wish

He still frequented the domino-room, but having lost all wish to excite curiosity, he no longer read books there. 🔊

I professed a wish to go right away till the whole thing was over. 🔊

"You wish," he resumed, "to visit nowthis afternoon as-ever-isthe reading-room of the British Museum, yes? 🔊

You wish to be in the reading-room just as it will be on the afternoon of June 3, 1997? 🔊

You wish to find yourself standing in that room, just past the swing-doors, this very minute, yes? 🔊

Almost I wished I had gone with Soames, not, indeed, to stay in the reading-room, but to sally forth for a brisk sight-seeing walk around a new London. 🔊

We don't wish to say that the whole thing was a swindle, a common swindle. 🔊

I wish I could think him destined to revisit the world actually, physically, consciously. 🔊

I wish he had this one brief escape, this one small treat, to look forward to. 🔊

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