vacant hour
Example Sentences
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Raeburn, Runciman, and Ferguson the poet were of the society, and it was with such as these that Brodie might have wasted his vacant hour.
From A Book of Scoundrels by Whibley, Charles
It fills a vacant hour for leisurely people, it gives agreeable distraction, it furnishes some pleasant dreams.
From The Altar Fire by Benson, Arthur Christopher
If my narrative has no other recommendation, it may at least serve to while away a vacant hour, and remind my readers of something better, they have read before.
From Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated, by Giles, Ernest
A vacant hour is always the devil's hour.
From Stray Thoughts for Girls by Soulsby, Lucy H. M.
The Miller saw, and mention'd, in his prajse, The prompt fidelity of all his ways; Till in a vacant hour, the Dinner done, One day he jokjng cried, 'Come here, my Son!
From Rural Tales, Ballads, and Songs by Bloomfield, Robert
