10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LIE-ABED»
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lie-abed in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
lie-abed and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The bed-book of happiness: being a colligation or assemblage ...
being a colligation or assemblage of cheerful writings brought together from
many quarters into this one compass for the diversion, distraction and delight of
those who lie abed, -a friend to the invalid, a companion to the sleepless, an
excuse ...
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A Dictionary of English and French Equivalent Proverbs
Geta good name of earlyrising and you may lie abed /Hewho getsa
nameofearlyrising may sleep al day. Cf. His NAME is up;he may lie abed till noon
. 1438 He that has an ill NAME is half hanged. Le bruit pend l'homme. Une fois
en mauvais ...
Just for once in her life she would like to lie abed, free of social and political
commitments, with a man who loved her. Her face blanched. Not with “a” man,
she harshly corrected herself. She wanted to lie abed with her husband. “No,
Mother, I ...
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Bloodstock and Other Stories
And my father calls me a chatterbox, but indeed he loves to hear me chatter, and
my mother complains that I am sadly idle, and indeed I love to lie abed. Do you
not love to lie abed? Only this morning I was so shocking idle, my maid could not
...
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The Story of the Grail and the Passing of Arthur
The King said, “No, if she would rather sleep than hunt, let her lie abed." Then
another said, “Lord, Sir Geraint is not here either. Shall we call him?" King Arthur
laughed. “Nay," quoth he, “let him also lie abed if he be drowsy." Therewith they ...
In The Ordeal of Richard Feverel, Meredith pronounces very heavily against the
lie-abed; and in one of his manuals, I think, Mr. Bennett declares that this
sluggardliness which he hears so much of is a sign of unhealth, and he bids the
writer to ...
the Lord hears when I call to him. 4 However angry your hearts, do not do wrong;
though you lie abed resentful," do not break silence : 5 pay your due of sacrifice,
and trust in the Lord. 6 There are many who say, ' If only we might be ...
In The Ordeal of Richard Feverel, hIeredith pronounces very heavily against the
lie-abed; and in one of his manuals, I think, Mr. Bennett declares that this
sluggardliness which he hears so much of is a sign of unhealth, and he bids the
writer to ...
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The Complete Poems of Christina Rossetti
MS: the [world is] <birds are> silence keeping MS: (Lullaby oh 1872, 1872a, 1893
: oh, lullaby!) MS: Sleep my < > fall asleeping. MS: Lullaby oh lullaby. 1872,
1872a, 1893: oh, lullaby! LIE ABED [Date of composition unknown. Editions:
1872 ...
Christina Georgina Rossetti, Rebecca W. Crump, 1986
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The Works of Charles Dickens
I am a young man of that easy disposition, that I lie abed till it's absolutely
necessary to get up and earn something, and then I lie abed again till I have
spent it. It was on an occasion when I had had to turn to with a view to victuals,
that I found ...
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LIE-ABED»
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lie-abed is used in the context of the following news items.
Pine martens, eagles, short-eared owls and whooper swans — part …
At times I got a bit impatient with 'Mr Fox' and 'the lie-abed sun', but gradually I came to view it as a measure of the man. Lister-Kaye is a ... «Spectator.co.uk, Mar 15»
Nassir Ghaemi Uncovers A First-Rate Madness
The lie-abed of old had been reborn an ogre of vigor. “On one occasion, in December 1942, [Hitler] shouted nonstop for three hours.” Hitler's ... «New York Observer, Jul 11»
