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Murdoch covets the newspaper, but Journal readers would not tolerate it in the hands of a man who is so willing to suppress news for financial gain.

It should be noted of the library's treatments of Mark Twain and Henry James, which Kerr covets for Gertrude Stein, that their thinnest volumes comprise 1,029 and 845 pages, respectively.

If a person covets or is envious of a child he or she may give that child the evil eye.

The Sitaris covets this honey to nourish its offspring, and the chamber to shelter it.

It often occurs, among such a people, that even the peasant will rather go without the object he covets, than procure it in a state of imperfection.

Liotard is a G`en`evois; but from having lived at Constantinopole, he wears a Turkish habit, and a beard down to his girdle: this, and his extravagant prices, which he has raised even beyond what he asked at Paris, will probably get him as much money as he covets, for he is avaricious beyond imagination.

There is nothing so interesting to the juvenile mind, as the wonderful; there is no power that it so eagerly covets, as that of astonishing spectators by its miraculous exertions.

But if he should then by some means find his way into such a work as that of Rollin, (of moral and instructive tendency, however defective otherwise,) or betray that he covets an acquaintance with those of Gillies, or even Thirlwall,--it is all over with him for being a useful member of society in his humble situation.

I did not see much which my poor taste covets; a Hobbema much admired is, I think, as tame a piece of work as I ever saw.

Perhaps it may turn to our advantage; for if these women learn to speak English before any other islanders visit us, they will interpret for us, and be the means, perhaps, of saving our lives.” “Would their visit be so dangerous, then, Ready?” “Why, sir, a savage is a savage, and, like a child, wishes to obtain whatever he sees; especially he covets what he may turn to use, such as iron, etcetera.

He covets all your goods: he will take the house, if he can't have the stables." "I only mean," said Lord Doltimore, rather peevishly, "that if you wish to part with Burleigh, I should like to have the option of purchase." "I will remember it, if I determine to sell the place," answered Maltravers, smiling gravely; "at present I am undecided." He turned away towards Evelyn as he spoke, and almost started to observe that she was joined by a stranger, whose approach he had not before noticed,-and that stranger a man of such remarkable personal advantages, that, had Maltravers been in Vargrave's position, he might reasonably have experienced a pang of jealous apprehension.

Now, I want to warn you, Helen, of these things, and to exhort you to be watchful and circumspect from the very commencement of your career, and not to suffer your heart to be stolen from you by the first foolish or unprincipled person that covets the possession of it.-You know, my dear, you are only just eighteen; there is plenty of time before you, and neither your uncle nor I are in any hurry to get you off our hands, and I may venture to say, there will be no lack of suitors; for you can boast a good family, a pretty considerable fortune and expectations, and, I may as well tell you likewise-for, if I don’t, others will-that you have a fair share of beauty besides-and I hope you may never have cause to regret it!’ ‘I hope not, aunt; but why should you fear it?’ ‘Because, my dear, beauty is that quality which, next to money, is generally the most attractive to the worst kinds of men; and, therefore, it is likely to entail a great deal of trouble on the possessor.’ ‘Have you been troubled in that way, aunt?’ ‘No, Helen,’ said she, with reproachful gravity, ‘but I know many that have; and some, through carelessness, have been the wretched victims of deceit; and some, through weakness, have fallen into snares and temptations terrible to relate.’ ‘Well, I shall be neither careless nor weak.’ ‘Remember Peter, Helen! Eliza You do not see the affair in its proper light, Sir; it is not selling, it is exchanging it, and for the noblest purpose. "Sir Thomas covets it to remain for ever in his family, a noble attestation to the exalted worth of its too unfortunate owner, preserved amongst banners and trophies of his dignified ancestors, as reflecting higher honor and more true glory as the relic of a noble, generous, and grateful heart." Dor. "But it must not be by fixing the disgrace of a mercenary on mine." No, madam-"I am but a poor Lieutenant, yet such will I remain."-If I can't enrich myself without mercenary views, without tarnishing the honor of a British soldier, yet think me not so selfish to prefer my own slight satisfaction to my deceas'd friend's glory.-I honor Sir Thomas's motive-it speaks him what an Englishman should be.-His gifts be to himself.-but-take the sword-though parting with it-leaves me wretched.

It is a dream--a delirium, a desire for danger, and a hope of conquest; it is that which everyone abjures, and everyone covets; it is the end, the great end, and the only end of life.

Report is mightily given to magnify." "O, I have pretty good intelligence: though, after all, I don't know but I may be off; she'll take a confounded deal of time and trouble." Monckton, too much a man of interest and of the world to cherish that delicacy which covets universal admiration for the object of its fondness, then artfully enlarged upon the obstacles he already apprehended, and insinuated such others as he believed would be most likely to intimidate him.

He lies there because he is distantly related by marriage to Achmet et-Tayib, the real reason is because he is wealthy and some enemy covets his goods.

But such an age covets fixity.

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