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He saw how many admiring eyes followed her; he knew that all the gentlemen in the room were envying him his position with Miss Darrell.

From Love Works Wonders A Novel by Brame, Charlotte M.

We were unpopular on the Continent just when we thought that all other nations were envying us.

From The Victorian Age The Rede Lecture for 1922 by Inge, William Ralph

The good man began by asserting that the boys would never be so happy or so important again in their lives as they were at school, and that all grown-up people were envying them.

From At Large by Benson, Arthur Christopher

He cast a triumphant eye around on a semicircle of admiring fellow-servants who were envying him his resourcefulness and powers of invention.

From Banked Fires by Savi, E. W. (Ethel Winifred)

And the captain nodded his head, smiling and gratified by the feminine greeting while the sailors were envying him his good luck.

From Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel by Jordan, Charlotte Brewster