| 单词 | foster-mother |
| 例句 | When Cretheus died the twins were told by their foster-mother who their real parents were. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z That is, not a trace of coat-color of the white father or of the white foster-mother was impressed on the transplanted germ-cells or the developing young. Being Well-Born An Introduction to Eugenics 2012-05-22T15:16:53.140Z Nature is a tender foster-mother; freedom is in the air. Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information 2012-04-22T02:00:09.320Z If there are a large number of pups, some may be given to a foster-mother; but as a rule these are difficult to get, and not often satisfactory. A Manual of Toy Dogs How to breed, rear, and feed them 2012-03-25T02:00:07.687Z A turkey will prove a much better foster-mother in every respect. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z The orphan saw his foster-mother no more alive. Wise Saws and Modern Instances, Volume II (of 2) 2012-03-12T03:00:23.003Z My son and yours was born the selfsame day, and my hold dutch was selected to hact as foster-mother to the youthful lord. Mr Punch's Model Music Hall Songs and Dramas Collected, Improved and Re-arranged from Punch 2012-03-06T03:00:20.097Z This message was followed by a visit from the Governor's foster-mother, an unveiled jolly woman, of redundant proportions, wearing remarkably short petticoats, which displayed limbs like pillars. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:11.843Z The chickens hatched by Gilly found a loving and assiduous foster-mother. Second String 2012-02-11T03:03:54.390Z Most of the daughter nations of Spain have ranged themselves in the same ranks, beside France, their intellectual foster-mother. South America and the War 2012-02-10T03:00:17.163Z She handed it herself to the foster-mother and held it at the breast, and it was pain to her to watch it drawing life, not from its mother, but from a stranger. A Russian Gentleman 2012-02-08T03:00:18.800Z The former, a nunnery, was founded by the Lady Alwyn, foster-mother to Edgar the Peacemaker. Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely 2012-02-03T03:00:22.657Z One lesson Woof had well learned from his foster-mother, and that was the obligation resting upon every honest dog to protect his master's property. Hoof and Claw 2012-01-28T03:00:27.507Z The scene in which they take leave of their kindly warm-hearted foster-mother is excellent. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z Should a disaster happen to the parents, the orphans will receive food and care from some devoted foster-mother until they are able to fly. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z When the foster-mother returned, and saw the moon had slipped out, she again grieved greatly, and told the girl she could keep her no longer, and that now she must go. The Norwegian Fairy Book 2011-11-22T03:00:08.940Z As soon as the young buffalo was introduced to his foster-mother there ensued a vigorous protest against the additional burden imposed upon her by the scheming of others. The Indians' Last Fight Or The Dull Knife Raid 2011-11-06T02:00:13.167Z Picking one up in his mouth, after the manner of his retriever foster-mother, he carried it over and laid it down, as a humble offering, beside the bunk. Hoof and Claw 2012-01-28T03:00:27.507Z Barbarina exclaims against her rudeness, calls the servants, throws a purse of gold at her foster-mother, and bids her depart. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z The foster-mother enjoys a title of courtesy, and often her influence in the palace comes next to that of the reigning Sultan's mother. Turkey Peeps at Many Lands 2011-09-21T02:00:31.190Z But when the foster-mother had been away for some time, and the girl was all alone and bored, she could at last resist no longer. The Norwegian Fairy Book 2011-11-22T03:00:08.940Z “No miracle was there save only what I, with the help of thy foster-mother, Gunnehilde, worked.” A Maid at King Alfred?s Court 2011-09-13T02:00:30.520Z "Me!" cried Bindle in horror, stepping back as if he had been asked to foster-mother a vigorous young rattlesnake. Mrs. Bindle Some Incidents from the Domestic Life of the Bindles 2011-09-08T02:00:22.323Z There was no chance of forgetting, in those days, how directly the brown earth is our foster-mother. Chaucer and His England 2011-09-01T02:00:19.940Z One of the columns of the nave has graven upon it the epitaph composed by King Ren� of Anjou for his foster-mother, Dame Thiephanie. Castles and Chateaux of Old Touraine and the Loire Country 2011-08-27T02:00:22.057Z When the foster-mother then returned, and saw that the sun had flown out, she grieved greatly, and told the girl that now she could positively stay with her no longer. The Norwegian Fairy Book 2011-11-22T03:00:08.940Z She was the foster-mother and nurse of my brother-in-law, the late Baronet; and 'tis plain there was no love lost betwixt Eustace and her. Penelope Brandling A Tale of the Welsh coast in the Eighteenth Century 2011-08-25T02:00:27.073Z "Thou must call her Myra," said a voice, "for she hath known only bitterness on the breast of her foster-mother." The Village of Youth and Other Fairy Tales 2011-08-06T02:00:04.530Z We will let justice give place to mercy--for the sake of your wife, our child's foster-mother. The Hour Will Come: Volumes I and II A Tale of an Alpine Cloister 2011-07-23T02:00:09.843Z Thus, tortured by doubts of him and of herself, she was at last attracted towards the pure, faithful heart of her foster-mother. A Twofold Life 2011-07-21T02:00:21.433Z The foster-mother came while the guard slept, took the child, cut its little finger, and rubbed some of the blood on the queen’s mouth. The Norwegian Fairy Book 2011-11-22T03:00:08.940Z I am not much versed in housekeeping; but my old foster-mother, Dorothy, is well skilled in it. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z That night Meta deceived her foster-mother, and lying awake beside Callie's empty cot, in the room which the two girls shared together, she treacherously prayed that it might be long before her sister's return. The Cup of Trembling and Other Stories 2011-07-07T02:00:29.180Z Aye, it is true; I was the death of the mother that bore me, I made the foster-mother that reared me miserable; she lost her husband and child for my sake. The Hour Will Come: Volumes I and II A Tale of an Alpine Cloister 2011-07-23T02:00:09.843Z What could she, gentle and loving as she had always been, require of her daughter so hard that her foster-mother had been unwilling to impart it to her? A Noble Name or D?nninghausen 2011-07-04T02:00:22.783Z Then she took it with her, and the little girl remained with her for several years, and her foster-mother was always good and kind to her. The Norwegian Fairy Book 2011-11-22T03:00:08.940Z Longer, however, it could not last, much as thy foster-mother wished it; thou wast too much like thy father. Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) 2011-06-14T02:00:26.670Z He turned to find his foster-mother watching him. Erskine Dale?Pioneer 2011-06-13T02:00:32.327Z Your foster-mother, as you call her, and her children and grandchildren have died out long before this. Gunpowder Treason and Plot And Other Stories for Boys 2011-06-08T02:00:16.797Z But the girl's foster-mother would not give her up. Canadian Fairy Tales 2011-05-30T02:00:14.087Z Now when the girl had grown old enough to make distinctions, and had acquired some sense, it chanced that her foster-mother once wished to take a journey. The Norwegian Fairy Book 2011-11-22T03:00:08.940Z Nay, he has just touchingly asked his foster-mother, observed by him to be in tears: French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z His foster-mother, who was fiercely haranguing one of the chiefs, turned angrily into Kahtoo’s lodge and he could see the white woman rocking her body and wringing her hands. Erskine Dale?Pioneer 2011-06-13T02:00:32.327Z So little Eglah Kent was given, when three hours old, to the care of the young foster-mother Eliza, and slept upon the heart that mourned for the lost baby boy. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z Then he gave to his foster-mother a wonderful robe. Canadian Fairy Tales 2011-05-30T02:00:14.087Z When her foster-mother came home, she was much grieved to find that the star had flown out, and was so annoyed with her foster-child that she threatened to send her away. The Norwegian Fairy Book 2011-11-22T03:00:08.940Z Wasn't it for your sake I married your foster-mother? Dry Fish and Wet Tales from a Norwegian Seaport 2011-04-24T02:00:08.440Z Early Morn greeted him with glowing eyes, his foster-mother brought him food, looking proudly upon him, and old Kahtoo harangued his braves around the council-pole, while the prophet and Crooked Lightning sulked in their tents. Erskine Dale?Pioneer 2011-06-13T02:00:32.327Z His hot fingers quivered in her clasp, and, pressing a folded bill into his hand, she joined her foster-mother and left the store. