Some reasons of this double Corronation I haue possest you with, and thinke them strong.
Having agreed among themselves that the Ebronian Crown should not be possest by the Gallunarian King's Grandson, they in the next Place began to consider who should have it.
This was the fatal Stroke, for havingpossest the Prince with the belief of this, he let loose the Reins to all his long conceal'd Desires.
What thinkst thou then of mee, and this my State, Seem I to thee sufficiently possest Of happiness, or not?
His command of language was extraordinary, tho he had little imagination and his vocabulary was limited; but he possest the faculty of expressing himself in a racy, virile manner, within the apprehension of every reader.
Retiring to a seat in the upper part of Manhattan Island, which she possest in her own right,[46] she began with native energy the task of restoring her husband's broken fortunes.
If they were immaculate, their perfectness was that of a God-possest humanity rather than of a humanized Godhead.
Possest Her body by his body, but her mind Searcht terribly the issue.
When one is possest of his sole object, he is indifferent about all others, whether they be good or bad).
O thou that art as fair as the firmament, know that I have nothing to choose for myself, beyond what I am possest of; and leave it to you to choose and do whatever you think proper for us.
As the boy possest the idea of a ghost in his mind, sees the apparition of a devil before him; and as a sick man having hypochondria of his malady, is soon attacked by it (so everyone meets with what he has in his mind).
I am but a poor and honest man, and one possest of very little qualification nor of any worth and account among mankind; and it is impossible that so miserable a wretch, could ever be blessed with this masterpiece of perfection.
Do not let yourself to be possessor or possest of any thing or person, but give up thinking on anything, beside what remains after the thoughts of all other things.
As we see the form of the bracelet in gold, so do I conceive my egoism to consist in the intelligent soul; because it is impossible for any material substance, to have anything as intelligence (as I perceive my egoism to be possest of).
Vasishtha continued:--Thus the royal dame was possest of the qualities of contracting and expanding herself to any form, and became so expert in these by their continued practice of them; 2.
He is said to have the highest gratifications who is possest of the virtues of contentment, equanimity and benevolence (lit.
She has in reality but one form of peaceful tranquillity; though she is possest of the vast capacity of conceiving in herself all the manifold forms of things at liberty.
He is full within and without him, with and amidst the fulness of divine ecstasy, like a full pot in a sea; and possest of some higher power, yet he appears as worthless on the outside.
He thinks of being possest of manifold and various powers and faculties, and is employed in a variety of actions according to the desires of the mind.
Shall the despair of success make me assert, that I am here possest of an idea, which is not preceded by any similar impression?
But as this prospect is very distant, it is more natural for us to take a contiguous object, viz, the satisfaction, which this power affords the person, who is possest of it.
An avaritious man is respected for his money, though he scarce is possest of a power; that is, there scarce is a probability or even possibility of his employing it in the acquisition of the pleasures and conveniences of life.
And though the mother should be possest of a superior spirit and genius to the father, as often happens, the general rule prevails, notwithstanding the exceprion, according to the doctrine above-explained.
Whatever we discover externally by sensation; whatever we feel internally by reflection; all these are nothing but modifications of that one, simple, and necessarily existent being, and are not possest of any separate or distinct existence.
Thus the first mechanic, that invented a fine scritoire, produced pride in him, who became possest of it, by principles different from those, which made him proud of handsome chairs and tables.
O no: he yet possest A few Greek books, shrined in an ancient chest, Where barbarous mice through many an inlet crept, And fed on heavenly numbers, while he slept.
But in regard thesse 3 years I had possest I had never given him in any accompt of my debursements on the said house, in glasse windows, broads or others, he ordered me to give him in the compt theirof that he might pay it me.
Who was this new comet of war who possest the effrontery of a planet?
His judges believed him to be possest of the devil.
The two towns which earliest rose to greatness in the Belgian area were thus Bruges and Ghent; they possest in the highest degree the combined advantages of easy access to the sea and comparative inland security.
O miserable man, if your head be possest with this kind of frenzy, and can't be removed!
A trifle puts them in a panic, and at the mere notion that strangers have perceived this they become quite out of countenance and are possest by but one idea, to avoid by flight the repetition of such unpleasant emotions.
Distinction impresses every one, both those who are deprived of it and those who are possest of it.
It is a lucky day for timid people of this class when fate prevents them from entering into competition with those who are possest of poise.
If one could hope to arrive at one stride at one's desired goal one's efforts would be of no value, and mediocrity would very soon become the sole characteristic of those who were possest by this idea.
Here we may add that this quality is often the key to good fortune, since it permits the head of a family, who is possest of it to establish about him sympathetic currents, based upon the confidence that he inspires.
The third climber, who possestthe advantage of poise, had meanwhile been losing no time.
One of these was a timid man, another a boaster, and the third was possest of a reasoned poise.
Is it possible that the laborer, wheeling a barrow, really has to be possest of skill or strength?
We should be both unjust, if we were not persuaded we are possest with a Virtue, the Use of which is so admirable as that of Constancy.
Ambition, which I own myself possest of, teaches me this; ambition, which makes me covet praise, assures me that I shall enjoy a much larger proportion of it than can fall within your power either to deserve or obtain.
The barbarous Turk is satisfied with spoil; And shall I, being possest of what I came for, Prove the more Infidel?
I cannot tell sir, Belike this was the sadness that possest 'em; The plate stood next, I'm sure.
Sir, the grievous youth is inwardlye possest of a supple spirit, he can brooke impugnying, but tis adverse to my spirit if I were armed.
I am possest with a relenting devill; Legions of kinde thoughts have supriz'd my sense And I am too weake to be mine owne defence.
Lett ech man speake as he's possest I hold the poore man's state most blest.
Sir, be pacificall, the fellowe was possest with some critique frenzie, and wee impute it to his madnes.
A strange and true Relation of a Young Woman possest with the Devill.
Strange News from Arpington near Bexby in Kent: Being a True Narrative of a yong Maid who wasPossest with several Devils .
Sore sicke he was, and like to dye, No helpe his life could save; 10 His wife by him as sicke did lye, And bothpossest one grave.
My lord, possest with rage, condemn'd Me, all unheard, to dye.
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