Possession

Examples

• It was said he had got possession of his Indian jewel by means which, bold as he was, he didn't dare acknowledge. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• I found the Blue Boar in possession of the intelligence, and I found that it made a great change in the Boar's demeanour. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• The possession of a grey garment was a third point which, granting the son's statement to be correct, was a certainty. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• It was intolerable, this possession at the hands of woman. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• The Confederates were surprised to find our cavalry had possession of the trains. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• She admired the self-possession and the control of the dying man exceedingly. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• But if he has this native equipment, its possession in no way guarantees that he will ever talk any language or what language he will talk. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• By seven o'clock the whole of Smith's force was ferried over and in possession of a height commanding the ferry. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• In addition to this he had far under way a steamer for plying between Chattanooga and Bridgeport whenever we might get possession of the river. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• But come, I will lift a portion of the veil, and place you in possession of facts which may be of use to you in the future. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• These ascetics were all supposed to be seeking some deeper reality in life, and a passionate desire to do likewise took possession of Gautama. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• During the night they evacuated these; so that on the morning of the 23d we held undisputed possession of the east end of Monterey. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• So soon as a government departs from that standard, it ceases to be anything more than the gang in possession, and its days are numbered. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• But it seemed to him, woman was always so horrible and clutching, she had such a lust for possession, a greed of self-importance in love. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• It may be advisable to superadd to the above, the statement that Mrs. Micawber is not in confidential possession of my intentions. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• The americans have no troublesome Neighbors, they are without foreign Possessions, and do not want the alliance of any Nation, for this Reason they have nothing to do with foreign Politics. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Except for quite personal possessions, there was still an air of patriarchal communism about the tribe. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• He had no money and very few possessions of any kind, so that he did not have much occasion to use arithmetic. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• How disentangle the passion for equality from the passion of cupidity, when begins the fight for equality of possessions? D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• We might as well resolve the obligation to abstain from the possessions of others, into the obligation of a promise, as that of allegiance. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• Another episode of this period is curious in its revelation of the tenacity with which Edison has always held to some of his oldest possessions with a sense of personal attachment. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• And does it seem to me that I am about to deprive Harold Skimpole of his share in such possessions, which are his only birthright! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• A considerable school of political thinkers in Britain was disposed to regard overseas possessions as a source of weakness to the kingdom. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• In 1840 New Zealand also was added to the colonial possessions of the British Crown. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• And, secondly, there has hitherto existed in the States no organization for and no tradition of what one may call non-assimilable possessions. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• I learned that the possessions most esteemed by your fellow-creatures were, high and unsullied descent united with riches. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Of all my worldly possessions I took no more than the few necessaries that filled the bag. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• What if he be a profligate debauchee, and would rather receive harm than benefit from large possessions? David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• The affluence of the rich excites the indignation of the poor, who are often both driven by want, and prompted by envy to invade his possessions. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Before the golden mean was found, however, Meg added to her domestic possessions what young couples seldom get on long without, a family jar. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.

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