1818, H. Biglow, Orville Luther Holley, The American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review[1]:
... declares that he shall be governed by his council, whether to continue the war against the Tartars, or rest "on their laurels" in peace. ...
1821, Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge, The North American Review[2]:
... he was absolutely not to worry any more, was only to rest on his laurels and continue generously to help her ? The light in her beautiful, ...
1851, Duncan Davison & Co., The Musical World[3]:
They must not rest on their laurels, but labour on in good fellowship together, if efficiency is to be attained. Mr. Winter- bottom conducted, and Mr. James ...
1865, Henry Parkes, Speeches on Various Occasions Connected with the Public Affairs of New South ...[4]:
In like manner the successful soldier might rest on his laurels, if good fortune favoured his rest, and still enjoy an undiminished fame. ...
1913, Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller, The Cambridge History of English Literature[5]:
"The Author of The True-Born Englishman," as Defoe for many years delighted to style himself, did not rest on his laurels as a writer during the short ...
But Napoleon did not rest on his laurels. On May 28, at the head of an army of thirty thousand men, he set out from Brescia, determined to bring the ...
2002, Robin Seager, Pompey the Great: A Political Biography[7]:
Nevertheless he could not rest on his laurels. To enhance his own reputation and meet the demands of Roman public opinion, Mithradates had to be finally ...
