| 单词 | sluggard |
| 例句 | Hyperion yelled to the surrounding crowd: “Group A-22! Hurry up, you sluggards!” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Dove was always being asked to read about sluggards and going to ants. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Accomplished ballroom dancers, sluggards who knew neither traditional nor Western dancing, all joined in the indlamu, the traditional Zulu war dance. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Its citizens were viewed as sluggards, “cowardly Blockheads” in the words of one early writer. Review: ‘White Trash’ Ruminates on an American Underclass 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z Mice that received plasma from the jogging rodents also performed better on memory tests than did those injected with plasma from the sluggards. Blood from athletic mice may give a brain boost to couch potato rodents 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z For example, government efficiency is but a pipe dream, and government effectiveness can be easily called the primary sluggard in reform. When Pelosi’s House ignores D.C. 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z With television’s new proximity to the more puritanical uses of our devices, the archetype of the beached sluggard on the couch has been smuggled into a portrait of diligence. What Ever Happened to the Couch Potato? 2016-07-06T04:00:00Z The voice of the sluggard, it seems, is only going to grow louder. You have waked me too soon… 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z The voice of the sluggard, it seems, is only going to grow louder. You have waked me too soon… 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z “What sluggards, what cowards have I brought up in my court, who care nothing for their allegiance to their lord. Who will rid me of this meddlesome priest?” Report On IRS Targeting Of Conservatives - No Christmas Pony For Darrell Issa 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z In contrast with these southern sluggards, two Baltic states continue to race ahead. European economy guide: Taking Europe’s pulse 2014-03-06T13:54:45Z But it’s not a sluggard because it’s lazy. The Sloth’s Busy Inner Life 2014-01-27T20:32:03Z Wilson turned him down, saying that the Pledge was largely an empty gesture, one that allowed people to set up family-run foundations likely to become “bureaucracy-ridden sluggards.” Charity Begins At 50? Codswallop! 2014-01-14T15:41:00Z Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise. Tunnel Vision: Probing the Physics of Fire Ants 2013-03-29T16:15:05.293Z The sluggard's guise, Loth to go to bed and loth to rise. Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases With a Copious Index of Principal Words 2012-03-29T02:00:12.730Z The level rays of the early sun were struggling with the mist that lingered upon a broad full river, like a sluggard loth to quit his bed. Swift and Sure 2012-03-16T02:00:24.627Z “The day is one to stir the sluggard blood!” added Paul. The Motor Girls in the Mountains or, The Gypsy Girl's Secret 2012-03-07T03:00:15.897Z But stay, gentle reader! hast thou not heard that Thomson was himself a very sluggard, and loved his warm bed far better than any sylvan scene he could so well describe? Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume I (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:15.267Z That the oyster is a sluggard and objects to leave his bed seems pretty generally admitted; but that he is endowed with the power of locomotion has, fortunately for science, been placed beyond a doubt. Mr. Punch's Cockney Humour 2012-01-17T03:00:15.233Z I’ve been told so often to ‘go to the ant, thou sluggard,’ that now I’m going to them for fair, and what I do to them will be a plenty.” Bert Wilson at the Wheel 2012-01-14T03:00:19.827Z I went to a window that looked on the garden, and I heard a voice calling me a sluggard. Fr?d?rique; vol. 2 2011-12-19T03:00:37.437Z They glowed and ruffled until the sluggard forsook his couch and, creeping over the chilly floor, flung them back into a day-long folded tranquillity. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z He reckoned himself an idle man, and prayed God to take him to Himself before the sluggard might come to blame. Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends 2011-11-24T03:00:40.487Z But they are few, for though I am spiritually a son of the morning, I am physically a sluggard. Leaves in the Wind 2011-10-28T02:00:25.937Z The happiest are the busiest; the drones and sluggards are almost, without exception, the most miserable creatures on the face of the earth. Bert Wilson at the Wheel 2012-01-14T03:00:19.827Z "Is it the air or the sense of superiority over the sluggard that invites thee up at unsunned hours?" Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z The Old Man's private launch was no sluggard. The Wireless Officer 2011-10-24T02:00:17.560Z Fair weather is for my lady’s chamber, for dandies, for sluggards. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z We sluggards had better make the same clean breast of the business. Leaves in the Wind 2011-10-28T02:00:25.937Z This faith reconciled him to the sluggard march of events. Lincoln, the Politician 2011-10-11T02:01:06.270Z Wake up, sluggard, and feed the hungry, or the Gods will turn their faces from you! The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z “Dear me,” she exclaimed, “why doesn’t somebody repeat, ‘Go to the ant, thou sluggard, consider her ways and be wise.’ The Motor Maids Across the Continent 2011-09-17T02:00:31.140Z In the wild state the bird eats a variety of seeds of various weeds that grow by the wayside, and at times in the garden of the sluggard. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z The noblest sluggard of us all has stated our case for us. Leaves in the Wind 2011-10-28T02:00:25.937Z While Lincoln was in Congress, Herndon wrote to him complaining of his sluggard progress in politics, and carped at the old men for usurping all the places of power and profit. Lincoln, the Politician 2011-10-11T02:01:06.270Z Crouching under the waggon I watched it and saw the little streamlets, dirty and débris-laden, steal slowly on like sluggard snakes down to my feet, and winding round me, meet beyond and hasten on. Jock of the Bushveld 2011-08-04T02:00:24.987Z A lawyer would be better, but there is too much hard work for the sluggard. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z Sometimes he tramps up and down the village, two hours before day, a-hemming, hawing, and sneezing, for the purpose of letting the sluggards understand he is stirring. The Puddleford Papers, Or Humors of the West 2011-07-12T02:00:33.027Z For the ignoble family of sluggards is numerous. Leaves in the Wind 2011-10-28T02:00:25.937Z He knew the shortcomings of human nature, the painful, sluggard progress of moral evolution. Lincoln, the Politician 2011-10-11T02:01:06.270Z It shames the lightning and makes sluggard light itself. The Coward A Novel of Society and the Field in 1863 2011-07-08T02:00:16.223Z But Purgatory is no place of rest, and Casella's song was rudely interrupted by the guardian of the place, who cried aloud, 'How now, ye sluggard souls! Dante Six Sermons 2011-06-24T02:00:17.117Z Besides, she had never been so busy before in all her life, and Ruth Fielding was no sluggard. Ruth Fielding In the Red Cross Doing Her Best For Uncle Sam 2011-06-14T02:00:23.757Z A longer life the crawling snail hath Than thou—O wanderer bright— Ah, let the sluggard crawl in safety, Thine is the realm of light! Memorial Day and Other Verse 2011-05-20T02:00:35.647Z Oh sluggard monk! when shall I glean aright From the living spectacle of my bitter lot, To mold my handywork and mine eyes' Delight? The Flowers of Evil 2011-05-15T02:00:07.523Z But the falcon has another matter in hand than that of bringing down a sluggard pheasant; for moorfowl, when fairly on the wing, scud along like the wind. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z Then I should have chosen a career for myself, I should have been a sluggard and a glutton, not a simple one, but, for instance, one with sympathies for everything good and beautiful. White Nights and Other Stories The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Volume X 2011-05-07T02:00:35.433Z That celebrated bird is quite a sluggard, as it does not rise till long after chaffinches, linnets, and a number of hedgerow birds have been up and about for some time. St. Nicholas Vol. XIII, September, 1886, No. 11 An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks 2011-05-07T02:00:31.650Z Mr. President, we behold the transformation of the caterpillar into the butterfly and we marvel at the mysterious process of designing nature; but what a sluggard is nature when compared to the law! Medical experts: Investigation of Insanity by Juries 2011-05-07T02:00:24.990Z Yes, silent sluggard! if you could but speak, you might tell of many a plunge made into your sluggish waves, alike by the living and the dead! The Child Wife 2011-04-21T02:00:50.050Z Such sluggard creatures as that one are poor sport. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z No, Nastenka, what is there, what is there for him, voluptuous sluggard, in this life, for which you and I have such a longing? White Nights and Other Stories The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Volume X 2011-05-07T02:00:35.433Z Ha! the little sluggard—I shall soon arouse her. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z When I asked him why he rode so hotly on a holy quest he shouted, 'Don't keep me, I was a sluggard, and now I'm going fast for there's a lion in the way.' Tales from Tennyson 2011-03-19T02:00:10.793Z "So you show yourself at last, sluggard?" says Lensky, while he still mechanically shuffles the cards. Boris Lensky 2011-03-07T03:00:10.233Z On the morning of the inquest he arose and dressed himself before Mrs. Thimbleby was up, albeit she was no sluggard in the morning. A Charming Fellow, Volume III (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:27.467Z But we know that a smooth path, a paradise of a world, could only nurture fools, cowards, sluggards. The Letters of Anne Gilchrist and Walt Whitman 2011-02-26T03:00:49.377Z "That sluggard!" the man exclaimed; "he would like the horse to ramble about in the wood, just as he does himself." Arne; A Sketch of Norwegian Country Life 2011-02-14T03:00:32.700Z I’m afraid you will be a sad sluggard. The Boys' And Girls' Library 2011-02-06T03:01:02.953Z Up from your couches And watch on, the sluggards ye are! The Rhesus of Euripedes 2011-02-06T03:01:01.240Z The alarm had been given, and the sluggards were making what speed they could. Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z These boughs they sprinkled with water and left over the doors of late sleepers that the sluggards might be drenched on opening the door. Dutch and English on the Hudson A Chronicle of Colonial New York 2011-01-17T03:00:47.770Z It has been said, in the same sense, “Go to the ant, thou sluggard.” Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale 2010-12-29T03:00:31.850Z The sluggards had descended by the time we reached the house again. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z They were sluggards, buffoons, dimwits, liars, brutes, and—without exception—drunks. David Bezmozgis: “The Train of Their Departure.” 2010-08-02T04:00:00Z We would fly, but whither, in this train of sluggard things? Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z I passed a few sluggards who were under the impression it was the Empire State Walk-Up. 2010-02-06T03:37:00Z "What a sluggard you've become," cried Ulrich, with a laugh, but his heart sank at the sight of the waste of so much splendid vigour. The Undying Past "Another half-crown if you let me sleep on until eight," cried the sluggard. Glories of Spain "How is this, sluggard?" cried the angry steward; "the stable is not swept yet, everything is out of place, and the horses of His Majesty and the Court will be here directly!" Barbarossa; An Historical Novel of the XII Century. "Here's your uncle to see you, and you a sluggard, lying abed this late!" The Guns of Europe Nearly eighty inches of yearly rain and more than eighty degrees of perpetual heat make swift work with vegetable fibre, which, in our cold and sluggard clime, would curdle into leaf-mould, perhaps into peat. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 2 Do you see that sluggard, wasting this beautiful day in a lazy brouette? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 119, September, 1867 Nature does not rejoice in sluggards, therefore they must work, and the more steadily they work the longer they live. Rambles in Womanland He is at worst the "sluggard king," indifferent to a world of which he knows nothing, and absorbed only in the pursuit of his own pleasures. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 383, September 1847 It was not the menace to property or even to life; it was "the unutterable shame That turns the coward's heart to steel, the sluggard's blood to flame." Women of America Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 10 (of 10) Go to the ant, thou sluggard, Consider her ways, and be wise: Which having no chief, overseer, or ruler, Provideth her meat in the summer, And gathereth her food in the harvest. The Bible Story My character, too, has suffered, many deeming me insupportably indolent, a sluggard quite unfit for any active employment. A Day's Ride A Life's Romance Europe had cried out, like the sluggard on his bed: "You have waked me too soon; I must slumber again." Margaret Fuller (Marchesa Ossoli) In the Queen's opinion, to rely on Lafayette would be to accept him as regent of the palace under a sluggard King. Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty "Forwards, beast! and son of a beast!" screamed one of them to the struggling horse; "forwards, thou Gothic sluggard!" A Struggle for Rome, v. 1 Christian is neither more nor less than a sluggard. Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors Let the few sluggards that possess but cannot enjoy them, doze away on them till sinecures and sinecurists drop into the dust. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) But the latter has everything that Makar has ever done, both good and bad, written down, and becoming angry, he says: "I see that you are a liar, a sluggard, and a drunkard." Contemporary Russian Novelists And what does she up yonder, the shameless sluggard, amidst all those men, in the absence of her lord?” La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages "For I understand this much, that I shall have to feed you, you sluggard!" The Old Willow Tree and Other Stories Prof. Brown of Carlton College complains that college faculties are concerned with the mental slacker and the laggard, that they have geared their machinery to the sluggard’s pace. The So-called Human Race In Toulon they have killed the mayor; in Brignolles they have sacked a dozen houses; but we in Paris are always sluggards and will put up with anything. The German Classics, v. 20 Masterpieces of German Literature I am not sure whether some sluggards did not, because of it, lag behind. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 91, May, 1865 He scatters blessings on his way, And sugar-coated plums; He robs the sluggard from his rest With trumpets, guns, and drums. Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 If it was but play, if it was but a puppet-show they were to build, he set them the example of being no sluggard in play. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume 9 The drunkard drunkennesse, the sluggard rest, Th’ Ambitious honour and obeisance due. Democritus Platonissans The foolish sluggard stares hopelessly into the intricacies of the forest, and thinks that it can never be reclaimed. The Claims of Labour an essay on the duties of the employers to the employed It may obscure the dawn to the dull-eyed and the uninquisitive, but presently the blindest sluggards in the penfolds of faith will see that the sun has risen. Flowers of Freethought (First Series) The Sluggard 'Tis the voice of the sluggard; I heard him complain, "You have waked me too soon, I must slumber again." Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 "Why in hell do you want me to get all hot?" drawled one fat sluggard of a friend. The Harbor Several fellow-officers, the first of the sluggards to appear, spoke to him as he crossed the hall below, but what they said or what he replied he could not afterward remember. The Strollers We are all beladen with the old sluggard load, with our flesh and blood, that chooses for ever the byroad, and keeps us ever subject to its load, so that the soul easily falls asleep. The Epistles of St. Peter and St. Jude Preached and Explained When I should have been awake, I was sleeping like a sluggard.” The Flockmaster of Poison Creek A great deal of this, he adds, has been 'knocked out of him'; he cannot call himself a sluggard or a hypocrite, nor has he acted like a coward. The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice "Stand up and repeat ''Tis the voice of the sluggard,'" said the Gryphon. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. With a Proem by Austin Dobson Wealth is in every crack and crevice of the soil, but nature forbids the sluggard to mine it. A Man's Value to Society Studies in Self Culture and Character None of us got rich, and as I look back on the situation, I cannot recall that those "sluggards" who rose an hour or two later were any poorer than we. A Son of the Middle Border "Come, thou sluggard!" and the child's shoulder was roughly shaken. A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia Thus they loiter away their lives, like Soloman's sluggard, with their arms across, and at the winding up of the year scarcely have bread to eat. Patrician and Plebeian Or The Origin and Development of the Social Classes of the Old Dominion Among these idle chatterers and misleading teachers the sluggards and drones should beware of being classified, who, with better light than the heathen, know full well that covetousness and unchastity are sin. Epistle Sermons, Vol. II Epiphany, Easter and Pentecost Our voice is frequently the voice of the sluggard; but we never complain, because nobody ever wakes us too soon, or thinks of interfering with our slumbering again. Rambles Beyond Railways; or, Notes in Cornwall taken A-foot At the same time, hold them both well together; if he is not a sluggard, he will gradually work up to the other. Hints on Driving It is true, alas, it is true, that there are many sluggards, gluttons, profligates and insolent beggars among monks. The Brothers Karamazov Still, if the march of mind for half a century can finally rouse the sluggard class, it is well. Buchanan's Journal of Man, January 1888 Volume 1, Number 12 No sluggard, be it known, can hope to catch grasshoppers with any degree of success. 