10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHIFTLESSLY»
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shiftlessly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
shiftlessly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
... lazying, or prowling, or loitering about the streets, who are not permitted by the
law to assist their parents towards gaining a livelihood, but who are allowed by
this same law to rove about at large, idly and shiftlessly, often to acquire the very
...
Mary Elizabeth Braddon, 1867
The input pulley halves close up and the output pulley halves spread. This
shiftlessly reverses the situation, increasing the effective diameter of the input
and decreasing that of the output, so the differences in diameter gradually narrow
and ...
3
Annual Report of the Board of State Charities of Massachusetts
They insist that in no other way can the curse of vagrancy be so efficiently
checked ; that now it is submitted to by some towns without an attempt to remedy
it ; in others, dealt with timidly, shiftlessly or spasmodically ; and that where
persistent ...
Massachusetts. Board of State Charities, 1872
4
The Galaxy: A Magazine of Entertaining Reading
... writers of our literature ; yet, he has brought in at least one bill or amendment
upon his very important reconstruction question, so loosely thought, so shiftlessly
worded, that any clearheaded lawyer could " drive a coach and six through it.
5
The Biggest Joke Book Ever
You walk around the building all day, shiftlessly looking for fault in others. You
have a sharp dressed, useless look about you that may have worked for your
interview but now that you actually have responsibility, you pawn it off on
overworked ...
6
The Honey Pit: Phil Jones' Story about a Wilderness Prison ...
There were also four or five murders, with knife or ax. A question of finally settling
old, festering scores. There was a general air of gloom over the whole camp; the
men were shiftlessly poking about the yard when they went out at all.
7
Philippine Short Stories, 1941-1955: 1941-1949
... houses long impaired by neglect and consistent change of occupants who
were existing shiftlessly like leaves in the winds of circumstance. From the porch
Remy was descrying some of these new drifts of circumstance in the
neighborhood.
8
The Greatest Nation of the Earth: Republican Economic ...
Democrats charged that Republican confiscation plans would lead free black
people North to take jobs from white men, or to live shiftlessly, draining Northern
tax dollars. In return, Republicans began a concerted effort to destroy the idea
that ...
Heather Cox Richardson, 2009
9
Run with the Horses: The Quest for Life at Its Best
... for when we live in despair we don't have to do anything or risk anything We
can live lazily and shiftlessly with an untarnished reputation for practicality,
current with the way things ap- pear It is fashionable to espouse the latest
cynicism If we ...
10
Patron Saints for Postmoderns: Ten from the Past Who Speak ...
... slaves of chance, or environment, or our subconscious; any vague notion that
good and evil are merely relative terms, or that conduct and opinion do not really
matter; any comfortable persuasion that, however shiftlessly we muddle through ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHIFTLESSLY»
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shiftlessly is used in the context of the following news items.
Orphans | Red Line Productions
The play moves shiftlessly between the realism of Pinter (the mould on the walls and dirty cups) into dark humor and high drama. Orphans has been called a ... «Australian Stage Online, Apr 15»
Worth Their Wait
It's perfectly possible, of course, to flick desultorily through a printed magazine in just the same way one drifts shiftlessly across the infosphere. But something ... «Pitchfork Media, Sep 14»
24, episode 11: The world's dumbest, worst man
So in this episode, we were treated to the delightful spectacle of Mark Boudreau just kind of shiftlessly waiting around until bad things happen to him. 4. LOOKS ... «SB Nation, Jul 14»
I don't like The Walking Dead's Bob Stookey …
That intro with Bob aimlessly and shiftlessly shuffling from scene to scene — often without purpose … lost … dazed and confused — it pulled you in. It pulled me ... «CliqueClack, Mar 14»
Claiming Europe's Role on the World Stage
Jan Salie was a Dutch nineteenth-century literary figure who held back his entire family by shiftlessly clinging to the past. His looking back made it impossible to ... «Carnegie Europe, Dec 13»
The 80s cartoons we need to preserve for future generations
For years they shiftlessly laid around Savannahs and British safari parks like carnivorous sofas, employed only as camera fodder for tourists or the odd ... «Den Of Geek, Jul 13»
Now you can buy a $1.3 million Japanese mech over the internet
But should you be so shiftlessly wealthy, Suidobashi is offering these mean machines for $1.3 million a pop. Get it in Camaro colors, create a playlist of nothing ... «Gizmodo, Jul 12»
Footloose Ups The Dancing And Sex Factor Of The Original
Even the students at school, having lost the outlet of dance, move through their days shiftlessly, trying to hold on until graduation when a chance to escape the ... «FemPop, Oct 11»
Subaru: Solid, safe... and sexy?
The base five-speed manual is functional enough, and the optional continuously variable automatic ($1,300) is just fine for shiftlessly running errands in town. «Globe and Mail, Oct 11»
Haley Barbour Channels Aunt Pittypat to Deny Racism's Afoot
He wiped his face with his forearm, took a deep breath, looked around shiftlessly and asked, “Did that answer your question?” He later claimed to have no ... «Glossy News, Nov 10»
