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Meanings of envy the man in English

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Usage of envy the man in English
1
I envy the man that marries her, but she denies me such luck.
Sandra Belloni — Volume 7
2
Do not envy the man with the x-ray eyes.
Career of Evil
3
God knows I envy the man who wins it!
A Girl of the Limberlost
4
One might almost envy the man his hump.
The Bride of the Nile — Volume 05
5
I don't envy the man who holds a contrary opinion; he'll be ashamed of it some day.
The Weavers: a tale of England and Egypt of fifty years ago - Vo...
6
Silently and with evident envy the man watched the pigeon's joyous spiral; then he again addressed the boy:
Chico: the Story of a Homing Pigeon
7
Yet, just now Iglesias could have found it in his heart to envy the man, notwithstanding his unsavouriness of attitude and aspect.
The Far Horizon
8
She'll have to be taken down a peg one of these days, but I don't envy the man that'll have the job.
The Town Traveller
9
You fancy we envy you, but you are mistaken; we envy those you are with, for we cannot envy the man we love.
Selected English Letters (XV-XIX Centuries)
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I do not envy the man (though, of course, one ought) whose college days are not the happiest to look back upon.
Tracks of a Rolling Stone
11
We may envy the man who enjoys and rests; but the smile of Heaven settles rather on the front of him who labours and aspires.
Night and Morning, Volume 5
12
I envy the men of old days, the men of the classic ages.
Jean-Christophe Journey's End
13
I quite envy the men there, stripped to the waist, working the guns.
When London Burned : a Story of Restoration Times and the Great ...
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I don't envy the men who have to handle the drags.
The Cinema Murder
15
Possibly he envies the man who has a front seat and who tells him about it.
With the Allies
16
If it worked, he would envy the men who had died trying to recapture the princess.
Legends of the dragonrealm, vol ii
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