have no heart for
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After a day when he had few customers and no tips, Raji would have no heart for books, but most of the time he was eager to learn.
From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan
“Amy is left for him, and they would suit excellently, but I have no heart for such things, now. I don’t care what becomes of anybody but you, Beth. You must get well.”
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
Mother says I have no heart for my own kind.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
I am anxious to call and see Beattie; but until I have met Sewell, and got this troublesome task off my mind, I have no heart for anything.
From Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume II. by Lever, Charles James
It has merit and value of its own, which may commend it to some who have no heart for Wordsworth’s poetry.
From Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland A.D. 1803 by Shairp, John Campbell
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