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Sentences starting with pleasure

Pleasure became her torment, for the sweetest wine is repulsive when it has been tasted by impure lips. [10]
Pleasure him with sports, beguile him in wholesome ways, so that his health come again. [5]
Pleasure houses, they seemed to her, built expressly for joys which had been denied her. [9]
Pleasure is but a transient stimulus, and leaves the mind more enfeebled than before. [4]
Pleasure belonged to a festival, as light belonged to the sun; but usually Hermon laboured earnestly, and only a short time before he had saved the little daughter of Gula, the sailor's wife, from a burning house. [10]

Sentences ending with pleasure

I will meet you at your pleasure. [11]
Perhaps to-morrow she would not care to; there was no joy in deliberate pleasure. [11]
Ay, then she would be free to heap pleasure on pleasure. [10]
She is a woman, and will never suffer--" "What is there in this world that she will not suffer if it can procure her profit or pleasure? [10]
His face shone with self-satisfaction and pleasure. [2]
Gifted flushed hot with pleasure. [6]
The care-taker exclaimed with pleasure. [11]
Yes, he would, with great pleasure. [6]
The great crowd which the "Fremersberg" had called out was another evidence that it was low-grade music; for only the few are educated up to a point where high-grade music gives pleasure. [5]
Think of the weary hours you have given to a rite that should be the highest social pleasure! [4]

Short sentences using pleasure

Was it with pleasure? [4]
It was a pleasure. [5]
I comply with pleasure. [5]
Alice flushed with pleasure. [4]
She flushed with pleasure. [11]
And Ruth--what a pleasure! [10]
The pleasure is --mutual. [9]
The pleasure of man. [4]
Well, what is her pleasure? [5]
Beauty gone, pleasure gone.... [11]

Sentences containing pleasure two or more times

The same honor was promised to Herdegen--honor on honor, pleasure on pleasure, bravery and display! [10]
The pleasure ship was a synagogue, and the pleasure trip was a funeral excursion without a corpse. [5]
For we were upon a pleasure trip--lest any man forget,--a pleasure trip amidst stark woods and brown plains flecked with ponds. [9]
She perceived indeed that numerous eyes turned upon her, but that only added to her pleasure, for she knew that she could well bear looking at, and there could be no greater pleasure, as she thought, than to give pleasure to a multitude. [10]
I verily believe that it is as hard here on earth to find pain without pleasure, as pleasure without pain. [10]
With what pleasure she had looked forward to each meeting with Pollux, how truly lovable she had thought him on every fresh occasion; how frankly he too, expressed his pleasure as often as they met! [10]
It gave him pleasure, but it was a pleasure which brought pain. [11]
Perhaps the pleasure of being absorbed is not equal to the pleasure of absorbing, and we cannot say how this proposal will commend itself to the victims of the euthanasia. [4]
They come together, not for exercise, but pleasure, and the more they crowd and jam and struggle, and the louder they scream, the greater the pleasure. [4]
There is probably no pleasure equal to the pleasure of climbing a dangerous Alp; but it is a pleasure which is confined strictly to people who can find pleasure in it. [5]