'Me--Smith' Old Hassan says the sluggards can sleep for full four years, but trust me to waken this one. Historic Boys Their Endeavours, Their Achievements, and Their Times "Here it is nigh seven o'clock and you sluggards are not out yet." When Life Was Young At the Old Farm in Maine When you take away a man’s chances to marry and live the normal life, you make a sluggard of him. The Wind Before the Dawn At last she "draws" the sluggard to some extent. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 But call yourself a liar, a coward, a sluggard, a glutton, or an evil-eyed jealous wretch, if you indeed find yourself to be in any wise any of these. The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing Next morning I was early astir, for I must see Natalie Brande without delay, and I felt sure she would be no sluggard on that splendid summer day. The Crack of Doom He worked there,” she admitted, which was true enough, for nobody could honestly have called Prince Morrell a sluggard. The Girl from Sunset Ranch Or, Alone in a Great City Then plow deep while sluggards sleep, and you shall have corn to sell and to keep. True to His Home A Tale of the Boyhood of Franklin The wealthy sluggard may be the beggar of the next life; and the industrious worker of the present is sowing the seeds of future greatness. Reincarnation and the Law of Karma A Study of the Old-New World-Doctrine of Rebirth, and Spiritual Cause and Effect "The day is young, but I'm no sluggard, you know," said the lawyer. A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time He said himself that the most grievous worldly misfortune he ever suffered was to find men whom he trusted and advanced turn out to be immoral sluggards. Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln A Short Story of One of the Makers of Mediaeval England Whether I go to the ant as sluggard, or myrmocologist, or accidentally, via Pterodactyl Pups, a day spent with them invariably leaves me with my whole being concentrated on this mysterious Atta Ego. Edge of the Jungle “Tom says that that old proverb, ‘Go to the ant, thou sluggard;’ should read: ‘Go to the ant and slug her.’ Ruth Fielding on the St. Lawrence The Queer Old Man of the Thousand Islands At these words the sluggard thought he had better go. Fairy Tales of the Slav Peasants and Herdsmen He felt as if fiery swords were playing about his mind, flashing out words and phrases that would make his brother columnists, no sluggards in words and phrases themselves, green on the morrow. Black Oxen The sluggard, of all God’s works, stands alone—idle! Anecdotes for Boys Mr. Learning did not even cross the threshold, so disgusted was he at the unfurnished, untidy state of the sluggard's home. The Crown of Success Let the sluggard always labour at the proper time, lest when he has nothing, he beg in vain. The Fables of Phædrus Literally translated into English prose with notes The sluggard put the pike back into the river, and turning towards his buckets, said: “At my behest, and by the orders of the pike, Walk home yourselves, my pails—that I should like.” Fairy Tales of the Slav Peasants and Herdsmen Moreover, whoever slept until the Sun had entered the door was looked upon as an irredeemable sluggard. Pharaoh's Broker Being the Very Remarkable Experiences in Another World of Isidor Werner You haven't been any sluggard yourself, Paul, so far as growth is concerned. The Border Watch A Story of the Great Chief's Last Stand Nelly, who saw that Lubin's face was growing as red as the feathers of Parade, now timidly came forward to try and draw attention from the unhappy sluggard. The Crown of Success "That thou art a sluggard, a fool, and a coward; curses! curses! curses upon thee!" The Roman Traitor, Vol. 2 His majesty, amazed at the sluggard’s refusal, sent another messenger. Fairy Tales of the Slav Peasants and Herdsmen There was a sluggard carrying a mattress under each arm; and a drunkard carrying a bottle of wine, a real glass bottle that would catch the light and make an effect. Castellinaria and Other Sicilian Diversions Think of all the trees in their rich variety, the many wholesome herbs, and such diversity of foods apportioned among the seasons that even the sluggard might find sustenance from the casual bounty of earth. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics Such troubles as generous natures encounter, the dangers that await the daring—dangers much to be preferred to the inglorious safety of the sluggard. The Crown of Success “Well, look what a miserable, cold, wet morning it is,” said the sluggard. Hollowdell Grange Holiday Hours in a Country Home This man was ’cuter than his comrade, and first made inquiries as to the sluggard’s tastes. Fairy Tales of the Slav Peasants and Herdsmen "That fellow, Penny, is no sluggard!" we muttered, "and will yet give the screws a hard tussle to beat him." Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal; or, Eighteen Months in the Polar Regions, in Search of Sir John Franklin's Expedition, in the Years 1850-51 “Tumble up there, tumble up there,” roared out the boatswain’s mates, with their gruff voices, to the sluggards who seemed inclined to stick in their hammocks. The Three Midshipmen Lubin, lazy sluggard as he was, yet was a kind-hearted boy, and would do a good turn for any one, provided it gave him small trouble. The Crown of Success Be that as it may, it is certainly true that nearly a whole month passed by before the sluggard Sir William again drew sword. The Campaign of Trenton 1776-77 The king was filled with amazement, and running out, followed by the whole court, asked the sluggard what he would like to have. Fairy Tales of the Slav Peasants and Herdsmen We are told to go to the ant—at least the sluggard is—but for what? Science and Morals and Other Essays His store of nuts may or may not be all consumed; it is certain that he is no sluggard, to sleep away these first bright warm days. Squirrels and Other Fur-Bearers My dear mother bade me obey Mr. Learning for her sake, she wishes my cottage to be properly furnished; I must not be a sluggard or a coward. The Crown of Success Not exactly knowing the causes of his ill-success, they were astonished to find so apparently clever a boy taking his place among the sluggards and dunces. St. Winifred's, or The World of School The sluggard seized him by the fins and pulled him out. Fairy Tales of the Slav Peasants and Herdsmen Ambition is no sluggard: 'tis no prize, That toiling years would put within my grasp, That I have sigh'd for: with so deadly gasp No man e'er panted for a mortal love. Endymion A Poetic Romance “The sluggard will not plough by reason of the cold.” Broken Bread from an Evangelist's Wallet The slothful and sluggard's desire slays him, because his hands refuse to labour, Prov. xxi. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning Thou earnest, Phoebus, lower down From pure Olympus' heights Towards the land where idle men And sluggards worthless dwell; And on thy lyre thou playedst, Fountain Of flowing harmonies! Life Immovable First Part The sluggard then just sat up and said: “At my behest, and by the orders of the pike, Let what my sisters want be done—that’s what I like.” Fairy Tales of the Slav Peasants and Herdsmen For many years I was accustomed to look on Uncle James as a mere sluggard. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 22, 1914 He used to say that if the sluggard did actually go to the ant he would probably find him a most uninteresting creature to talk to. David Malcolm “The soul of the sluggard desireth and hath nothing, but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat,” Prov. xiii. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning This is what could be done in a communal society in order to turn away sluggards if they became too numerous. The Conquest of Bread All this time the sluggard was eating and drinking at his ease. Fairy Tales of the Slav Peasants and Herdsmen There might alternately be traced in his heavy features sluggard, loon, fool, and rascal. Sinks of London Laid Open A Pocket Companion for the Uninitiated, to Which is Added a Modern Flash Dictionary Containing all the Cant Words, Slang Terms, and Flash Phrases Now in Vogue, with a List of the Sixty Orders of Prime Coves The girls pronounced him a coward, and Peder observed that to a coward, as well as a sluggard, there was ever a lion in the path. Feats on the Fiord The third book in "The Playfellow" The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the way, and a lion in the streets.” The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning The two sluggards were ready at last, but not before Constance had lost her temper, and had noticed the unruffled endurance of Anne. The White Rose of Langley A Story of the Olden Time Our sluggard now thought he would like to show off before the villagers, so he pulled a sledge out of the shed, loaded it with onions and soup, after which he pronounced the magic words. Fairy Tales of the Slav Peasants and Herdsmen “Aye, that he has,” drawled out a half naked lus30ty young fellow, raising himself slowly up from the form where he had been stretched his full length, laying upon his face, the sluggard’s favourite position. Sinks of London Laid Open A Pocket Companion for the Uninitiated, to Which is Added a Modern Flash Dictionary Containing all the Cant Words, Slang Terms, and Flash Phrases Now in Vogue, with a List of the Sixty Orders of Prime Coves There was toleration, forgiveness for every one but the sluggard. Helen and Arthur or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel Many of you desire this kingdom, but alas! these are sluggard's wishes, ye have fainting desires after it. