So also with his "Modest Proposal," concerning the children of Ireland, which sets up the proposition that poor Irish farmers ought to raise children as dainties, to be eaten, like roast pigs, on the tables of prosperous Englishmen.

"It's very hard to raise children.

In short, he must have the property, and Elsie Venner, as she was to go with it,and then, if he found it convenient and agreeable to lead a virtuous life, he would settle down and raise children and vegetables; but if he found it inconvenient and disagreeable, so much the worse for those that made it so.

Romans were too proud of their citizenship to intermarry with peregrini and raise children who must by Roman laws forego the dignities of citizenship.

He's got mighty fine taste for a country-raised child, Sonny has.

"In slavery time they would raise children just like you would raise colts to a mare or calves to a cow or pigs to a sow.

"I know when I was a child people raised children, now they let them grow up.

I raised children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren you see there.

Civilisation has advanced so far, that the pains of bringing forth and raising children are acknowledged to give the mother a right almost equal to that of the father to determine all that concerns the child.

A man would rent the stockman and put him in a room with some young women he wanted to raise children from.

After Ten Years of raising Children, Steaming over the Washtub, Milking the Cows, Carrying in Wood, Cooking for the Hands, and other Delsarte such as the Respected Farmer usually Frames Up for his Wife, she was as thin as a Rail and humped over in the Shoulders.

Will any Man think of raising Children, without any Assurance of Cloathing for their Backs, or so much as Food for their Bellies?

If somebody'd write a book, 'What Red Saunders don't know about raising children' it would be full of valuable informationhow's that breakfast coming on?" "All readysit right down, Will." "Go you!" cried Red, and incautiously flung himself upon one of the kitchen chairs, which collapsed instantly and dropped him to the floor.

All she had to do was raise children.

They all grew up, except the twins, they didn't any of them get old enough to get married, but all the rest lived and raised children.

In this country a word-of-all-work: "raise children," "raise wheat," "raise cattle.