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  • But I am of opinion, that the most general effect, even of these words, does not arise from their forming pictures of the several things they would represent in the imagination; because, on a very diligent examination of my own mind, and getting others to consider theirs,

    On the Sublime and Beautiful 2007

  • For those on the outside of this boundary, we are willing to engage in exchanges but retain a certain sense of suspiciousness, a protective looking out for "our" interests versus theirs,

    Rising and Declining Cultures 2006

  • And having imparted his minde to a very intimate friend, how he intended to deale with simple Calandrino: they went both very neere him, where he sate all alone, and making shew as if they saw him not; began to consult between themselves, concerning the rare properties of precious stones; whereof Maso discoursed as exactly, as he had beene a most skilfull Lapidarie; to which conference of theirs,

    The Decameron 2004

  • If he were alive, she'd probably still be beating on that sick little triangle of theirs,

    Butchers Hill Lippman, Laura 1998

  • If we slash our investment in civilian technology support while they double theirs,

    Statement At Industry Briefing On Science, Technology, And The Federal (U.S.) Budget 1995

  • For this is exactly what was built, an Ark. That is the Eden Project, my children, an Ark. and should Rozhdestvenskiy and his KGB Elite Corps survive, they will use the particle beam weapons installed at this womb of theirs,

    The End Is Coming Ahern, Jerry 1984

  • That foremost of heroes, Nakula, filled with wrath, rushed at that enemy of theirs,

    The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli

  • Routing all the Kurus and slaying those followers of theirs,

    The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli

  • Matched with the expertness of the brutes in theirs,

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 31, May, 1860 Various

  • A simple soldier's funeral in that lonely spot was theirs,

    Canada J. G. Bourinot

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