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Meanings of more covetous in английском

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Usage of more covetous in английском
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But the sight of these things only made Tiidu more covetous than before.
The Crimson Fairy Book
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Hence, the more people are employed in the acquisition of affluence or competence, the more covetous they usually become.
The Faithful Steward / Or, Systematic Beneficence an Essential o...
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The joy at winning back his money only makes a gamester the more covetous of winning that of his adversary.
The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims. Volume 2 (of 2)
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But the folk of that city were more covetous than the men of Lucca, and harder than they of Perugia.
The Well of Saint Clare
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The Nis took as much as he thought he could well carry, but the boy was more covetous, and said-
Folk-Lore and Legends: Scandinavian
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Men in trade in America are not more covetous than tradesmen in England, nor probably are they more generous or philanthropical.
North America — Volume 1
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As years went by, they lost all the innocence of the early world; they grew more and more covetous and evil-hearted.
Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew
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The same can be said of the Ulsterman and he will be casting more covetous glances at Roque Santa Cruz this evening.
The Guardian
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He was a good commander, though we used often to wonder whether he was more covetous than cruel, or more cruel than covetous.
Julian
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The Sol barrier, though, had brought back all her anxieties in the same way it had seen a resurgence of his more covetous traits.
The evolutionary void
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And if we understand what life here means, we shall be more covetous of spheres of diligent service than of places of shining dignity.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus and Nu...
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