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Thirty sailors from the fleet are going with General Braddock's force, and everyone else is envying their good luck--I among them.

From With Wolfe in Canada The Winning of a Continent by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

Every man in France is envying the young dragoon officer, Lieutenant Bruyant, who has been given the first Cross of the Legion of Honor in the war.

From Paris War Days Diary of an American by Barnard, Charles Inman

"Perhaps," she said with a one-cornered smile, "he is envying you——" "Undoubtedly!" agreed the bachelor.

From The Widow To Say Nothing of the Man by Rowland, Helen

However, every girl in London is envying her.

From A House-Party Don Gesualdo and A Rainy June by Ouida

"Eugenie is envying her friend—and with good reason."

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 07 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes by Various