More example sentences with the word pleasure in them

It gives a zest to pleasure to have even an indefinite object, and though the prospect of meeting Irene again was not definite, it was nevertheless alluring. [4]
She marries to your pleasure, therefore she has peace and your love. [11]
All respect to your Boy Eating Figs, in whose presence you would feel the pleasure he himself enjoyed while consuming the sweet fruit. [10]
A party of young Puan bucks had decreed it to be their pleasure to encamp in Mr. Brady's yard, to peer through the shutters into Mr. Brady's house, to enjoy themselves by annoying Mr. Brady's family and others as much as possible. [9]
When, as a young professor, I told the grey-haired author in my mother's name something which could not fail to afford him pleasure, I received the most eager assent to my query whether he still remembered her. [10]
It afforded the young man genuine pleasure to wait upon the faithful old woman and give her her medicine and barley-gruel. [10]
I will drive you with pleasure up and down behind the grove for a little while. [10]
I don't believe you will find much pleasure in listening to his fine speeches. [6]
Where better can you take your pleasure for the last time? [11]
My Lord Leicester, you have lived in the circle of her good pleasure, near to her noble Majesty, as you say, for half a lifetime. [11]
Mr. Bass, have you ever done anything the pleasure of doing which was pay enough, and to spare? [9]
As old as you are and as wise, can you take pleasure in a love-match and even speed it forward as you have done, and yet purpose in your soul to hinder it at last? [10]
I will give you a specimen of Hipponax's Poetry: "There are but two days when a wife, Brings pleasure to her husband's life, The wedding-day, when hopes are bright, And the day he buries her out of his sight. [10]
Musical it was, yet there seemed no pleasure in it: rather irony, and a great weariness of the amusements of this world: and a note, too, from a vanity never ruffled. [9]
We had as yet only acquired a bowing acquaintance with it, through pleasure excursions to Scutari and the regions round about. [5]
For during that year I first tasted the intoxicating pleasure of authorship. [3]
Note well, it would spoil all my pleasure, if you put yourself or any one else to inconvenience to come to Haworth. [14]
If a crocodile would only swallow this Sabina I would give him that hot cake in yonder dish with pleasure, for his pudding. [10]
If Mr. Carvel would do him the honour of calling at his lodging, over Mackie's Italian Warehouse in Piccadilly, at four o'clock, he would take great pleasure in introducing him at Brooks's Club. [9]
They were her world, and her sole pleasure was to satisfy the compassionate impulse in her own breast by severe toil, by tender solicitude, by night watching, and by exertions often continued to actual suffering. [10]
Pollux had been working for a long time with zeal and pleasure, but at last the steward's snoring had begun to disturb him. [10]
After this I worked uninterruptedly with fresh zeal and I may say renewed pleasure at the perilous yet fascinating task until its completion. [10]
I set to work with renewed pleasure, and more composure than at first. [10]
I'm guessing he won't take much pleasure on this trip. [9]
We had seen wonders this day; and my thoughts began to run on the pleasure it would be to tell them when I got home, but he noticed those thoughts, and said: "No, all these matters are a secret among us four. [5]
Though Thyone might wonder that a man pursued by Nemesis could allow himself to be borne along so thoughtlessly by the stream of pleasure, Daphne certainly did not grudge him the festal season which, when it had passed, could never return to the blind artist. [10]
He rubbed his withered hands with satisfaction as he seated himself in his accustomed chair, and when Mary came to call him to dinner, it was a pleasure to him to jest with her. [10]
He was familiar with the rooms of the Golden Cross, and before midnight would have posted the singers and musicians so that his Majesty would first learn through his ears the pleasure which they intended to bestow upon him. [10]
I have listened with the greatest pleasure to the compliments which the chairman has paid to Mr. Rogers and that road of his to-night, and I hope some of them are deserved. [5]
She set herself with redoubled vigour to the work before her; and denied herself pleasure for the purpose of steady labour. [14]
Cyrus pointed out with pride and pleasure the trees he had planted with his own hand. [6]
She looked about with pleasure, smiling joyfully. [2]
His face beamed with pleasure, and there was so much open admiration in his eyes that Margaret, conscious of it to her heart's core, feared that her aunt would notice it. [4]
I look forward with pleasure to the fulfillment of the promise made in the former to visit Washington the following winter and to "call. [7]
