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1  But now he desired all sorts of other things, and suffered because he had to do without them.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 27
2  One of the first consequences of the discovery of the union was that Jurgis became desirous of learning English.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 9
3  She had left the church last of all, and, desiring to arrive first at the hall, had issued orders to the coachman to drive faster.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 1
4  When they were on the street he kept about four paces ahead of her, turning now and then, as if he could hurry her on by the force of his desire.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 19
5  And each of them had an individuality of his own, a will of his own, a hope and a heart's desire; each was full of self-confidence, of self-importance, and a sense of dignity.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 3
6  Jurgis had gone with the desire to get into an inconspicuous corner and see what was done; but this attitude of silent and open-eyed attention had marked him out for a victim.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 8
7  The customer had desired to purchase an alarm clock, and the boss had shown him two exactly similar, telling him that the price of one was a dollar and of the other a dollar seventy-five.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 7
8  There is one kind of prison where the man is behind bars, and everything that he desires is outside; and there is another kind where the things are behind the bars, and the man is outside.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 27
9  He stretched out his arms to her, he called her in wild despair; a fearful yearning surged up in him, hunger for her that was agony, desire that was a new being born within him, tearing his heartstrings, torturing him.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 19
10  The method of operation of the higher intelligences was Tom Finnegan's theme, and he desired to find out if Jurgis had ever considered that the representation of things in their present similarity might be altogether unintelligible upon a more elevated plane.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 8
11  The resemblance was not complete, of course, for Jurgis was generously paid and comfortably clad, and was provided with a spring cot and a mattress and three substantial meals a day; also he was perfectly at ease, and safe from all peril of life and limb, save only in the case that a desire for beer should lead him to venture outside of the stockyards gates.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 26