Footnote 54: In one of which, in reference to Austria's desire for an offensive and defensive treaty with Great Britain, Lord Clarendon had described the Austrian terms as irritating, and the discussion of them a mere waste of time.
Austria has reversionary rights in Tuscany and Modena, Sardinia has no rights at all, if a desire for acquisition is not to be considered as one.
I really hope that there is no real desire forwar in the Emperor's mind; we have also explained to him strongly how entirely he would alienate us from him if there was any attempt to disturb standing and binding treaties.
Tertullian argued that there would be no need of trade if there were no desire for gain, and that there would be no desire for gain if man were not avaricious.
For instance, commerce undertaken through avarice or a desire for sloth is bad; so also is commerce which is injurious to the republic, such as engrossing.
In the place of domestic and social affections, the criminal is dominated by a few absorbing passions: vanity, impulsiveness, desire for revenge, licentiousness.
In a great many cases, the designs reveal violence of character and a desire for revenge.
And curiously, not only does it cause a fusion of intellectual material: it creates a desire for and a love of such material.
Huddled in a corner, life to him has become concentrated into the desire for a little food, and immobility.
There was not one papist within the city; not one man, woman, or child expressed a desire for the re-establishment of the Roman Catholic ceremonial.
The cloak of the reformed name, they argued, would certainly be assumed by men having no desire for a reformation of manners or morals--men whose lives would only dishonor the cause with which they were supposed to be identified.
Yet, while they had no desire for a reconciliation on any such terms as the Huguenots could accept, there were some substantial advantages which the Roman Catholic leaders hoped to reap under cover of fresh negotiations.
From the beginning of the Revolution he had vacillated between a desire for a republic and for a limited monarchy on something like the English pattern, without being able to decide which to prefer.
It was a strange position for so experienced a politician as the empress to desire for him, and for so prudent a statesman to accept.
Seymour was the leading candidate for governor, and Dickinson opposed him with a bitterness born of a desire for revenge.
The great overmastering passion of Ullman was a desire for office.
Rome, to solicit votes (hence, desire for office or honor?
If there existed any hope or desire for a peaceful settlement of the questions at issue between the States, either party had a right to demand that, pending such settlement, there should be no hostile grasp upon its throat.
The possession of large amounts of Treasury notes led to a desire for investment; and, with a constantly increasing volume of currency, there was an equally constant increase of price in all objects of investment.
Three years later it made me sick that I had not had to learn, but then I had as yet no desire for music.
Be thou my happiness, take me with thee, only pleasure of the senses do I desire for myself.
His blood was however aflame with desire for revenge.
References to a knight's desire for a woman's love are very scant, and only once do we come across a hero who is quite in love.
Schiller defined love as an eager "desire for another's happiness.
We find in some here, writes John Yeardley in his Diary, a desire for food of a more spiritual nature: they really enjoy waiting on the Lord in silence; but the customary activity is strong, and not easily broken through.
Before separating, they say, the Scriptures were read, and some of the missionaries spoke on the importance of uniting in desire for a more general outpouring of the Spirit: J.
But she understood everything, all the foolish ways of the heart, Joussier's jealousy, as well as the young woman's desire for amusement.
Many believed from a need of action, a desire for adventure, from romantic folly.
I am perfectly aware that recently certain ambitious writers, impelled by a desire for an unwholesome popularity, have set a bad example.
By the expulsion of their kings, the class from whom these men had been chosen showed their personal desire for honor, and the marvel is that through so many centuries those oligarchs should have flourished.
His country, his party, his politics were subservient, not to ambition or love of power, but simply to a desire for plunder.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "desire for" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
