A philosopher of the appropriative class tried it upon the constable who appropriated him: I deny your existence, said he; Come along all the same, said the unpsychological policeman.
"A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II (of II)"
Augustus de Morgan
These special departments in the great domain of natural p 8 science are, moreover, capable of being reciprocally fructified by means of the appropriative forces by which they are endowed.
"COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1"
Alexander von Humboldt
It is the appropriative words, thine and mine, which make this history different from any other history.
"The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings"
Harriet Beecher Stowe