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I know very well I bear that title; but believe me, Countess, while they imagine they are playing with me, I am amusing myself at their expense.

From On the Heights A Novel by Auerbach, Berthold

And you think I am amusing myself now.

From Sword and Gown A Novel by Lawrence, George A. (George Alfred)

I am amusing myself with the letters which our young soldiers in the East, peasants from this parish, write home to their families, and which are brought to me.

From Correspondence & Conversations of Alexis de Tocqueville with Nassau William Senior from 1834 to 1859, Volume 2 by Tocqueville, Alexis de

You will believe that calamity has subverted my reason, and that I am amusing you with the chimeras of my brain, instead of facts that have really happened.

From Wieland: or, the Transformation, an American Tale by Brown, Charles Brockden

I am amusing the Parisians," he wrote, "with cockades and promises.

From History of the French Revolution from 1789 to 1814 by Mignet, M. (François-Auguste-Marie-Alexis)