Labors

Examples

• His labors, however, were interrupt ed by the death of his assistant Flemming, and by his own illness, which proved fatal in 1846, a few months before the actual discovery of Neptune. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Such is the condition of our laws and practice that the patentee in seeking to enforce his rights labors under a terrible handicap. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Thou hast done nobly, my son, said he, and thy labors will serve the interests of our Mother Church. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Miss Ophelia still persevered in her labors in the housekeeping line. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• All the men who could be employed, were kept at work from early dawn until darkness closed the labors of the day. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• At one time the Astronomer Royal had felt very skeptical about the possibility of the discovery which his own labors had contributed to advance. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Imagination labors best in distant fields. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• In the sentence I quote the Commissioners had an idea which might have animated all their labors. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Then Jehu, the good missionary, rested from his labors once more. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• When I had entered he was sweeping the shop, and he had sweetened his labors by sweeping over me. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Cuvier said, Davy, not yet thirty-two, in the opinion of all who could judge of such labors, held the first rank among the chemists of this or of any other age. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• After these tiresome labors, she must do her lessons, which was a daily trial of every virtue she possessed. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• I leave you to your military labors. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• A couple of hours at Day's Music Hall in the evening would do you no harm after your labors. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• These labors are not done in a day. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• But when, as we have seen, voltaic electricity entered the field, electricity became a more powerful and tractable servant, and distant intelligent signals became one of its first labors. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Edison's work on conveyors during the period of his ore-concentrating labors was distinctively original, ingenious and far in advance of the times. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• That was the way with Mr. Casaubon's hard intellectual labors. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• In a few years more his labors were crowned with success. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Not least important of the joint labors of the Society were its publications, which established contacts and stimul ated research throughout the scientific world. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• It was adjourned before completing its labors, to meet in Frederick, Maryland. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• But the vast ruin will still stand for ages, to shame the puny labors of these modern generations of men. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• In this case his labors were directed toward improving the phonograph so as to put it into thoroughly practicable form, capable of ordinary use by the public at large. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• It would indeed be an intolerably pedantic performance for a nation to sit still and wait for its scientists to report on their labors. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• He labored day and night, and the result of all his labors was the same. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• This produced a momentary respite to his labors. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• But, all this time, who shall detail the tribulations manifold of our friend Miss Ophelia, who had begun the labors of a Southern housekeeper? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• The fruit of his labors is scattered throughout the entire domain of the science. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.

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