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Meanings of mere wish in English
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Usage of mere wish in English
1
The dream, viewed as a mere wish-fulfilment, is plainly a successful allegory.
2
The phrase 'it is in my heart' expresses fixed determination, not mere wish.
3
The mere wish was sufficient-Romefell at his feet.
4
He had first thought of that with the unconscious conviction that the mere wish carried its fulfilment.
5
The mere wish to kill, where the deed is impossible, may be as wicked as wish and deed conjoined.
6
The mere wish of a royal father had, according to Egyptian custom, as much weight as the strictest command.
7
He knew, he thought he knew, that there was more in Alice's mind than a mere wish for delay.
8
There are a great many things in the Kingdom of Grace that Jesus Christ cannot give to a mere wish.
9
Do you mean to say that you have nothing more practical to offer than the mere wish to live longer?
10
But the mere wish to leave me your fortune is a token of love and esteem which I shall know how to value.
11
But nothing is more insidious than the evolution of wishes from mere fancies, and of wants from mere wishes.
12
And if she consulted her mere wishes in the matter, apart from all other considerations, she would explore farther in this direction.
13
Mere wishes and desires but engender a sort of green sickness in young minds, unless they are promptly embodied in act and deed.