Sentence examples for I desire it from inspiring English sources

There was also an epilogue in the form of a christening service at which John, by then very deaf and somewhat misunderstanding his role, broke in at intervals with the refrain "I desire it".

"If I desire it, I will achieve it" is a common mantra of positive thinkers.

If the innocent honest Man must quietly quit all he has for Peace sake, to him who will lay violent hands upon it, I desire it may be consider'd, what a kind of Peace there will be in the World, which consists only in Violence and Rapine; and which is to be maintain'd only for the benefit of Robbers and Oppressors.

The magistrate Simon Bradstreet said that "she would make the ministers sin if they said something mistaken under oath", but she answered that if they were going to accuse her, that "I desire it may be upon oath".

That's why I also desire it".

She is circumspect about the role of political wife, knowing she will have to steel herself for the scrutiny to follow if Mr. Ford decides to challenge Senator Kirsten E. Gillibrand in New York's Democratic primary on Sept. 14. "I didn't desire it, that's for sure," Ms. Ford said of the recent attention.

As for the third ("X is good" means "X is what I desire to desire"), it meets (2.1), struggles to meet (2.2), meets (2.3) and (2.4) but fails both (2.5) and (2.6).

I just don't desire it for myself.

The theory has the further unhappy consequence that we cannot desire what we believe to be bad, let alone what is bad, since from the very fact that I desire something, it follows that for me, at least, it is good.

I had desired it with an ardour that far exceeded moderation; but now that I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart.

I had desired it with an ardour that far exceeded moderation".