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“That’s what we are supposing all the time, Miss Betty,” replied Hurley quietly.

From The Heart of Canyon Pass by Holmes, Thomas K.

The liberty which we are supposing may be most completely given to them in the form of such a power as is said to have been possessed by Gyges the ancestor of Croesus the Lydian.

From The Republic by Jowett, Benjamin

In the case we are supposing, however, we will imagine that the teacher does not do this.

From The Teacher by Abbott, Jacob

Will the planet move nearer the sun, which we are supposing to be perfectly at rest, or will it be urged further away?

From Aether and Gravitation by Hooper, William George

With ourselves, the first impression of his form and figure is especially associated with the interior in which we are supposing the reader to be now standing.

From Toronto of Old by Scadding, Henry