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning I don't know what they are built for—I must consider the matter like the sluggard some day, if I have time, or read about them if that is not a bigger order. From Edinburgh to India & Burmah Upon which the sluggard said: “At my behest, and by the orders of the pike, May this man get a taste of what a broom is like.” Fairy Tales of the Slav Peasants and Herdsmen And accordingly they prepared, the sluggard in a soldier’s flannel jacket, and a tattered pair of breeks, which was all that he considered requisite for the weather and his own particular profession. Sinks of London Laid Open A Pocket Companion for the Uninitiated, to Which is Added a Modern Flash Dictionary Containing all the Cant Words, Slang Terms, and Flash Phrases Now in Vogue, with a List of the Sixty Orders of Prime Coves He explained it to them as a metaphor, and made them to understand that the field of the sluggard, overgrown with thorns and nettles, was only an image of the neglected and uncultivated mind. Helen and Arthur or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel The sluggard's destruction comes as an armed man, because of his “little sleep” and slumber, Prov. vi. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning The fans who watch the game of life despise the sluggard in the strife. Rippling Rhymes As the sluggard would not consent, the king had him bound when asleep, and thus brought to the palace. Fairy Tales of the Slav Peasants and Herdsmen The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason. The Biglow Papers The future "Defender of the Constitution" was no sluggard. The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 1, January 1886 Bay State Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, January, 1886 If an employe is a sluggard or a four-flusher, he may be sure these things will be found out and he cannot hope for advancement. Dollars and Sense The fans who watch the game of life despise the sluggard in the strife. Rippling Rhymes The pails, and the strong rod to which they were fastened, immediately set off and walked solemnly along, the sluggard following them with his hands in his pockets. Fairy Tales of the Slav Peasants and Herdsmen To escape this fault, a man must be either a saint or a sluggard. Impressions of South Africa He derided difficulties, but he derided them after the fashion of the thorough-going enthusiast, and not after that of the sluggard. My Contemporaries In Fiction Towards nine o'clock Dr. Macann made another speech, and set the crowd roaring with "'Tis the voice of the sluggard," out of Dr. Watts's hymn-book. Two Sides of the Face Midwinter Tales Indeed, the human saint as well as sluggard may "go to the ant" for many suggestive hints and commentaries. My Studio Neighbors The sluggard laughed at them till his sides ached; then he remounted his sledge, and was soon lying on the stove again. Fairy Tales of the Slav Peasants and Herdsmen Add this: Argument in favour of the Superiority of Women—The sluggard was not told to go to his uncle.' Shawl-Straps A Second Series of Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag It will not be surprising to learn that the next sound he heard was a happy laugh, as Patsy appeared at the open door of the barn with "Awake, thou sluggard" upon her lips. Patsy Those who were condemned as incorrigible sluggards were sent to the mines, or made to labour on the public edifices. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 He, being no sluggard, had built a house for himself, to which he at once took his bride. The Settlers A Tale of Virginia It was winter, and a hard frost; moreover, the sluggard did not feel at all inclined to go out. Fairy Tales of the Slav Peasants and Herdsmen “I hope the Ruby won’t prove a sluggard on this occasion; she has shown that she can go along when in chase of an enemy.” True Blue We shall soon see which has, notwithstanding, the faster pair of heels—the Ouzel Galley is no sluggard, Mr Carnegan, and we may still hope to run the stranger out of sight. The Missing Ship The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley Then, explaining that her character with the sluggard was at stake, she hurried away. 'That Very Mab' The incompetent generals, the tricksters and the sluggards were gone, and battle-tried armies led by real generals were coming in numbers that would not be denied. Before the Dawn A Story of the Fall of Richmond The sluggard was very happy and contented, but the lady begged him to wish for a palace. Fairy Tales of the Slav Peasants and Herdsmen Does luck raise rich crops on the land of the sluggard, weeds and brambles on that of the industrious farmer? Pushing to the Front When the master came in due course with the rope to do justice upon the sluggard he found the lad fallen forward and breathing heavily and regularly. Clayhanger But, despite everybody’s most strenuous efforts, the boats manifested a decided disposition to become widely scattered, and it was only by the faster sailers heaving-to occasionally that the sluggards were enabled to keep in company. The Log of a Privateersman Unless all this is well done the soil fails to produce much; the sluggard's garden has always been a by-word and a reproach. Lessons on Soil The ants, which have the reputation of being no sluggards, take good care of their diminutive milch cattle, and will tenderly pick them up and transport them to new pastures when the old ones fail. The Bird Study Book And the peasant began to cut capers, as though to amuse his Generals, because they had been kind to him, an idle sluggard, and had not scorned his peasant toil. A Survey of Russian Literature, with Selections "Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise." How to Get on in the World A Ladder to Practical Success But his complaint is, after all, the voice of the sluggard. Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) Go save thy ship, thou sluggard; take the wheel And steer to knowledge, glory and success. Custer, and Other Poems. Theirs was not the dirt of sloth and sluggard. On the Heels of De Wet Wake up, thou sluggards, 'tis time you were dressed. Tabitha's Vacation Then, plough deep, while sluggards sleep, and you shall have corn to sell and keep. How to Get on in the World A Ladder to Practical Success They were singing a weird refrain—a chorus—ever and again interrupted by yells and curses as the lash of the task-master fell on some victim of his hatred or sluggard at work. Orrain A Romance “Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: who layeth up her meat in the summer, and provideth her food against the time of frosts.” True Words for Brave Men But observe this sluggard who issues from his door! Journeys to Bagdad But from the midst of this dull interregnum of Merovingian sluggards comes to us the story of two queens, women of force and power, whose biography is full of the elements of romance. Historical Tales, Vol. 6 (of 15) The Romance of Reality. French. “I shall not knit,” said she, “not I; At least not now, but by and by;” Then stretched, and yawned, and rubbed her eyes, Like sluggards, when 'tis time to rise. Slovenly Betsy Extreme radicalism spurns the comparative inactivity, and says, "Lo, a sluggard!" The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 80, June, 1864 Here used in contempt, like many other words with the suffix -ard, or -art, as braggart, sluggard, etc. Milton's Comus Agrippa lashed his master with the words "coward" and "sluggard," letting his faithful servants work for his interests while he remained the slave of a "wicked old witch." Everyman's Land This we can not deny; and the discovery of the Amazon by a brother of Pizarro is a story to thrill a sluggard into a sleepless waking. A Hero and Some Other Folks Moreover, there is a strong temptation for the governing people to become as much slothful and sluggards as the weakest of absolute kings. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry True failure can only be found In a being devoid of heart, Whose efforts and deeds are all dead, Or act but a sluggard's part. Our Profession and Other Poems He recognized in the sluggard "hideous Pista," who had been summoned to the castle that morning to put new spokes into some broken carriage-wheels. How Women Love (Soul Analysis) Everything is as it must be, and unless one is a sluggard—who brings trouble upon himself by doing nothing to avoid it—one has no reason to complain. Three Years' War Now we have revell'd out a feast of spring; No thought of slumber's sluggard couch come nigh! Love's Comedy It supporters deplore the dolts and the sluggards who either cannot or will not be educated. The Fourth R Ye fogs of heaven, ye stagnant, sluggard forms That float so laggardly amid the storms! The Poetry of Wales The Spanish sluggards came up sometimes and scowled, then they went below again. The Chequers Being the Natural History of a Public-House, Set Forth in a Loafer's Diary "Is yours no pity, sluggard souls? no shame For Troy's old gods, and for your native land, And for the great Æneas, and his name?" The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor An ounce of self-denial will work miracles in a sluggard, cowardly soul. Explanation of Catholic Morals A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals He was naturally of a busy temperament: if men who knew him but slightly might think him visionary, no man could know him at all and consider him a sluggard. Life of Father Hecker One of our drives took us some miles along the side of the beautiful river Theiss, which though a proverbial sluggard when it reaches the plain, is here a swift and impetuous stream. Round About the Carpathians Then Bard and Olaf said, "Think ye not that these Icelanders will make game of you sluggards; take rather your weapons and guard your goods". The story of Burnt Njal From the Icelandic of the Njals Saga "Thomas, you shall learn the whole of Dr. Watts's poem on the sluggard before you go to bed this night." Dead Man's Rock It were a sacrilegious mockery to make God the author of a law that fosters laziness and favors the sluggard. Explanation of Catholic Morals A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals It is to be finished and ready on the holy festival, great sluggard. Christmas Stories And Legends The methods they adopted to induce sluggards to take hold were not gentle ones, and we were soon jumping at the snarl of their voices, as though each utterance was the crack of a whip. The Devil's Own A Romance of the Black Hawk War Obviously, it was necessary to arouse the sluggards and his proposals included the use of cannons and bells. Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization "No," cried the sluggard farmer; "who says he has?" Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life NOT the least, if the last, of capital sins is sloth, and it is very properly placed; for who ever saw the sluggard or victim of this passion anywhere but after all others, last! Explanation of Catholic Morals A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals I put the strongest in the rear, with orders to quicken the pace of the sluggards with the points of their bayonets... in the back. The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 3 The sluggard driving his plow into the field in July has sun, soil and seed, but the torrid summer refuses to perform the gentle processes of April. The Investment of Influence A Study of Social Sympathy and Service Thus, when we say: A sluggard is vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes of those who send him, we have a metaphor, the sluggard being directly called vinegar and smoke. Companion to the Bible You see, I am a terrible sluggard, Councillor," she laughed; "but the colonel left early for Boston this morning, and I cried myself into another sleep. The Bow of Orange Ribbon A Romance of New York To this the proverb alludes which says: "The sluggard will not plough by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing." Mother Stories from the Old Testament A Book of the Best Stories from the Old Testament that Mothers can tell their Children But he only turned round, like the sluggard, and slumbered till Logan aroused him at eight o’clock. The Disentanglers What a fool and what a sluggard nature must be, as Rutherford here says she is, if she can lull us into security about ourselves in such a life as this! Samuel Rutherford and some of his correspondents Nudging his bedfellow hard, the sepoy said: "Awake, sluggard, I wish to go and pray." The Story of the Guides Very true," said Philip, who was as eager as his cousin and endued with full share of Trevlyn courage and impetuosity; "we can never wait till those sluggards have come up. The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn A Story of the Days of the Gunpowder Plot One of his favourite recitations was Dr. Watts' ‘The voice of the sluggard,’ which he used to give with great effect. Charles Dickens and Music Then Medeia clapped her hands together, and cried, "Sing louder, Orpheus, sing a bolder strain; wake up these hapless sluggards, or none of them will see the land of Hellas more." Myths That Every Child Should Know A Selection Of The Classic Myths Of All Times For Young People I commend this to every sluggard who wants an excuse to resume his slumbers when awakened too soon. The Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent The sluggard saith, There is a Lyon in the way; tell Samson & David so, they will the rather goe out to meet them. A Coal From The Altar, To Kindle The Holy Fire of Zeale In a Sermon Preached at a Generall Visitation at Ipswich Rouse up! sluggard, rush forth! you may save her yet. Idolatry A Romance For a sluggard have I been in the days of youth and the prime of life; yet to me hath he given the comforts promised only to the diligent. The Power of Faith Exemplified In The Life And Writings Of The Late Mrs. Isabella Graham. Unfortunately, they use their wings freely, and so travel from the sluggard's garden to find 'fresh woods and pastures new.' The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition Was it not for her, Lloyd, to rouse that sluggard ambition? A Man's Woman In the one, the unfaithful prophet is the cause of disaster, and the only sluggard in the ship. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII Go, thou sluggard, learn arts and industry from the bee, and from the ant! Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life Badcock, hand me over the basket and go to the ant, thou sluggard; and thou, Rinaldo, to the kitchen, where already the sausages hiss, awaiting thee. Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756 I scarcely expected to see you so early astir, good sirs; but the morning is too beautiful to allow us to be sluggards. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest It seems to us that in such a land there must be, on this question of slavery, sluggards to be awakened, as well as doubters to be convinced. American Eloquence, Volume 2 Studies In American Political History (1896) Yet although I had breathed no word of my lost dreams to Isobel but had congratulated her with the rest, often and bitterly I had cursed myself for a sluggard. The Green Eyes of Bâst How oft I listened to her hopeful words— Poured from the fountain of a mother's heart Until I longed to wing the sluggard years That bore me on to what I hoped to be. The Feast of the Virgins and Other Poems He seemed to be an angry engine-driver, and his gesture was that of a man setting his teeth and hissing: "Now, then, come out of that, you sluggards!" and giving a ferocious tug. Your United States Impressions of a first visit And so the active breath of life Should stir our dull and sluggard wills; For are we not created rife With health, that stagnant torpor kills? McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader And life is, after all, the great university, and here the sluggard fails and the plucky man with the poor "fit" often carries off the honors. The Whence and the Whither of Man A Brief History of His Origin and Development through Conformity to Environment; Being the Morse Lectures of 1895 Oh, no, they were stanch and true, and loved the ocean as the sluggard loves his bed, or the lover his mistress. Varney the Vampire Or the Feast of Blood "As vinegar to the teeth, and smoke to the eyes, So is the sluggard to him that sends him." Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology DAW, DA, s. a sluggard; appropriated to a female, a drab. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV. "Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest."—Proverbs vi. Thrift If you offer merely free transportation to a future heaven of delight on "flowery beds of ease," you will enlist only the coward and the sluggard. The Whence and the Whither of Man A Brief History of His Origin and Development through Conformity to Environment; Being the Morse Lectures of 1895 But no sluggard's peace; his arms are folded, not for idleness, only to repress certain vain tremors and vainer sighs. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 333, July 1843 It belongs to that antiquated school of thought that, in spite of the discoveries of modern science, invites the sluggard to look at the ant, and the idle to imitate the bee. Reviews We had all done something, we others; we were no shirks or sluggards: but the force in him put us out, penny candles before the sun. Helmet of Navarre Another considered that the sluggards who went on hospital service with red crosses on their caps were no better than cowards. France in the Nineteenth Century So the plan of PROCRUSTES, my boys, will not work, Or will benefit none save the sluggard or shirk. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, September 19, 1891 Then plow deep, while sluggards sleep, and you shall have corn to sell and to keep.' Brave Men and Women Their Struggles, Failures, And Triumphs In their habits they are sluggards, lounging generally about trees, and distending their long tongues covered with a glutinous secretion, to secure passing insects, upon which they subsist. How to See the British Museum in Four Visits "Go to the ant, thou sluggard, consider her ways and be wise." The Heavenly Footman Let the country be served by free men, and let them deal with the coward or the sluggard who flinches. New York Times, Current History, Vol 1, Issue 1 From the Beginning to March, 1915 With Index Seryozhka in himself is a nonentity, a sluggard, a drunkard, and a wastrel, but when he has his red lead or compasses in his hand he is at once something higher, a servant of God. The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories Know your business and give your mind to it, and you will find a buttered loaf where a sluggard loses his last crust. Brave Men and Women Their Struggles, Failures, And Triumphs They are not merely sluggards and wastrels, they are swindlers too, they are continually borrowing money from the town bank, and what do they do with it? Love Antonyms: idler, drone, dabbler, sluggard, truant, dilettante, loafer, shirker. working, a. industrious. working man. worker, laborer. working together. coöperation; collusion; concurrence; collaboration. workman, n. artisan, artificer, craftsman, journeyman. Putnam's Word Book If you fall sick, I shall be a sluggard in Reinfeld all the autumn, or however long our marriage would be postponed, and cannot even associate with you quite unconstrainedly before the ceremony. