What is the new
stroke of work that's expected from me this time?
If you escape - you need never do another
stroke of work as long as you live.
I did so; but instead of seeking work, as I had been accustomed to do previously to hiring my time, I spent the whole week without the performance of a single
stroke of work.
For years he has gone on unflinchingly, filled with the most living faith and hope and charity, and I sometimes wonder whether they are any better now in his parish than they were under his predecessor, a man who smoked and drank beer from Monday morning to Saturday night, never did a
stroke of work, and often kept the scanty congregation waiting on Sunday afternoons while he finished his postprandial nap.
And also how I, who never did a
stroke of work in my life, am overburdened with wealth; whilst the children of the men who made that wealth are slaving as their fathers slaved, or starving, or in the workhouse, or on the streets, or the deuce knows where.
On Friday in the next week I happened to come back late--having had a good
stroke of work to do that day, in the way of cooking a public dinner for a tavern-keeper who knew me.
I undertook not to give the poor beast away, but at the same time told him I had not the faintest intention of doing another
stroke of work that night.
It is true that the royal speech at the opening of such session virtually said, My lords and gentlemen, you have a considerable
stroke of work to do, and you will please to retire to your respective chambers, and discuss, How not to do it.
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In another industry, I well remember the draughtsmen's union rep each morning laying the same large blueprint over his board and not doing a
stroke of work all day, except plot with his other reps.
Referring to Lady C's work ethic, he added: "We are all working hard in there but one person never washed a cup, never dried a cup, never did one
stroke of work, the rest of us worked to support her.
Most of the TUSC candidates were just names on paper, they didn't do a
stroke of work in my area of Liversedge and Gomersal mainly because they haven't the numbers.
She teases: "You never did a
stroke of work down there.
It would be grossly unfair if free bus passes, winter fuel allowance, free prescriptions or free eye examinations were denied to those who had worked all their lives and contributed much to society and those who had never done a
stroke of work in their lives gleaned everything going including rent and council tax rebates, social funding, free eye and dental care and much more.
