"Moder" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... venus moder of cupyde That in this world hast the gouernance And hertes hye that hawteyn be by pryde Enclynest mekely to thyn obeyssance Causer of Ioye Relees of penance And with thy stremes canst euery thing discer[n] Thurg[h] heuenly fire of loue that ...
— The Temple of Glass • John Lydgate
... us take the word for mother. In one of the ancient languages of Hindustan it was matr; in the Greek, it was matar; in the Latin mater (maetar); in the Bohemian matka; in the German mutter; in the Spanish maedre; in the Norwegian moder, etc. This great family of languages is called "the Indo-European group," because the tribes which spoke them, originally inhabitants of Asia, have scattered all over India and Europe. The only peoples in Europe whose languages do not belong to it are the Finns and Laplanders ...
— The World War and What was Behind It - The Story of the Map of Europe • Louis P. Benezet
... we'll be good, won't we, moder?" And from off my lap he slid, Digging deep among the goodies In his crimson stockings hid. While I turned me to my table, Where a tempting goblet stood, Brimming high with a dainty custard, Sent me by a ...
— Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 • Edward William Cole
... down de lawn, and Missy Roberta, de oldest one, said, 'Now, maumy, you can see the difference between our sogers an' de Linkum men, as you call dem.' Missy Roberta had great black eyes an' was allus a-grievin' dat she wasn't a man so she could be a soger, but Missy S'wanee had blue eyes like her moder, an' was as full ob frolic as a kitten. She used ter say, 'I doesn't want ter be a man, fer I kin make ten men fight fer me.' So she could, sho' 'nuff, fer all de young men in our parts would fight de debil hisself for de ...
— An Original Belle • E. P. Roe
... Ah! de moder spoil her, sure, for even to Joe D'Amour, W'en he's ready nearly ev'ry t'ing to geev her If she mak' de mariee, only say, "Please go away," An' he's riches' habitant ...
— Humour of the North • Lawrence J. Burpee
... moder, too, is near, aldough you did not see, And wid her leave you nebber go to Ken-tuck-y. He hab a wife already, as I do surely know, Who weeps for ...
— Poor Jack • Frederick Marryat
... little now and then when it is useful. But when we are to be married, you shall only to me talk in my own moder Taal." ...
— The Dop Doctor • Clotilde Inez Mary Graves
... these ten days, sar—Mi moder him die plague, sar! mi fader him die too," and other pathetic cries and similar equally veracious assertions, from numerous cripples, deformed creatures, and children of all ages, in rags and tatters, who endeavoured to excite ...
— The Pirate of the Mediterranean - A Tale of the Sea • W.H.G. Kingston |
