Enjoyment

Examples

• I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• I do think, she went on, addressing both men, that the imprevu adds to one's enjoyment. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Whether of questionable childishness or not in any other matters, Mr. Skimpole had a child's enjoyment of change and bright weather. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I still have enjoyment in the company of my friends; and, being easy in my circumstances, have many reasons to like living. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• I enjoy the art of all sorts here immensely; but I suppose if I could pick my enjoyment to pieces I should find it made up of many different threads. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• If our great view is upon those of the next, the expectation of them is an infinitely higher satisfaction than the enjoyment of those of the present. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• While I was yet in the full enjoyment of it, the old woman of the house said to the Master: 'Have you got your flute with you? Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• I enjoyed this scene; and yet my enjoyment was embittered both by the memory of the past, and the anticipation of the future. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• If it is employed in procuring present enjoyment, it is a stock reserved for immediate consumption. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Ah, he does not know what enjoyment is. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Any enjoyment that bordered on riot seemed to approach me to her and her vices, and I eschewed it. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• For her I could not lament, so much I envied her enjoyment of the sad immunities of the grave. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• In the very meridian of the night's enjoyment, about an hour after tea, a rap was heard at the door. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Every day while I stayed with them, some little plan was proposed which resulted in beneficial enjoyment. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• With a plunge of enjoyment, Fledgeby settled himself afresh. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• There is no doubt that every age has its portion of enjoyments as well as cares, rejoined Fanny, but, for myself, I am not I confess sanguine. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• My father directed our studies, and my mother partook of our enjoyments. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• He was for ever busy; and the only check to his enjoyments was my sorrowful and dejected mien. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• This greater abundance, as it must necessarily have increased their enjoyments, so it must likewise have augmented their industry. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• The little dinners, the laughing and chatting, the music afterwards, delighted all who participated in these enjoyments. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• It gives a value to their superfluities, by exchanging them for something else, which may satisfy a part of their wants and increase their enjoyments. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• He was fond of the country and of books; and from these tastes had arisen his principal enjoyments. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Her child must have his enjoyments and ambition in the world. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• But he found that a traveller's life is one that includes much pain amidst its enjoyments. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• The humanities and amenities of life had no attraction for him--its peaceful enjoyments no charm. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Ordinarily he was like other normal lads of his age--full of boyish, hearty enjoyments--but withal possessed of an unquenchable spirit of inquiry and an insatiable desire for knowledge. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• It made her uncomfortable for a time, but yet there were enjoyments in the day and in the view which would be felt. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.

Typist: Ruth