She devoted it with pleasure to Pontius' guest. [10]
I still remember with pleasure Steuerwald's beautiful winter landscapes, into which he so cleverly introduced the mediaeval ruins of the Hartz region. [10]
Clapping her hands with pleasure and running on before me for a short distance, my little acquaintance stopped at a door and remaining on the step till I came up knocked at it when I joined her. [12]
I also remember with much pleasure the royal riding-school in charge of General Meyer. [10]
Eva, fairly radiant with joy, nodded assent; and Els heard the ring of pleasure in her clear voice, too, as she exclaimed: "That was just what made the ball so delightful. [10]
Rumours of war with France had set his blood dancing a little, but for him most things were robbed of half their pleasure because they did not come at once. [11]
It is not with any pleasure that I contemplate the possibility that a necessity may arise in this country for the use of the military arm. [7]
Therefore if you will print this paragraph somewhere, it may remove the impression that I say unjust things which I do not think, merely for the pleasure of talking. [5]
And now I will not longer defer the pleasure of taking you, and each of you, by the hand. [7]
Every man in whose veins flowed Egyptian blood listened to him attentively, took pleasure in his projects, and was quite ready to do his utmost to enhance the glories of this ceremonial, in which every one was to take part either active or passive. [10]
The thieves of whom you spoke spoiled her pleasure in granting hospitality. [10]
The excellent gentleman whom I had the pleasure of setting right in a trifling matter a few weeks ago believes in the frequent occurrence of miracles at the present day. [6]
Those among them who have money take their pleasure simply and with the least expense of physical energy. [4]
Woe to those who call by its true name what those blind souls call pleasure and enjoyment as serving to hasten the flight of time--not too long at the most; woe to those who dare raise even a finger against it! [10]
Then the minstrels, which were disguised, danced; and the lords and ladies did wildly dance also, that it was a pleasure to behold. [5]
With those animals which were benefited by living in close association, the individuals which took the greatest pleasure in society would best escape various dangers, whilst those that cared least for their comrades, and lived solitary, would perish in greater numbers. [1]
New entertainments, in which the Queen commanded her to participate, awaited her in Pithom, but pleasure at the return of her famous son appeared to double her power of endurance. [10]
A chief pleasure which the author of novels and stories experiences is that of becoming acquainted with the characters be draws. [6]
With what pleasure, when again permitted to go out in the evening, I witnessed the performances of Plautus's pieces given by Professor Geppert's pupils! [10]
Mr. Oliphant is what many of us call a mystic, and I found a singular pleasure in listening to him. [6]
I don't think we've given Miss Dryfoos a pleasure, but perhaps nobody could. [8]
Most of them were personally known to Cleopatra who, to their mutual pleasure and advantage, had measured her intellectual powers with the most brilliant minds of their body. [10]
Some of them were beautiful, but at the same time they carried such evidences about them of the cringing spirit of those great men that we found small pleasure in examining them. [5]
On Saturday she went to Lambeth, where she had the pleasure and honor of shaking hands with the Archbishop of Canterbury in his study, and of looking about the palace with Mrs. Benson. [6]
He was as well qualified to create a genuine work of art as the best sculptor, only hitherto the Muse had denied him success in awakening pleasure, and blindness would put an end to creating anything of his own. [10]
He was a well made and well favored youth in face and limb, who had found such pleasure in my brother's company at Erfurt that he had gone with him to Padua. [10]
Terror and grief weighed on thousands of hearts, while some tried to make a profit out of the prevailing anxiety, and others--many others--went forth, as light-hearted as ever, in pursuit of pleasure and amusement. [10]
With what edification we, too, listened to the old Minorite whom we picked up by the wayside, at the tavern where we usually found pleasure in nothing but drinking, gambling, shouting, and singing! [10]
In our case we were put in the carriage because my mother would not leave us behind, and wanted to give our grandparents pleasure by our presence. [10]
Else why do we take pleasure--a pleasure so deep that it touches the heart like melancholy--in the common drama of the opera? [4]
How often do we see birds which fly easily, gliding and sailing through the air obviously for pleasure? [1]
Even now, as we passed among the dancers, she replied to congratulations on her make-up and appearance with evident pleasure. [11]