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 10 Prince Otto Von Bismarck, Count Helmuth Von Moltke, Ferdinand Lassalle So unreflecting, so confused his mind, Torpid in error, indolently blind, A fever Heaven, to quicken him, applied, But, rather than revive, the sluggard died. Black Beetles in Amber These Maruts stir up even the sluggard, even the vagrant, as the gods pleased. Sacred Books of the East When day dawned, but before the sun had risen, the woman came and awoke the two children, saying, "Get up, you sluggards! we are going into the forest to fetch wood." The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 05 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English Charley himself was no sluggard, but the forester's capacity for work simply amazed him. The Young Wireless Operator—As a Fire Patrol The Story of a Young Wireless Amateur Who Made Good as a Fire Patrol Now, given a warm bed, a chilly autumn morning, and a decided inclination to quote the words of the sluggard, and "slumber again," could any proposition be more inopportune, savage, and alarming? In the Days of My Youth He left the blind and the sluggards in their wilful ignorance, but had generously helpful hands for all wiser ones who saw the value of trimming their lamps. The Last Leaf Observations, during Seventy-Five Years, of Men and Events in America and Europe A man came to the door of the cabin and stared at us; a tap-room sluggard, a-sunning on the west fence-rail, chewed his cud solemnly and watched us with watery eyes. The Maid-At-Arms King Solomon gives the same advice, "The sluggard will not plough by reason of the winter, therefore shall he begin harvest and have nothing." Roman Farm Management The Treatises of Cato and Varro I have not done as sluggards and cowards do, who hide themselves at the first show of danger, and obey the first impulses of fear. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 4 "We'll find no French warships in the Hudson," retorted Robert, "and as for sluggards, how long have you been on deck yourself, Tayoga?" The Shadow of the North A Story of Old New York and a Lost Campaign Parnell at the Court sings the very same tune As the sluggard of old—"You have waked me too soon." Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, June 18, 1919 Henrietta and Adelaide jeered; yet they were themselves the victims of another, and, if possible, more poisonous, bacillus of the same sluggard family. The Second Generation Patience is the invention of dullards and sluggards. Balcony Stories But then no "impositions" threaten the modern sluggard, even if he neglects chapel altogether. The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll (Rev. C. L. Dodgson) Strange, unwonted sounds saluted the ears of the early risers and awakened the sluggards in Lexington that Monday morning. Russell H. Conwell It was like the 'sluggard's garden,' where 'the thorn and the thistle grow higher and higher.' Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine Down, down, down and down, With idler, knave, and tyrant!Why for sluggards cark and moil?He that will not live by toilHas no right on English soil! God’s word’s our warrant! Andromeda and Other Poems Then he sat himself in his large arm-chair before his escritoire, and began transacting his affairs with the usual— "But where is that idiot, that dolt, that sluggard, that snail, with my mail?" Balcony Stories "Up, up thou coward, thou sluggard, thou," He cried, and sprang from off his bed— "No crown thou seekest for thy brow, But help for one in pain and dread!" Christmas in Legend and Story A Book for Boys and Girls “Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.” Self help; with illustrations of conduct and perseverance When we feel all the charm that graces the beginning of a summer day, we resolve in future to rise with the birds, but the next morning's sun finds most of us sluggards again. Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine Nature is no sluggard and is forever changing her compounds, so that there is bound to be change in the details even of dreams. Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition And yet, in spite of the killing pace and the stony track, who but the sluggard or the dolt can hold aloof from the course? Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow ‘The arrow that flieth by day,’ saith the evangel; I have no mind of the context; nay, I am a sluggard priest, I am too deep in men’s affairs. The Black Arrow Fast asleep, I warrant you; He took his rouse 148 with stoops of Rhenish wine So kindly yesternight to Bruno's health, That all this day the sluggard keeps his bed. The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus From the Quarto of 1616 Coward, poltroon, shaker, squeamer, Blockhead, sluggard, dullard, dreamer, Shirker, shuffler, crawler, creeper, Sniffler, snuffler, wailer, weeper, Earthworm, maggot, tadpole, weevil! The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways and be wise: which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.—PROVERBS, vi. 6-8. The Lucasta Poems Kit was no sluggard next morning, but, springing from his bed some time before day, began to prepare for his welcome expedition. The Old Curiosity Shop These disputes with his Parliaments, and his hunting, and his drinking, and his lying in bed—for he was a great sluggard—occupied his Sowship pretty well. A Child's History of England If it was but play, if it was but a puppetshow they were to build, he set them the example of being no sluggard in play. Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin Leave the sluggard sleeping; Then we go To and fro, With our knacks At our backs To such streams As the Thames If we have the leisure. The Compleat Angler True enough! and between these two sentences lie also the different destinies of the ordinary sluggard and the psychopathic man. Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature Caesar bids thee come, Thou sluggard, not to leave him. Pharsalia; Dramatic Episodes of the Civil Wars Then I should have chosen a career for myself, I should have been a sluggard and a glutton, not a simple one, but, for instance, one with sympathies for everything sublime and beautiful. Notes from the Underground A holy bond between us still Makes me wish speedy end to ill: The sluggard waits till afternoon,— At once great Magnus! grant our boon. Heimskringla, or the Chronicle of the Kings of Norway Then Bard and Olaf said, "Think ye not that these Icelanders will make game of you sluggards; take rather your weapons and guard your goods." The Story of Burnt Njal: the great Icelandic tribune, jurist, and counsellor Reciprocally, the sluggard, or the rake, who, without performing any social task, enjoys like others—and often more than others—the products of society, should be proceeded against as a thief and a parasite. What is Property? The fury grew: soon 'twas a sluggard's part To seek the guilty: hundreds died to swell The tale of victims. Pharsalia; Dramatic Episodes of the Civil Wars Then indeed shall men be changed from what they are now, and they shall be sluggards, dolts, and cowards beyond all the earth hath yet borne. A Dream of John Ball; and, a king's lesson I walked among them and I knew them well: Men I had slandered on life's little star For churls and sluggards; and I knew the scar Upon their brows of woe ineffable. Children of the Night Then we sat High on the ridge to windward of the stench, While each man kept he fellow alert and rated Roundly the sluggard if he chanced to nap. Oedipus Trilogy They were not so mild, and the voice was touched with command: "Go to the ant, thou sluggard, consider her ways and be wise." Laddie; a true blue story The old man, though lame, was no sluggard. My Bondage and My Freedom Now, as he was sleeping, there came one to him, and awaked him, saying, Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways and be wise. The Pilgrim's Progress from this world to that which is to come, delivered under the similitude of a dream, by John Bunyan Well, it is wrong, for instance, that he who toils in the sweat of his brow suffers want while the sluggard lives in luxury. The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann Volume I There was turgid old Brown Sugar, who had evidently heard the advice, go to the ant, thou sluggard! and, and mistaking the last word for Sugared, was going as deliberately as possible. Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 15, July 9, 1870 He reviled "Model Prisons" as pampering institutes of "a universal sluggard and scoundrel amalgamation society," and yet seldom passed on the streets one of the "Devil's elect" without giving him a penny. Thomas Carlyle He had been a sluggard, weary of himself, unfit to fight, a failure in life and a failure in love. The Gentleman from Indiana Be Delia mine, and Fame may flout and scorn, Or brand me with the sluggard's name! The Elegies of Tibullus Being the Consolations of a Roman Lover Done in English Verse The sluggard Feversham and the brutal Kirke have earned themselves a name in the West, which is second only to that of the arch villain who came after them. Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 Not that stuck-up Mrs. Brobson, with her grand airs, and as lazy as the voice of the sluggard into the bargain. The Lovels of Arden He was no sluggard; and he liked to devote the whole hour, from eight to nine, to his breakfast and his Times. The Channings Solomon startles the sluggard with his sharp admonition to betake himself to the ant. A Fleece of Gold; Five Lessons from the Fable of Jason and the Golden Fleece Very often, too, the children pursue the late risers, and beat them with the branches, jeering at them the while, and singing about the laziness of the sluggard. Dutch Life in Town and Country But why doth not the sluggard at thy feet rise up and stand before me, if he be thy loveling? The Water of the Wondrous Isles He would say to the sluggard, "Go to the ant, thou sluggard, consider her ways and be wise." Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 1 She was so strong-handed, moreover, as to give a forenoon's watch below, and this still left many of the sluggards in their hammocks. Afloat and Ashore A Sea Tale He cannot descend to the pursuits of industry or mechanical labour: the beast of prey is a sluggard; the hunter and the warrior sleeps, while women or slaves are made to toil for his bread. An Essay on the History of Civil Society, Eighth Edition Yet among themselves they called the mayor a sluggard, saying he must be visiting his blonde to get a massage for his gout, or that maybe he'd swallowed his official sash. L'Assommoir I was no sluggard as a rule, but found myself outclassed by minutes—which, said I to myself, is not to be worried over since 'tis sheer vanity to compete with the supernatural. The Enormous Room It is the sluggard only who is always crying, "There is a lion in the streets." Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 22: Proverbs The Challoner Revision If the sluggard will not plough because the weather is cold, he will 'beg in harvest.' Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke Jonah slept in a storm the sleep of a skulking sluggard, Jesus slept the sleep of a wearied labourer. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Mark The conquering dead might have gathered in shadowy shapes to reproach the weakling and sluggard who had sinned away the heritage which they had won. Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah It is not to be a 'garden of the sluggard,' by which people who pass can see the thorns growing there. Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII It was now keeping him from the sluggard's fate. The Great God Success He had previously found sluggards asleep on settees; he went in search of the latest offender. All-Wool Morrison This picture of the sluggard's garden seems to be intended as a parable. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes Breakfast at Shotover, except for the luxurious sluggards to whom trays were sent, was served in the English fashion—any other method or compromise being impossible. The Fighting Chance "But I must beg you, my cousin, not to be so ambitious of mortal perils, for you put to shame sluggards like us, who sleep, eat, and invent new prayers." Chicot the Jester When I reached home the others jeered at me for a sluggard. Jim Davis He tells of the slumbering one which lay on a mud-bank with its jaws distended, weary of the monotony of the mangroves, and took but sleepy notice when upbraided for being a sluggard. Tropic Days So remember the sluggard by his fireside; and do you get out with your plough. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes For there are two kinds of waste—that of the prodigal who throws his substance away in riotous living, and that of the sluggard who allows his substance to rot from non-use. My Life and Work Death, especially a bloody one, appeared to awaken a keen enjoyment, to quicken the sluggard pulse of even this rather peaceful Tarascan tribe. Tramping Through Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras — Being the Random Notes of an Incurable Vagabond No wonder that sluggards like these cry out for protection - that those who cannot take care of the land feel that they themselves need artificial care.’ Prose Idylls, New and Old In the morning of the following day, the Antiquary, who was something of a sluggard, was summoned from his bed a full hour earlier than his custom by Caxon. The Antiquary — Volume 02 The sluggard is one of the pet aversions of the Book of Proverbs, which, unlike most other manuals of Eastern wisdom, has a profound reverence for honest work. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes The rigid economizer is in danger of being classed with the sluggard. My Life and Work "There are no gains without pains; Then plough deep, while sluggards sleep." The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 283, November 17, 1827 Punctuate the following: Go to the ant thou sluggard consider her ways and be wise. De La Salle Fifth Reader The sluggard and the self-indulgent can have no knowledge of Truth. The Way of Peace The sluggard was warmer at the fireside than he would be in the field with his plough in the north wind, and so he stopped there. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes Nearly eighty inches of yearly rain and more than eighty degrees of perpetual heat make swift work with vegetable fibre, which, in our cold and sluggard clime, would curdle into leaf-mould, perhaps into peat. At Last Now, you young sluggard! do you mean to say that the atmosphere of this mansion, this temple of Chancery, is not enlivening, sprightly, and anti-slumbrous? The Last of the Foresters Or, Humors on the Border; A story of the Old Virginia Frontier Soft living makes a sluggard of the hardiest knight, and steals away his strength. Arthurian Chronicles: Roman de Brut You that be wise, and ever mean to thrive, O, study not these toys we sluggards use, But follow arms, and wait on barbarous wars. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 8 If we are such sluggards that we will 'not plough in winter by reason of the cold,' we shall 'beg in harvest and have nothing.' Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes I must watch sluggards fight—you miserable, wanton imbeciles! Caesar Dies He was a sluggard, he said to himself. The Wolf's Long Howl Ho, rise, sluggards! so, so, ho! so, ho! A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 Now as he was sleeping, there came one to him, and awaked him, saying, "Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise." Bible Stories and Religious Classics The description of the sluggard's garden brings into view two things, the abundant, because unchecked, growth of profitless weeds, and the broken down stone wall. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes Moses’ meekness did not make him a coward or a sluggard. The Gospel of the Pentateuch Come, come, Idonea, We must not part,—I have measured many a league When these old limbs had need of rest,—and now I will not play the sluggard. The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 1 On the contrary, if she remain in bed till a late hour, then the domestics, who, as we have before observed, invariably partake somewhat of their mistress's character, will surely become sluggards. The Book of Household Management We know that if our diction rises to this dual standard, it silently distinguishes us from the sluggard, the weakling, and the upstart. The Century Vocabulary Builder If it is sown in the sluggard's garden, it will bring forth few ears, and the tares will choke the wheat. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes Later on in life, when he found it difficult to rise early in the morning, he resolved to give the servant half a crown every time he played the part of the sluggard. Beneath the Banner Then the voice of gladness breaks so tumultuously on the ear, that he must be a sluggard indeed who can resist their wakening influences. Wild Northern Scenes Sporting Adventures with the Rifle and the Rod Diggs, you sluggard, what are you sitting there in idleness for? The Battle Ground From this imperfect sketch of Mrs. Leprohon’s literary life it will be seen that she was no sluggard. The Poetical Works of Mrs. Leprohon Remember, the sluggard would have been warmer, with a wholesome warmth, at the ploughtail than cowering in the chimney corner. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes He blessed the sun which had been up so early in the morning and made a game of the sluggard. In Midsummer Days, and Other Tales "Stand up and repeat, 'Tis the voice of the sluggard,'" said the Gryphon. The Junior Classics — Volume 6 Old-Fashioned Tales I ask myself, what would Oblomov be if he had not been a sluggard? Letters of Anton Chekhov Could I be a sluggard with that goal in sight?' Hypatia — or New Foes with an Old Face The sluggard will not plough by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes Sluggards you are, lazy, envious, irresponsible sluggards; too idle to bestir yourselves, but quick enough to prevent anybody else from doing anything. In Midsummer Days, and Other Tales Nature was waking from slumber—not to the full, boisterous wakefulness which greets the broad day, but the half-consciousness with which the sluggard turns himself for the light, sweet sleep of the summer morning. Bricks Without Straw A flabby sluggard like so many, a commonplace, petty nature without any complexity in it: to raise this person to the rank of a social type is to make too much of him. Letters of Anton Chekhov Do you fancy me a sluggard like yourself? Hypatia — or New Foes with an Old Face The next step is the withdrawal of the work from the sluggards. