Famous quotes containing the word brought:
“Mrs. Hall, of Sherborne, was brought to bed yesterday of a
dead child, some weeks before she was expected, owing to a
fright. I suppose that she happened unawares to look at her
husband.”
—Jane Austen (17751817)
“Lady is safely delivered of a son, to the great joy of that noble family. The expression, of a womans having brought her husband a son, seems to be a proper and cautious one; for it is never said, from whence.”
—Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (16941773)
“Do you know why I came to you, Amy? Why I came to be your friend? Because you called to me. Out of your loneliness you called me and brought me into being. And I came, so that your childhood could be bright and full of friendliness. Now you must send me away.... Youll remember me for a while, mourn a little, but then youll forget. And that is as it should be.”
—Dewitt Bodeen (19081988)