Babes
[beɪbz]
Examples
- Why, Tom, you must know I know the moSt. O, Mas'r, haven't you jest read how he hides from the wise and prudent, and reveals unto babes? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- She hung over the patient in agony, which was not mitigated when her thoughts wandered towards her babes, for whom she feared infection. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- What could children of a year old, babes at the breast, what could they do, that they too must be shot and hatcheted? Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- I've seen a many people die; little babes and great strong men; and I know when death's a-coming, well enough. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Thou has 'hid from the wise and prudent, and revealed unto babes,' murmured Tom; 'even so, Father, for so it seemed good in thy sight. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- This is marriage, Trot; and Heaven bless you both, in it, for a pair of babes in the wood as you are! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- My poor love and I looked at each other, and our babes. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Still the bloom did not fade on the cheeks of my babes; and Clara sprung up in years and growth, unsullied by disease. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
Edited by Greg