be desirous of

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But passion can be desirous of the craziest things.

From Slate • Sep. 14, 2015

Let him not hesitate to deliver himself of that which he hath thought to tell thee; but be desirous of removing his injury.

From The Instruction of Ptah-Hotep and the Instruction of Ke'Gemni The Oldest Books in the World by Ptahhotep

She seems to be desirous of holding the balance, of being in some sort a mediatrix, and of courting the offers of each by her supposed importance to both.

From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution Volume 7. by Various

When thou shalt have tasted this love, thou wilt forget and despise, for its sake, all the world, and be desirous of nothing else but of this love.

From True Christianity by Arndt, Johann

I was told it—could not believe it—and assuming to be desirous of such a decree, received the above counsel, word for word, from a practitioner at the New York bar.

From Tom Clark and His Wife Their Double Dreams, And the Curious Things that Befell Them Therein; Being the Rosicrucian's Story by Randolph, Paschal Beverly