Word: begotten
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...years no Maharaja of Jaipur had begotten a male heir. Yet lo and behold! last week a squawling man child was born, the prayerfully begotten son of His Highness the Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II Bahadur, age 20, salute 17 guns...
...blood of Koor. When Gipsy Noke kills the highwayman he instinctively tries to placate the ghost as his ancestors did. And nothing could be more prehistoric than the love-making of Tom Shellett and his half-sister Charity. The Squire marries, gaffers die, murder is done and bastards begotten, but every evening the village worthies gather at the inn to have their tankards and their talk. And here, Author Bullett implies, is Life; the rest is mere incidental History...
...expect she'll be lousier than she is swell. You spoil your women. We spoil our men. They can stand it better. Women turn out best in adversity. It may be hard on their youth and beauty, but it's good for their character. . . . [Novelist Priestley has begotten one daughter...