idle,

Which occupied nearly three years in which he was not idle,

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And sold to slavery; of my redemption thence, And portance in my travel's history: Wherein of antres vast and deserts idle,

An Address by Mr. Walter Huston 1935

So, when there was an ordinary sermon to be preached, or a commonplace piece of work to be done, it was handed over to Grace, with a few tolerant words of advice or comment, and as commonplace work was rather the rule than the exception, the Reverend Paul's life was not idle,

That Lass O' Lowrie's 1877 Frances Hodgson Burnett 1886

Blue pill, castor oil, morphia - I have not been idle,

Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle 1883

For their strength shall be quenched and made idle,

Erechtheus A Tragedy (New Edition) Algernon Charles Swinburne 1873

That speaks the chill'd affection -- forced and idle,

Poems: Descriptive, Dramatic, Legendary and Contemplative, by William Gilmore Simms, Esq. In Two Volumes: Vol. II. I. Southern Passages and Pictures; II. Historical and Dramatic Sketches; III. Scripture Legends; IV. Francesca Da Rimini 1853

While the industry's capacity has grown to just under 12 billion gallons a year, about 1.3 billion gallons of that capacity has been idle,

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Gnome screen-saver does not turn on when system is idle,

LinuxQuestions.org rdnelson 2009

Then her father’s house was seldom without some merchant, or sea-captain from foreign parts, who, like Othello, had his tales of — “Antres vast, and deserts idle,

Westward Ho! 2007

"I know he is; but you are older, and not a dunce, if you were not idle,

Louis' School Days A Story for Boys