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  • Lusts, so that all I have now is to taste her in my tea,

    Perhaps 2010

  • Priming audiences with unseen pitches for Coke and popcorn was one thing, Mr. Talese determined, but the real test was whether rather less obvious messages would work, messages such as "Vote for Lionel Smudge," "Abjure Fleshly Lusts," and "Drink More Strega."

    Scaring Up a Cocktail 2007

  • I can see why Maggie M turned him down - yes, of course we've read her Olympic Lusts - very enjoyable, but too feminist for us.

    2061 Odyssey Three Clarke, Arthur C. 1987

  • Envious academics usually referred to it as Olympic Lusts, but invariably wished they had written it.

    2061 Odyssey Three Clarke, Arthur C. 1987

  • Lusts are not sacrificed; faults are not confessed to one another; exhortations mutual are not used; -- no ground is got for holiness or godliness, but things remain as they did, or rather grow worse and worse every day: at best, profession rises, and the power of religion falls and decreases.

    The Sermons of John Owen 1616-1683 1968

  • Lusts that pretend to be useful to the state and condition of men, that are pleasant and satisfactory to the flesh, will not be mortified without such a violence as the whole soul shall be deeply sensible of.

    Pneumatologia 1616-1683 1967

  • He taught them to abandon all ungodly Lusts, and to set their Hearts upon Things above; assuring them, that if they continu'd in his Love, they should be rewarded with everlasting Happiness.

    The Improvement of Human Reason Exhibited in the Life of Hai Ebn Yokdhan Ibn Tufail

  • Idleness and Fulness of every thing begot in me a desire of enjoying the women, beginning now to grow more familiar, I had perswaded the two Maids to let me lie with them, which I did at first in private, but after, custome taking away shame (there being none but us) we did it more openly, as our Lusts gave us liberty; afterwards my Masters

    The Isle Of Pines (1668) and An Essay in Bibliography by Worthington Chauncey Ford Henry Neville

  • _Existence_ of _God_, or if that be allow'd them, 'tis only to question what _Notice_ he takes: His Wise _Providence_ at every turn is charged with _Neglect_, and often not for, that which has something of Precedent, supporting the Wicked, but which is _dreadfully New_ disappointing their _Lusts_.

    A Letter to A.H. Esq.; Concerning the Stage (1698) and The Occasional Paper No. IX (1698) Anonymous

  • And if this Affects you not, remember your own Reputation in the World: You have lived in Credit and Repute among your Neighbours: and will you Sacrifice that, and Entail Shame and Dishonour upon your Self and Family, for gratifying the Lusts of a filthy and Lascivious Strumpet?

    The London-Bawd: With Her Character and Life Discovering the Various and Subtle Intrigues of Lewd Women Anonymous

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