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Meanings of own wishes in English

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Usage of own wishes in English
1
All these secrets they told me in opposition to their own wishes.
The City of the Sun
2
In matters concerning her own wishes, she took their acquiescence for granted.
The Little Nugget
3
Whatever serves to advance our own wishes we find to be excellent.
O. T., A Danish Romance
4
The decision was principally, if not entirely, due to my own wishes.
Five Years in New Zealand / 1859 to 1864
5
I did not follow my own wishes, but those of others .
Creatures That Once Were Men
6
Instead you altered the will of your subjects to your own wishes.
Book Four: Tales From Ancient Days
7
If this wedding accords with your own wishes, then am I glad.
The Shame of Motley: being the memoir of certain transactions in...
8
Mrs. Linley could listen or not listen, as her own wishes inclined.
The Evil Genius: A Domestic Story
9
Do you think she does no violence to her own wishes here?
Hard Cash
10
Has she been here bestowed without regard to her own wishes, Sigismund?
The Headsman; Or, The Abbaye des Vignerons
11
So many men would think only of their own wishes and interests!
Wives and Daughters
12
He had made his own wishes obvious during the previous week.
To Die in Italbar
13
She was to be guided entirely by her own wishes in the matter.
Ticket No. "9672"
14
Am I going along with him against my better judgment, my own wishes?
Anvil of stars
15
Verdi's funeral -which according to his own wishes was conducted without music.
The last novel
16
Even when he was singing in public against his own wishes.
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