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

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

Mother


There is a sight all hearts beguiling— A youthful mother to her infant smiling, Who with spread arms and dancing feet, A cooing voice, returns its answer sweet. Baillie.—Legend of Lady Griseld, Verse 32.	1
Happy be with such a mother. Tennyson.—The Princess.	2
Where yet was ever found a mother Who’d give her booby for another? Gay.—Fable III. Line 33.	3
O wonderful son, that can so astonish a mother! Shakespeare.—Hamlet, Act III. Scene 2. (To Rosencrantz.)	4
That would hang us every mother’s son. Shakespeare.—Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act I. Scene 2.	5