Interests

Examples

• I cordially invite you, sir, to second my efforts in the sacred interests of the family. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• But instead of narrowing the scope of politics, to avoid it, the only sensible thing to do is to invent methods which will allow needs and problems and group interests avenues into politics. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• They teach at one time that men act from class interests: but they devote an enormous amount of energy to making men conscious of their class. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• I should then have done all that a man in my position could do to serve the interests of my old friend's only child. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• The interests are not more distinct in the one case than the other. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• I had arranged with Mrs. Clements that she should communicate her London address, in Anne's interests, to Lady Glyde. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• I heard the mice too, rattling behind the panels, as if the same occurrence were important to their interests. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• So, as I told you, the son found our neighbourhood the surest place he could choose to set things right secretly in his own interests. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Permit me to give an idea of my devotion to my aunt's interests by recording that, on this occasion, I committed the prodigality of taking a cab. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• But on the subject of Count Fosco (who interests me infinitely more than his wife), Laura is provokingly circumspect and silent. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• In the interests of renown the forwardness should lie chiefly in the capacity to handle things. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• But an advantageous connection, such as can be formed in consonance with dignity of views and permanency of solid interests, is not so bad--eh? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The Commission does not say, and I for one, ascribe the silence to the American preoccupation with immediate, definite, tangible interests. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• I have not the inclination to parley,' said Mr. Brownlow, 'and, as I advocate the dearest interests of others, I have not the right. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• In both regulations, the sacred rights of private property are sacrificed to the supposed interests of public revenue. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• If Alexander the Great had lived, he might have come westward and driven these two powers into such a fusion of interests. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Politics, business, recreation, art, science, the learned professions, polite intercourse, leisure, represent such interests. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• In attending to your interests, I wish to have all possible checks upon me; it is right that I should have them; I court inquiry. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The quarrel between the representatives of the two interests is easily explicable historically. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• First, I was to hold my tongue--in my own interests as well as in his. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Fundamentally, the elements involved in a discussion of value have been covered in the prior discussion of aims and interests. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• The Count let him have his way, first privately ascertaining, in case of his own interests being threatened next, where we lived. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• You, sir, thought fit to withdraw your interests from that keeping nevertheless and to offer them to me. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• His interests, Mr. Vholes! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• No, dear friend, in the interests of peace and quietness, positively No! Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• She found it difficult to induce Martha to speak of any of her personal interests; but at last she touched the right chord, in naming Mrs. Thornton. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• He gravely entreated her (in the interests of science) to let him take it home and burn it. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• They reasoned, they appealed, they implored; on his mercy they cast themselves, into his hands they confidingly thrust their interests. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• And in the same interests, if the coming of the physician is delayed, I will enter it again. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Never before have men stood so barely face to face with the community of their interests and their common destiny. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.

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