industrious

"Here is one of the finest scholars, one of the most original men of genius, and one of the most industrious of the literary profession of our country, whose temporary suspension of labor, from bodily illness, drops him immediately to a level with the common objects of public charity.

Here, not merely the river itself, but every rivulet flowing into it, was dammed up by communities of industrious beavers, so as to inundate the neighborhood, and make continual swamps.

OF two Writers one was brilliant but indolent; the other though dull, industrious. They set out for the goal of fame with equal opportunities.

Once upon a time there was a widow who had two daughters; one of them was beautiful and industrious, the other ugly and lazy.

The subject was grateful, and the industrious Weitbrecht-Rotholz in his imposing monograph[2] has been able to give a remarkable list of authorities.

Nobility of birth commonly abateth industry; and he that is not industrious, envieth him that is.

And she went to the parsonage, and begged that they would take her into service; she would be very industrious, she said, and would do everything she could; she did not care about the wages, only she wished to have a home, and be with good people.

A well-disposed boy comes in my way who may be even a little wanting in such advantages for getting on in life, but is honest and industrious and requires a helping hand and deserves it.

"Is he industrious at his work and respectful to you?"

"Well, he's very sober and industrious," said Nancy, trying to view the matter as cheerfully as possible.

Industrious, and possessed of a handwriting purely English, his caligraphy is, it must be confessed, even worse than my own.

Luckily Hayward's letters came seldom, and in the intervals Philip settled down again to his industrious life.