 I know not how to describe the sickening aversion which at times steals over the working man, and utterly disables him for a longer or a shorter period, from following his usual occupation, and compels him to indulge in idleness.  The Family - Page 1241924Full view - About this book
 | Leigh Hunt - 1834 - 972 pages
...the superior understanding, or he is condemned as unworthy ; and this is called judging him fairly. The most pains-taking, saving, industrious man is...sickening aversion which at times steals over the working man, and utterly disables him for a longer or a shorter period, from following his usual occupation,... | |
 | Graham Wallas - 1919 - 444 pages
...the superior understanding, or he is condemned as unworthy ; and this is called judging him fairly. The most painstaking, saving, industrious man is not...aversion which at times steals over the working-man, and i utt«rly disables him, for a longer or shorter period, from | following his usual occupation, and... | |
 | Augustine Birrell - 1924 - 228 pages
...leisure : I know not how to describe the sickening aversion which at times steals over the working man and utterly disables him, for a longer or shorter...occupation, and compels him to indulge in idleness. How Place emerged from this poverty and lived to become one of the most powerful of London citizens... | |
 | Augustine Birrell - 1924 - 228 pages
...glow and fervour. Read what he is found writing on page 163 of the working man's craving for leisure : I know not how to describe the sickening aversion which at times steals over the working man and utterly disables him, for a longer or shorter period, from following his usual occupation,... | |
 | Francis Place - 1972 - 362 pages
...was above me and was looking down 1 Place later found it impossible to maintain this regimen of work. 'The most painstaking, saving, industrious man is not free from the desire for leisure; there are times when he is unable to bring himself to the conclusion that he must continue... | |
 | Henry Fielding - 1988 - 466 pages
...[London, 1771],^. 361). Against this truth may be set one infrequendy observed: 'I [Francis Place] know not how to describe the sickening aversion which at times steals over the working man, and utterly disables him for a longer or shorter period from following his usual occupation,... | |
 | Warwick Organizational Behaviour Staff - 2001 - 540 pages
...alternations. "I know not how to describe the sickening aversion which at times steals over the working man and utterly disables him for a longer or shorter period. from following his usual occupation". Francis Place wrote in 1829: and he added a footnote of personal testimony: For nearly six years. whilst... | |
 | 2001 - 544 pages
...But even the most sober and self-disciplined artisan might feel the necessity for such alternations. "I know not how to describe the sickening aversion which at times steals over the working man and utterly disables him for a longer or shorter period, from following his usual occupation",... | |
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