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“For I dread, George,” the old lady says to her son, who waits below to keep her company when she has a little leisure,
Bleak House 2007
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That a man must break his back to earn his day of leisure,
Girl Beatles 1965
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And cards were dropped from hands of listless leisure,
Choice Specimens of American Literature, and Literary Reader Being Selections from the Chief American Writers Benj. N. Martin
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And cards were dropped from hands of listless leisure,
Narrative and Lyric Poems (first series) for use in the Lower School O. J. Stevenson
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At the height of Spring, in occasional moments of leisure,
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Remarking that he would finish the story when Mr. Cone had more leisure,
The Dude Wrangler Caroline Lockhart 1916
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Haste still pays haste, and leisure answers leisure,
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Revolving this project in my mind, as to be undertaken hereafter, when my circumstances should afford me the necessary leisure,
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Read the sixteenth chapter of the book of Numbers at your leisure,
The Path of the King John Buchan 1907
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If, for a moment, the neatness and precision of his dress suggested a man of idle leisure,
The Light That Lures Percy James Brebner 1893
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