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Definition of Busies
1. busy [v] - See also: busy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Busies
Literary usage of Busies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"... Nor busies her to trim the cot; Pensive she turns her humming wheel, Yet
blesses, ere she deals their bread, i« Or pensive cooks her orphans' meal, ..."
2. The Newgate Calendar: Comprising Interesting Memoirs of the Most Notorious by Andrew Knapp, William Lee. Baldwin (1825)
"Whatever busies the mind, without corrupting it, has at least this use, that it
rescues the day from idleness ; and he that is never idle will not often be ..."
3. The Struggle of '72: The Issues and Candidates of the Present Political Campaign by Everett Chamberlin (1872)
"Grant busies Himself with Administration—Is Promoted to the Command of Four
Armies—Prepares to Attack Bragg at Lookout Mountain—Plan of the Battle—A Dashing ..."
4. Stories of New York by Annie Eliot Trumbull, Bliss Perry, George Abish Hibbard, John Seymour Wood, Edith Wharton (1894)
"ESTHER busies herself with the tea-things. H. (having read the letter — stiffly).
Very elegant penmanship. ..."
5. The Philosophy of History by Rudolf Rocholl, Augustus Schade (1899)
"Man is called to rise above mere natural-moral culture, where he, perhaps, busies
himself with the improvement "¡vi»»i '«««i of environments, ..."
6. History of the Consulate and the Empire of France Under Napoleon: Forming a by Adolphe Thiers (1851)
"... Napoleon busies himself in putting an end to the religious disputes — The
error of some cardinals on the occasion of his marriage, and the severities ..."
7. Report of the Sixteenth Annual Washington Convention, March 4th, 5th, 6th by Washington Convention (1884)
"The Stale Association of Indiana busies itself very much with distributing Woman
Suffrage tracts and in delivering parlor lectures. The Greenback convention ..."
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