Both Uses

covet
in
Middlemarch
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"I never was covetous, Jane," she replied; "but I have six children and have buried three, and I didn't marry into money.†
Chpt 4
Very slight matters were enough to gall him in his sensitive mood, and the sight of Dorothea driving past him while he felt himself plodding along as a poor devil seeking a position in a world which in his present temper offered him little that he coveted, made his conduct seem a mere matter of necessity, and took away the sustainment of resolve.†
Chpt 6 *

coveted = strongly wanted

Definitions:

(1) (covet)
to strongly want (something--especially something that belongs to another)
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)