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But, perhaps, it seldom happens, that study terminates in mere pastime.
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And she had thought it a mere pastime of love!
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Why worry over the fact that a mere pastime fails to be financially a success.
4
Bourrienne regarded this maneuvering of pins as mere pastime.
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All very well, as a mere pastime, I say.
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The trip to Lasalle County was mere pastime.
7
Ben flushed and gave a proud, defiant laugh, as if to say, This was mere pastime.
8
The girl had fallen passionately in love with Frank, whilst he regarded the thing as a mere pastime.
9
To ruin a man is with thee mere pastime; and groans of the oppressed are music in thine ears.
10
Thurston, you pursue that girl for mere pastime, I am sure-withno ulterior evil purpose, I am certain; yet, Thurston!
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But the business of man's life is not mere pastime; and none knew this truth better than the wise old king, Siegmund.
12
I was surrounded on all sides by human beings of the most dreadful character, to whom the shedding of blood was mere pastime.
13
By which Berensen means us to understand that Leonardo was so brilliant a student and inventor, so versatile, that art was a mere pastime.
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That he was simply amusing himself with the sort of flirtation she herself could take up as a mere pastime was not to be believed.
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The important thing to remember is that art is not a mere pastime, but a great world force operating to lift mortals out of mortality.
