During which time he had a son by her, and being known in the court, the King, either out of a religious nobleness because he was a convert, or upon some private acquaintance, did him the honor to be godfather to his child, and named him Peter.

" "His godfather of the same name has probably passed that on to him.

Then it was arranged that Daniel Bolton should stand as second godfather in place of his brother Robert.

At one of these calls the landlady had proved more than ordinarily frail or the poet more than ordinarily seductive,who can wonder at even virtue stooping to folly when the wooer was the Swan of Avon, beside whom the bird that captivated Leda was as a featherless gosling?and the consequence had been Will Davenant, born in the year of our Lord 1605, Shakspeare standing as godfather at the baptism.

[Note: He stood for a child of mine, i.e., stood as godfather for a child of mine.

The honour of Sheridan's familiarityor supposed familiaritywas better to my godfather than money.

I have frustrated the bounty of my godfathers by suppressing all but the sensible Edward Conolly.