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Those texts," he interrupted, "refer to imperfect beings—less than man and less than woman: they could not refer to the condition that I have been supposing….

From In Ghostly Japan by Hearn, Lafcadio

But I hope the sequel hasn't been prolonged, and have been supposing that, by the necessary quick departure of his "party," you will have been left independent again and not too exhausted.

From The Letters of Henry James (volume I) by James, Henry

But you forget that the condition I have been supposing is not merely particular, but, on the contrary, the most general among men.

From Prose Fancies (Second Series) by Le Gallienne, Richard

It may be curious to observe, in the case that we have been supposing, how some of the laws which at present govern civilized society, would be successively dictated by the most imperious necessity.

From An Essay on the Principle of Population by Malthus, T. R. (Thomas Robert)

If in the criminal case which I have been supposing, the second certitude, felt by a witness, was a legitimate state of mind, so was the first.

From An Essay In Aid Of A Grammar Of Assent by Newman, John Henry