Whereas in poetry the lights are triumphant—and gazing on the glory men's hearts burn within them— and they carry the joy in among their own griefs, till despondency gives way to exultation, and the day's darg of this worky world is lightened by a dawn of dreams .

There is no end of the epigrams and witticisms which she can throw out, this elegant Mrs. T., on people who marry for love, lead prosy, worky lives, and put on their best cap with pink ribbons for Sunday.

These are not necessarily melancholy days; they are very worky, playful, enjoyable ones to those who keep well and busy.

The Fours are having a very worky morning.

Been busy doing Christmas cards today and now I'm catching up on worky stuff.

If you're reading this, I've popped my clogs from too much worky-boring-thinky stuff and not enough menacing.

I have had no duties of the worky sort except taking care of my own room, paying some attention to Mother and Ellen when sick and teaching Ellen and Richard

You'll be far too busy with work cocktails and work parties and other wonderful worky type things.

Jasper is lazy as a dawg, so he wouldn't be much use to you, but Sexton's more worky

Pam's always been very worky; now I'm worky, too.

Angelo has an important deadline, so he is all worky today.

In 48. Sunday, 1. 11, the spelling is 'worky.'

But simply inspires a thought of pale ale, With its wisky, frisky, worky, jerky, Hoppery, poppery, spittery, bittery, Frolicking frothy fun.

More water or meglip must be added as occasion requires; but too much of the former is apt to produce a very worky appearance, and if too much of the latter is used the color will take a long time to dry.

Dresses feel too dressy, skirts too girly, tanks too booby, shirts too worky, and then of course we have the whole shoes issue.

The secretary prints out a schedule and gives us our e-mail log-in and password, then says, "Hold on a minute" and comes back with someone who looks like a student, except that her clothes are a little worky.

He's git on an eld HEAD jumper n worky jeans even though he's on the bru.

Without the jacket, the skirt doesn't look too worky, does it?

“Richard's Castle," says Leland, "standeth at the top of a very worky hill, well wooded, and at the west end of the parish church there."

All this may be fine for someone in the real estate business, but is far too worky for most investors.

What the aforementioned statistics fail to capture is that work over the last few decades has become decidedly less worky.

If, in your state, foreclosures proceed without court supervision (nonjudicial foreclosure), then you'll have to bring your own lawsuit—a more worky and costly process.

Trying to divide a single bond, for example, among three children can get very worky.

Work is so worky today, y'all. We're short, we're proning three pts, and have paralyzed a fourth.

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