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• But one secret Parson Dale did possess, which is perhaps of equal importance with those subtler mysteries--he knew how to fill his church! —  The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851
• But believe me--for you know my heart--that what I value most in all this I already possess, that is, first of all, your active contribution to our common position; and, secondly, all that warm affection of Cæsar for me, which I prefer to all the honours which he desires me to expect at his hands. —  The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order
• Did you ever notice her eyes and the quality they possess, which is a very rare one: that of seeming to hold the reflection of trees and skies when she is indoors? —  Molly Brown's Orchard Home
• For this means to deprive the royal officials of what they now enjoy and possess, which is even less than their rights in other parts. —  The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 23 of 55 1629-30 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century.
• He writes as follows: "The only national monument which the Jews in Persia possess is the tomb of Esther at Hamadan, the ancient Ecbatana, whither they have made pilgrimages from time immemorial. —  The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela

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