Eldest

Famous quotes containing the word eldest:

“Our eldest boy, Bob, has been away from us nearly a year at school, and will enter Harvard University this month. He promises very well, considering we never controlled him much.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)

“O, my offense is rank, it smells to heaven,
It hath the primal eldest curse upon’t,
A brother’s murder.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“Light, God’s eldest daughter, is a principal beauty in a building.”
—Thomas Fuller (1608–1661)