They undoubtedly possessed kettles; and in one of these, Esau's mess of pottage, for which he sold his birthright, must have been prepared.

Besides, there are no odious privileges exclusively possessed by particular classes of men, to excite the envy or resentment of the other classes, and induce them to act in concert.

"By no means; but I do think you hold yourself responsible for Miss Effingham's truth and sincerity I can conceive of your silence, when questioned too far, but scarcely of any direct declaration, that shall not possess both these high qualities.

Coniferous trees, in general, seldom possess individual character, such as is manifest among Oaks and Elms.

In the case of the American Insurance Company v. Canter, he asserted the right of the government to enlarge the national domain, saying: "The Constitution confers absolutely on the government of the Union the power of making war and of making treaties; consequently, that government possesses the power of acquiring territory, either by conquest or by treaty."

Fortunately the youthful pilot possessed a good pair of eyes.

His reason for attending lay in a perfectly legitimate desire to see for himself what it was all about, he being happily possessed of an open mind.

The field in which they are to be found is almost unlimited; and they possess abundantly the two grand essentials to success in art at the present time, as well as in literaturenovelty and sensation.

Perhaps, however, these possess such principles unconsciously; perhaps they are imprinted on the understanding, without being attended to?

So Rome gradually possessed the best pictures of the world, without stimulating the art or making new creations; it could appreciate genius, but creative genius expired with Grecian liberties and glories.

They that aspire to possess love utterly, fall into folly.

Furthermore, for today, to-morrow, and yesterday, they possess only the word day, and express their more particular meaning by signs; for today, they say day, and feel their head, or point upwards; for to-morrow, they again use the word day, and point their fingers in a straightforward direction; and for yesterday, they use the same word, and point behind them.

Henceforth I possessed completely the law of the inclinations of the head, a law which derives from its very complexity the fertility of its applications.

He had powers not universally possessed; could he have enforced payment of the Manilla ransome, he could have counted it."

We had not risen from any reckless excitement to assert new rights, or to experiment on new theories; we should have been contented to keep what we lawfully possessed.

Surely, she could not love the fellow, yet unquestionably he possessed a mysterious power over her, difficult to explain through any other hypothesis.

Then, "I have frequently observed," he spoke, in absent wise, "that all young women having that peculiarly vacuous expression about the eyesI believe there are misguided persons who describe such eyes as being 'dreamy,'are invariably possessed of a fickle, unstable and coquettish temperament.

As with our human beloved, when the graceful presence is with us, we cannot analyze or describe, but merely possess, and only after its departure can it be portrayed by our yearning desires; so is it with Nature: only in losing her do we gain the power to describe her, and we are introduced to Art, as we are to Eternity, by the dropping away of our companions.

He pointed to a passage which read as follows: 'Assuredly the turquoise doth possess a soul more intelligent than that of man.

Vigorous but controlled imagination, formative power, insight into the significance of thingsthese are qualities which a poet must eminently possess; but these are qualities which may also be eminently possessed by men who cannot claim the title of poet.

Rather than do that, there is nothing against which a writer should be more upon his guard than the manifest endeavor to exhibit more intellect than he really has; because this makes the reader suspect that he possesses very little; since it is always the case that if a man affects anything, whatever it may be, it is just there that he is deficient.

Our State, though small, has heretofore possessed and to-day possesses brains.

Will he not rather hail such an imitation as a fair proof, first of the student's reverence for authoritya more important element of "genius" than most young folks fancyand next, of his possessing any artistic power whatsoever?

After first reading it, I was totally possessed with it for many days.

It did not matter that legally the Currycomb possessed a clean bill of health.