 Opposite to exercise is idleness (the badge of gentry), or want of exercise, the bane of body and mind, the nurse of naughtiness, stepmother of discipline, the chief author of all mischief, one of the seven deadly sins, and a sole cause of this and many...  The Massachusetts Teacher - Page 1411864Full view - About this book
 | Robert Burton - 1800 - 616 pages
...of gentry) or want of Exercise, the bane of body and niinde, the nurse of naughtiness, ste]. mother of discipline, the chief author of all mischief, one of the seven deadly sins, and a sole cause of this and many other maladies, the devil's cushion, as bGnalter calls it, his pillow... | |
 | Robert Burton - 1804 - 622 pages
...idleness (the badge of gentry), or want of exercise, the bane of body and mind, the nurse of naughtiness, step-mother of discipline, the chief author of all mischief, one of the seven deadly sins, and a sole cause of this and many other maladies, the .devils cushion, (as "Gualter calls it) his pillow... | |
 | 1840 - 618 pages
...successful. " Idleness of mind," says Burton in his Anatomy of Melancholy, " is the badge of gentry, the bane of body and mind, the nurse of naughtiness,...seven deadly sins, the cushion upon which the devil reposes, and a great cause of melancholy." ATT 14/A December, 1839. (7'y be continued.) THE HARE WITH... | |
 | Robert Burton - 1821 - 616 pages
...idleness (the badge of gentry), or want of exercise, the bane of body and mind, the nurse of naughtiness, step-mother of discipline, the chief author of all mischief, one of the seven deadly sins, and a sole cause of this and many other maladies, the devils cushion, (as *Gualter calls it) his pillow... | |
 | Robert Burton - 1821 - 614 pages
...idleness (the badge of gentry), or want of exercise, the bane of body and mind, die nurse of naughtiness, step-mother of discipline, the chief author of all mischief, one of the seven deadly sins, and a sole cause of this and many other maladies, the devils cushion, (as "Gualtcr calls it) his pillow... | |
 | John Platts - 1822 - 844 pages
...1 should both keep myself from being worse, and not have time to entertain evil." Thus far Feltham. Idleness is the bane of body and mind, the nurse of...the seven deadly sins, the cushion upon which the tempter chiefly reposes, and a great cause not only of melancholy, but of many other diseases : for... | |
 | 1853 - 572 pages
...which makes men conclude hastily. Experience and humility teach modesty and fear. — Jeremy Taylor. Idleness is the bane of body and mind, the nurse of...mischief, one of the seven deadly sins, the cushion on which the devil chiefly reposes, and a great cause not only of melancholy, but of many other diseases,... | |
 | Robert Burton - 1837 - 644 pages
...idleness (the badge of gentry), or want of exercise, the bane -of body and mind, the nurse of naughtiness, step-mother of discipline, the chief author of all mischief, one of the seven deadly sins, and a sole cause of this and many other maladies, the devils .cushion, (as ' Gualter calls it) his... | |
 | Robert Burton - 1838 - 762 pages
...idleness (the badge of gentry), or want of exercise, the bane of body and mind, the nurse of naughtiness, step-mother of discipline, the chief author of all mischief, one of the seven deadly sins, and a sole cause of this and many other maladies, the devil's cushion, (as P Gualter calls it) his... | |
 | Thomas Harttree Cornish - 1843 - 334 pages
...skilful. " Idleness of mind," says Burton in his Anatomy of t Melancholy, " is the badge of gentry, the bane of body and mind, the nurse of naughtiness,...seven deadly sins, the cushion upon which the devil reposes, and a great cause of melancholy." Lord Coke wrote the subjoined distich, which he religiously... | |
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