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"Do-nothing" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... The fairy Do-nothing was gorgeously dressed with a wreath of flaming gas round her head, a robe of gold tissue, a necklace of rubies, and a bouquet in her hand of glittering diamonds. Her cheeks were rouged to the very ...
— Junior Classics, V6 • Various
... a thoroughgoing supporter of the 'do-nothing' doctrine. He approved of a national system of education, and of the early factory acts, though only as applied to infant labour. So, as we shall see, did all the Utilitarians. The 'individualism,' however, is not less ...
— The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) - James Mill • Leslie Stephen |
Words linked to "Do-nothing" : dallier, idler, ne'er-do-well, lie-abed, sluggard, slug, nonworker, good-for-nothing, irresponsible, daydreamer, dilly-dallier, sunbather, trifler, no-account, good-for-naught, shirker, spiv, poke, couch potato, slugabed, clock watcher, slacker |
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