| James Thomson, John Aikin - 1804 - 236 pages
...the vernal bloom, But far is cast the distaff, spinning-wheel, aud loom. LXXII. Their only labour was to kill the time ; And labour dire it is, and weary...and slow : This soon too rude an exercise they find ; Strait on the couch their limbs again they throw, Where hours on hours they sighing lie reclin'd,... | |
| James Thomson, Thomas Park - 1808 - 444 pages
...cast the distaff, spinning-wheel, and loom. ° 1 )n- Rev. Mr. Munlock. LXXII. Their only labour was to kill the time; And labour dire it is, and weary...and slow : This soon too rude an exercise they find; Strait on the couch their limbs again they throw, Where hours on hours they sighing lie reclin'd, And... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 pages
...and IOBIII. Their only labor was to still the time : And labor dire it is,. and weary woe. They MI, ng toltenn^stepandslow; This soon too rude an exercise they find ; Straight on the couch their limbs again... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 536 pages
...the time ; And labour dire it is, and weary woe. They sit, they loll, turn o'er some idle rhyiHf ; Then, rising sudden, to the glass they go, Or saunter forth, with tottering step and skw: This soon too rude an exercise they find ; Straight on the couch their limbs again tk«y throw,... | |
| 1822 - 932 pages
...till I was provided with one of my own. CHAPTER II. — WRITERS AND WRITERISM.* Theii only labour was to kill the time ; And labour dire it is, and weary...forth, with tottering step and slow. This soon too nide an exercise they find ; Straight on the couch their limbs again they throw, Where hours on hours,... | |
| 1818 - 896 pages
...is, and weary woe ; They sit,they loll, him o'er samt idle rhyme; Then rising ludden, to the glas« they go, Or saunter forth, with tottering step and slow ; This soon too rode an exercise they find, Straight on the conch their limbs again they threw, Where hours on hours... | |
| John Moore, Robert Anderson - 1820 - 580 pages
...at home, yet it became also a nuisance to all the neighbourhood. CHAPTER XXIX. Their only labour was to kill the time ; And labour dire it is, and weary...and slow ; This soon too rude an exercise they find ; Strait on the couch their limbs again they throw, Where hours on hours they sighingly reciin'd, And... | |
| John Moore - 1820 - 578 pages
...at home, yet it became also a nuisance to all the neighbourhood. CHAPTER XXIX. Their only labour was to kill the time ; And labour dire it is, and weary...they go, Or saunter forth, with tottering step and stow ; This soon too rude an exercise they find ; Strait on the couch their lirtibs again they throw,... | |
| John Aikin - 1820 - 832 pages
...kill the time ; And labour dire it is, and weary woe. They sit, they loll, turn o'er some idle rhyiw; ise ; Strange graces still, and stranger flights she had, Was just not ugly, and was skw : This soon too rude an exercise they find : Straight on the couch their limbs again tbrj throw,... | |
| 1821 - 282 pages
...wheel, and loom. LXXII. Their only labour was to kill the time ; And labour dire it is, and weary wo, They sit, they loll, turn o'er some idle rhyme ; Then,...soon too rude an exercise they find ; Straight on their couch their limbs again they throw, Where hours on hours they sighing lie reclin'd, And court... | |
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