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Meanings of few pleasures in English

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Usage of few pleasures in English
1
We of the diaspora must take our few pleasures where we can.
The Irish Times
2
Such a holiday as this was one of Miss Young's few pleasures.
Deerbrook
3
There had been few pleasures scattered over Janet's rough path to womanhood.
Janet's Love and Service
4
Slaughtering bastards who tormented the weak was one of his few pleasures.
Darkness unleashed
5
You must be contented with the few pleasures I can offer.
Pixy's Holiday Journey
6
This life holds few pleasures so agreeable as that of conveying startling news.
Tell England / A Study in a Generation
7
He was contented with but few pleasures,-ruralfetes and village holidays.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume 3 part 1: The Middle Ages
8
I feel very old, and have few pleasures left, you see.
Bred in the Bone; Or, Like Father, Like Son: A Novel
9
Bad, sir, very bad, but an old man has few pleasures.
Sherlock holmes: the complete illustrated novels
10
Her letters and yours are one of my few pleasures.
The Life of Charlotte Brontë — Volume 1
11
She had few pleasures, and this was one of them.
It Is Never Too Late to Mend
12
Life already had but few pleasures, and even this scanty list must be curtailed.
The Duke's Prize; a Story of Art and Heart in Florence
13
Life is very short, and there are few pleasures to be had, at best.
The Redemption of David Corson
14
She hoped he still did; it was one of the few pleasures left to him.
Imajica: Complete Edition
15
Life held few pleasures greater than rejoining the Royal Navy, even for a few minutes.
The devil she knows
16
Fast horses and cigars were two of the few pleasures still left the old store-keeper.
Literary Love-Letters and Other Stories
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Few pleasures through the time
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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