Unfortunately for England, she underwent no military disaster; and therefore Pitt was fain to plod along in the old paths and use the nation's wealth, not its manhood.
But 'for a morning rain leave not yr journey,' as wise old George Herbert has it; so we plod steadily on in the brunt of the breeze, prepared for whatever the Clerk of the Weather may see fit to send our way.
A winding road leads to it, along which plod the familiar carriers of the land, brothers of Sancho's patient Rucio; the rocky hills stretch away, dotted with ancient churches.
Since the villages are far apart, each worker must leave his home long before dawn to reach his distant field, and after sunset plod back patiently to the aldea.
Of course, under such circumstances, our application for food availed nothing, and we were obliged to plod on through the darkness, mud, and rain.
The people's wants are few, and now that under a generous rule they have liberty and payment for the work they perform, they seem quite content to plod on in easy slothfulness.
It was sad to miss Aunt Betsey in the big kitchen, strange to see Uncle Enos sit all day in his arm-chair too helpless now to plod about the farm and carry terror to the souls of those who served him.
I'm not wise enough to keep steady there; I must return to the old ways, dull but safe, and plod along till I find my real place and work.
David, who used to plod to and fro with his shoulders a little bent, and the absent look in his eyes that told of thoughts above or beyond the daily task.
No one wants to plodthrough the world in a blind, sleepy fashion.
Silvered with her beams, I am about to jog to Clapton upon my own stumps; musing, as I homeward plod my way.
He ceased, and nothing but the faint jingle of rein chains and the steady plod of hoofs disturbed the vast silence.
Again, another thing will show how heavily and wearily all people that on earth do dwell plod and plead their little way, and are but where they came from.
And yet with all its faults, the reader who can plod through its pages will at least feel respect for the author.
Much of the Rambler is occupied with variations upon this theme, and expresses the kind of dogged resolution with which he would have us plod through this weary world.
And the mountaineer who takes that path Saves himself miles of journey He has to plod if he crosses the moor Through heather, peat, and burnie.
I listened to their honest chat: Said one: 'To-morrow we shall be 10 Plodplod along the featureless sands, And coasting miles and miles of sea.
Frogs and fat toads were there to hop or plod And propagate in peace, an uncouth crew, Where velvet-headed rushes rustling nod And spill the morning dew.
The American Winston Churchill," says The Daily Express, "has to plod through life without a middle name.
No, we don't plod along here with nobody to care how we get along.
The long train began to plod in a laboured, tired way, after the manner of mortals, stopping often, while snow-ploughs in advance cleared the track.
But the thought that chiefly filled him with joy was that henceforth he would not be compelled to plod forward as a weary pilgrim.
He had once hoped that he would dazzle men's eyes by the brilliancy of his career, but he had long since concluded that he must plod along the lowly paths of life.
A wrist-watch does not add much weight, but when you plod along and have not eaten for a month it finally becomes rather heavy.
Dusty of face, with frugal refreshment, they plod onwards; unweariable, not to be turned aside.
Plod along the path, and leave to-morrow to take care of itself.
Communion with God does not only help us to plod and to travel, but it helps us to soar.
Toiling again up this path, we now tried the northern edge of the hill.
The vessel in sight was a large hermaphrodite brig, of a Dutch build, and painted black, with a tawdry gilt figurehead.
The former danced about the deck like a madman, uttering the most extravagant rhodomontades, intermingled with howls and imprecations, while the latter burst into tears, and continued for many minutes weeping like a child.
With the help of the superfluous paddles, of which there were a great many, we erected a kind of framework about the bow, so as to break the force of any seas which might threaten to fill us in that quarter.
Your success lies in lines which require slow, thoughtful, careful reasoning, mature deliberation, and an ability to plod diligently through masses of facts and arguments.
