Forebears

"Forebears" -- that meant dead people; and how could it harm people already dead to have that box found, even supposing it to be full of poisons or other dreadful stuff, as she now began to imagine?

The Brass Bound Box Evelyn Raymond 1876

A FEW notes had better here be given as to our "Forebears," the kind of stock from which my father and mother sprang.

The Story of John G. Paton Or Thirty Years Among South Sea Cannibals John Gibson Paton 1865

The Wealthy have gained control of economic formations themselves, or from Forebears, and insist on an economic return which will keep them ahead of the Pack, so to speak.

Growth and Economic Literacy, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

As many commenters who saw me last night or read my earlier post have pointed out, not all of our Forebears were racists or supported slavery.

Bachmann, Matthews, Adams and slavery Jonathan Capehart 2011

The Genealogue: The Fears of Our Forebears skip to main skip to sidebar

The Fears of Our Forebears 2006

By the virtue of the Messiah and the Faith which is no liar, except thou return to the creed of the Kings thy Forebears and walk therein after the goodliest fashion, I will put thee to an ill death and make of thee the most shameful of ensamples!

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

The following Generations, who were not so fond of the Study of Cartography as their Forebears had been, saw that that vast Map was Useless, and not without some Pitilessness was it, that they delivered it up to the Inclemencies of Sun and Winters.

Maps, narratives, and abstraction Daniel Little 2008

Forebears of ours were caretakers of their colony, after it outgrew its Big Island refuge and was moved to Niihau.

The Stars Are Also Fire Anderson, Poul, 1926-2001 1994

Forebears of ours were caretakers of their colony, after it outgrew its Big Island refuge and was moved to Niihau.

The Stars Are Also Fire Anderson, Poul, 1926-2001 1994

Our Forebears enshrined the American dream -- life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

Presidents Address Before Congress On Health Security ITY National Archives 1993