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Meanings of greater pains in English

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Usage of greater pains in English
1
As for the aesthetic- Iwasat even greater pains to cultivate that.
Crome Yellow
2
In proportion as his ideas increased, he took greater pains to shut them in from expression.
The Blazed Trail
3
There was nothing in the world that a woman has greater pains to endure than silence.
Madcap
4
A good scare thrown into him now will bring forth more fruit than greater pains taken-andinflicted-hereafter
The Subterranean Brotherhood
5
A malefactor flying from justice could not have taken greater pains to mislead the detectives on his track.
The Count's Millions
6
Shall He then fail to hear the voice of His sons in whom He hath taken greater pains?
The Yoke / A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Chil...
7
You call pain a good when it takes away greater pains than those which it has, or gives pleasures greater than the pains.
Problems of Conduct: An Introductory Survey of Ethics
8
But where the traffic, as in the case of the Carlisle and Glasgow road, was expected to be very heavy, Telford took much greater pains.
The Life of Thomas Telford, Civil Engineer / With an Introductor...
9
The fact was, he would be at much greater pains could he attach her to Holcroft or anyone else and so prevent further periodical visits.
He Fell in Love with His Wife
10
My uncle's manner to me was now of studied kindness, and he was at greater pains than before to give me no excuse for offence.
Richard Carvel — Volume 02
11
(190) Greater pains have been taken to recover him than were used to drive him out.
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 3
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