"'Midst foreign objects not employ'd to roam, / Thought, sadly active, still corrodes at home."
Of Active and Retired Life, An Epistle
At least 10 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1735, 1748, 1751, 1755 1758, 1765, 1766, 1775, 1782).<br>
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See <u>Of Active and Retired Life, An Epistle.</u> (London: Printed for T. Cooper, 1735). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T42091">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CB132816259&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;<br>
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Text from Robert Dodsley's <u>A Collection of Poems in Six Volumes. By Several Hands</u> (London: Printed by J. Hughs, for R. and J. Dodsley, 1763. &lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004887768.0001.001">Link to ECCO-TCP</a>&gt;