Empty red and white brings in vice, and is frittered away little by little by the lightly gliding years; "But courage plants firmer the hearts devoted to it, and does not slip and straightway fall.
And now I appeal to all--to Democrats as well as others--are you really willing that the Declaration shall thus be frittered away?
If the Federal Government is to be maintained, its strength must not be fritteredaway by conceding the theory of secession.
He could not forget that the best years of his life had been frittered away in a service which in the end proved of no avail to him.
It has become unfashionable, and besides, so much good money is frittered away by paying.
O, no, she frittered all her money away, and always was poor at quarter-day; and she has only that old aunt to take care of her.
Hence the energies of the people were frittered away.
And thus, in one way and another, the summer and autumn were frittered away, so that the trial did not begin until the 19th of December.
But the Puritan magistrates were shrewd, and months were frittered away to no purpose.
The first day was frittered away on questions of order.
He has frittered away his political position by such meaningless concessions.
But I find myself driven into hostility to him by a conviction that he won't let me take any real step in life, till my life has been half frittered away.
The Duke had frittered away his support in that House, and as a Minister had lost that confidence which a majority of the House had once been willing to place in him.
The fruits of his victory werefrittered away by the incompetency of others.
As it was, the right flank of Thomas's advancing corps became exposed and turned, and he was forced to retire from the field he had won, the fruits of his victory frittered away by Crittenden's negativeness.
Absorbed in the materialistic game, or frittered and jaded in frivolous diversions, all eternal aims go by default.
Unfortunately the great organization of the farmers frittered itself away in a stupid chase after political power.
It is safe to assume that the receipts were trivial and the whole business affords an illustration of the methods by which the revenues of Spain were frittered away before reaching the treasury.
Digging ditches and hunting for springs is of no use,--more money is frittered away so than in large undertakings.
The little property that I inherited from my mother has been frittered away in household expenses, that you might seem disinterested to your brother.
Thus, while the phenomena are frittered away among Regimental or unorganized General Hospitals, a well-kept record in each well-organized hospital will do more than all other means to promote the scientific understanding of disease.
In these days the offshoots of many families are absolutely dependent on this sacred fund for their subsistence, and the consequence naturally is that the endowment is frittered away and the work itself inevitably falls into decay.
If not thus absorbed, the time is usually frittered away by sundry petty frivolous inquiries of a purely domestic character.
In his St. Petronilla the rags and brawny limbs of two gigantic porters crush the effect which the saint ought to have, and all the rest is frittered into spots.
By this policy no one portion of our friends can ever be certain as to what course another portion may adopt; and by this want of mutual and perfect understanding our political identity is partially frittered away and lost.
Much of Smollett’s time was frittered away on work for the Review which would have been more remuneratively employed in other fields.
The income from his wife’s property was now greatly decreased, while what remained was frittered away on vexatious lawsuits.
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