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Who is he among the children of the earth, that repines at the power of the wicked? and who is he, that would change the lot of the righteous?

From Almoran and Hamet by Hawkesworth, John

He neglects himself because he was born in his own time and so far off antiquity, which he so much admires, and repines, like a younger brother, because he came so late into the world.

From Character Writings of the 17th Century by Various

The wife repines, the babe declines, The leaves prolong their bend, Above, below, all signs are woe, The heifer moans her friend.

From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century by Rogers, Charles

Now the envious man repines over the good possessed by another, inasmuch as he deems his neighbor's good to be a hindrance to his own.

From Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

The florist nurses a tulip, and repines that his rival's beds enjoy the same showers and sunshine with his own.

From The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 04 The Adventurer; The Idler by Johnson, Samuel