 | George Merriam - 1828 - Страниц: 286
...! God's Angel stayed him ; and he fell Upon his face and wept. LESSON LIX. Retirement. — COWPER. 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, And turn'd into... | |
 | Richard Reece - 1828 - Страниц: 604
...evil, they either become the victims of despondency, or the dupes of ignorant and unprincipled pre• "Absence of occupation is not rest; — A mind quite vacant, is a mind distro-t !" tenders to physic, whose sole aim is to enrich themselves at the expense of the follies... | |
 | William Jay - 1828 - Страниц: 408
...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 distressed." All the powers conferred by a wise Creator necessarily imply their application and use... | |
 | William Jay - 1828 - Страниц: 668
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 | William Jay - 1829 - Страниц: 592
...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 has given him,... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - 1830 - Страниц: 256
...indolent repose, He finds the labours of that state exceed His utmost faculties, severe indeed. 'T is easy to resign a toilsome place, But not to manage...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, And tiirn'd... | |
 | James Moultrie - 1830 - Страниц: 56
...pass auay in idleness or sloth, the truth of the sentiment commemorated in the verse of Cowper: ^ " Absence of occupation is not rest, " A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed." In familiar language, therefore, he was what may be emphatically called a " hard student... | |
 | Benjamin Rush - 1830 - Страниц: 384
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 | William Cowper - 1832 - Страниц: 602
...seldom lost For want of powers proportioned to the post: Give e'en a dunce th' employment he desfccs, And he soon finds the talents it requires; A business...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,... | |
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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. 
