 | 1854 - 704 pàgines
...because it keeps them out of worse mischief; to such I have at present nothing to say. Those who would not know what to do with more leisure than they now...a year to support one. The laborer's day ends with the going down of the sun, and he is then free to devote himself to his chosen pursuit, independent... | |
 | 1855 - 684 pàgines
...huckle-berries, he at last concluded that ' the occupa.ion of a day-laborer was the most independent of any, as it required only thirty or forty days in a year to support one. The laborer's day ands with the going down of the sun, and he is then free to devote himself to his chosen pursuit, independent... | |
 | 1857 - 676 pàgines
...because it keeps them out of worse mischief; to such I have at present nothing to say. Those who would not know what to do with more leisure than they now...a year to support one. The laborer's day ends with the going down of the sun, and he is then free to devote himself to his chosen pursuit, independei^t... | |
 | Chambers's journal - 1858 - 432 pàgines
...furniture, or a house in the Grecian or Gothic style, he concluded that ' the occupation of a day-labourer was the most independent of any, especially as it required only thirty or forty days' work to support a man for the whole year. Besides, the labourer's day ends with the going down of the... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1882 - 278 pàgines
...because it keeps them out of worse mischief ; to such I have at present nothing to say. Those who would not know what to do with more leisure than they now...a year to support one. The laborer's day ends with the going down of the sun, and he is then free to devote himself to his chosen pursuit, independent... | |
 | Franklin Benjamin Sanborn - 1882 - 368 pàgines
...winters, as well as most of my summers, I had free and clear for study. I found that the occupation of day-laborer was the most independent of any, especially as it required only thirty or forty days in the year to support one." This was true of Thoreau, because, as he said, his "greatest skill had been... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1893 - 536 pàgines
...because \ keeps them out of worse mischief; to such 1 have at present nothing to say. Those who would not know what to do with more leisure than they now...a year to support one. The laborer's day ends with the going down of the sun, and he is then free to devote himself to his chosen pursuit, independent... | |
 | Lucy Tappan - 1896 - 350 pàgines
...stone they leave. What if equal pains were taken to smooth and polish their manners ? Those who would not know what to do with more leisure than they now...they pay for themselves and get their free papers. I am convinced both by faith and experience that to maintain one's self on this earth is not a hardship,... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1899 - 386 pàgines
...because it keeps them out of worse mischief; to such I have at present nothing to say. Those who would not know what to do with more leisure than they now...a year to support one. The laborer's day ends with the going down of the sun, and he is then free to devote himself to his chosen pursuit, independent... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1904 - 268 pàgines
...keeps t---"them out of worse mischief ; to such I have at present nothing to say. Those wkTwOUkl liul know "what to do with more leisure than they now enjoy,...papers. For myself I found that the occupation of a day-labourer was the most independent of any, especially as it required only thirty or forty days in... | |
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industrious," and appear to love labor for its own sake, or perhaps because it keeps them out of worse mischief; to such I have at present nothing to say. Those who would not know what to do with more leisure than they now enjoy, I might advise to work... 
