The which strange vision not so suddenlie strake his heart with a sudden feare, but it stuffed his head and troubled his mind with manie busie and dreadfull imaginations.
And though they cannot greatly sting to hurt, Yet looke to haue them busie to offend thine eares.
A Taylor sent his bill to a Lawyer for money; the Lawyer bid the Boy tell his Master, that he was not running away (being very busie at that time).
Her seeming dead he found with feigned feare, 2 As all vnweeting of that well she knew, And paynd himselfe with busie care to reare 4 Her out of carelesse swowne.
Wherefore, I will not have you to take more pains, and waste your time in such fruitless attempts, but be wiser hereafter, and busie your selves with such Experiments as may be beneficial to the publick.
This last Search made us look upon that Place as unsafe to go to again; for I perceiv'd that Disguis'd Constable was a busie Fellow, and wou'd be always Jealous of our Returning again.
This busie power is working day and night; For when the outward senses rest doe take, A thousand dreames, fantasticall and light, With fluttring wings doe keepe her still awake.
So when a dream our wandring eyes betrays, And to our side some hidden gold conveys; Our busie hands the inviting treasure seize, And hid in guilty folds the fancy'd prize.
They are Life's best Business: Vocation to them hath more Emolument coming in, than all the other busie Termes of Life.
I now do plainly see, This busie world and I shall ne'er agree!
At the Restoration some difficulty occurred to dispose of "busie Mr. Pryn," as Whitelocke calls him.
But as he was busie in hand herewith, death tooke him out of this life, after he had reigned 27 yeares, and then was he buried at London.
Some busie Genius Whispers to my Soul, The loss of this upon my Wedding Day Portend's a greater e're the Day be past.
Moreover, if you see them very busie about sweet-meats or unguents, you may know that it will presently be a showre.
But Oh Unlucky Fate, A Curse upon Ambition: The Busie Fopps of State Have ruin'd his Condition.
There he arriving around about doth flie, From bed to bed, from one to other border; And takes survey, with curious busie eye, Of every flowre and herbe there set in order.
Altea: He knows his distance Madam, I warrant ye he is busie in the celler Amongst his fellow servants, or asleep, Till your command awake him.
As for my part, I have obtained my end, if these my small Labours shall be thought fit to take up some place in the large stock, of natural Observations, which so many hands are busie in providing.
Busie old foole, unruly Sunne, Why dost thou thus, Through windowes, and through curtaines call on us?
Unpin that spangled breastplate which you wear, That th'eyes of busie fooles may be stopt there.
But now, for us, with busie proofe to come, That we'have no reason, would prove wee had some.
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