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Meanings of mercenary motives in English

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Usage of mercenary motives in English
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As a rule the girls seek the streets from mercenary motives.
Lights and Shadows of New York Life / or, the Sights and Sensati...
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No one could accuse him of mercenary motives if he had done so.
My Lady Ludlow
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They did not serve on that day upon compulsion nor for mercenary motives.
Reminiscences of Sixty Years in Public Affairs, Vol. 1
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Is it a Comedy of irony turned against all mercenary motives in love?
Shakespeare Study Programs; The Comedies
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Could you possibly associate mercenary motives with any step which he might take?
At the Mercy of Tiberius
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Thus reasoning, he took comfort from his belief in the mercenary motives of another.
"My Novel" — Volume 12
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All four were found guilty of murder with mercenary motives.
The Bishop and Other Stories
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Some have told you so, perhaps, from base, mercenary motives.
The Eustace Diamonds
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This was clearly not due to any mercenary motives on the part of men enlisting.
Policing the Plains / Being the Real-Life Record of the Famous N...
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Some have told you so from mercenary motives.-Mr.
The Eustace Diamonds
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Purely mercenary motives, for all their noble talk.
Alone
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I don't care what opinions you might have in regard to my mercenary motives, Lord Carrol.
Revolution
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Even Levi Jacob's visits became more frequent, though this could scarcely be ascribed to mercenary motives.
Children of the Ghetto: A Study of a Peculiar People
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Some visit these places because they love other men better than their husbands; others from mercenary motives.
The Secrets of the Great City / A Work Descriptive of the Virtue...
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If you're trying to tell me I wasn't doing all this for mercenary motives, I resent it.
The power of one
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Not, I assure you, from mercenary motives.
Personal Memoir of Daniel Drayton, for Four Years and Four Month...
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