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1  This happened to him every time, for Jurgis was still a creature of impulse, and his pleasures had not yet become business.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 22
2  It gave them pleasure to believe this, for Scully stood as the people's man, and boasted of it boldly when election day came.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 9
3  When they got up in the morning, Jurgis was sent out to buy a paper; one of the pleasures of committing a crime was the reading about it afterward.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 25
4  They had no money to spend for the pleasure of spending, but there were a few absolutely necessary things, and the buying of these was a perpetual adventure for Ona.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 5
5  He had some reason for thinking of his dress, for he was making about eleven dollars a week, and two-thirds of it he might spend upon his pleasures without ever touching his savings.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 26
6  It was for such pleasures as these that he spent his money; and such was his life during the six weeks and a half that he toiled for the merchants of Chicago, to enable them to break the grip of their teamsters' union.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 23
7  Because there were rich men who sought pleasure, there had been ease and plenty for them so long as they were young and beautiful; and later on, when they were crowded out by others younger and more beautiful, they went out to follow upon the trail of the workingmen.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 22