Sentence examples for being desirous from inspiring English sources

One document from 1306, according to the queen's Web site (www.royal.gov.uk), refers to a king who, "meditating an expedition against the Scots and being desirous of increasing his retinue", simply knighted 300 "youths" to do so.

The issuance of postage stamps was followed soon after by the earliest reference to stamp collecting, an advertisement in The Times of London in 1841 placed by "a young lady, being desirous of covering her dressing-room with cancelled postage stamps".

Joseph LaComme 'at a time when he could neither read nor write being desirous to ascertain what quantity of stones would be required to prove a circular reservoir he had constructed, consulted a mathematics professor.

On August 12 , 1869 "being desirous of allaying the dissensions of party strife now existing within our realm", he abolished the Democratic and Republican parties.

Therefore, one who is desirous of well-being in this world and beyond should specially endeavour to give food".

One may be desirous of that form, but in that case what one truly desires is that form's ultimate intelligible source in Intellect.

They are desirous, conflicted, alone, adrift.

"They were available and they were desirous, and we were available and we were desirous," he said.

Mr. Koestenbaum is desirous of strong reactions; he just got (some of) mine.

In short, students are desirous of skills you can't learn from a textbook.

Stewart in no way feels Chicago reporters are desirous that he do well.