...They were tamed, like beasts, by the stings of hunger and the lash, and their education was directed to the same end, to make them commodious instruments of labour for their possessors...
Thomas Clarkson 「An Essay on the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species, Particularly the African」
...He would, however, thus have to pass through territories in the possession of the Matabele, who, under the powerful Chief Mozelekatse, had driven away the Makololo, its original possessors...
W.H.G. Kingston 「Great African Travellers」
...Having lived all their lives not far from the bay, they had some knowledge of small boats, skiffs in particular, but of course they were not the possessors of one...
William Still 「The Underground Railroad」
...When thus treated, animals, which I amassured would touch nothing, have soon become possessors of vigorousappetites...
Dinks, Mayhew, and Hutchinson 「The Dog」
...There are also many evils connectedwith them—they are a care to their possessors, a temptation to thedishonest, and a trouble and bitterness to the poor...
John Ruskin 「Lectures on Architecture and Painting」
...When it was restored, along withthe other spoils of the great Roman Palace, it was sealed up by itsjealous possessors, and could no longer be consulted for criticalpurposes...
Hugh Macmillan 「Roman Mosaics」
...They became possessors of land in Saxony...
Edward Singleton Holden 「Sir William Herschel: His Life and Works」
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