Some articles on sons, son:
... Arabic قحطان literally, "little") was the second of the two sons of Eber (Gen ... In the Book of Genesis 1025 it reads "And unto Eber were born two sons the name of one was Peleg for in his days was the earth divided and his brother's name was Joktan ... twelve, including several of Joktan's own sons, as well as Abraham and Lot, refuse the orders ...
... ber Finn (modern spelling Éibhear Fionn), son of Míl Espáine, was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, a High King of Ireland and one of the founders of the Milesian lineage, to ... the ancestors of the Gaels were living in the Iberian peninsula, ruled by two of the sons of Míl, Éber Donn and Érimón ... and Mac Gréine of the Tuatha Dé Danann, the seven sons of Míl led an invasion in thirty-six ships ...
... Benjamin Franklin, Self-Revealed A Biographical Sketch and Critical Study Based Mainly on His Own Writings New York, London G ... P ...
... Prince of Poland, 805?, had 14 sons, of whom the oldest was Popiel his successor to the throne ... Leszek assured special parts of the realm to the remaining sons within his lifetime, obligating them by oath not to make the sovereignty of Popiel contentious ... The other sons Barnim and Bogdal kept the principality of Pomerania ...
... Before his death in 1035, Sancho divided his possessions among his sons ... Of the three surviving sons by Mayor, the eldest, García, had already appeared as regulus in Navarre, inheriting the kingdom including the Basque country as well as exercising suzerainty over the ... Ramiro, the eldest but illegitimate son of Sancho by mistress Sancha of Aybar, was given property in the former county of Aragón with the provision that he should ask for no more lands of García ...
Famous quotes containing the word sons:
“Oh, God will save her, fear you not:
Be you the men you’ve been,
Get you the sons your fathers got,
And God will save the Queen.”
—A.E. (Alfred Edward)
“The lady—bearer of this—says she has two sons who want to work. Set them at it, if possible. Wanting to work is so rare a merit, that it should be encouraged.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)
“Being the sons of mothers whose husbands had blundered rather brutally through their feminine sanctities, they were themselves too diffident and shy. They could easier deny themselves than incur any reproach from a woman; for a woman was like their mother, and they were full of the sense of their mother. They preferred themselves to suffer the misery of celibacy, rather than risk the other person.”
—D.H. (David Herbert)