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1745 tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Robert Chevalier II. iv. 67 We should never judge so rashly, if leaving off our Prejudices, we would put ourselves in the Place of those whose Judges we want to be.

1770 S. Foote Lame Lover iii. 67 What could I do? put yourself in my place.

1791 T. Paine Common Sense (new ed.) 85 Do they put themselves in the place of the sufferer.

1865 J. Ruskin Sesame & Lilies i. 53 Putting ourselves always in the author's place.

1871 M. F. Theed What She did with her Life ii. v. 150 I..say to myself, ‘Put yourself in her shoes, Marcelline!’ and I am not long then in coming round to be heartily ashamed of myself.

1913 A. A. Brill tr. S. Freud Interpretation of Dreams iv. 126 If she has put herself in the place of her friend, or, as we may say, has identified herself with her friend.

1954 A. Huxley Doors of Perception 8 We can condole with others in analogous circumstances, can put ourselves..in their places.

1992 N.Y. Times 21 July a15/6 If you put yourself in the shoes of someone who has a high school education, has lost his job that paid $10 an hour, and is now out pounding the pavement.