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z And the girl's foster-mother wondered where she had gone. Canadian Fairy Tales 2011-05-30T02:00:14.087Z “No, I must now punish you,” said the foster-mother. The Norwegian Fairy Book 2011-11-22T03:00:08.940Z The Young Barbarians, when Rome's ecclesiastical polity got hold of them, were persuaded by their anxious foster-mother to sell their Scandinavian birthright of imagination for an unintelligible, theopathic mess of mystic Gr�co-Syrian pottage. A Syrup of the Bees 2011-04-23T02:00:04.300Z The flaps of the chief’s tent parted and his foster-mother started toward him with a sudden stream of tears and turned quickly back. Erskine Dale?Pioneer 2011-06-13T02:00:32.327Z With fine feminine instinct that penetrates far below the surface, yet gives no hint of the depths, Eliza divined that the unhappy woman desired unbroken solitude, and the foster-mother went early to her own bedroom. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z Now Pajāpatī, the foster-mother of the Blessed One, in the company of Yasodharā, and many other women, went to the Tathāgata entreating him earnestly to let them take the vows and be ordained as disciples. The Gospel of Buddha Compiled from Ancient Records by Paul Carus 2011-04-19T02:00:18.493Z The queen wept and pleaded—for when the foster-mother was there she could speak—but without avail. The Norwegian Fairy Book 2011-11-22T03:00:08.940Z Deirdre heard the voice, and said to her foster-mother, "O foster-mother, what cry is that?" Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales 2011-04-15T02:00:15.367Z His foster-mother, coming upon the scene, scowled, but Erskine rose and went to the white woman’s tent. Erskine Dale?Pioneer 2011-06-13T02:00:32.327Z How much Eglah suspected the foster-mother merely surmised, because some inexplicable barrier seemed, within the past fortnight, built up to limit their free interchange of thought. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z She is the sister of the mother of the Blessed One, and as foster-mother and nurse, reared the Blessed One after the death of his mother. The Gospel of Buddha Compiled from Ancient Records by Paul Carus 2011-04-19T02:00:18.493Z After a time the foster-mother wanted to take another journey, and she forbade the girl, above all, to go into the two rooms which, as yet, she had not entered. The Norwegian Fairy Book 2011-11-22T03:00:08.940Z O foster-mother, the bird asked to get inside for the sake of the God of the Elements, and you yourself tell me that anything that is asked in His name we ought to do. Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales 2011-04-15T02:00:15.367Z His foster-mother brought him food, but he would not touch it. Erskine Dale?Pioneer 2011-06-13T02:00:32.327Z The foster-mother stood weeping bitterly, but her husband took her hand. Japanese Fairy Tales 2011-04-15T02:00:14.617Z But now it was Louisa who sheltered her foster-mother, and wrapped her own shawl round her. An Old Story of My Farming Days Vol. II (of III). (Ut Mine Stromtid) 2011-04-14T02:00:41.313Z Now when the girl had left her foster-mother, and had wandered for a time, she came to a large, large wood, and no matter how far she went she could not reach its end. The Norwegian Fairy Book 2011-11-22T03:00:08.940Z But a man may marry the mother of his foster-sister, or the foster-mother of his sister. Marriage and Divorce Laws of the World 2011-04-04T02:00:08.180Z He had gone to see his foster-mother and his foster-father—old chief Kahtoo, the Shawnee—because he had given his word. Erskine Dale?Pioneer 2011-06-13T02:00:32.327Z He was so pale that Mrs. Carter, the child’s foster-mother, asked if he was well. The Late Tenant 2011-03-28T02:00:25.153Z Its author—if my suspicion be correct—was his literary foster-mother, and we probably owe the direction of his genius, and all its fascinating results, primarily to her. The Romantic Scottish Ballads: Their Epoch and Authorship 2011-03-20T02:00:33.903Z The friendship increased as the months went by, for the youth, alone in a strange country, devoted to his foster-mother, needed a woman's love and tenderness to cheer him. Famous Men of Science 2011-03-08T03:00:49.717Z A man cannot marry his foster-mother, nor foster-sister, unless the foster-brother and sister were nursed by the same mother at intervals widely separated. Marriage and Divorce Laws of the World 2011-04-04T02:00:08.180Z She had never trusted one—least of all Wolf, the big, impassive animal who had dominated the life of her foster-mother. Comrades A Story of Social Adventure in California 2011-03-03T03:00:52.327Z I will bring the foster-mother to tell you that I was not the man who intrusted the infant to her care. The Late Tenant 2011-03-28T02:00:25.153Z At the Brighton Show of 1886 there were two cats, both reared by dogs, the foster-mother and her bantling showing evident signs of sincere affection. Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z The famous Venetian arsenal was the foster-mother of that commerce. A Short History of Italy (476-1900) 2011-02-24T03:01:00.630Z Garth cannot make scenes before his foster-mother, for the very shame of it! Vision House 2011-01-13T03:01:00.407Z There was great sadness on his foster-mother, and she told him to bring the kine back to life. The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries 2011-01-06T03:00:47.543Z Before another year was passed the second of the forester's daughters had disappeared; and the Prince and his foster-mother cried themselves ill over a loss that had been so cruelly renewed. Moonshine & Clover 2011-01-06T03:00:46.940Z She would have persuaded him to go with her and sit by her side, but the boy, clinging closely to his foster-mother, refused to leave her for the stranger lady. History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain Volume The Third and Biographical & Critical Miscellanies Like the Greek Artemis, she was essentially a nature goddess, the great foster-mother of the vegetable and animal kingdom. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" The child soon became reconciled to the change in his situation, and returned the kindness of his foster-mother with affection. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13 The duke's large white motor-car had refused to budge from in front of the entrance, and the girl and her foster-mother had had to walk round it to their waiting fiacre. The Princess Galva A Romance But his foster-mother, in spite of her grief over her own child's disappearance, nursed him so well and loved him so much that after a while he recovered his strength. Moonshine & Clover 2011-01-06T03:00:46.940Z Maeldūn went to his foster-mother, the queen, and said: “I will not eat nor drink till thou tell me who are my mother and my father.” Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race The foster-mother had returned from Florence with a whole trunkful of articles of art and ornament for Angelica, and a thousand greetings from the happy pair. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. II With shamefaced consciousness, he showed Edwin a number of pretty household utensils which he had made for his foster-mother and the family of the teacher with whom he boarded. The Children of the World That poor woman was foster-mother to the little princess, and the two children were in the night nursery at the time of the tragedy. The Princess Galva A Romance His foster-mother, when he spoke to her of his nine sorrows, tried to comfort him, calling him her own nine joys; and, indeed, he was all the joy left in life for her. Moonshine & Clover 2011-01-06T03:00:46.940Z When they began to crow, their foster-mother was as much annoyed as she had been with the swimming of the young ducks, and never failed to repress their attempts at crowing. Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom Her foster-mother and her father, who evidently do not know where the child is, will be alarmed about her. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. II He would seek information from the midwives of every village, and, in order to avoid being overrun, would take good care not to let them know for whom the foster-mother was wanted. On the Heights A Novel The princess read to the end, but there was nothing that she had not already learnt from her foster-mother. The Princess Galva A Romance I was your foster-mother—you and my Don Jordy there are of one age, and lay on my breast together. The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion So on a little card that showed a cottage standing in a field of snow, she sent to foster-mother and sister her greeting of love and her assurance of health and happiness. The Shadow In this opinion she was shaken, though only for a moment, by the news Frances's foster-mother brought. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. II But I shall insist on one thing: the foster-mother of my child must be an honest married woman and must belong to a respectable family. On the Heights A Novel And yet there were some people who wondered how Nan could endure such a foster-mother as Mrs. Absalom. Gabriel Tolliver A Story of Reconstruction And the Indian foster-mother would gravely reply: “Ask the Great Spirit that the peace may long continue.” The Sun Maid A Story of Fort Dearborn But what was his amazement to find in her his old foster-mother of the country, whom he had not seen for many years, and who loved him dearly. Legends of Florence Collected from the People, First Series She resigned little Frances to the foster-mother, and then immediately started for the studio. