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1 You claim to have one plain motive in all you do yourself.
David CopperfieldBy Charles Dickens ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 15. I MAKE ANOTHER BEGINNING
2 I don't mention it reproachfully, however, but with a motive.
David CopperfieldBy Charles Dickens ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 34. MY AUNT ASTONISHES ME
3 'Ay, but I have only one motive in life, Miss Trotwood,' he rejoined, smiling.
David CopperfieldBy Charles Dickens ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 15. I MAKE ANOTHER BEGINNING
4 I was moved by no interested or selfish motive, nor was I moved by fear of him.
David CopperfieldBy Charles Dickens ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 7. MY 'FIRST HALF' AT SALEM HOUSE
5 I assure you I am in no danger of putting any strained construction on your motives.
David CopperfieldBy Charles Dickens ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 46. INTELLIGENCE
6 But I've got a motive, as my fellow-partner used to say; and I go at it tooth and nail.
David CopperfieldBy Charles Dickens ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 42. MISCHIEF
7 Our little friend here might have some motive, perhaps, for objecting to the arrangements.
David CopperfieldBy Charles Dickens ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 15. I MAKE ANOTHER BEGINNING
8 'It must be a mixed motive, I think,' said Mr. Wickfield, shaking his head and smiling incredulously.
David CopperfieldBy Charles Dickens ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 15. I MAKE ANOTHER BEGINNING
9 When I heard how he said it, and saw how he held her hand, I guessed what the one motive of his life was.
David CopperfieldBy Charles Dickens ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 15. I MAKE ANOTHER BEGINNING
10 The young creature in pink had a mother in green; and I rather think the latter separated us from motives of policy.
David CopperfieldBy Charles Dickens ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 33. BLISSFUL
11 'I looked for single motives in everyone,' said Mr. Wickfield, and I was satisfied I had bound him to me by motives of interest.
David CopperfieldBy Charles Dickens ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 39. WICKFIELD AND HEEP
12 My dear Strong,' said Mr. Wickfield in a tremulous voice, 'my good friend, I needn't tell you that it has been my vice to look for some one master motive in everybody, and to try all actions by one narrow test.
David CopperfieldBy Charles Dickens ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 42. MISCHIEF