Selections from English literature, by E. Lee, Book 3Elizabeth Lee 1913 |
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... labour about useless things were set to more profitable employments , and if all they that languish out their lives in sloth and idle- ness ( every one of whom consumes as much as any two of the men that are at work ) were forced to labour ...
... labour about useless things were set to more profitable employments , and if all they that languish out their lives in sloth and idle- ness ( every one of whom consumes as much as any two of the men that are at work ) were forced to labour ...
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... LABOUR . ALL work is noble ; work is alone noble . There is a perennial nobleness , and even sacredness , in Work . Were he never so benighted , forgetful of his high calling , there is always hope in a man ... Labour The Dignity of Labour.
... LABOUR . ALL work is noble ; work is alone noble . There is a perennial nobleness , and even sacredness , in Work . Were he never so benighted , forgetful of his high calling , there is always hope in a man ... Labour The Dignity of Labour.
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... Labour , the whole soul of a man is composed into a kind of real harmony , the instant he sets himself to work ! Doubt , Desire , Sorrow , Remorse , Indignation , Despair itself , all these like helldogs lie beleaguering the soul of the ...
... Labour , the whole soul of a man is composed into a kind of real harmony , the instant he sets himself to work ! Doubt , Desire , Sorrow , Remorse , Indignation , Despair itself , all these like helldogs lie beleaguering the soul of the ...
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GEOFFREY CHAUCER 13401400 | 1 |
OF SCOTLAND 13941437 | 9 |
SIR THOMAS MALORY fl 1470 | 15 |
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