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. II The crown prince suffered because of the fright which the Moor had given his foster-mother. On the Heights A Novel The damsels embraced their kind foster-mother, while tears of affection and gratitude eloquently spoke their thanks. Tales from the German. Volume II. The Lichtensteins, The Sorceress, The Anabaptist But he noticed with regret that his foster-mother did not touch the proffered food, and that she ministered even gingerly to Kitty’s wants. The Sun Maid A Story of Fort Dearborn Only Mo�ngal, his ancient armour-bearer, and his wife, my foster-mother, are with me; yonder, in that small wooden house, behind the beech mound, we live. Saga of Halfred the Sigskald A Northern Tale of the Tenth Century So she sent old Erich to the foster-mother, with a note in which she asked permission to keep the little one with her overnight. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. II For several months she nursed the infant, but sorrow is said to have soon dried up the fountain of her breast, and Halimah, a woman of marked fidelity to her charge, became Mohammed's foster-mother. Oriental Women Yet, forsooth, not this illustrious bird, but the eagle—the "American" Eagle—is the emblem of the foster-mother of all the nations. Belford's Magazine, Vol 2, December 1888 He liked, and was impelled to trust them both, and was already learning to love his foster-mother. The Sun Maid A Story of Fort Dearborn It is the foster-mother of all the evil and misery by which society is distressed. Modern Substitutes for Christianity But papa hasn't any wife; he had one once, but she is dead this long time, and I haven't any other mother but my good foster-mother and my beautiful mamma Julie. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. II Should the sultan's mother be deceased, his foster-mother holds this position of influence. Oriental Women In the affectionate bosom of this lady my orphan babe found a foster-mother, who shared with her infant, three days older than mine, the one half of its best comfort. Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp Late a Lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment He was, his foster-mother saw, already on the verge of a collapse. The Sun Maid A Story of Fort Dearborn She had taken Larry upon her arm—his weight did but charm her; holding him, she went about the house calling for Julia, the foster-mother. McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 4, August 1908 A covered table, decorated with beautiful bouquets, stood along the wall on the side where the windows were, and little Frances's foster-mother was busy adding the last finishing touches to it. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. II The present sultan's foster-mother has conducted herself with much conservatism in her exalted position and, it is said, with strict attention to the dignity and economy of the harem. Oriental Women As they grew older the poor foster-mother had her patience sorely tried. Dog Stories from the "Spectator" being anecdotes of the intelligence, reasoning power, affection and sympathy of dogs, selected from the correspondence columns of "The Spectator" He came back after a time expecting to find her, but her foster-mother had sent her on an errand. The "Genius" I am your nurse--your foster-mother----" "'But, not waiting to hear further, Antonio rose and hurried quickly away. The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. She first embraced the foster-mother and kissed her warmly. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. II The cubs were deposited upon the new bed and curled up close together, never missing their old home or realizing that they had a foster-mother. Five Little Starrs in the Canadian Forest Anne wrote once or twice to her foster-mother, and then ceased; so that Mademoiselle Scuderi thought she was forgotten in the happiness of the Brusson's life. The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II There was one afternoon when he was at his sister's and she came there to get a pattern for her foster-mother from Sylvia. The "Genius" He left the place because he could not bear to stay where she was buried, and came to Venice, bringing one, your nurse, your faithful foster-mother, with him. The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. He did not ask either Frances or her foster-mother what had happened in his absence, but stared vacantly, sighed often, and returned confused answers. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. II He never teased them and said little, but they knew that he was their foster-mother. Five Little Starrs in the Canadian Forest Her own mother died the day after she was born, and she has always looked on that poor dear soul yonder as her foster-mother.” Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part He must recall enough to speak to the woman who had been a kind foster-mother to her alien son. The Planet Savers Yet, in spite of Peggy’s forebodings, one chicken after another was rescued from beneath the wings of the perturbed foster-mother, and placed in a carefully prepared basket set behind the kitchen stove. Peggy Raymond's Vacation or Friendly Terrace Transplanted He kissed his little daughter again and again, pressed the old woman's hand--the foster-mother was absent--and started off for Julie's lodgings. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. II The remaining hens were put in hospital till they signified a willingness to resume their former profitable habits,—except one who was arbitrarily chosen to be foster-mother of the future brood. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 92, June, 1865 Loving no one but her faithful and devoted nurse, she has completely isolated herself, and consequently the death of this servant—companion—nay, 256 foster-mother—is a terrible blow to her. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part As the Lady of the Lake she is the foster-mother of Lancelot, and we should have no difficulty in classing her as a water deity or spirit very much like the Korrigan. Legends & Romances of Brittany Then Leo made the Song of the Twins who had forgotten that they were Gods, and had played in the dust to amuse a foster-mother. Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II It was hard for me to give her back to the foster-mother. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. II Finn conceived the notion of showing his foster-mother what he could do, and accordingly swaggered unsteadily into the coach-house, delivering loud barks as he advanced, all up and down the scale. Finn The Wolfhound They talked together but little, for she was in constant demand to help her foster-mother in the preparations for the long journey. Carmen Ariza Gently the blind girl’s fingers traveled up to the wet face of her little foster-mother, now bending towards her. Orphans of the Storm "Isn't she too precious, Jemmy?" whispered her foster-mother, who was leaning over the crib as her sister entered. Kildares of Storm His foster-mother was frightened, and asked: “Where have you been all year long?” The Chinese Fairy Book His great bed in the coach-house, which was twelve feet long by six feet broad, was shared the next night by the other three puppies, who had seen the last of their foster-mother that morning. Finn The Wolfhound She was not with her foster-mother, nor did his inquiry reveal her whereabouts. Carmen Ariza My son and yours was born the selfsame day, and my hold woman was selected to hact as foster-mother to the youthful lord. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98 February 15, 1890 Archemorus was killed by a serpent while his foster-mother was showing the soldiers of Adrastus where they might find a fountain. Storyology Essays in Folk-Lore, Sea-Lore, and Plant-Lore She is also the hard foster-mother of desperation and folly. The Cariboo Trail A Chronicle of the Gold-fields of British Columbia A couple of hours later, the foster-mother began to worry, and to wish that her puppies would come and take another meal. Finn The Wolfhound "She was troubled about bringing them out of England, and sent them to her foster-mother with this letter." The Old Countess; or, The Two Proposals "Tell the Ammal, silly child!" said her foster-mother, who was standing near. Lotus Buds The heiress of one of the old lairds of Rothes, being allowed to roam at will with her foster-mother, cast an eye of love on the son of the laird of Arndilly. