When called upon to state the history of your opinions, it was candidly detailed; with no view of gaining my concurrence, but merely to gratify my curiosity.
I do not repeat these things to upbraid you for what you then were, but merely to remind you of the inconsistency of these notions with your subsequent conduct.
But I write not to upbraid you or indulge my own indignation, but merely to beseech your compassion for her whom you profess to love.
Agesilaus was also disliked by the allies of the Lacedæmonians, because of his hatred of Thebes and his desire to destroy that state, not on any public grounds, but merely on account of his own bitter personal dislike to the Thebans.
I shall, therefore, not transcribe the whole of my notes, but merely give a few samples of the sort of evidence producible, along with a brief summary of the general results.
We have thus a certain gain, though at the cost of the drawback that we can no longer draw an inference as to the practice of individuals, but merely attain to a general conclusion as to the habits of mind current in the age.
That all this is no part of the original contents of the tradition, but merely a uniform in which it is clothed, is admitted.
The triumphs given by the Chronicler to his favourites have none of them any historical effect, but merelyserve to add a momentary splendour to their reigns.
Such a sin does not presuppose ignorance, but merely absence of consideration of the things which ought to be considered.
For goodness has the aspect of the end, in which not only actual things find their completion, but also towards which tend even those things which are not actual, but merely potential.
Not that this formlessness preceded formation, in time, but only in origin; nor yet that one formation preceded another in duration, but merely in the order of nature.
This makes clear what kind of wisdom those possess who think from things of sense, that is, who are called sensual men, namely, that they have no wisdom, but merely knowledge.
When this takes place angels from the Lord's spiritual kingdom come, through whom is given the use of light; for before this he saw nothing, but merely thought.
Murdered by both sides, being of neither, but merely a seeker after fact.
It was her contemptuous way of indicating that the situation was, in fact, no situation at all, but merely a rather boring conversation.
An Englishman in adversity is a very respectable character; he does not lose his dignity, but merely comes to a proper conception of himself.
I have made a miserable botch of this description; it is no description, but merely an attempt to preserve something of the impression it made on me, and in this I do not seem to have succeeded at all.
So that these Note-Books should be read, not as definitive conclusions of his mind, but merely as passing impressions often.
Not such was the motive with which I begged this audience; but merely a desire, before I tear myself away, to open to you my heart, without palliation or reserve.
Footnote 18: I say this, not as having the slightest doubt myself of the genuineness of any one of the three, but merely to show how much is left that has not been questioned at all, even unreasonably.
Mozart's religion is so real that it seems to be not religion, but merely beauty, as real saints seem to be not good, but merely charming.
After a time, a letter arrived from her lover, who was not killed, but merely a prisoner to the French.
They also grunt among themselves, without any external cause; but merely to express their swinish sympathy.
He wore a long sealskin coat in winter, yes; but mark you, not as a matter of luxury, but merely as a question of his lungs.
He smoked, I admit it, a thirty-five cent cigar, not because he preferred it, but merely through a delicacy of the thorax that made it imperative.
I quote these arguments not for their own sake, but merely to indicate the changing temper of public opinion in Mariposa.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "but merely" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
