The translator possesses a copy formerly belonging to Bishop Wordsworth of Lincoln, in which is written, in a contemporary hand, ex dono Bibliopolae Ric Davis.
The British Museum possesses a copy, presented by Lady Shelley.
The Snake Dance attracts largely through the horror awakened in most of us by reptiles, though it possessesmany elements of majestic beauty, too.
The Mission church interior at Laguna, by the way, possesses features of interest in the way of Indian decoration and ancient Spanish paintings, particularly those of the altar done on stretched hide.
As regards the two different routes to Santa Fe, although Missouri, for various reasons which it is needless to explain here, can doubtless retain the monopoly of the Santa Fe trade, the route from Arkansas possesses many advantages.
Turn the page and you shall read that, when an idea once possesses a woman's mind, she has no rest until it is carried out.
Warn them against any particular thing, and it immediately possesses a deep attraction for them.
Latin, on the other hand, possesses very numerous forms of the verb, and the whole set of numerous forms varies for each type of verb.
This possesses not the character of the people of Pericles, but seems Roman.
It possesses the greatness and majesty of the Egyptian or of the ancient Etruscan style, with all the elegant proportion, the rich ornaments, and the discriminating taste of the most splendid era of the arts.
The poorest peasant's cottage in Burgundy, or Auvergne, possesses greater luxury and elegance than the palace of the Bishop of Balbec.
It is probable that no other type of spoon possessesthe interest, not to say the money value, of the old Apostle spoons, which came into fashion in the sixteenth century.
It possesses a dignity and charm that is most attractive, and when shown in brass, brightly burnished, it forms a most effective foil for the dark or polished surface of the wood.
Still, for all their unwritten stories each and every one possesses a glamor of mystery that makes the work of collecting them most fascinating.
As soon as we turn to this question we recognise, not merely that King Lear possesses purely dramatic qualities which far outweigh its defects, but that its greatness consists partly in imaginative effects of a wider kind.
In reviewing the phenomena of sleep, then, we found in the first place that it possesses a specific recuperative energy which the commonly accepted data of physiology and psychology cannot explain.
The question is asked, 'Whether the state of innocence which is described in the myth, or a state like our own which possesses art and science and distinguishes good from evil, is the preferable condition of man.
And the power which the eye possesses is a sort of effluence which is dispensed from the sun?
Undoubtedly the Bar possesses a charm that belongs to no other profession.
You see what one man can do, who possesses sense and a kind heart.
Some one possesses a trait or an act which is passed over entire to another person, by whom it is substituted for one of his own.
It matters little what it is, if only it is real and personal, is large enough to last, and possesses the power of growth.
It is supposed to be something mysterious, innate in him who possesses it and quite out of the reach of him who has it not.
West Falkland is more extensive than its neighbour, La Soledad, and possesses another fort at the southern point of Byron’s Sound--too far off for me to go there.
If he be only a sort of brute, he possesses plenty of courage, and has showed it in getting you out of a bad corner at the risk of his life.
There is not one man or woman in a hundred who possesses an unpleasant personal peculiarity, without getting a galled spot upon personal pride in consequence.
The poor we have always with us; and every man and woman who possesses means for their relief owes a duty to them which is to be discharged in the most efficient way.
Not one man in five of the whole number possesses the first qualification for making the laws of a State, and half of them never read the constitution of the country.
It is a sad thing to find so much intellectual power as Carlyle really possesses so little under the control of the moral sentiments.
The humblest individual of the community in one way or another possesses influence; and upon him as well as upon the proudest rests the responsibility of its rightful exercise and proper direction.
Further experiments on other horses would be necessary in order to discover whether the species as a whole possesses this ability or whether only certain ones are thus endowed.
This is not astonishing after all, when we recall that the periphery of the retina possesses a relatively high sensitivity for movement impressions, although its chromatic sensitivity is very low.
Moreover, though He possesses these two Natures, they are not changed one into the other, or confused together; but each remains distinct, though both are united in His One Person.
Man possesses a mind as well as a body; the opposite theory, materialism, has great difficulties.
In the first place man possesses what, in common language, is called a will.
And this makes it more than ever likely that the God, Who has shown such marvellous skill in the various organs of a man's body, should care for the man himself, the personal and moral being, who possesses these organs.
Now that mankind possesses a conscience is indisputable.
We now pass on to the following verses which are deductions from this, and show that as each of the three Persons possesses the Divine Nature, all attributes of the Godhead (i.
Indeed, the mere fact that man possesses this remarkable faculty makes it certain that man's Maker must possess it too.
And since he possesses a free will, his character is also distinct; for this depends to a large extent on how he uses his free will, what he says, and what he does, day by day.
For as we have seen God possesses moral attributes as well, such as Goodness.
For mankind possesses a very remarkable something, called a conscience, which tells him at once, and without either argument or reasoning, that certain acts are right and others wrong.
The correspondence of the spiritual man possesses the supernatural virtues of the Resurrection and the Life.
One set possesses the quality of everlastingness, the other is temporal.
The king possesses not the power of annulling a promise or revoking an oath!
It means to rob him who possessesnothing but the craft of his hands and his body, of his only right--the right to work.
Archbishop Sancroft is buried at Redenhall, which, by the way, possesses perhaps the finest church tower of any village in England and an exceptionally fine ring of ancient bells.
Stowlangtoft is a remote Suffolk village; but possesses a magnificent set of the original carved benches in the nave and stalls in the chancel (91).
A conscientious singer is rewarded after arduous work by gaining the power of emotional expression which the human voice possesses beyond any other musical medium.
Although the female principle is still a necessary factor in the creative processes, and although it is capable of producing gods, the mother element possesses none of the essentials which constitute a Deity.
It is reported that the dark continent possesses means of communication entirely unknown to Europe.
Neither of these two possesses the sensitiveness of those previously mentioned, but for work demanding more or less uniformity of line they will be found more satisfactory.
Bond paper, however, possessesthe similar advantage of transparency besides affording a better texture for the pen.
Whatman's "hot-pressed" paper affords another excellent surface and possesses some advantages over the Bristol-board.
In producing blood-albumen for commerce, the objects borne in mind are the attainment of a substance whose solution is free from colour, possesses coagulation, and which is cheap.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "possesses" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
