vacant hour
Example Sentences
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He who in harmless sport employs A vacant hour, is not unwise.
From Aesop, in Rhyme Old Friends in a New Dress by Park, Marmaduke
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
“In my next vacant hour, following the one devoted to Lafelle, I want to see Reverend Darius Borwell,” he directed.
From Carmen Ariza by Stocking, Charles Francis
In academies, and private families, it may be erected in the place allotted for amusement, where it will furnish entertainment for many a vacant hour.
From Practical Education, Volume II by Edgeworth, Maria
Is the true end of poetry to occupy a vacant hour?
From The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius by Cruttwell, Charles Thomas