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland Evidently the orphans had refused to be displayed to the visitors, for their foster-mother was apologizing for their non-appearance. Treasure Valley Whereas till now he had seemed little more than an appendage of the sheep-dog foster-mother, he now rapidly developed a personality, and a very masterful one, of his own. Finn The Wolfhound Then it sniffed at its foster-mother and sprang up on to the bench, where its place was on the southern side. Eskimo Folk-Tales L.'s mother is not a Temple woman, and the foster-mother also is not a Temple woman. Lotus Buds I had clothes and shelter of no kind, Except the linden green alone; And, save the gentle forest hind, Had nurse and foster-mother none. The Verner Raven; The Count of Vendel's Daughter and Other Ballads "Come on 'round to the front, children!" called their foster-mother, in a voice that trembled. Treasure Valley For several minutes the foster-mother plied her own offspring with every good office, and severely ignored the rotund and would-be playful Finn. Finn The Wolfhound But the old foster-mother wept all through that day, and her fellows in the place mourned also for the loss of their bear. Eskimo Folk-Tales The foster-mother, therefore, can have no legal claim to the child. Lotus Buds But forth on courser reeking hot There rushed a knight of bearing bold, And he my foster-mother shot With arrow on the verdant wold. The Verner Raven; The Count of Vendel's Daughter and Other Ballads Influenced by the example of his gentle foster-mother, he was docility itself toward his tamer, whom he came to love well after the reticent fashion of his race. Kings in Exile Naturally, he entertained no unkind feelings for his loving little foster-mother; but, from sheer ignorance and riotous good living, he gave her a good deal of pain. Finn The Wolfhound And thus the old foster-mother kept the bear with her. Eskimo Folk-Tales S. This is the little one who whispered her texts to me in the moonlight, and whose foster-mother told her to tell me she was being trained for the Service of the gods. Lotus Buds The institution round the corner would be the general foster-mother. British Socialism An Examination of Its Doctrines, Policy, Aims and Practical Proposals Nono loved his foster-mother with the grateful affection of his warm southern nature. The Golden House During the week following this weighing Finn was only allowed to visit his foster-mother once, for half an hour or so, in each day. Finn The Wolfhound And so the old foster-mother made a mark for it to wear; a collar of plaited sinews, as broad as a harpoon line. Eskimo Folk-Tales The strenuous task of being foster-mother to the eight had long ago taught Miss Gordon the necessity of doing two things at once. 'Lizbeth of the Dale It is the foster-mother of Mohammedanism and counts among her sons and daughters more of the followers of the Prophet of Mecca than are found in any other land. India, Its Life and Thought A goat had been his foster-mother; it was to her that he attributed his splendid constitution and activity, which had filled in the spaces between his financial successes with pleasure. It, and Other Stories And that was the last Finn saw of any foster-mother. Finn The Wolfhound You must not do that; the bear’s foster-mother could ill manage without its help. Eskimo Folk-Tales Rahel Levin was the foster-mother of "Young Germany," and leader in the woman's emancipation movement, so fruitful later on of deplorable excesses. Jewish Literature and Other Essays The land of the Vedas justly boasts of being the mother, or the foster-mother, of nine great religions. India, Its Life and Thought Of this old friend, who was nearly beside himself with joy at the sight of the little master, lost for so many years, the count begged for news of his foster-mother and Abeille. The Olive Fairy Book "Then you have decided to put Finn to the foster-mother?" Finn The Wolfhound Then the old foster-mother went out of the house, and found outside the body of a dead man, which the bear had hauled home. Eskimo Folk-Tales But Helga said she could not leave the Danish land without once more seeing her foster-mother, the loving wife of the Viking. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen It should also be remembered that caste is the foster-mother of all the manifold social evils of the land. India, Its Life and Thought One night, when the foster-mother lay sound asleep after a hard day’s work, a big, ugly, wet frog hopped in through the open window and stood staring at Maia under her quilt of rose leaves. The Olive Fairy Book In addition to this, a carpenter had to be set to work in a great hurry to put together a suitable bed for the new foster-mother in a shed in the orchard. Finn The Wolfhound It was repeated twice in the year, and was, in fact, the visit of the brother of Jürgen's foster-mother, the eel breeder from Zjaltring, upon the neighbourhood of the "Bow Hill." What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales "Now you must work for us," said his foster-mother; and Rudy very soon became the entire support of the house. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen Then Helga said that she could not leave the Danish land until she had once more seen her foster-mother, the Viking's excellent wife. The Sand-Hills of Jutland ‘If so, you had better begin now, for this evening we are to have supper with the mole, and it would never do for my foster-mother to find you working at it.’ The Olive Fairy Book It is her old foster-mother who is the confidante of her love. Characteristics of Women Moral, Poetical, and Historical But Helga declared she could not quit the Danish land before she had once more seen her foster-mother, the affectionate Viking woman. What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales "What beautiful things you have brought home!" said his old foster-mother; and her strange-looking eagle-eyes sparkled, while she wriggled and twisted her skinny neck more quickly and strangely than ever. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen "He could cut out his thoughts with a stick," said his foster-mother; and yet he was but a little boy. The Sand-Hills of Jutland But now she was content to live in the bright, friendly land that was so kindly a foster-mother to her. Grey Town An Australian Story And now, O gentle cow, Man's foster-mother, thou, Must tread the fatal path the horse hath trod, Since scientists have found That milk and cream abound Within the compass of an Eastern pod. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, August 5th, 1914 I will never treat you badly, And I will not drive you harshly, And our way is but a short one, And 'tis but a little journey, Unto Pohjola's bleak homestead, To my cruel foster-mother. Kalevala, Volume I (of 2) The Land of the Heroes He boasted of his possessions to his foster-mother, and she was almost as proud of them as he was himself. Nancy McVeigh of the Monk Road But she said: "This goes with it, that thou take along with thee my foster-mother, who is hereby, and suffer her to be ever with me if I will." The Sundering Flood “That I know not: she has never told,” replied the foster-mother; “but oh! if he were now here Glenurchy would never fall under the power of Baron MacCorquodale.” Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race It is strange how faithfully I cling to that dusky foster-mother, the nation that adopted me. The Reckoning Ancient Rome, like modern Sienna, abounded most probably with images of the foster-mother of her founder; but there were two she-wolves of whom history makes particular mention. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 2 She had had the beginnings of what might have been an unusually fine education, had it not been interrupted by the death of her foster-mother. The Green Rust But when the real mother approached the adopted bag, not only did the foster-mother make no attempt to defend it, but she fled and gave up her place. Spontaneous Activity in Education Early next day Colin arose, clad himself in the disguise of a sturdy beggar, took a kindly farewell of his foster-mother, and made his way to the castle. Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race I am your foster-mother, dear, and I have tried to be mother to you and Marie, and sister to my brother every day of my life since your mother died. The Daughter of a Magnate The child brought remarkable prosperity to the house, and his foster-mother grew very fond of him. The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology It gave him fuller opportunity for dallying with his dearly-loved foster-mother, Literature. Punch, or the London Charivari, May 13, 1914 Besides, she may not be at all the sort of foster-mother for a Japanese dwarf-tree.... Once a Week Mrs. Barrington expected to keep her after her—well, I suppose we might call it a foster-mother, died. The Girls at Mount Morris My father that I have estranged—my foster-mother that I have withstood—my sister that I have repelled—will their tears flow for me then? The Daughter of a Magnate The changeling himself in one of Lady Wilde's tales directs his foster-mother to Fairyland. The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology She is also my foster-mother, and the mother of the two maiden ladies, Miss Tabby, who is our housekeeper, and Miss Libby, who lives with the widowed parent at home. Cruel As The Grave I saw your foster-mother—I believe she is that—and she gave me a graphic description of your wanderings. A Little Girl in Old Quebec "I am not a sorceress, and know nothing of magic, but Halldis my foster-mother taught me some songs which she said were Ward-locks and charms." Gudrid the Fair A Tale of the Discovery of America Still the duty and affection she owed her kind foster-mother prompted her to hasten on. Won from the Waves Advised by his foster-mother, he secures the linen of the youngest and fairest. The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology "My foster-mother!" exclaimed Luke, in a tone of extreme astonishment. Rookwood Betsy Sparrow was the aunt who had brought up Nancy Hanks, and she was now a foster-mother to Dennis, her nephew. The Story of Young Abraham Lincoln "No, I couldn't do that," she said, "without asking my foster-mother." Gudrid the Fair A Tale of the Discovery of America Rosanne had, in some way, acquired the power of her foster-mother for making things of an unpleasant nature happen to people she did not like. Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa He went his way again to pass by the place where Julia, the girl who had become Billy's foster-mother, was preparing to go to the new camp. Space Prison His residence there was made still more agreeable by the hospitality of a relative, Henry Scrymgeour, brother of his foster-mother. Andrew Melville Famous Scots Series Children of the same foster-mother are also not allowed to marry. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II Of course the possibility of such a thing never entered my mind when I recommended you to let Mrs. Humphreys act as its foster-mother. The Dash for Khartoum A Tale of Nile Expedition Then old Simon went all over the neighborhood trying to find a foster-mother for the others; he could not get a dog, but he brought back a cat, asserting that she would do as well. The works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 5 Une Vie and Other Stories By a coincidence that had never happened before and could never happen again there was not a single feeding-time foster-mother available for the baby. Space Prison The City School.—The school is expected to be the foster-mother of every American child, whether native or adopted. Society Its Origin and Development Believing the third Napoleon to be the worst enemy of his foster-mother, Italy, as well as of France, Landor bestowed upon him less love, if possible, than the majority of Englishmen. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 102, April, 1866 When Evadne returned to Alpheus and to her foster-mother, she was silent concerning her discovery, and it seemed the more sweet to her for being secret. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858 The poor bird was only skin and bone, nearly dying from lack of food and persecution, and made no resistance when I brought him in to see if I could act the part of foster-mother. Wild Nature Won By Kindness Is it my foster-mother who comes here so lightly, so gently, so softly? The Home He said farewell to power on the first of August, and his foster-mother had died on that day, so then it was he set his feast-day. The Book of Hallowe'en A man cannot marry his foster-mother or foster-sister, unless the foster-brother and sister were nursed by the same woman at intervals widely separated. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) That externalism, whether in school or out of school, is the foster-mother of the whole brood, is almost too obvious to need demonstration. What Is and What Might Be A Study of Education in General and Elementary Education in Particular Wrapp'd in her arms the foster-mother gave A tearful blessing, while on bended knee Together they implored the approving smile Of Him, who gives ability to make And keep the covenant of unending love. Man of Uz, and Other Poems "It is your foster-mother that will be glad to see you in the home of your people, and will be praying that God will give you peace and good days." Kate Carnegie and Those Ministers The foster-mother offered now to adopt the child and bring it up as her own. Women's Wild Oats Essays on the Re-fixing of Moral Standards At the age of six his mother died also, and he spent the first ten years among the Bedouins under the care of a foster-mother named Halima. The Necessity of Atheism "Something of the sort, but more like a foster-mother." The Jolliest School of All When he came, a spell was applied, according to the directions of his foster-mother and certain witches. The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales She is, in fact, the ideal foster-mother, made for that service, complete in her incompleteness, satisfied with the vicarious fulfilment of the whole of motherhood except its merely physical part. Woman and Womanhood A Search for Principles Ours was a friendly little hotel, with a darling landlady, who was almost as much interested in Brian and me as if she'd been our foster-mother. Everyman's Land Miss Jane had petted him as a boy; indeed, after the death of his own mother, she had maintained towards him the relations of a foster-mother. Mingo And Other Sketches in Black and White A third foster-mother was found for him, and he remained with her till he was weaned in his third year. Jerome Cardan A Biographical Study The egg developed normally in the new body and produced an animal with all the characteristics, as far as could be seen, of the real mother, rather than the foster-mother. Applied Eugenics His foster-mother, he states, was regularly supplied with funds by his real mother, gave him an excellent education and traveled with him extensively. Studies in Forensic Psychiatry Call hither that old woman, Elle, my foster-mother, and let Thor wrestle with her if he wants to. The Younger Edda Also called Snorre's Edda, or The Prose Edda Oh, it seems to me we have often more cause to be grateful to a foster-mother than to our own mother. John Gabriel Borkman Well, yes!" said Gwilym Morris; "I think she owes her charm in a great measure to her foster-mother. Garthowen A Story of a Welsh Homestead Her foster-mother would have rebuked Undine as of old, but the knight silenced her, for Undine was now his wife. Undine After his year’s confinement in the insane asylum his foster-mother traveled with him in France, England, Egypt, and Turkey, in order to divert his mind. Studies in Forensic Psychiatry The tiger grew much attached to his foster-mother and often purred contentedly outside her door, waiting for her to come and stroke his soft fur. A Chinese Wonder Book But if I had had a good foster-mother, perhaps I shouldn't have been so— so naughty, as people say I am. John Gabriel Borkman Further conversation ensued, and Van Zwanenburg soon learned the whole sorrowful tale, and also the courage and devotedness of this young foster-mother. The Empire Annual for Girls, 1911 Then she herself flew to the hearth, and making her foster-mother rest, she swept and dusted, and prepared the meal. Undine She told him that she was only his foster-mother, and that in reality he was the son of the Austrian chamberlain and a famous countess. Studies in Forensic Psychiatry "Now you are the stay of the house!" said his foster-mother, and Rudy became it. The Ice-Maiden: and Other Tales. He has given a very disagreeable picture of this foster-mother. Stories of Achievement, Volume III (of 6) Orators and Reformers O foster-mother, O wise in the wisdom of old, Hast thou spoken a word to the dead, and known them hear and behold? The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs Meanwhile, naught disturbed the dwellers in the little cottage, save now and again when her foster-mother would chide Undine in the presence of the knight. Undine Sitting clumsily on a big stump, a big baby cowbird, well able to shift for himself, shamelessly takes food from his little field sparrow foster-mother, scarcely more than half his size. Some Summer Days in Iowa "You bring princely things into the house!" said the old foster-mother, her singular eagle-eyes glistened and she made strange and hasty motions with her lean neck. The Ice-Maiden: and Other Tales. Dore had become rich, but his own Paris—the Paris that had been a foster-mother to him—refused to accredit him the honor which he felt was his due. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 04 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters O whitened head entwined in turban gay, O kind black face, O crude, but tender hand, O foster-mother in whose arms there lay The race whose sons are masters of the land! Fifty years & Other Poems The knight would have told the maiden the story of his adventures in the wood, but Undine's foster-mother was already speaking, and her tones were loud and angry. Undine Caroline's cookstove had been left with my foster-mother in Macon. Memories of Childhood's Slavery Days Then she asked if her foster-mother still lived. Laxdæla Saga Translated from the Icelandic The owner had never allowed the two animals to be separated, and when the lion had grown to be twice the size of his foster-mother there still existed between the two a fine affection. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 04 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters I knew she had fostered my Uncle Luke, and that she loved him, as the foster-mother does, with an unreasoning and jealous passion. The Story of Bawn The foster-mother sighed as she listened to Undine's careless words, while the fisherman forgot his usual quiet and scolded her sharply. Undine The letter filled the tender heart of the foster-mother with yearning. The Dreamer A Romantic Rendering of the Life-Story of Edgar Allan Poe Olaf replied, "They would not allow me to bring your foster-mother out of Ireland, mother." Laxdæla Saga Translated from the Icelandic Sorrow, however, was mixed with the Mother's joy, when it became necessary to send the babe to a foster-mother in the country. The Story of a Soul (L'Histoire d'une Âme): The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux With Additional Writings and Sayings of St. Thérèse Mary Cashel is my foster-mother, and lives at the head of the Glen. The Story of Bawn That very Church which, in its attempts to suppress heresy, first departed from divine arrangements, was soon involved in doctrinal error, and eventually became the great foster-mother of superstition and idolatry. The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution "Oh, but you should hear him recite and sing," the proud foster-mother would say. The Dreamer A Romantic Rendering of the Life-Story of Edgar Allan Poe She is my foster-mother, old and ill from abuse at the hands of brutal servants. