There was peculiar sweetness in those old songs which made fire fighting a fascinating pastime in those old days.
That the pastime has been common among the children of civilized and semi-civilized races alike is certainly of curious interest, and yet investigation has proved this to be the case.
When I was invited to go surf-bathing at Muizenberg, I rubbed my eyes, for I had vague ideas that this pastime was confined to South Sea Islanders.
For, that anie man would of set purpose replenish the countrie with them for his pleasure and pastimein hunting, I can in no wise beleeue.
It is a pastime to read how Natalis Comes in like maner, speaking of our affaires, dooth clip the names of our English lords.
Reclining is, I think, a favorite pastime with the Austrian.
Noticing that the dog is scarred and seamed all over, I inquire the reason, and am told that he has been fighting wild boars in the chaparral, of which gentle pastime he is extremely fond.
He regarded women as an object of utility for those who desire a well-kept house and a family, as an object of comparative pleasure to those who are in quest of the pastime of love.
Every trace of her displeasure was banished and almost forgotten from the moment the gay, handsome Jumonville de Villiers invited her out to the grand balcony, where, he said, the rarest pastime was going on.
Twice lost--lost as a gentleman, lost as the lover of a woman who cares for him only as a pastime and as a foil to her ambitious designs upon the Intendant!
Yea," he answered; "but men fight there so merrily, that it appears more a pastime than aught else.
Give not your mind too much and too greedily to gaming; make a pastime of it, and no toil.
The song was occasionally intermitted to give room to certain self-communings which the pastime suggested.
If an excuse be necessary, you might afford them some pretext of pastime to visit the Dove Cote.
Upholding heaven, holding down earth, Thy pastimefrom thy birth, Not steadied by the one, nor leaning on the other; May I approve myself thy worthy brother!
The earliest poet who has left any name of note is Stephen Hawes, whose principal work was "The Pastime of Pleasure," which was printed by Wynkyn de Worde in 1517.
Sometimes when the House tutor was supposed to be out they would join in a game of football in the passage; but as they were caught once and each got a Georgic, this pastime lost its charm.
Our vices, which are the pastime of the drawing-room, become the bugbears of the silent bedchamber.
In this social pastime the Prophet gave utterance to sentiments and ideas which he entertained.
Whenever Elder Woodruff could steal away from the duties and responsibilities of life some leisure hours, he sought an evening's pastime in the home of his {647} friend.
It was, indeed, too much of a listless pastime to inspire me with any great interest.
It has long been the favorite pastime of old residents to impose all sorts of improbable tales on the new-comer.
It was the favorite pastime of our men (having concocted the scheme with the General) to ride near some of the outskirts, and, when we reached some lone tree, tell me that from that limb a murdered man had lately swung.
Thou lovedst pastime with thy heart, And eke good company; Pray hold me up for fear I swoon, For I am like to die.
He permitted his eyes to rest on the other bank, and as a pastime he picked up small pebbles and cast them into the river, and watched the ripples they made subside.
So while they lingered at the bedside of Orlean, he and Ethel, as a pastime argued with each other, and involved everybody but themselves with wrongs.
Content," quoth Faustus: "go to, let me see what pastime you can make.
In this and such pastime they passed away the whole day.
While she was engaged in this discouraging pastime the door was opened, and a maid came in with the air of one who has gained a trifling advantage by the simple method of peeping.
The wolf-hound was still barking at its own echo--a favorite pastime of those who make a great local stir in the world.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "pastime" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
