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And then to Saxon came a wicked little hope that by the mysterious and unthinkable ability that prizefighters possessed,
CHAPTER VII 2010
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Do not therefore, I implore you, give me cause to envy the old, happy Louise, the object of your pure worship, whose heart expanded in the sunshine of happiness, since, in the words of Dante, she possessed,
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With these claims on the gratitude of the aunt, aided by the personal advantages which he unquestionably possessed,
The Haunted Hotel 2003
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Featured like him, like him with friends possessed,
Shakespeare Bevington, David 2002
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With more dexterity than Auk would have believed he possessed,
Exodus From The Long Sun Wolfe, Gene 1996
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The very pangs of hell it seemed my being had possessed,
Benjamin Dean 1951
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There were two knowing girls in the corner, each one with some beauty possessed,
Poems Teachers Ask For, Book Two Various
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Featured like him, like him with friends possessed,
The Principles of English Versification Paull Franklin Baum
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Would know what pow'r thy gracious Queen possessed,
The Song of the Exile—A Canadian Epic Wilfred S. Skeats
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Some twenty years ago Newbern had what no other Southern town possessed,
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