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" Twas doing nothing was his curse ;— Is there a vice can plague us worse ? The wretch who digs the mine for bread, Or ploughs, that others may be fed, Feels less fatigue than that decreed To him who cannot think or read. "
Tales, and Miscellaneous Pieces - Seite 41
von Maria Edgeworth - 1825
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Tales of fashionable life, Band 1

Maria Edgeworth - 1824 - 412 Seiten
...sooner 'wt the affair settled, and a decision made in m favour, than I relapsed into my old ncrvoi complaints. CHAPTER V. " 'Twas doing nothing was his...the mine for bread, Or ploughs, that others may be ted, Feels less fatigue than that decreed To him who cannot think or read." ILLNESS was a sort of occupation...
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The Works of Hannah More: With a Sketch of Her Life, Band 1

Hannah More - 1830 - 574 Seiten
...youth you'd meet : He hated cards, detested cfrinking, But stroll'd to shun the toil of thinking ; 'Twas doing nothing was his curse, Is there a vice...can plague us worse ? The wretch who digs the mine fi.r bread, Or ploughs, that others may be fed, Feels less fatigue than that decreed Tu him who cannot...
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Tales and Novels, Bände 5-6

Maria Edgeworth - 1888 - 490 Seiten
...apathy of my temper. I must observe, that during the whole time my divorce-bill was pending, and while I was in the greatest possible anxiety, my health...complaints. CHAPTER V. " Twas doing nothing was his curse : In there a vice can plague us worse ? The wretch who digs the mine for bread, Or ploughs, that others...
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The Poetical Works of Hannah More: With a Memoir of the Author

Hannah More - 1839 - 570 Seiten
...times the youth yon'd meet; He hated cards, detested drinking, But stroird to shun the toil of thinking 'Twas doing nothing was his curse, Is there a vice...plague us worse ? The wretch who digs the mine for hread, Or ploughs that others may he fed, Feels less fatigue than that decreed, To him who cannot think,...
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Physiology for young ladies

Physiology - 1843 - 166 Seiten
...state of disease bordering on insanity ! L EDITH. It is better to do any thing than nothing, " For doing nothing was his curse. Is there a vice can plague...us worse ? The wretch who digs the mine for bread, And toils, that others may be fed, Feels less fatigue than is decreed To him who cannot think or read."...
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Works, Complete, Band 5

Hannah More - 1843 - 412 Seiten
...the youth you'd meet ; He hated cards, detested drinking, But strolled to shun the toil of thinking ; 'Twas doing nothing was his curse : Is there a vice can plague us worse 1 The wretch who digs the mine for bread, Or ploughs that others may be fed, Feels less fatigue than...
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The Complete Works of Hannah More, Band 5

Hannah More - 1847 - 414 Seiten
...the youth you'd meet ; He hated cards, detested drinking, But strolled to shun the toil of thinking ; 'Twas doing nothing was his curse : Is there a vice can plague us worse 1 The wretch who digs the mine for bread, Or ploughs that others may be fed, Feels less fatigue than...
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Tales and Novels, Band 4

Maria Edgeworth - 1848 - 460 Seiten
...way and beyond your reach; so do not think of pursuing one who is no longer, " Yours, "A. CRAWLEY." After reading this note, I thought not of pursuing...mine for bread, Or ploughs, that others may be fed, Feela less fatigue than that decreed To him who cannot think or read." JLLNESS was a sort of occupation...
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The Poets of the Nineteenth Century

Robert Aris Willmott, Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1858 - 642 Seiten
...the youth you'd meet : He hated cards, detested drinking, But stroll'd to shun the toil of thinking; 'Twas doing nothing was his curse, — Is there a vice can plague us worse 1 The wretch who digs the mine for bread. Or ploughs, that others may be fed, Feels less fatigue than...
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Physiology of education: mental, moral, and social facts

William Moore Wooler - 1860 - 548 Seiten
...What darkness ! How in GOD'S name can such persons (and their name is legion), expect happiness ? " 'Twas doing nothing was his curse ; Is there a vice can plague us worse ?" It is with the faculties of the soul as with those of the body ; — when called into full exercise,...
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