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What if the contending parties were to join forces, if the Countess-ship of the Countess were to be admitted and the heiress-ship of the Lady Anna, and if the Earl and the Lady Anna were to be united in holy wedlock?
Lady Anna 2004
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Here the heir-ship and heiress-ship of the worldhere the flame of materials;
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What if the contending parties were to join forces, if the Countess-ship of the Countess were to be admitted and the heiress-ship of the Lady Anna, and if the Earl and the Lady Anna were to be united in holy wedlock?
Lady Anna 1874
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Here the heirship and heiress-ship of the world -- here the flame of materials;
Poems By Walt Whitman Walt Whitman 1855
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Here the heir-ship and heiress-ship of the world, here the flame of materials,
Leaves of Grass Walt Whitman 1855
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She had never before heard Margaret speak out so freely, even in the days of her undoubted heiress-ship; and now, though she greatly disliked her niece, she could not avoid mingling something of respect and something almost amounting to fear with her dislike.
Miss Mackenzie Anthony Trollope 1848
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It was not that all who worshipped, either at a distance or with passing homage, knew the fact of the heiress-ship, or had ever heard of the £20,000 a year; but, given the status, and the worshippers will come.
Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite Anthony Trollope 1848
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Independent of heiress-ship, it appears to me that Paulina charms most of those who see her.”
Villette 2003
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Independent of heiress-ship, it appears to me that Paulina charms most of those who see her. "
Villette Charlotte Bront�� 1835
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