All 3 Uses of
covet
in
The Brothers Karamazov
- Love God's people, let not strangers draw away the flock, for if you slumber in your slothfulness and disdainful pride, or worse still, in covetousness, they will come from all sides and draw away your flock.†
Chpt 4 *
- Though it's not your fault that you knew not the Lord, when you coveted the pigs' food and were beaten for stealing it (which was very wrong of you, for stealing is forbidden); but you've shed blood and you must die.'†
Chpt 5
- "I've been coveting this thing for a long while; it's for you, old man, it's for you.†
Chpt 10
Definition:
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(covet) to strongly want (something--especially something that belongs to another)