Do we say borne or born

borne 4111 occurrences

And II had long borne the name of being the best horseman in the six brigades of light cavalry, but I never rode as I rode then.

I had borne his letter in safety through each of these towns.

I, for my part, amused myself awhile with her fopperies, but novelty soon gave way to detestation, for nothing out of the common order of nature can be long borne.

Nor indeed should the powers which have made havock in the theatres, or borne down rivalry in courts, be degraded to a mean attack upon the untravelled heir, or ignoble contest with the ruddy milkmaid.

As he happens to have no estate adjoining equal to his own, his oppressions are often borne without resistance, for fear of a long suit, of which he delights to count the expenses without the least solicitude about the event; for he knows, that where nothing but an honorary right is contested, the poorer antagonist must always suffer, whatever shall be the last decision of the law.

He made only the feeblest resistance, before permitting himself to be borne backward to the floor, and then as he lay pinned beneath his opponent he did not even try to guard the blows that rained upon him; as a matter of fact, he continued to laugh as if the experience were highly diverting.

The door burst in upon her as she opened it, and immediately she was sprung upon and almost borne backwards by the wriggling, ecstatic figure of Columbus.

Had not this been the truth, I could not have borne the searching of their looks.

They came near to me who were my own, and it was borne in upon my spirit that my good father was with the child; but because they had died I was afraid.

This has been borne in upon me sleeping and waking; and it seemed to me that if I could but go, and say, "Oh!

If I am asked whether I was content to let him go, I cannot answer yes; but had another than Martin been chosen, I could not have borne it.

One effect of this was, that the Democratic party was compelled to make use of more popular language, which caused it to lose some of its influential members, who were easily alarmed by words, though they had borne philosophically with violent things.

Marcia, meanwhile, had borne the noise as long as she could; so Biddy was dispatched to ask the singer if he would not please to do his practising at some other time.

She has borne the heaviest sorrow; for when she followed her father to the grave she buried the last object of her love.

With grave delight I turn To all its glories, from the tiniest bloom Whose hour-long life just sweetens its own tomb As with funereal spices, To the far stars which burn And blossom in fire through their vast periods, Borne in thy palm, Like the pale lotus in the hand of Isis, When throned white, and calm, In solemn conclave of the mythic gods.

Nor did he neglect to smooth the way, by inscribing the piece to the Earl of Leicester, brother of Algernon Sidney, who had borne arms against Charles in the civil war; and yet, Whig or republican as he was, had taste and feeling enough to patronise the degraded laureate and proscribed Catholic.

When I try to tear my heart away from the things of this vile world, it clings to youto youto you!' Of course this could not be borne without an embrace 'Oh, mamma!'

It should be borne in mind, in connection with the contention that the privileges of a citizen ought to be accorded only to those persons who are physically capable of helping to defend the community by force, that no such principle is applied in fixing the existing qualifications for male citizenship.

It is a fact, to be borne carefully in mind, that the vast majority of prostitutes begin their career below the age of eighteen and usually at the instigation of adult men, who take advantage of their ignorance or of their poverty.

He had an air of leanness, almost emaciation, not borne out by any fact of anatomy.

One of his friends fell ill, and he took him at once to Desplein, saying to his benefactor, "I could not have borne to let him go to any one else!" Rough customer as he was, Desplein grasped the water-carrier's hand, and said, "Bring them all to me.

I know not whether while I was thus engrossed in prayer I fell on sleep, and sleeping saw those things whereof I am about to tell, or whether, indeed, I was rapt thence in bodily form to see them; all I can tell is that suddenly I found myself borne through the heavens in a gleaming chariot drawn by white doves, and that inclining my eyes to things below I beheld the fruitful earth shrunk to a narrow room, and

It must, however, be borne in mind that in such a survey as the present many of the byways and more or less obscure and devious channels by which pastoral permeated the wide fields of literature have of necessity been left unexplored.

In spite of the space it has been necessary to devote to the subject, it must be borne in mind that we have treated it from one point of view only.

Certain critics have suggested that the Pastor fido might more appropriately have borne the title of Fletcher's play.

born 17955 occurrences

Little would he dreamcrowding canvas to speed his cargo to the Virginia plantationsthat his gentle-born Elizabeth was to find a grave in that feared American wilderness.

American eagles, we might call them, if they had not lighted upon these gate-posts before the American nation adopted its emblemindeed before the American nation was born.

The young people went to live at Stratford, the ancestral home of the Lees; and there was born their famous son, Robert E. Lee.

A child is born.

A Baby Is born.

There was never any other woman born who was meant for me.

The star that watches, pure and lone, In yon clear heaven so silently, Looks trembling from its azure throne Upon thy beaming glories nigh; And yields to thee first-born of day, Reluctantly its heavenly sway.

Some men emerge from their seclusion, and find, all at once, a power to dart into the minds and drag forth the motives of those they see; it is a sort of second sight, born with them, not acquired. Happiness.

quite chap-fallen?" Munden was the son of a poulterer in Brooke's Market, Holborn, where he was born in the year 1758.

There's a love, which born In early days, lives on through silent years, Nor ever shines, but in the hour of sorrow, When it shows brightest: like the trembling light Of a pale sunbeam, breaking o'er the face Of the wild waters in their hour of warfare.

At this school also were educated Vice-Admiral Lord Collingwood; Sir Robert Chambers; William Elstob, an antiquary and divine; the poet, Akenside; the Rev. George Hall, Bishop of Dromore; and the Rev. John Brand, author of a history of Newcastle, and secretary to the Society of Antiquaries; all of whom were born at Newcastle.

See, how the orient dew Shed from the bosom of the morn, Into the blowing roses, Yet careless of its mansion new, For the clear region where 'twas born Round in itself incloses: And in its little globe's extent, Frames, as it can, its native element.

The Rev. Andrew Marvell, A.M. father of the patriot, was born at Mildred, in Cambridgeshire, in 1586.

how fitted to allure The printless footsteps of some sea-born maid.

It was little enough that she could repay into the household that had given itself to her like a born home.

Here, also, we find the beginning of poor-law legislation, those unable to work are to be supported in the town where born.

Impotent beggars are to be supported by the town where they were born.

Not only our office-holders, but we ourselves, are born, labor, inherit, possess, marry, devise, and combine, under a perpetual plebiscitum, referendum, and recall.

Poor, support of, in towns where born, 1388; support of, the duty of the State.

A Child Born to Mr, and Mrs. Rynierson.

Near here it was, on April 6th, 1820, I was born, so the record says, and from this point with wondering eyes of childhood I looked across the waters of the narrow lake to the slopes of the Adirondack mountains in New York, green as the hills of my own Green Mountain State.

The parents of my father were English people and lived near Hartford, Connecticut, where he was born.

My mother's maiden name was Phœbe Calkins, born near St. Albans of Welch parents, and, being left an orphan while yet in very tender years, she was given away to be reared by people who provided food and clothes, but permitted her to grow up to womanhood without knowing how to read or write.

She knew he was a hero; so young and so handsome, yet a mere boy; his sad, grave face had a wonderful beauty to her, and his manners were so high, and like a gentleman born.

and "never in my born days!"

Do we say   borne   or  born