sluggard

• She begged leave to refer Queen Mab to various works in the International Scientific Series for a complete explanation of her motives, and mentioned, casually, that she also held credentials from Mr. Romanes. Then, explaining that her character with the sluggard was at stake, she hurried away. —  'That Very Mab'
• Rise, sluggard, and slay the lion! —  The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 2, August, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy
• His parents rated him for a sluggard, and his brothers dubbed him "Sleepy Tony." —  The Hero of Esthonia and Other Studies in the Romantic Literature of That Country
• And it was as much to conceal my disappointment from the world as for any better reason that I had slunk into retirement; for if I am slow to come to a decision in such a matter, once come to, it is of no light moment Yet although I had breathed no word of my lost dreams to Isobel but had congratulated her with the rest, often and bitterly I had cursed myself for a sluggard. —  The Green Eyes of Bâst
• Oh, no, they were stanch and true, and loved the ocean as the sluggard loves his bed, or the lover his mistress Ay, and for the matter of that, the love was a more enduring and a more healthy love, for it increased with years, and made men love one another, and they would stand by each other while they had a limb to lift--while they were able to chew a quid or wink an eye, leave alone wag a pigtail We were outward bound for Ceylon, with cargo, and were to bring spices and other matters home from the Indian market. —  Varney the Vampire Or the Feast of Blood

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