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes But, sluggard, is it not a shame for thee To be outdone by pismires? Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 Our only chance of getting on was to make an early start, for fortunately a true "nor'-wester" is somewhat of a sluggard. Station Amusements in New Zealand "Stand up and repeat, ''Tis the voice of the sluggard'," said the Gryphon. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 3 We have been cowards and sluggards, and Odin is angry with his children. Hypatia — or New Foes with an Old Face I. The story first brings into strong contrast the eager king, full of his purpose, and the sluggards to whom he had to entrust its execution. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes Say, "Come and look at the pond," and the worst sluggard will not refuse such gentle exercise. Not that it Matters This disposes of the last remnant of his reputation and wholly destroys his main usefulness as a moral agent, since it will make the sluggard hesitate to go to him any more. A Tramp Abroad — Volume 04 Industriousness, again, is proverbial in the case of bees and ants "Go to the ant, thou sluggard!"—and noteworthy in the case of many birds, of beavers, and a long list of other animals. Problems of Conduct We are not worthy; we have been cowards and sluggards, like the rest. Hypatia — or New Foes with an Old Face Plough deep while sluggards sleep, and you will have corn to sell and to keep. Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets “Ay,” exclaimed the man; “and, mark me, if a face goes for aught, he’s general enough to beat Gage—and that the man paused, and then added: “that sluggard Howe. Janice Meredith To give cold pig is a punishment inflicted on sluggards who lie too long in bed: it consists in pulling off all the bed clothes from them, and throwing cold water upon them. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue When day dawned, but before the sun had risen, the woman came and awoke the two children, saying "Get up, you sluggards! we are going into the forest to fetch wood." Household Tales by Brothers Grimm Oh ye, who tread the trodden path And keep the narrow law In famished faith that Judgment Day Shall blast your sluggard mists away And show what Moses saw! The Eye of Zeitoon There are excellent men among them, who want to do what is right, and need help against the sluggards and reactionaries. Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 2 "I have turned sluggard, it seems," he said. Vandrad the Viking, the Feud and the Spell It seemed that the Boss of North Dakota was no sluggard. The Spoilers But call yourself a liar, a coward, a sluggard, a glutton, or an evil-eyed, jealous wretch, if you indeed find yourself to be in any wise any of these. The Ethics of the Dust It is the frame of mind of the sluggard in the Bible who says, "There is a lion in the way." Where No Fear Was The unambitious sluggard pretends that the eminence is not worth attaining, declines altogether the struggle, and calls himself a philosopher. Barry Lyndon But the statesman, as well as the sluggard, may be told to “go to the ant and the bee, consider their ways and be wise!” Sir Thomas More, or, Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of Society What may readily be fashioned into a rule of wisdom, is here thrown in the teeth of the sluggard, and constitutes the front of his offence. A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers For simple souls thinking in simple processes, salvation perhaps comes easily, but there is none for the intellectual coward, for the mental sloven and sluggard, for the stupid and obdurate mind. First and Last Things Do not put him down as a sluggard; be assured that he has tasked nature dangerously hard, and has only given in just before she does. Shearing in the Riverina They rise with the first streak of light; there are no sluggards among them. What the Animals Do and Say So be it thou art pure, And strong of purpose, thy success is sure; But fools and sluggards prate of circumstance. Yesterdays For first, as the subtle discernment of the language would have taught us, with all his negligence he is still secure; but the sluggard, notwithstanding his heedlessness, is insecure. A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers "By doing so I am better off than the sluggards, inasmuch as my life does not only consist of days, but also of nights," replied Napoleon, good-humoredly. Louisa of Prussia and Her Times Here, you sluggards," she cried, bestowing generous handfuls upon their sodden faces, "up with you, and out. The Foreigner A Tale of Saskatchewan If 22:15 your endeavors are beset by fearful odds, and you receive no present reward, go not back to error, nor become a sluggard in the race. Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures Being cowards, we defeat natural selection under cover of philanthropy: being sluggards, we neglect artificial selection under cover of delicacy and morality. Man and Superman He dares Belie me, and deny the testimony Of his own handiwork, whose every line Betrays a sluggard soul, an indolent will, A brain that's bred to idleness. The Poems of Emma Lazarus, Volume 1 Twenty-five sluggards, all old offenders, filed into the gymnasium. Stalky & Co. Until they show me one, the theorists will only make me smile when they talk to me of erstwhile workers relinquishing their trade to become parasitic sluggards. The Mason-Bees Who amongst those whose whole lives are devoted to literary pursuits would not blush and feel himself the most confirmed of sluggards by the side of him? The Letters of Pliny the Younger The voice of the sluggard would be a more appropriate quotation, I think. Rose in Bloom While he had stood there a dolt and sluggard, she had satisfied her curiosity and stolen away. A Drift from Redwood Park "You sluggard!" came some one's calm, loud exclamation. The Man Who Was Afraid No laziness, Thibauld; thou art relaxing; go on, go on, then, art thou rusted, thou sluggard? Notre-Dame De Paris When day dawned, but before the sun had risen, the woman came and awoke the two children, saying: 'Get up, you sluggards! we are going into the forest to fetch wood.' Grimm's Fairy Tales Rise up now, Hallblithe! wilt thou be a sluggard on the day of thy wedding? The Story of the Glittering Plain; or, the land of Living Men Indolence is usually full of excuses; and the sluggard, though unwilling to work, is often an active sophist. Character "The field of the sluggard" has no existence in Japan. Unbeaten Tracks in Japan I knew him for a sluggard in the morning; but, as it drew on toward noon, I lost my patience. The Lock and Key Library Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Modern English Get up," said Zarathustra, "thou little thief, thou sluggard! Thus Spake Zarathustra A book for all and none My dear monsieur, you are not one of the sluggards who waste their time on girls and perfumes. Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau A government post driver could hardly have coped with it, much less an incompetent sluggard like Grigory. The Schoolmistress, and other stories The wise king told the sluggard to watch the ant, a charming occupation—for a sluggard. What's Wrong with the World How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Old Testament — Part 2 Verily, in broad daylight did he fall asleep, the sluggard! Thus Spake Zarathustra A book for all and none Everywhere there were crazily busy ants, and I, patently a sluggard and therefore one of those for whom the ancient warning was intended, considered them lazily. Dawn O'Hara, the Girl Who Laughed Despicable only you—ye fat and bloated things—slaves of luxury—sluggards in thought—who, cultivating nothing but the barren sense, dream that its poor soil can produce alike the myrtle and the laurel. Last Days of Pompeii He was a man incapable alike of leading and of following, conceited, captious, and wrongheaded, an endless talker, a sluggard in action against the enemy and active only against his own allies. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1 The banner of the marauders, the drunkards, the idlers, the sluggards of the valley des Aigues was the terrible tavern of the Grand-I-Vert. Sons of the Soil Like foam-heads of a loosened freshet bursting banks, By mount and fort they thread to swamp the sluggard plains. Poems — Volume 3 Pack of sluggards! go to work, or you'll bring another revolution about your ears. Bureaucracy The voyager may rest awhile, When rest invites, and yet may be Neither a sluggard nor a craven. Robert F. Murray: His Poems with a Memoir I was, to be sure, assisted by some of the best divines then in the land, but I had not been a sluggard myself in the vineyard. The Annals of the Parish; or, the chronicle of Dalmailing during the ministry of the Rev. Micah Balwhidder Certainly, people who are intemperate with regard to sleep, seeing that the sluggard with his eyes shut cannot do himself or see that others do what is right. The Economist The sluggard is despoiled while he sleeps—yes, by George! if a man lays down they'll eat him before he wakes!—but the live man can build straight up till he touches the sky! The Turmoil, a novel A country kinder to the sluggard husbandman than any I have ever seen. Life of John Sterling |
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