1 Marry for convenience and love for pleasure.
2 She doubted the convenience and, as a natural sequent, the sanctity of the monogamous and separate home which she had regarded as the basis of all decent life.
3 This rampart is pierced by several sally-ports for the convenience of ships and whales; conspicuous among which are the straits of Sunda and Malacca.
4 Now, friend," said Hawkeye, addressing David, "an exchange of garments will be a great convenience to you, inasmuch as you are but little accustomed to the make-shifts of the wilderness.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 26 5 For convenience sake, we have said, hitherto, two gentlemen.
6 "Talk about our keeping slaves, as if we did it for our convenience," said Marie.
7 If we will keep a shambling, loose, untaught set in the community, for our convenience, why, we must take the consequence.
8 The form of the enclosure was an oblong square, save that the corners were considerably rounded off, in order to afford more convenience for the spectators.
9 It is fortunate that your inclination and your father's convenience should accord so well.
10 I know the danger of your being so far forgotten, as to have your comforts give way to the imaginary convenience of any single being in the family.
11 Mr. Yates's convenience had had nothing to do with it.
12 He was a solicitor and was using my room as a temporary convenience until his new premises were ready.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In II. THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE 13 It is for the convenience of these that the Diogenes Club was started, and it now contains the most unsociable and unclubable men in town.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In X. The Adventure of The Greek Interpreter 14 It was frozen over, but a single hole was left for the convenience of a solitary swan.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ABBEY GRANGE 15 Everything was made to yield to her wishes and her convenience.