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Significados de emulous en inglés

Eager to surpass others.

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Uso de emulous en inglés
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Most of the ladies present seemed ambitious of display, emulous of ornament.
After a Shadow and Other Stories
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And sun and shower and star are emulous to deck the show.
Summer on the Lakes, in 1843
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Women of all descriptions were emulous of attracting his Royal Highness's attention.
Mrs. Mary Robinson, Written by Herself, / With the lives of the ...
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Such a pair might be the most emulous of rivals in good works.
Paul Faber, Surgeon
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Be not emulous of evildoers; nor envy them that work iniquity.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Old Testament — Part 2
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To first reach this, the winning-post, was evidently the emulous desire of each.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 25, November, 1859 / A Maga...
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The whole crowd of courtiers and nobles sought his favour with emulous eagerness.
Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2
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His fame collected round him a host of followers, emulous of his sanctity.
The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
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Mechanic, statesman, plowboy, poet, pressed forward to the ranks, emulous of priority alone.
Inez: A Tale of the Alamo
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No; this was the incantation reserved for souls athirst for fame, of virtue emulous.
The Memorabilia
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This operation is usually performed at the instance of some individual emulous of fame.
The Journey to the Polar Sea
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The unnumbered birds were every one awake, responsive and emulous.
The Red Axe
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His astonished groom stared at him for a moment, then followed with emulous speed.
The Actress in High Life / An Episode in Winter Quarters
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Well, they 're emulous, and they take a thrashing kindly.
Lord Ormont and His Aminta — Volume 5
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Isabel and Eustace seemed emulous to out-talk each other.
The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 / An Historical Novel
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Ares is represented as a warlike god, emulous, and covetous of sheep and other things.
Barlaam and Ioasaph
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