"At work" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... work? What say the walls of Jerusalem? Everyone without exception. Do we not see people of all classes at work—rich men and poor men, people of all occupations, priests, goldsmiths and apothecaries, and merchants? men of all ages, the young and strong, and the old and white-headed? those from all parts of the country—men of Jericho, and Gibeon, and Mizpah, side by ...
— The King's Cup-Bearer • Amy Catherine Walton
... and straw from the stacks He plugged the knot-holes and caulked the cracks; And a dipper of water, which one would think He had brought up into the loft to drink When he chanced to be dry, Stood always nigh, For Darius was sly! And whenever at work he happened to spy At chink or crevice a blinking eye, He let the dipper of water fly. "Take that! an' ef ever ye git a peep, Guess ye'll ketch a weasel asleep!" And he sings as he locks His big ...
— The Book of Humorous Verse • Various
... Alexandria about that time described it as having "upwards of three hundred houses," many "handsomely built."[49] In 1795 Thomas Twining passed through Alexandria and commented: "What struck me most was the vast number of houses which I saw building ... the hammer and the trowel were at work everywhere, a cheering sight."[50] The Duc de la Rochefoucauld in the following year stated: "Alexandria is beyond all comparison the handsomest town in Virginia and indeed is among the finest in ...
— Seaport in Virginia - George Washington's Alexandria • Gay Montague Moore
... She was not at work; she was not pausing over it. Her head hung down over her breast; her hands and arms ...
— Jezebel • Wilkie Collins
... something preternatural about it—it was magic at work, a counterfeit presentment of the power of God; or rather it was a fugitive image of a ...
— A Woman of Thirty • Honore de Balzac
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