genuit

Updated: June 8, 2025

Says he to parson Denison, hot from Oxford, "They remind me of the Oxford poets in the last century: "Alma novem celebres genuit Rhedyeina poetas. Bubb, Stubb, Grubb, Crabbe, Trappe. Brome, Carey, Tickell, Evans." As for Ina Vizard, La Klosking no longer, she has stepped into her new place with her native dignity, seemliness and composure.

Charles Reade - A Woman-Hater

"Hector," said the Antiquary, indignantly, "if you do not respect her misfortunes, respect at least her old age and grey hairs: this is the last stage of existence, so finely treated by the Latin poet Omni Membrorum damno major dementia, quae nec Nomina, servorum, nec vultus agnoscit amici, Cum queis preterita coenavit nocte, nec illos Quos genuit, quos eduxit."

Sir Walter Scott - The Antiquary — Complete