Desirous

Examples

• No man ever can have been more desirous in his heart to serve a friend, than I am to serve mine, if I knew how. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Perhaps I was half desirous that he should. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Miss Keeldar, desirous of being impartial, offered the curates flowers. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Darcy made no answer, and seemed desirous of changing the subject. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• I was backward, seemed desirous of being excused, had not had sufficient time to correct, &c. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• I am very desirous to serve a friend. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Your Grace still believes me desirous of the honour I might obtain by forcing myself on you as your despised relative? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Sir Leicester, I am desirous--but you are engaged. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I was very desirous to see the chief temple, and particularly the tower belonging to it, which is reckoned the highest in the kingdom. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• He has been for some time particularly desirous to serve his country in a post of good emoluments, unaccompanied by any trouble or responsibility. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I have not seen the King of Prussia's posthumous works; what you mention makes me desirous to have them. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• She poured out a cup, and drank it with a frightful avidity, which seemed desirous of draining the last drop in the goblet. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• His Grace was extremely desirous to avoid all public scandal. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• For a space he will be vain, probably a downright puppy, eager for pleasure and desirous of admiration, athirst, too, for knowledge. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• He is desirous of proclaiming that the interval between them is immeasurable, and invents a formula to give expression to his idea. Plato. The Republic.
• On the other side, after having seen all the curiosities of the island, I was very desirous to leave it, being heartily weary of those people. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• Are you desirous to come to terms? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• A merchant is desirous of knowing the sum total of his accounts with any person: Why? David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• Well, said I, not desirous of more conversation, shall I go up to Miss Havisham? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Mr. Losberne, who appeared desirous of gaining time, recounted them at great length, and with much circumlocution. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• He was desirous of realizing upon his inventions. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• I wish to mention, sir, that I am desirous of resigning the situation I now hold at Blackwater Park. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• You seem desirous of knowing what progress we make here in improving our governments. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• He was very desirous of having her portrait painted by Lawrence, to place it in his own apartment. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• But it will be her especial pleasure, answered Elgitha, with great readiness, for she is ever desirous to hear the latest news from Palestine. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Then at once you confess yourself desirous to come to terms, do you Boffin? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• I lingered awhile, desirous of taking leave of Perdita, and from my window observed the approach of the sun. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• The farmers and cottagers, on the contrary, struck with the fear of solitude, and madly desirous of medical assistance, flocked into the towns. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• He had long been desirous that Amy, Fanny, and myself should sit to Lawrence, for a large family-picture, to be placed in his collection. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• I asked, knowing, of course, what the answer would be, but yet desirous of deferring the direct question as to where he really was. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.

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