task-work

It was a tough competition though, not an easy random win, and after four weeks of task-work, only a little over 30 people were still in the game.

Sticky Business Contest Winners: Congrats! 2009

Have grown hard with the manacles and the task-work of strangers.

Asked Whether Advisers Are Pushing Wright Story, Hillary Demurs 2009

I had previously to this arranged a system of task-work for myself, which I would strongly recommend to those who feel as I have felt, that labour, when not made absolutely obligatory by the circumstances of the hour, should never be allowed to become spasmodic.

An Autobiography 2004

One luxury only I may claim, to relieve the drudging task-work of a mere reviser.

ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus 1819-1893 2001

"I don't want to burden you with my task-work," continued Mrs Dosett, "but I am afraid you seem to be listless."

Ayala's Angel 1993

How rapidly we got through our task-work, and what vivacity there was in our eyes and fingers!

Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 Various

There is especial danger, at the present day, that many of us may need to be warned like the scribe of old, wearied with his task-work, not to seek great things for ourselves.

The Elements of Character Mary G. Chandler

This was no day for tedious task-work, no day for grammar or arithmetic, no day for picking out illuminated letters in red and gold on stiff parchment, or patiently chasing intricate patterns over thick cloth with the slow needle.

Short Stories for English Courses Rosa Mary Redding [Editor] Mikels

He exposes the vulgar fallacy, that the growth and discipline of the mind are tested by the amount of task-work it can be made to accomplish.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 77, March, 1864 Various

At each side were the more youthful laborers, Cyriacus and Sisinnius, of whom it is recorded, that in addition to their own task-work, one on each side, they bore up his bonds.

Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 4 Charles Herbert Sylvester