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  • She lay back against the pillows and smiled at him com posedly.

    Rome's Revenge Craven, Sara 2001

  • "Which is why," he observed as they stepped out of the shaft into the oppressive heat and humidity, "even sup-posedly permanently lubricated doors and glides need to be checked as part of a weekly routine."

    The Howling Stones Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1997

  • Everything was taken up to the attic and sup - posedly sprayed.

    Tales From The Secret Annex Frank, Anne 1983

  • Furthermore, there were points of contact or overlappings between the various spheres: for instance, the notion of temperaments sup - posedly determined by the stars facilitates the transi - tion from the planetary gods to the virtues.

    Dictionary of the History of Ideas JEAN SEZNEC 1968

  • He achieved fame as a bold innovator of agricultural techniques that were supposed to bring great practical benefit, in striking contrast to the sup - posedly barren record of orthodox scientists.

    Dictionary of the History of Ideas DAVID JORAVSKY 1968

  • So long as the traditional distinction remained be - tween the sublunary, corruptible realm and the sup - posedly incorruptible heavens, advances in astronomy

    COSMIC FALL R. W. HEPBURN 1968

  • In the run up to February's Convention on Modern Liberty, the liberal press was filled with cries of anguish from leading writers and intellectuals-Philip Pullman evoked "sleeping Albion" as new laws sup-posedly strangled old freedoms, Anthony Barnett talked about a "system crisis," Henry Porter claimed we had only "two years" before it is too late.

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  • This has been one of the criticisms leveled at the approach concordance given that they are sup - ones in the same region did-a mea - and can be discussed in terms of "pri - posedly the records of the same pop - sure of heritability, as it were, among vate histories." ulations.

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2009

  • 73: 3 Spiritualism calls one person, living in this world, _ma - terial_, but another, who has died to-day a sinner and sup - posedly will return to earth to-morrow, it terms a _spirit_.

    Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures Mary Baker Eddy 1865

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