neglecter

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That no dreamer, no neglecter, Of the present's work unsped, I may wake up and be doing, Life's heroic ends pursuing, Though my past is dead as Hector, And though Hector is twice dead.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 by Various

It burned me like an acid to bear the name of this neglecter of his duties: this skulker behind a bush while other men did his work.

From The Claw by Stockley, Cynthia

Then the scholar we are describing, the neglecter rather than the inspector of books, stuffs his volume with firstling violets, roses, and quadrifoils.

From The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author by Burton, John Hill

Handel resembles Lully somewhat in his reputation for being a lover of the table and a neglecter of womankind.

From The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 1 by Hughes, Rupert

Then the scholar we are speaking of, a neglecter rather than an inspecter of books, will stuff his volume with violets, and primroses, with roses and quatrefoil.

From The Love of Books The Philobiblon of Richard de Bury by Thomas, Ernest Chester