"You give up from some high, generous motive.
She was open, ardent, and not in the least self-admiring; indeed, it was pretty to see how her imagination adorned her sister Celia with attractions altogether superior to her own, and if any gentleman appeared to come to the Grange from some other motive than that of seeing Mr.
" "Damn it all," I said, more violently because I had an inkling my motive was none too creditable, "I don't want to know you.
He had an unerring eye for the despicable motive in actions that had all the appearance of innocence.
" The Badger looked at him very suspiciously, but Toad's frank, open countenance made it difficult to suggest any unworthy motive in this change of attitude.
" Henry smiled, and said, "How very little trouble it can give you to understand the motive of other people's actions.
To be missed, to be needed, from whatever motive, was, she thought, better than the complete loneliness of not being missed or needed at all.
But she had another and nobler motive for wishing to do well.
Probably some wise, inscrutable motive was to be served thereby.
Lynde's that evening, was actuated by any motive save her avowed one of returning the quilting frames she had borrowed the preceding winter, it was an amiable weakness shared by most of the Avonlea people.
Marilla from afar had noted him prowling along it and guessed his motive.
" "I understand that your motive is quite—ahem—commendable.
It is of no use to seek the woods from any motive except sheer love of them; they will find us out at once and hide all their sweet, old-world secrets from us.
—— · What makes life dreary is the want of motive.
" They knew the compliment was impersonal, and the motive was plain–the flyer asked them to shop at the store.
） What makes life dreary is the want of motive.
—— What makes life dreary is the want of motive.
-- · What makes life dreary is the want of motive.
Though some issues can be sorted out, if you have a partner that's always making your money a focal point of conversations, you may want to consider their motive.
, to decorate their own person, to tell something interesting, and an ego motive is always present.
