for mere pleasure

Example Sentences

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Everything, except what we do for mere pleasure.

From Nobody by Warner, Susan

Our sympathy with Cuba, with the Armenians, with Ireland, with Poland, rises up to refute Machiavelli and his right of the State to crush for mere pleasure of power.

From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 10 by Brann, William Cowper

Now that I am married," and here she gazed at me with those tender, truthful eyes, "I seem not to care for mere pleasure.

From A Modern Buccaneer by Boldrewood, Rolf

The business is just as useful as a drug-store, but no poor boy should hire equipages for mere pleasure.

From The Golden Censer The duties of to-day, the hopes of the future by McGovern, John

"If these children can come here for mere pleasure, it certainly is not too stormy for me to go out on an errand of duty," answered Aunt Jane, with dignity.

From Half a Dozen Girls by Ray, Anna Chapin