...And this, although concern to rescue you was the chief motive of his embracing that same service... 
Rafael Sabatini 「Captain Blood」
... “what is Buckingham’s motive for providing such a supply of lodgings?” ...
Alexandre Dumas, Pere 「Ten Years Later」
... “In the first place, sire, by giving no motive for jealousy; in other words, in loving no one but the person in question...
Alexandre Dumas, Pere 「Ten Years Later」
...It may perhaps be asked what was Madame’s motive for an attack so skillfully conceived and executed...
Alexandre Dumas, Pere 「Ten Years Later」
...And I perfectly well understand,” she pursued, addressing a look full of intelligence at Madame, “Madame’s motive for saying what she has just said...
Alexandre Dumas, Pere 「Louise de la Valliere」
... “Well, then, the true motive is that Buckingham strongly recommended the young man to me, saying: ‘Sire, I begin by yielding up all claim to Miss Grafton; I pray you follow my example...
Alexandre Dumas, Pere 「Louise de la Valliere」
...I have not hesitated to adopt a step which must remain secret; for no one, except yourself, could understand my motive, Monsieur de Bragelonne...
Alexandre Dumas, Pere 「Louise de la Valliere」
...Whatever the motive of the French actress had been in placing the passport at her disposal, Marguerite blessed her in her heart for it...
Baroness Emmuska Orczy 「The Elusive Pimpernel」
... He did notsee why a kind of bastard Christianity should not be the motive of arising...
John Buchan 「Prester John」
...They have thus no motive for seeking the permanent welfare of the country...
David Livingstone 「Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa」
... But most of all the motive, on which he undertook it, insured its progress...
Thomas Clarkson 「The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the」
...By one the Slave Trade was called the concurrent cause, by the majority it was acknowledged to be the principal motive, of the African wars...
Thomas Clarkson 「The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the」
...Rhodes, how desirable it would be to induce our sons and young men in general to imitate some of the characteristics which were the motive power of his life, and therefore of his success...
Lady Sarah Wilson 「South African Memories」
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