单词 | fosterage |
例句 | Some groups may have practiced “fosterage”: the exchange of children to cement alliances. The Real Amazon Warriors 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z I was always a dependent thing, wanting fosterage and support. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume II (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:10.110Z Connected apparently with the tribal sentiment were the strange customs of fosterage and gossipred. Irish History and the Irish Question 2011-01-16T03:00:22.640Z Conary would not condemn them to death, as the people begged him to do, but spared them for the sake of his kinship in fosterage. Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race A child in fosterage was reared and educated suitably for the position it was destined to fill in life. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" Sir Nigel Campbell, as all Highland chiefs did, sent his son to a farmer’s family for fosterage. Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race Irish Memories shows incidentally how great a part this fosterage played in the Ross of yesterday—that family with its multitude of children was bound to the countryside by all the "Nursies." Irish Books and Irish People It tainted the blood of all who gave their children into fosterage with Irish women, and penalised the usage of Irish dress and customs. The Sunny Side of Ireland How to see it by the Great Southern and Western Railway If thou rear him, and he come to the measure of youth, verily each woman that sees thee will envy thee, such shall be my gifts of fosterage.” The Homeric Hymns A New Prose Translation; and Essays, Literary and Mythological There was fosterage for affection, for payment and for a literary education. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" So he went before the King and said, "If thou art willing, Cormac, I would gladly have one of thy sons in fosterage." The High Deeds of Finn and other Bardic Romances of Ancient Ireland The terms of fosterage seem to vary in different islands. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 323, July 19, 1828 This conjecture is corroborated by the numerous instances in history and in story of fosterage affection proving, when tested, stronger than the natural affection of relatives by birth. The Glories of Ireland If thou wouldst nurse him till he comes to the measure of youth, then whatsoever woman saw thee should envy thee; such gifts of fosterage would my mother give thee.” The Homeric Hymns A New Prose Translation; and Essays, Literary and Mythological Marriage and fosterage between the English and Irish are forbidden, and declared to be high treason. The Story of Ireland O my son, for the sake of my fosterage of thee and my service to thee, spare this young lady, for indeed she has done nothing deserving of death. The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume I There still remains in the Hebrides, though it is passing fast away, the custom of fosterage. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 323, July 19, 1828 A great industrial system has been built up in this country under the fosterage of the Government, behind a wall of unproductive taxes. Woodrow Wilson as I Know Him He felt that he was hardly of the one blood with them but stood to them rather in the mystical kinship of fosterage, fosterchild and fosterbrother. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man The Celtic custom of fosterage is overlooked, and Merlin gives the child to Anton, not as the customary dalt, but to preserve the babe from danger. Alfred Tennyson She is my sister by fosterage and this is how it came about. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 07 When Mardas saw Gharib his reason fled, and he said to him, "O my son, I am under thy protection: so deliver me in right of my fosterage of thee!" The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 06 O my son, by the rights of my fosterage and by my long service to thee, I conjure thee pardon this young lady, for indeed she hath done nothing deserving such doom. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 01 The terms of fosterage seem to vary in different islands. Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland There still remains in the Islands, though it is passing fast away, the custom of fosterage. Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland Indeed, I repent me of what was done by me to her, for that, in any case, she is my nurse and hath over me the right of fosterage. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 07 |
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