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" An idler is a watch that wants both hands, As useless if it goes as when it stands. "
The Social History of Great Britain During the Reigns of the Stuarts ... - Page 76
by William Goodman - 1845
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Poems, Volume 1

William Cowper - 1803 - 310 pages
...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 print out themselves ; Nor...
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The life and posthumous writings of William Cowper, by W. Hayley, Volume 2

William Cowper - 1803 - 442 pages
...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* Religion does not censure,...
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Poems, Volume 1

William Cowper - 1806 - 316 pages
...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 print out themselves; Nor...
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The life and posthumous writings of William Cowper, by W. Hayley ..., Volume 4

William Cowper - 1806 - 486 pages
...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. Religion does not censure,...
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The Poetical Works of William Cowper: Of the Inner Temple, Esq, Volume 3

William Cowper - 1806 - 226 pages
...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 print out themselves ; Nor...
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Poems, Volume 1

William Cowper - 1808 - 330 pages
..."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 print out themselves ;...
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The life and letters of William Cowper, Volume 4

William Cowper - 1809 - 472 pages
...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. Religion does not censure,...
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Poems, Volume 1

William Cowper - 1810 - 390 pages
...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 print out themselves ; Nor...
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The Juvenile Spectator:: Part the Second. Containing Some Account of Old ...

Arabella Argus - 1812 - 236 pages
...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. I will not detain you with a recapitulation...
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The Life and Letters of William Cowper, Esq: With Remarks on ..., Volume 4

William Hayley - 1812 - 450 pages
...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. Religion does not censure,...
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