Sons

Examples

• She was built by the William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Company, of Philadelphia, was launched Oct. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• But if she does, I am quite sure you will find her sons able to defend their island, even against enmity and treachery. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• At first sight the two sons of Ariston may seem to wear a family likeness, like the two friends Simmias and Cebes in the Phaedo. Plato. The Republic.
• It is like an encampment of forest sons of Anak. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Sons of white fathers, with all our haughty feelings burning in their veins, will not always be bought and sold and traded. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Of the two sons, the eldest, Arthur, inherited the title and estates. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• This was the reason why Asclepius and his sons practised no such art. Plato. The Republic.
• One of the sons of Murad I embarked on an intrigue with Andronicus, the son of the Greek Emperor, to murder their respective fathers. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The sons have been called Arthurs, Uthers, and Caradocs, from immemorial time. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• She had found one of the sons of God from the Beginning, and he had found one of the first most luminous daughters of men. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• They were very acute persons, those sons of Asclepius. Plato. The Republic.
• And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in Mount Gilboa. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Young sir, when you feel tempted to marry, think of our four sons and two daughters, and look twice before you leap. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• My father had a small estate in Nottinghamshire: I was the third of five sons. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• He stood there in his strange, whole body, that had its marvellous fountains, like the bodies of the sons of God who were in the beginning. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• If she was executed, the fact remains that her three sons, together with two nephews, became the appointed heirs of Constantine. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• For an offense done to the family honor, the sons of Jacob exterminated all Shechem once. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The remainder of the Republic is developed out of the question of the sons of Ariston. Plato. The Republic.
• In 781 he caused one of his sons, Pepin, who did not outlive him, to be crowned King of Italy in Rome. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The two sons grew up as parsimonious as their sire. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Time, like an ever-rolling stream, Bears all its sons away; They fly, forgotten, as a dream Dies at the opening day. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Whet the bright steel, Sons of the White Dragon! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Then Alexander thought of Parmenio, whose other two sons had died for him in battle. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Younger sons cannot marry where they like. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• You sons of bitches, I said. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• They were to meet Mrs. Ferrars; but Elinor could not learn whether her sons were to be of the party. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• The very love which she might feel for her sons only served to render the timid and pious lady more fearful and unhappy. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• In this same parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor for a hundred pieces of silver, is Jacob's celebrated well. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The sons of Jacob had been pasturing their flocks near there. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Brandlight and Sons, which I have forwarded. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.

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