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... too often—nay, too constantly—in the severer work and the stronger genius of Ben Jonson. What he might have done under happier auspices, or with a tougher fibre of resolution and perseverance in his character, it is waste of time and thought for his most sympathetic and compassionate admirers to assume or to conjecture: what he has done, with all its shortcomings and infirmities, is enough to secure for him a distinct and honorable place among the humorists and the ...

— The Age of Shakespeare • Algernon Charles Swinburne

... possibly find it now, and it is a waste of time to try. I can give you plenty of work to-day. Stay with me and serve as ...

— War from the Inside • Frederick L. (Frederick Lyman) Hitchcock

... you or to me," said Lord Earle. "I am sorry for you, Helena—Heaven knows it wrings my heart—but I shall not break my word! I will not reproach you," he continued, turning to his son, "it would be a waste of time and words; you knew the alternative, and ...

— Dora Thorne • Charlotte M. Braeme

... such a way. If a scholar is not prepared, it is not of much consequence whether it is because he forgot his book or mistook the lesson; or if it is ascertained that his answer is incorrect, it is ordinarily a mere waste of time to ...

— The Teacher • Jacob Abbott

... opinion, if 'selling' would be given more thought by such world famous writers as you, it would be a powerful factor in the complete revolution of business, and eliminate to a great extent the waste of time, money and human life that is so recklessly thrown away under the present ignorance of true salesmanship." N.A. Corking, Sales Mgr., Ford ...

— An Iron Will • Orison Swett Marden

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