20 Metaphors for grandsons

Typhoid breeds typhoid, and typhus breeds typhus, just as dog breeds dog; and who will believe that a cheat and a liar can be the father of honest men?' 'In that case, knowing what kind of man the grandson is, I will never believe that the grandfather was a rogue,' said Hammond, heartily.

His grandson, Henry Lee, was the grandfather of "Light-horse Harry" Lee, of Revolutionary fame, who was the father of Robert Edward Lee.

His grandson, who expects to stand well in his will, being a trainer in Lord Varney's stables, has sometimes a tip to give, and he is the source of your information.

" "O grandson of Conn, O Cormac, for what qualifications is a king elected over countries and tribes of people?"

The father amasses wealth, the son spends it, the grandson is a beggar.

"Your grandson is probably a man of many friends.

A grandson of Rory O'More, Patrick Sarsfield, Earl of Lucan, was the most distinguished commander of Irish armies who opposed, in Ireland, the forces of William of Orange.

No less than eighteen knights of this extraordinary family took part in the conquest, where in feats of war they renewed the glories of their ancestors both Norse and Welsh; a son of Nesta's, David, the Bishop of St. David's, gave his sympathy and help; while her grandson, Gerald de Barri, became the famous historian of the conquest.

My grandson is a genuine Delamere, is he not, Sandy?" "Yas, suh, yas, suh," returned Sandy, with a lack of enthusiasm which he tried to conceal from his master.

The grandson of one of these brothers was the father of our hero, and was the owner of a moderate plantation on Bridges Creek, from which he removed, shortly after the birth of his son, George, in 1732, to an estate in Stafford County, opposite Fredericksburg.

" The late Mr. Grahame of Garsock, in Strathearn, whose grandson now "is laird himsel," used to tell, with great unction, some thirty years ago, a story of a neighbour of his own of a still earlier generation, Drummond of Keltie, who, as it seems, had employed an itinerant tailor instead of a metropolitan artist.

In order, therefore, to secure to herself the good offices of one so influential with his royal master as De Luynes, she consented to follow the advice of Concini, who forthwith, in her name, remunerated M. de Condé for his secession by upwards of a hundred thousand crowns, and the grandson of Guillaume Ségur became governor of the city and fortress of Amboise.

For Sir Beverley had never loved his son through the whole of his brief, tempestuous life; but his grandson was the very core of his existence, as everyone knew, despite his strenuous efforts to disguise the fact.

Verse 24, "And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his YOUNGER son had done unto him, and said," &c. It is argued that this younger son cannot be Canaan, as he was not the son, but the grandson of Noah, and therefore it must be Ham.

"And I never took any pride in Peter," she continued, "he was that undutiful; and his grandson's a mere child.

[Footnote A: The French follows the same analogy; grandson being petit fils (little son.)]

My grandson may be a scoundrel,I can see, in the light of this revelation, how he might be; and he seems not to have denied it.

The great-great-great-grandson of Louis XIII, he was a distant cousin of Louis XVI, and ranked as the first noble of France beyond the royal family.

Jehangir, his son and successor, has left few buildings of note, but his grandson, Shah Jehan, was undoubtedly the most splendid builder of the Mogul Mohammedan period.

" [Illustration: From a photograph from the Service des Beaux-Arts au Maroc Chellaruins of mosque] His grandson, the great El-Mansour, was a conqueror too; but where he conquered he planted the undying seed of beauty.

20 Metaphors for  grandsons