Sir," said he, "the king in his clemency desires to put an end to the war which is going on between his subjects, and which can only result in the ruin of his kingdom.
Vomit and spew out the Mettal which hath so inqinated and invenom'd both Body and Soul, that hath stain'd and infected they mind with desires and contrivances, and thy hands with Commission of such matchless Enormities.
The terrified People delivered up their Children, and by this means there was an end made of this Sacrilegious Merchandize, and thus the Casic satisfied the greedy desires of the (I dare not say Christian) Spaniards.
Science desires not isolation, but freely combines with every effort towards the bettering of man's estate.
If he desires to be separated from her he has no idea of giving her away, but receives what is calculated to be her market value from the man who is disposed to relieve him of her.
The maid, being nailed to the stake, and the iron hoop about her, and the nurse mounted on the ladder, she desires that the Relater may pray with her.
A Power which desires to accede notifies its intention in writing to the Netherland Government, forwarding to it the act of accession, which shall be deposited in the archives of the said Government.
He consequently had an opportunity of witnessing the termination of many of the arrangements for which he had been in part originally responsible, and desires to make brief reference to them.
He desires this paper to play an important role in drawing the attention of the more thoughtful and seeking people to the potency of this divine Cause.
I herein enclose a cheque for L19 which Shoghi Effendi desiresto be spent for this all important organ of the Cause in India.
Once the child comes of age, however, he should be given full freedom to choose his religion, irrespective of the wishes and desires of his parents.
Keep in Close Touch With Pioneers The Guardian desires your Assembly to keep in close touch with your pioneers abroad and give them strong moral, as well as financial support.
There was in the girl something of her father's bigness and not a little of the secret blind desires of her mother.
The secret longings, the desires and the old human hunger for love and happiness and expression have been going on under her placid exterior as they have under my own.
The history, as given in these pictures, is of course envisaged from the point of view of a courtier, who desires to flatter and please his patroness.
He very earnestly desiresto put into execution his reconciliation to the Church now that his troubles are a little overpast.
The measure of our agreement stood rather in the drift of our desires and the scope of our approval, than in any parity of tastes or resemblance of disposition.
There was nothing morbid in either her desires or her regrets.
A man whodesires to soften another man's heart should always abuse himself.
All these desires combined to force Ashton Welles into a decision.
Indeed, the boy after leaving college had seemed much taken with the idea and listened with interest to his father's talks about his plans and desires and hopes.
She desires to know next how to guide it, influence it, mould its character.
From this we come to the ordered dinner, and here is where your own knowledge and special desires come in.
There is in this hope no strong ethical appeal, no prevailing sense that in the inward region of the heart and in its instincts and desires and wills, God's presence is to be found and his work for man experienced.
The desires of the State are their desires; the Kaiser's will is their will.
The Socialist party desires peace among nations; it condemns every policy of aggression and war, whether continental or colonial.
These factories, where labor is herded, spring up willy-nilly wherever there is a capitalist who desires to enter business.
Players who risk their two or three crowns may not object; but, if a man desires to make a heavy stake; it is but common courtesy to wait a moment.
As to Linton, you will have the goodness to satisfy him in every particular, and make all and every legal title hedesires to the cottage and grounds of Tubberbeg.
Lobbying in Massachusetts is not by the public recognized as a well- organized business, and yet any one who desires to secure personal influence to aid or to hinder legislation is seldom at a loss to find people well experienced in such work.
If he desires admittance after being told you are not a trader or whisky boat, open the chain and when he tries to enter shoot him at once.
No objection is made if anyone desires to bring a negro servant temporarily into the country, but he must go out with his employer.
Another, on the contrary, desires abrupt sententious periods; Dionysius shall answer him for me, who maintains that pointed sentences should not be admitted into letters.
He finds the house unsafe in such a gale and desires to leave it.
If the old French artist with the racking cough ever desires a favor at my hands, let him feel free to ask it.
He desiresme to say that the woman's services have been entirely satisfactory, and that she can keep right on under the contract, if she desires.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "desires" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
