indolence
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Indolence is no longer the fashion among aristocrats; many are out making money.
From Time Magazine Archive
Indolence now, therefore, is only comparable with the conduct of a prodigal, who has wasted his estate without reflection, and then has not the courage to examine his accounts; far be this from Britons!
From Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume I (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte by Hamilton, Lady Anne
Thomson, as imitator of Spenser's verse, 104; Castle of Indolence, 103*, 143*; Seasons, 237 f.*.
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Alden, Raymond MacDonald
Indolence iz one ov the wust mildews i kno ov—it iz the grate leak that haz let thousands ov men drizzle away.
From The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Shaw, Henry W.
Indolence, that is to say, chronic fatigue, appears to be the natural habit of imaginative brains.
From Methods of Authors by Erichsen, Hugo
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The Giver
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Negatives with "in"
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Life of Pi
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