 | William Hayley - 1803 - 450 Seiten
...on a former occasion. Verses like the following are fit to be treasured in the heart of every man. An Idler, is a watch, that wants both hands ; As useless if it goes, as when it stands. Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distrest.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1803 - 310 Seiten
...of her care, Whatever hopes a change of scene inspires, Must change her nature, or in vain retires. An. idler is a watch that wants both hands, As useless if it goes as when it stands. Books therefore, not the scandal of the shelves, In which lewd sensualists... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 226 Seiten
...of her care, Whatever hopes a change of scene inspires, Must change her nature, or in vain retires. An idler is a watch, that wants both hands, As useless if it goes as when it stands. Books therefore, not the scandal of the shelves, In which lewd sensualists... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 316 Seiten
...of her care, Whatever hopes a change of scene inspires, Must change her nature, or in vain retires. An idler is a watch, that wants both hands, As useless if it goes as when it stands. Books therefore, not the scandal of the shelves, In which lewd sensualists... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 486 Seiten
...a former 226 occasion. Verses like the following are fit to be treasured in the heart of every man. An idler is a watch, that wants both hands, As useless if it goes, as when it stands. * Absence of occupation is not rest ; A mind quite vacant is a mind distrest.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1808 - 330 Seiten
...her car*, "Whatever hopes a change of scene inspires,. Must change her nature, or in vain retires. An idler is a watch that wants both hands, As useless if it goes as when it stands. Books, therefore, not the scandal of the shelves, In which lewd sensualists... | |
 | William Cowper - 1809 - 472 Seiten
...adoration. 231 occasion. Verses like the following are fit to be treasured in the heart of every man. An idler is a watch, that wants both hands, As useless if it goes, as when it stands. Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distrest.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 390 Seiten
...of her care, Whatever hopes a change of scene inspires, Must change her nature, or in vain retires. An idler is a watch, that wants both hands; As useless if it goes, as when it stands. Books therefore, not the scandal of the shelves, In which lewd sensualists... | |
 | William Hayley - 1812 - 450 Seiten
...on a former occasion. Verses like the following are fit to be treasured in the heart of every man. An idler is a watch, that wants both hands, As useless if it goes, as when it stands. < Absence of occupation is not rest ; A mind quite vacant is a mind distrest.... | |
 | Arabella Argus - 1812 - 236 Seiten
...make even our amusements subservient to good purposes. Adieu ! I must not detain my friend. CHAP, V. " An Idler is a watch that wants both hands, " As useless if it goes as when it stands." COWPER. well, here I am again, after a morning of cxtraerdinary bustle.... | |
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An idler is a watch that wants both hands, As useless if it goes as when it stands. 