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt Each of them went to the house of his father and mother, of his foster-mother and foster-father. The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Táin Bó Cúalnge Here he was to forget and build anew; France, his mother, was dead, and here was his foster-mother, rugged and brave, opening her arms to him. The Grey Cloak A Troubadour Brother, with a revengeful and quite unpresentable gipsy foster-mother, would have proved very trying persons to live with. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, October 29, 1892 It was a difficult evening for the little foster-mother. The Dreamer A Romantic Rendering of the Life-Story of Edgar Allan Poe He went away and Hetty was left alone in the firelight with her first foster-mother. Hetty Gray Nobody's Bairn They may, and generally do, in a short time, care little about the foster-mother; the teaching weans all their affection from her, but it does not transfer it to the other. Advice to Young Men And (Incidentally) to Young Women in the Middle and Higher Ranks of Life. In a Series of Letters, Addressed to a Youth, a Bachelor, a Lover, a Husband, a Father, a Citizen, or a Subject. My august lord and husband, it was at the temple of Ishiyama, where I went with my foster-mother, that I saw you for the first time. The Romance of the Milky Way And Other Studies & Stories The mother of the child, an inmate of the house in which the ardent foster-mother herself lives, is quite indifferent to the child’s welfare and also rather amused at such solicitude. A New Conscience and an Ancient Evil The girl lay waking, happy in recalling the spirit with which her foster-mother had accepted her plan of life. The Log School-House on the Columbia But half an hour hence she would set off for the village, and have a nice long chat with her foster-mother. Hetty Gray Nobody's Bairn Nature was to them no kind foster-mother, but a cruel stepmother, training them by stern discipline to battle with her and the world. The Whence and the Whither of Man A Brief History of His Origin and Development through Conformity to Environment; Being the Morse Lectures of 1895 So far from teaching them to climb and build nests behind water-tanks, their foster-mother never got over her astonishment at it. Roof and Meadow She has been here visiting her foster-mother, who lives in the pavilion beyond the clock. My Friend Prospero She passed a sleepless night, and resolved to go to see her foster-mother on the following day. The Log School-House on the Columbia No. I live with my foster-mother, who is very old. The Goose Girl Grace, Lady Shalem, was a woman who had blossomed into sudden importance by constituting herself a sort of foster-mother to the fait accompli. When William Came Hampstead," continues the Canon, "was a real foster-mother to George du Maurier, not only in what it brought him but in what it saved him from. George Du Maurier, the Satirist of the Victorians For it is by one foster-mother and instructress that an art was built up for you both.' The Cattle-Raid of Cualnge (Tain Bo Cualnge) : An Old Irish Prose-Epic The cub did so, true to its education in one respect, but it did not roll in the direction of its foster-mother, but rolled toward its own mother. The Log School-House on the Columbia And the person I went to see was my old nurse, my foster-mother, with whom I spent the happiest, freest days of my life, in the garret at Dresden. The Goose Girl I was her foster-mother, and fair her fostered. Brut One day my—my foster-father and my foster-mother were talking. Through stained glass This was not easy to him; for the two sons of Bethe Mac Bain, the two sons of Ailill's foster-mother and foster-father, came on him, and wounded him so that he fell by them. The Cattle-Raid of Cualnge (Tain Bo Cualnge) : An Old Irish Prose-Epic She left the pony in a grassy clearing, on the trail that led to her home, and hurried toward the cabin to describe all the events of the day to her foster-mother. The Log School-House on the Columbia This child, however, was soon removed, having being burned to death in the house of its foster-mother. Nick of the Woods In the next place, cleanliness may be said to be the foster-mother of love. The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant And she goes to Paris, with the full approval and blessing of her foster-mother, mainly with the view of securing to one whom she highly reveres the benefit of her father's skill. Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I. With An Historical Sketch Of The Origin And Growth Of The Drama In England Why might not he go with him and see his foster-mother and Father Anselm again? In the Days of Chivalry As Gretchen was hurrying home on the evening after these exciting scenes, she met Mrs. Woods in the trail, and she saw at a glance that her foster-mother was in great distress. The Log School-House on the Columbia But the mother has committed no crime, so we pray that she may be released from a cruel imprisonment: she was the foster-mother of our master, and he would fain intercede to save her life. Tales of Old Japan The foster-mother loved him and she stole him away, carrying him off to England. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 01 Little Journeys to the Homes of Good Men and Great This concern has been foster-mother to Canada's Northland for two hundred and thirty-nine years. The New North "Nay," said Grettir, "but I guess that the accursed hag, thy foster-mother, showed it thee, for in her redes must thou needs have trusted." The Story of Grettir the Strong There stood William, a deaf and dumb but very handsome youth, who, to support his old foster-mother, a neighbor of the Rabbi, caught and sold fish, and kept his boat in this place. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 06 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes Molly Owens, that was his foster-mother, saw the fairies bear him off on a broomstick up the chimney.” A Reputed Changeling Or Three Seventh Years Two Centuries Ago A peasant—Teresa, her foster-mother—had come with her from Mantua, and from Teresa alone she received such affection as she had ever known. The Italians As a last hope, they led in her old black foster-mother, who had nursed her in babyhood, who was the companion of her childhood and the pet of her womanhood. Friday, the Thirteenth "Nay, so shall it not be, foster-mother," said he; "but so much have I said, as that I would so come thither the third time that somewhat should be made of the matter betwixt us." The Story of Grettir the Strong It is rather a shock to one who is at all concerned with his own genius to be asked to act as foster-mother to another's. Confessions of a Young Man She could almost always, with nods and becks, avert a passion of roaring, which sometimes went beyond the powers of even his foster-mother, the tiler’s wife. A Reputed Changeling Or Three Seventh Years Two Centuries Ago Such minds were general among the samurai, but, for want of a more democratic and utilitarian foster-mother, the tender child failed to thrive. Bushido, the Soul of Japan Your mother was so long in my employ that I feel almost like a foster-mother to you, having seen you grow up from the cradle to self-supporting young womanhood. A Woman of the World Her Counsel to Other People's Sons and Daughters He answers, that to nought was his mind so made up as that he would not go; "perchance thou wilt go meet him, foster-mother," says Thorbiorn. The Story of Grettir the Strong Still he remembered the address of his child's foster-mother. Wife in Name Only He was shown as a baby crying for the moon, being washed by his foster-mother, Yasoda, or mischievously breaking pitchers full of curds. The Loves of Krishna in Indian Painting and Poetry His foster-mother came to say her last farewell. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 367, April 25, 1829 "Career!" exclaimed his foster-mother, catching at the word. My Brilliant Career This man, after trying the obvious ways of persuasion, cajolery, and assassination, for getting the island into his hands, at last, with the help of a certain hag, his foster-mother, has recourse to sorcery. The Story of Grettir the Strong I find my poor friend the doctor is dead, and the house where my little one's foster-mother lived is empty. Wife in Name Only As Yasoda, Krishna's foster-mother, goes inside the house, Krishna and the cowherd children stage an impudent raid. The Loves of Krishna in Indian Painting and Poetry Tarzan père had been suckled and reared by a proud ape foster-mother, and after many jungle adventures had settled down as Lord Greystoke. