 | James Moultrie - 1830 - 56 страници
...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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1832 - 602 страници
...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,... | |
 | Elizabeth Washington Wirt - 1832 - 338 страници
...(Edipvs. Industrious wisdom often does prevent What lazy folly thinks inevitable. Abdicated Prince. Absence of occupation is not rest, A mind quite vacant, is a mind distress'd. The keenest pangs the wretched find, Are rapture to the dreary void — The leafless desert of the mind... | |
 | James Flamank - 1833 - 436 страници
...could occupy his mind and exercise his bodily powers, he will become miserable. Cowper says, — " 'Tis easy to resign a toilsome place, But not to manage...occupation is not rest ; A mind quite vacant is a mind distrest." H 2 A person should be more adapted by his taste and general qualities for that to which... | |
 | Thomas Taylor - 1833 - 512 страници
...indolence. • 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.' This poem contains the most striking picture of melancholy that was ever drawn : and it... | |
 | 1834 - 498 страници
...and commerce shall be laid aside, consider how they may be qualified to enjoy and improve leisure, " Absence of occupation is not rest, A mind quite vacant, is a mind distress'd." Every one must perceive, that a taste for literature and philosophy — a treasure of books, and a... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 480 страници
...immediately shaping out some new engagement. None had ever more keenly felt the truth of his own adage, Absence of occupation is not rest ; A mind quite vacant is a mind distrest. Accordingly, through the advice, as appears, of the Rev. Mr Bull, he began, or perhaps recommenced... | |
 | 1835 - 434 страници
...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 tise... | |
 | William Cowper - 1837 - 534 страници
...Lucrative offices are seldom lost For want of pow'rs proportion'd to the post : Give e'en a dunce th' employment he desires, And he soon finds the talents...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... | |
 | 1837 - 224 страници
...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,... | |
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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. 
