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And was it not something like enviousness which gripped his heart, as if of a privilege denied to him alone of all the men that had ever passed through this world?

From Under Western Eyes by Conrad, Joseph

“Marse Dave Henry is sholy a lieutender in de company, an’ mistiss she say he’d a done been a giner’l ef dey wa’nt so much enviousness in de army.”

From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1 by Various

Turning I left the rose unto her pride,   The lily to her enviousness, And soon upon the grassy ground espied   A daisy all companionless.

From The Poems of William Watson by Watson, William

"It's nothing but enviousness," he said in a lowered tone, which had a stimulating effect upon my wearied hearing.

From Falk A Reminiscence by Conrad, Joseph

To business people, it denotes enviousness and covetousness.

From Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition by Miller, Gustavus Hindman