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, April 2, 1919 His foster-mother was no end proud of him, and loved him as her own son. My Brilliant Career The marks left on the memory by the instructions of a foster-mother are soon sponged clean away. Inquiries into Human Faculty and Its Development It would form a bond between the two countries such as no treaty could ever establish, and Belgium would never forget the country which had been the foster-mother of her children. A Surgeon in Belgium But the infirmities of years grew upon her foster-mother, and, disabling her from following her habits of industry, stern want entered her happy cottage. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIII A lady born and bred cannot charge other ladies and gentlemen for coals and candles they have never burnt; a foster-mother cannot palm off upon her children New Zealand mutton for Southdown. Passing of the Third Floor Back In time each little waif Forsook his foster-mother, The well born babe was Ralph— Your captain was the other!!! The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan Now the adoption is complete, all fear of harm to the child from wolves has gone, and the foster-mother will guard and protect it as though it were of her own flesh and blood. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine I am only your foster-mother and your nurse - and I have not been an unkindly one. Glaucus, or the Wonders of the Shore The same people who condemn the Empress Dowager for beheading the six young reformers stand ready to forgive Kuang Hsu for ordering the decapitation of Jung Lu, and the imprisonment of his foster-mother. Court Life in China My foster-mother," here he stopped and kissed Necile's white forehead, "I shall love and cherish while life lasts. Life and Adventures of Santa Claus They left their foster-mother, The one was Ralph, our brother, Our captain was the other, A many years ago. The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan I went to a castle over the frontier to be foster-mother to a child who was born a great noble—one who was near the throne. The Lost Prince "You seem to be in high spirits, foster-mother," he said. Grettir the Strong, Icelandic Saga My food was, at first, a troublesome question for my kind foster-mother. Indian Boyhood Bringing up by hand is far preferable to the introduction of any foster-mother. The Dog Now let the loyal lieges gather round— The Prince's foster-mother has been found! The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan I worried my foster-mother with the old question one day when the remittances had fallen very much in arrear, and her temper had been unusually tried. Lady Audley's Secret "But do you wish to meet him, foster-mother?" he asked. Grettir the Strong, Icelandic Saga Glory to the queen of the world, to the great prophetess of holier worlds, to the foster-mother of blissful love! she sends thee to me, thou tenderly beloved, the gracious sun of the Night. Rampolli Now, when the lassie had grown to be big enough to know right and wrong, her foster-mother got ready to go on a journey. Popular Tales from the Norse "I will tell you what my old foster-mother told me," I replied. The Portent & Other Stories Perhaps his foster-mother and the comfort Ben Flint found in her mild and phlegmatic devotion had something to do with it. The Mountebank "I guess," said Grettir, "that it was the wicked old woman, your foster-mother, who showed you; hers were the counsels that you relied upon." Grettir the Strong, Icelandic Saga Dinah, George's foster-mother, was loud in her lamentations at losing him; Phillis, Harry's old nurse, was as noisy because Master George, as usual, was preferred over Master Harry. The Virginians When her foster-mother came home and found the Moon let out, she was very downcast, and said to the lassie she must go away, she could not stay with her any longer. Popular Tales from the Norse Daniel soon felt a childish reverence for his foster-father, and toward his foster-mother he showed a trusting love. After Long Years and Other Stories At last, Reuben let the gate fall and walked off, with downcast head, to where, in the sheep-pen, he had a few hours before bound an orphan lamb to a refractory foster-mother. The History of David Grieve The shore, at best, had been only a foster-mother; the hill was the true child of the sea. In and out of Three Normady Inns Oh, foster-mother, the bird asked to get inside for the sake of the God of the Elements, and you yourself tell me that anything that is asked in His name we ought to do. Celtic Fairy Tales And the queen begged and prayed, and wept; for when her foster-mother was there, she could speak—but it was all no good. Popular Tales from the Norse Amy nursed her foster-mother with the tenderest care and bestowed as much love upon her as if she were her own mother. After Long Years and Other Stories Eva related now how the Colonel had, given a considerable sum to her foster-mother; but that was all she was to receive, he had said. O. T. a Danish Romance The lamb was put to her and took very kindly to its canine foster-mother, wriggling its tail and pushing vigorously with its nose. A Shepherd's Life Impressions of the South Wiltshire Downs Deirdre heard the voice and said to her foster-mother: "O foster-mother, what cry is that?" Celtic Fairy Tales After that she took it to her own house, and there the little girl lived with her several years, and her foster-mother was always kind and friendly to her. Popular Tales from the Norse The lawyer unfolded the document, and Amy was greatly surprised to learn that her foster-mother had bequeathed to her five thousand dollars, with the instructions to choose from her treasures the costliest, as a remembrance. After Long Years and Other Stories One morning her foster-mother came to her with a proposal which drove her to despair. O. T. a Danish Romance In the presence of his foster-mother and garbed in new clothes, he believed he could now talk to her in a way that had been impossible during his youth. Poor White After a voyage of nineteen days the vessel entered the Loire, and anchored in the lower harbour of Nantes, and Audubon was soon welcomed by his father and fond foster-mother. John James Audubon Now, after a while, the foster-mother had to go on another journey; and, before she went, she forbade the lassie to go into those two rooms into which she had never been. Popular Tales from the Norse Spreading out a handkerchief, I put the awful atom on it gingerly, while the foster-mother reiterated her counsel to "tchuck'm alonga scrub." Tropic Days Where there are more than five puppies it is also desirable to obtain a foster-mother in order that full nourishment may be given to the litter by both mothers. Dogs and All about Them "I can see, Gorgo, that you have had a wise bird like Akka for a foster-mother," the boy remarked. The Wonderful Adventures of Nils No more beautiful and tender legends cluster round Mahomet than those which grace his life in the desert under the loving care of his foster-mother Hailima. Mahomet Founder of Islam So, when she went away from her foster-mother, she walked and wandered through a great, great wood; but the farther she went, the farther off the end seemed to be. Popular Tales from the Norse In a fit of passion the foster-mother told her that her own mother was a madwoman in an asylum many miles away. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 02 — Fiction Under such circumstances the services of a foster-mother are a cheap investment. Dogs and All about Them They used to say of him that he feared no one but his foster-mother, Akka. The Wonderful Adventures of Nils But to the American's lip the great foster-mother has proffered a more pungent and rousing draught,—not an old Saxon sleeping-cup for the night, but a waking-cup for the bright morning and busy day. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 12, October, 1858 It was always so, when he spoke of this foster-mother who had taken these two boys and seen them through the graded schools. Miss Lulu Bett Tom used to go over to see his foster-mother now and then, but always when the old man was from home. Stolen Treasure Others prefer to engage or prepare in advance a foster-mother. Dogs and All about Them His foster-mother, deeply affected by his disappointment, and naturally anxious to gratify his desires, gave an article of value to the washerman, that he might sell it, and with the money purchase the horse required. The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan, Volume 1 As soon as the young are born, we take the fox pups away from the mother fox, and the kittens away from the mother cat, and make the cat foster-mother to the fox cubs. At Whispering Pine Lodge Dwight's face was like this when he spoke of his foster-mother. Miss Lulu Bett Besides his foster-mother, Tom Chist had a very good friend in Parson Jones, who used to come over every now and then to Abrahamson's hut upon the chance of getting a half-dozen fish for breakfast. Stolen Treasure The chief risk in this course is that the unknown foster-mother may be diseased or verminous or have contracted the seeds of distemper, or her milk may be populated with embryo worms. Dogs and All about Them Dinah, George's foster-mother, was loud in her lamentations at losing him; Phillis, Harry's old nurse, was as noisy, because Master George, as usual, was preferred over Master Harry. Boys and girls from Thackeray She shall not weep, my lord; she shall not moan; I answer for my Hannah's resolution; Be merciful; divide me not so soon From my true foster-mother, from my friend. Mary Stuart Cornelli," said the father at last, "give thanks to your foster-mother! Cornelli The adopted daughter was surrounded by an atmosphere of unnatural repression, an atmosphere charged with false sympathy and unwholesome concessions to the selfish weaknesses of her foster-mother. Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness In anticipation of a possibly numerous litter, a foster-mother should be arranged for beforehand. Dogs and All about Them And Tommy, with the inscrutable philosophy of childhood, accepted his little foster-mother and gave her his all. Lovey Mary To the very end she maintained the fiction that she was my foster-mother, responsible to my parents for my advancement in education and morals. The Fool Errant Being the Memoirs of Francis-Anthony Strelley, Esq., Citizen of Lucca Letty did not seem to mind the loss as Amoret had felt that of her foster-mother, for indeed Jenny had been almost as disagreeable to her as to the others during these days of jealousy. Love and Life An Old Story in Eighteenth Century Costume If a child were not weaned too soon, and if it were fed on vegetarian food, and its foster-mother were a vegetarian, I do not think it would be troubled with worms. Emile The peasant was, however, the very woman who had been foster-mother to the little sister, and she suspected at once who the lamb was, and went with it to a wise woman. Household Tales by Brothers Grimm "My Lord, there was another person present at the conversation between Edmund and his foster-mother, who can witness to all that passed; perhaps your lordship can tell who that was?" The Old English Baron: a Gothic Story Did she not come from the delectable mountains, and did I not have a sort of filial regard for her as toward my foster-mother? Birds and Poets : with Other Papers So away went the good foster-mother sobbing; and Aurelia's charge began. Love and Life An Old Story in Eighteenth Century Costume Surely they are," said the girl, "and we lack no courtesy and due attention at their hands, but dear foster-mother, my question is not answered. The Coming of Cuculain My foster-mother never kissed me, never put her arm about me—or even laid her hand lightly upon my shoulder—as did that girl do to you on the stairs.... The Hidden Children In the meantime I was under the sheltering roof of my old foster-mother “Bayley's Reward Claim”—the guest of Tom and Gerald Browne. Spinifex and Sand Sigurd told me he is in the cabin of your old foster-mother, Solveig. The Thrall of Leif the Lucky A Story of Viking Days To her foster-mother she seemed a prodigy of wisdom; but Lethbury saw, with a secret movement of sympathy, how the aptitudes in which Mrs. Lethbury gloried were slowly estranging her from their possessor. The Descent of Man and Other Stories "I have," she replied, "and death and life are one to me now, dear foster-mother." The Coming of Cuculain Mary was Ruby's willing foster-mother when Redford had her in charge; she was also the kindest hostess of them all to Ruby's father. Sisters A half-breed woman, it seemed, had been her Indian foster-mother; a silent, grave, watchful guardian from whom not a hint of disclosure ever fell. Alice of Old Vincennes The Church had never expressed any views on the subject: whether a mother was justified in nursing her child or in passing it over to a foster-mother. The Untilled Field And all I wanted for him his inexhaustible foster-mother was there to give! The Descent of Man and Other Stories There is amazement upon me, and terror, O my foster-mother, on account of thy words, and on account of the gathering of this flower. The Coming of Cuculain The admirable foster-mother, brooking no interference with her system, improved him into a well-behaved child, as well as the healthiest and most beautiful in all that countryside. Sisters Jack conducted the goats; one of these had also a rider, for Knips the monkey was seated on his foster-mother, whose patience was sorely tried by his restlessness and playful tricks. Swiss Family Robinson The first dying in infancy through the poorness of Madame Balzac's milk, he was sent to a house on the outskirts of the town and suckled by a foster-mother. Balzac Emlyn, your foster-mother, is to be trusted," he said rapidly; "also she loves me well. The Lady of Blossholme The earth, the great foster-mother, has a generous breast. The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects I could not trust to any other The sacred office of a foster-mother To this sweet cherub, save my own heart-friend. Maurine and Other Poems So I said to my foster-mother, "Give me the third cake on the griddle until I go after my foster-sisters." The King of Ireland's Son Now he had a nurse, a foster-mother, on whose knees he had been reared, and she was a woman of understanding and suspected him, yet dared not question him. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 11 [Supplement] Presently she appeared, looking quaint and lovely in her long fur cloak, and, having embraced her foster-mother, asked what was the matter. The Lady of Blossholme Have you had any experience of birds hatched under a foster-mother making their nests in the proper manner? More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 Thus she had what she called her "silent hours" when she would suffer no one to come near her, not her ladies or her foster-mother, Asti herself, nor even Rames. Morning Star Some of the women, among them Orlanduccio's foster-mother, were tearing their hair and shrieking wildly. Colomba This Filippa, once a washerwoman, had in her youth been chosen for her splendid health to be the foster-mother of Giovanna's father. The Historical Nights' Entertainment First Series Just then the door opened, and her foster-mother, Mrs. Stower, entered. The Lady of Blossholme This "foster-mother of philosophers" evidently wished to make sure of her own safety, however matters might turn out in the next world. The Women of the French Salons So these chambers, in which none had dwelt for generations, were hastily cleaned out and furnished, and in them Tua and Asti her foster-mother, took up their abode. Morning Star Russia, it is said, is a good foster-mother. Through Russia The feeling of the time when his foster-mother had come home poisoned, now returned; but he was even more afraid of her. Animal Heroes "Weep not, darling," said her foster-mother, smoothing Cicely's brown hair with her strong hand. The Lady of Blossholme For such a principle would apply with still more force to the case of a child, who had been suckled by a foster-mother and had grown up, indebted to her for half its existence. Historic China, and other sketches Fortune, we are told, is a blind and fickle foster-mother, who showers her gifts at random upon her nurslings. The Way of All Flesh Separated from its foster-mother, the State, the Church of Penguinia withered like a plucked flower. Penguin Island The reactions of smell are the greatest that a Wolf can feel, and thenceforth both Cub and foster-mother experienced a quick, unreasoning sense of fear and hate the moment the smell of strychnine reached them. Animal Heroes If necessity is the mother of invention, she is the foster-mother of art, for the greatest actors that ever lived have drawn their early nourishment from her breast. Little Masterpieces of Autobiography: Actors He went astray there, for not Joseph's own mother was referred to, but his foster-mother Bilhah, who had raised him. The Legends of the Jews — Volume 2 I am but, my sweet, your foster-lover, Knowing well when certain years are over You vanish from me to another; Yet I know, and love, like the foster-mother. Poems But Mrs. Jones' eldest girl has a hard time too! for she acts as nurse and foster-mother to the younger children. London's Underworld About the time Duskymane's brothers were a month old his foster-mother returned in a strange condition. Animal Heroes If your wife was his foster-mother, I fed him myself with the milk of the Muses. The Magic Skin His royal foster-mother caressed and kissed him constantly, and on account of his extraordinary beauty she would not permit him ever to quit the palace. The Legends of the Jews — Volume 2 It is true that the indulgence of his foster-mother encouraged him. The Count of Monte Cristo But Rome is my foster-mother, and were I untrue to her, of little pride, of little worth would be my love for you.” The Jacket (Star-Rover) He could scarcely know what it meant, but he never saw his kind old foster-mother again. Animal Heroes She was destined a couple of years later to be the foster-mother of Henriette's little girl and to play an important part in her life. Damaged Goods; the great play "Les avaries" by Brieux, novelized with the approval of the author And Duskymane, following after the Yellow Wolf, was taught the places and uses of the many signal-stations without any conscious attempt at teaching on the part of his foster-mother. Animal Heroes |
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