 | William Cowper - 1847 - 556 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 veteran steed, excused his task at length, In kind compassion of his failing strength,... | |
 | 1848 - 642 str.
...Indolence is no more irreconcilable to virtue, than perfectly incompatible with happiness. " A want of occupation is not rest : A mind quite vacant is a mind dutreu'd." AH the powers conferred by a wise Creator necessarily imply their application and use :... | |
 | William Cowper - 1849 - 740 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 veteran steed, excused his task at length, In kind compassion of his failing strength,... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1857 - 1022 str.
...grateful for the privilege of employing their time and talents to his glory, and their owu best interests. "Absence of occupation is not rest, A mind quite vacant is a mind distress'd." HJJNRY DKIVEE. Everyone ought to feel the value of occupation, and not think themselves... | |
 | 1866 - 674 str.
...quoted incorrectly (as copied bv TW), are in Cowper's poem of " Retirement/' and should stand thus:— "Absence of occupation is not rest, A mind quite vacant is a mind distrcss'd." C. PHOTOGRAPHIC MIRACLE (3 rd S. ix. 474.)—On this subject the Popular Science lici'ictv... | |
 | Manchester district Sunday school assoc - 744 str.
...much happier and b"tter than he had been before the accident which deprived him of his sight. A want of occupation is not rest ; A mind quite vacant is a mind diatrest. — Cowpn; 35 THE SEASONS.— WINTER. The pearly drops of silv'ry rain In flakes of snow... | |
 | William Cowper - 1850 - 516 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 distressed. The veteran steed, excused his task at length, In kind compassion of his failing strength, And turned... | |
 | 1850 - 634 str.
...Indolence is no more irreconcilable to virtue, than perfect ability incompatible with happiness ; "A want of occupation is not rest: A mind quite vacant is a mind distress'd." All the powers conferred by a wise Creator, necessarily imply their application and use... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1851 - 360 str.
...reduce him to almost total insignificance, and a state of still life. He is not therefore like A clock that wants both hands, As useless when it goes as when it stands ; for only keep him going) and he bustles about the stage to some purpose. As a mimic of other actors,... | |
 | Joseph Foulkes Winks - 1836 - 690 str.
...blessings, countless as the sand, are shed down upon all who put their trust in " I'LL TKY. I'LL TRY." " Absence of occupation is not rest, A mind quite vacant, is a mind distress'd," 'Tis difficult — 'tis difficult to learn, I know it — feel it — prove it day by... | |
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Absence of occupation is not rest, A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed. 
