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good and proper personages in England regarded
I can quite remember—younger people than I can remember—the time when all good and proper personages in England regarded the authoress of "Indiana" as a sort of feminine fiend, endowed with a hideous power for the destruction of souls and an inextinguishable thirst for the slaughter of virtuous beliefs.
— from Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches by Justin McCarthy

gained a predominant position in Egyptian religious
It was not until the book had gained a predominant position in Egyptian religious thought that it would have been needful to incorporate into it the ideas of a rival theology.
— from The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce

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