| William Cowper - 1837 - 534 str.
...faculties, severe indeed. 'Tis easy to resign a toilsome place, But not to manage leisure with a grace ; Absence of occupation is not rest, A mind quite vacant is a mind distress'd. The vet'ran steed, excus'd his task at length, In kind compassion of his failing strength,... | |
| 1837 - 224 str.
...little enjoy life, and are such burdens to themselves, as those who have NOTHING TO DO — for " A want of occupation is not rest — A mind quite vacant is a mind distress'd." Such a man is out of God's order ; and opposing his obvious design in the faculties he... | |
| 1837 - 860 str.
...little enjoy life, and arc such burdens to themselves, as those who have nothing to do, for " A want of occupation is not rest, A mind quite vacant is a mind distrcss'd." Such a man is out of God's order, and oppqsing his obvious design in the faculties he... | |
| 1837 - 392 str.
...enjoy life, and are such burdens to themselves, as those who have NOTHING то no — for " A want of occupation is not rest— A mind quite vacant is a mind distress'd." Such a man is out of God's order ; and opposing his obvious design in the faculties he... | |
| William Huffington - 1839 - 500 str.
...constitution by exercise in the open air. No one felt more strongly the sentiment of the poet: "The idle is a watch that wants both hands, As useless when it goes as when it stands. Want of occupation is not rest; A mind unoccupied is a mind distressed." PREMIUMS OF MASSACHUSETTS... | |
| Joseph Payne - 1839 - 302 str.
...courage grows, And that, which once was scanty, overflows. Sir Egerton Brydges. FROM VARIOUS AUTHORS. Absence of occupation is not rest, A mind quite vacant is a mind distrest. No wealth into this world we brought, And none can take away ; The blind in mind, the poor... | |
| Thomas Harrison Walker - 1839 - 372 str.
...world, indolence is irreconcileable with piety, and it is equally incompatible with happiness. " A want of occupation is not rest, A mind quite vacant is a mind distress'd." The state of Adam in paradise was neither one of idle contem-plation, nor of mere quiescent... | |
| 1839 - 428 str.
...so little enjoy life, and are such burdens to themselves, as those who have nothing to do. " A want of occupation is not rest— A mind quite vacant is a mind distress'd." Such a man is out of God's order; and opposing his obvious design in the faculties he... | |
| Thomas Harrison Walker - 1839 - 372 str.
...world, indolence is irreconcileable with piety, and it is equally incompatible with happiness. " A want of occupation is not rest, A mind quite vacant is a mind distress'd." The state of Adam in paradise was neither one of idle contemplation, nor of mere quiescent... | |
| Edward Smith PRYCE - 1840 - 154 str.
...of body or mind, is always attended with enjoyment. There is truth in the distich of the poet— " Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distrestr" There is a delight experienced in the healthful motions of the muscular frame, which is... | |
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