 | Harvey Newcomb - Boys - 1853 - 264 pages
...yet ; " and instead of starting up with the lark, he lingers and delays, saying with the sluggard, " A little more sleep, a little more slumber, a little more folding of the hands to sleep." At length he rises, in a yawning mood, and proceeds slowly to pull on his clothes,... | |
 | 1854 - 814 pages
...was early dawn, and what more natural than that she should say, there is time enough — meanwhile "a little more sleep, a little more slumber, a little more folding of the hands to sleep ?" As she was sinking back again into unconsciousness, suddenly, with the brightness... | |
 | 1855 - 614 pages
...November 10. READEB, beware of a sleepy devil, for he is as bad as any. When once you begin to cry, " A little more sleep, a little more slumber, a little more folding of the hands to sleep ; then shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed... | |
 | Ellwood Haines Stokes - Madison (N.J.) - 1855 - 216 pages
...afterwards, the clouds of doubt and darkness gathering again, so depressed him that he cries out, "' A little more sleep, a little more slumber, a little more folding of the hands to sleep,' is thy language, 0 my soul." In a short time, reviving a little, he exclaims,... | |
 | 1855 - 690 pages
...most urgent .appeals to "awake and arise," the drawling, sluggard reply has too often been returned, "A little more sleep, a little more slumber, a little more folding of the bands to sleep!" These things are to be confessed. Your Committee feel that they may be deplored... | |
 | Daniel Dana Buck - 1856 - 480 pages
...opened, and almost Tuiimpressible to anything but the savory indications of another feast, will cry, " A little more sleep, a little more slumber, a little more folding of the hands to sleep." Thus, eating, and drinking, in the intense import of the terms ; or, drowsing... | |
 | Thomas Guthrie - Bible - 1856 - 496 pages
...early dawn ; and what more natural than that she should say, there is time enough — meanwhile, " a little more sleep, a little more slumber, a little more folding of the hands to sleep ? " As she was drowsily sinking back again into unconsciousness, suddenly, with... | |
 | Alexandre Rodolphe Vinet - Church group work - 1856 - 400 pages
...have most pernicious consequences. To success and prosperity in the ministry we may apply these words: "A little more sleep, a little more slumber, a little more folding of the hands to sleep ; so shall thy poverty come as one that traveleth, and thy want as an armed man."... | |
 | John Wesley - 1856 - 560 pages
...the same spirit ! 12. Poverty and want struck at the root of sloth also. It was now no time to say, " A little more sleep, a little more slumber, a little more folding of the hands to rest." If a man would not work now, it was plain he could not cat. All the pains he... | |
 | Benjamin Hall Kennedy - 1856 - 384 pages
...storeth up her provision. O sluggard, how long wilt thou lie ? Or when from thy sleep wilt thou rise ? A little more sleep, a little more slumber, A little more folding of hands to rest, And thy poverty shall come as a traveller, And thy want as an armed man. 634. Haste... | |
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A little more sleep, a little more slumber, a little " more folding of the hands to sleep. 
