The day had dawned to a contemplation of the monotonous round of drudging routine, only to close with a thrill such as she had never dreamed could be hers.
By it the ordinary citizen becomes a glowing patriot; the drudging youth turns into the devoted statesman; and life is made better in a thousand ways.
There are two aspects of duty; namely, cheerful duty and drudging duty.
And, when all's said and done, there's far more heroism packed into those struggling, drudging London lives than is found in a thousand battlefields.
And when they come to an engagement, what service can be done by such pale-faced students, as by drudging at the oars of wisdom, have spent all their strength and activity?
Such thoughts had frequently crossed the mind of Endymion when drudging in London during the autumn, and when all his few acquaintances were away.
The echoes of my own voice among the arches seem to mock me with my daily drudging round.
Here you profess to believe in my going into trade anddrudging behind a counter.
After he had by continual drudging worn out his body, he left this world contentedly, A.
I intend to give up the river, and take to some more gentlemanlike trade than drudging for dead men.
I reckon he's a throw-back, but if I hadn't come along and seen him he'd still be drudging away on a rocky farm in the hills.
Roast them, and baste them well with Butter, and drudging them often with rasped Bread sifted, and flour with a little Salt.
But he was as far as possible from being a drudging money-maker.
It was true that Jared for the present was still at Raleigh, drudging away at a very small salary.
What wonder if a lazy apprentice or servant-maid (Bekker gives several instances of the kind detected by him) should prefer being possessed, with its attendant perquisites, to drudging from morning till night?
On the contrary, the sense of personal dignity taught her the worth of the lowliest human being, and her intense desire for harmonious conditions quickened a boundless compassion for the squalid, downcast, and drudging multitude.
Contrasted with her radiant visions, how dreary looked actual existence; how galling was the friction of petty hindrances; how heavy the yoke of drudging care!
She loved and admired him, and it was her life work; and I think I understand such a woman well enough to feel sure she was happier drudging for him than she would have been with some smaller man drudging for her.
Drudging with you will only be a stepping-stone back to power.
Three of the most brilliant are still drudging along in the old shop on general assignments, for little more money than they made ten years ago.
Make a simple beginning in the university of experience by learning with experiments what constitutes a "story" and by drudging with pencil and typewriter to put that "story" into professional manuscript form.