It is true we have had nothing thus far to mar the pleasure of the trip. [7]
The treatment which we experienced at the hands of this generous-hearted people will help more than anything else to make us recollect with pleasure our stay amongst them. [5]
But I suspect we can't manage that--even your infallible Fulkerson couldn't work it--and I'm afraid that there'll be some listening that 'll spoil the pleasure of the time. [8]
In a small way we were the same sort of simpletons as those who climb unnecessarily the perilous peaks of Mont Blanc and the Matterhorn, and derive no pleasure from it except the reflection that it isn't a common experience. [5]
Count Rostov's mouth watered with pleasure and he nudged Pierre, but Pierre wanted to speak himself. [2]
The admiration which was universally excited by his beauty gave him no pleasure, and many a time he felt as though it was not worth while to stir a limb or draw a breath. [10]
What a study was this varied, mixed, flaunting life, this dance of pleasure and license before the very altar of the church, for the writers of satire, comedy, and tragedy! [4]
The principal one was that she would find there several old friends of former days, one of whom, her singing-master Feys, had promised to accept her voice and enable her to serve her art again with full pleasure. [10]
The young person was talking earnestly with the captain, and, on his turning round, Mr. William Murray Bradshaw had the pleasure of recognizing his young friend, Mr. Cyprian Eveleth. [6]
Natasha knew he was talking about her and this afforded her pleasure. [2]
If her plan was successful, she would have accomplished something unprecedented; if she failed--if, while turning, she lost her balance--her scanty stock of pleasure here below would be over, and also her great grief and insatiable yearning. [10]
The lady Euryale was still expecting her, and as she kissed her she looked with sincere pleasure into her bright but tearful eyes. [10]
Jacques's greatest pleasure was his early morning visits to the stables. [11]
But so modest was he that he would not let it be known that he was in the station, for fear of interrupting the pleasure. [9]
And if it was dark and rather dull, we used to say, what did it matter to us, for it only made us remember our last walk with greater pleasure, and look forward to our next one. [12]
All her life was but labour and pain; and she never threw down the burden for the sake of present pleasure. [14]
As usual, she was beyond him; and despite her exclamations of surprise, of appreciation and pleasure she maintained the outward poise, the inscrutability that summed up for him her uniqueness in the world of woman. [9]
The unexpected gift was accepted with pleasure, and when he thanked her eagerly and with simple heartiness, she interrupted him with the assurance that in Alexandria art was not yet being borne to the grave. [10]
His faithful friend's warnings and entreaties did not leave Orion unmoved; but he clung to his determination, representing to Nilus that he had pledged his word to Rufinus, and could not now draw back, though he had already lost all his pleasure in the enterprise. [10]
But what I want to know is, whether what we call our civilization has done any thing more for mankind at large than to increase the ease and pleasure of living? [4]
Tell her I want her to have every pleasure she can--I would not rob her of one. [5]
For Dorothy had vowed it was her pleasure to see John Paul off, and who could stand in her way? [9]
Then, with youthful vivacity, he expressed his pleasure in seeing him again, and, without permitting Wolf to speak, he repeatedly exclaimed: "And my Wawerl, and Ursel in there! [10]
I remember these visits with pleasure, and the days when our grandmother and aunt came to Berlin. [10]
But the Bithynian's visits were not the widow's only cares; though she bore the others, it is true, not anxiously but with pleasure. [10]
It was, indeed, very skillfully done, and yet it was a process from which I did not derive, somehow, much pleasure. [9]
It always rubbed very hard on my feelings to offer money to any persons who had served me well, as if they were doing it for their own pleasure. [6]
It was a very great and sincere pleasure to me to see the thing repeated--with somebody else as victim. [5]
It is Monsieur Valmond," he added, his voice chirruping in his pleasure. [11]
And yet she vainly waited for a token of pleasure, gratitude, remembrance. [10]
Those who seek vain pleasure in England take more pains to enjoy it than they would spend in New England to gain wealth, and yet have not half such sweet content. [4]
There is no use in a man having a whole fleet for a pleasure excursion. [5]
This, too, afforded us the utmost pleasure. [10]
The rest of us degenerate in a painless paralysis we think of as pleasure. [9]

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