Mission The American Negro Academy. Occasional Papers No. 8 |
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