Wishes

Examples

• The marriage was scarcely in accord with the old man's wishes, for the bandmaster's pockets were as light as his occupation. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Our conscious thoughts, observations, wishes, aversions are important, because they represent inchoate, nascent activities. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Elinor submitted to the arrangement which counteracted her wishes with less reluctance than she had expected to feel. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• Do so, as he wishes it, I said to Herbert. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Quite enough to accomplish my wishes. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Fanny acknowledged her wishes and doubts on this point: she did not know how either to wear the cross, or to refrain from wearing it. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• He is the land-lord of the house my father wishes to take in Crampton. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• If one wishes the pits may be left uncovered, in which case something like a foot of the ensilage will decay and form a covering and protection for that beneath. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• How soon any other wishes introduced themselves I can hardly tell, but I believe in about half an hour after I had seen you. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• I have read him all, excepting only the last little sentence, and he wishes me most particular to write again what larks. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• But, whatever may be their own wishes, it is very unlikely they should have opposed their brother's. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• You can stay if you wish and eat of the food and drink of the wine, but not too bloody much, and share in the work if thee wishes. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• As Em'ly wishes of it, and as she's hurried and frightened, like, besides, I'll leave her till morning. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• But the owner of that stock necessarily wishes to dispose of as great a part of those goods as he can at home. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• My best wishes, however, attend my dear country. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Her answer, therefore, was not propitious, at least not to Elizabeth's wishes, for she was impatient to get home. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• He then shut the door, and, coming up to her, claimed the good wishes and affection of a sister. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• What is the secret of Madame Fosco's unhesitating devotion of herself to the fulfilment of my boldest wishes, to the furtherance of my deepest plans? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Would you do me the favour, miss, to take notice o' two promises and wows wot it is my wishes fur to record in this here crisis? Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• She wanted to be alone, she said, and he respected her wishes. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• I wonder whether he suffers in his conscience because of that habit, said Dorothea; I wonder whether he wishes he could leave it off. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Mr. Merriman has just come, Sir Percival, and wishes to see you immediately. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Then why can't you think it your duty to submit a little to what James wishes? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• You know very well that my opinion would have no weight with you, unless it were on the side of your wishes. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• I looked on my cherished wishes, yesterday so blooming and glowing; they lay stark, chill, livid corpses that could never revive. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• But how can I open the door to her, when she dislikes me--wishes to see not me, but her son? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Ever willing to sacrifice his own feelings to the wishes of his friend, Mr. Pickwick at once took a pretty long taste. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• She wishes me to engage her as bonne or gouvernante; tells a tale full of integrity, but gives no reference. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• I am not romantic fool enough to further the fortune, or avert the fate, of one who is likely to be a successful obstacle between me and my wishes. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• He wishes to see the fine world--the King, the Queen, and Court; let him see them on Sunday. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.

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