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I sincerely wish you may derive, not only amusement, but instruction, from the transcript; and that it may convince you, no pleasures are so pure as _domestic pleasures_; no society so delightful, as that experienced in the affectionate intercourse of parents and children, by a _happy fire-side_.

Domestic Pleasures, or, the Happy Fire-side Frances Bowyer Vaux

Of pleasures or delights some arise from the sense of an object present; and those may be called ‘pleasures of sense, ’ the word ‘sensual, ’ as it is used by those only that condemn them, having no place till there be laws.

Chapter VI. Of the Interior Beginnings of Voluntary Motions, Commonly Called the Passions; and the Speeches by Which They Are Expressed 1909

One of my pleasures is the writings of Wil Wheaton.

In Exile 2005

Why that particular range of mountains attracted him was something he could not explain, except that they sounded appetizing, and he enjoyed what he called the pleasures of the table.

The Cat Who Moved A Mountain Braun, Lilian Jackson 1992

Admire our strategy when we feign indifference to what you call the pleasures of love, pretending even to be far removed from its sweetness, we augment the grandeur of the sacrifice we make for you, by it, we even inspire the gratitude of the authors of the very benefits we receive from them, you are satisfied with the good you do us.

Ninon de L'Enclos the Celebrated Beauty of the 17th Century Robinson, Charles Henry 1903

We heard reports of them from day to day, for the guards took pleasure in detailing them with many coarse and foul jests, that we might know what was in store for us, and lose none of what they called the pleasures of anticipation.

Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 Arthur Conan Doyle 1894

There, stretched at full length in the boat's bottom, with my eyes turned up to the sky, I let myself float slowly hither and thither as the water listed, sometimes for hours together, plunged in a thousand confused delicious musings, which, though they had no fixed nor constant object, were not the less on that account a hundred times dearer to me than all that I had found sweetest in what they call the pleasures of life.

Rousseau (Volume 1 and 2) John Morley 1880

Among my many pleasures is the time I spend viewing EWTN, the Catholic TV station.

Heroes or Villains? 2010

I also play the fiddle, and one of my greatest pleasures is jamming with other Celtic musicians - the rowdier the gathering, the better.

Essay by Tess Gerritsen, author of The Apprentice and The Surgeon 2010

The app then produces a basic ordered list of those groups, where you manually change the rankings for specific individuals (useful if, like me, one of the main pleasures of an election is placing people you despise as low as possible).

Cluey Voter Helps You Sort Candidates On Election Ballots | Lifehacker Australia 2010