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Meanings of own desire in English

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Usage of own desire in English
1
Whatever reason, I let the story develop according to its own desire.
The Slow Regard of Silent Things
2
He would be doing her no wrong; it was her own desire.
The Book-Bills of Narcissus / An Account Rendered by Richard Le ...
3
His own desire to see more of his host strengthened in proportion.
The Window-Gazer
4
He has been reading the gospels with me at his own desire.
Letters from Egypt
5
Drawn by his own desire, the student turned and looked at her.
Tess of the Storm Country
6
It was his own desire, and I think that he was right.
The Avenger
7
We will never become like Christ without our own desire and effort.
Making the Most of Life
8
Herself was her own desire and delight, and her own fond concupiscence.
The Well of Saint Clare
9
Everything had been done of his own free will-athis own desire.
The Slave of the Lamp
10
All depends on your own will, your own desire to be free.
The Tyranny of the Dark
11
He was interred, at his own desire, near the tomb of Mecaenas.--
The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Volume 02: Augustus
12
Her mother's abandonment fueled her own desire to be a good mother.
The family man
13
He had, he said, brought out the memoir by Carlyle's own desire.
The Life of Froude
14
The poet himself was, at his own desire, interred beside her worshipped grave.
Character
15
This, then, was entirely our own love and our own desire.
Helen of troy
16
Each one follows his path, in spite of his own desire.
The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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