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In her novel Possession, A. S. Byatt wrote of one of her characters ( Blackadder ) Leavis did to Blackadder what he did to serious students: he showed him the terrible, the magnificent importance and urgency of English literature and simultaneously deprived him of any confidence in his own capacity to contribute to or change it.
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* Thomasin Darling: Grace Darling, her True Story: from Unpublished Papers in Possession of her Family ( 1880 )
The following year, she received her first César Award for Possession, in which she portrays a woman having a nervous breakdown.
In 1994 McLachlan became the target of a lawsuit, when she was sued by Uwe Vandrei, an obsessed fan from Ottawa, who alleged that his letters to her had been the basis of the single " Possession.
From her Nettwerk connection, her piano version of the song " Possession " was included on the first Due South soundtrack in 1996.
Furthermore, Malachi Martin goes as far as to say "... no person can be Possessed without some degree of cooperation on his or her part ," and " The effective cause of Possession is the voluntary collaboration of an individual, through his faculties of mind and will, with one or more of those bodiless, genderless creatures called demons.
Gear excelled with her version of Sarah McLachlan's " Possession ", showing off her incredible range and pitch-perfect control, and after all the voting, was safe from elimination.
Using the stage name Jane Aubert, in 1929, she made her motion picture debut in the silent film, " La Possession.
Captain Edward Belcher, who surveyed the island in 1841, wrote: " We landed on Monday, the 26th, at fifteen minutes past eight, and being the bona fide first possessors, her Majesty's health was drank with three cheers on Possession Mount.
* British novelist A. S. Byatt for the character Roland Michell ( and perhaps his formidable love interest Maud Bailey (" bailey "=" tower ")) in her novel Possession: A Romance ( 1990 ).
Interview of Rutanya Alda regarding her role in Amityville II: The Possession.
September 2008 saw the unveiling of her debut album, Possession, and her first single, a title track co-written by Samson during the breakup of her marriage.
* In Possession, the hero's ex quotes Robert Graves to her new lover-'" Oh Love, be fed by apples while you may "'-echoing the Song of Solomon, ' comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love '.
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Possession and property should always remain stable except when the possessor agrees to transfer part of his / her property to another person.
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He was well rid of her.
If he had married her, he'd have been asking for trouble.
His plans and dreams had revolved around her so much and for so long that now he felt as if he had nothing.
She lay there, making no effort to get back on her feet.
Her blond hair was frowzy, her dress torn in several places, and her shoes were so completely worn out that they were practically no protection.
It must have hurt her even to walk, for the sole was completely off her left foot and Morgan saw that it was bruised and bleeding.
He picked her up, sliding one hand under her shoulders, the other under her knees, and carried her into the house.
He put her down on the couch, and going into the kitchen, saw that the boy had dropped into a chair beside the table.
Morgan filled the dipper from the water bucket on the shelf, went back into the front room, lifted the girl's head, and held the edge of the dipper to her mouth.
She drank greedily, and murmured, `` Thank you '', as he lowered her head.
He stood looking down at her for a moment, wondering what could have reduced her to this condition.
She rubbed her eyes and stretched, then sat up, her hands going to her hair.
She got to her feet, staggered, and almost fell.
He caught her by an arm and helped her into the kitchen.
She sat down at the table, shaking her head.
When he saw the expression in her eyes, he knew he couldn't send them on.
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