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That thou owest quickly give, What thou ownest thou must leave, And those thou lovest best shall grieve, But all in vain for thee!

From Verses for Children and Songs for Music by Ewing, Juliana Horatia Gatty

“Something is fretting my ownest mother,” she whispered under her breath, and then she took her mother’s soft hand and covered it with kisses.

From Daddy's Girl by Meade, L. T.

Thou art entitled to the price of one basket of bastirma, and no more, from this my servant; but he, on his side, has a right to all thou ownest.

From Oriental Encounters Palestine and Syria, 1894-6 by Pickthall, Marmaduke William

Tracey, my ownest lamb, won't you shake up the cocktails for Nita?

From Murder at Bridge by Austin, Anne

This is my ownest self that speaks to you now; that is—that is your friend, and it will never change!

From The Woman from Outside [on Swan River] by Footner, Hulbert