Born. Grocott's Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?

Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocott’s Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?.

Born


I was born, sir, when the crab was ascending, and all my affairs go backward. Congreve.—Love for Love, Act II. Scene 1.	1
Born in a cellar, and living in a garret. Foote.—The Author, Act II.	2
Born in the garret, in the kitchen bred, Promoted thence to deck her mistress’ head. Byron.—A Sketch, Line 1.	3
Born in thy house, and in thy service bred, Nurs’d in thy arms, and at thy table fed. Churchill.—The Candidate.	4
Born not for ourselves, but for our friends, Our country, and our glory. Randolph.—The Muses’ Looking-glass, Act III. Scene 1.	5
I was born to other things. Tennyson.—In Memoriam. CXIX. v. 3.	6
Born of one mother in one happy mould, Born at one burden in one happy morn. Spenser.—Faerie Queen, Book IV. Canto II. Stanza 41.	7