What does grand-child mean?
Grand-child means Obsolete form of grandchild..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Obsolete form of grandchild..
The King hauing conſulted vpon this point, and finding it nothing inconuenient to bee allied to the Mexicans, who were valiant men, made them anſwere, That they ſhould take his grand-child in good time, adding thereunto, that if he had beene a woman, hee would not haue giuen her, noting the foule fact before ſpoken of, ending his diſcourſe with theſe wordes, Let my grand-child goe to ſerue your god, and be his Lieutenant, to rule and gouerne his Creatures, by whom we liue, who is the Lord of Night, Day, and Windes: […]
The Savage’s Wife, as well as himſelf, would be highly pleas’d to ſee their Daughters impregnated, and bring forth; and they would both take great Delight in their Grand-Children.
They are not at all nice children, in my opinion; but Mrs. Musgrove seems to like them quite as well, if not better, than her grand-children.
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Grand-child means Obsolete form of grandchild..
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The King hauing conſulted vpon this point, and finding it nothing inconuenient to bee allied to the Mexicans, who were valiant men, made them anſwere, That they ſhould take his grand-child in good time, adding thereunto, that if he had beene a woman, hee would not haue giuen her, noting the foule fact before ſpoken of, ending his diſcourſe with theſe wordes, Let my grand-child goe to ſerue your god, and be his Lieutenant, to rule and gouerne his Creatures, by whom we liue, who is the Lord of Night, Day, and Windes: […]
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