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Second — But Jesus is called Mary’s _first-born_ Son, and does not a first-born always imply the subsequent birth of other children to the same mother?
The Faith of Our Fathers James Gibbons 1877
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The doctors and nurses moved aside to allow him a view of the lifeless body of his first-born son.
Who Said It Would Be Easy Cheryl Faye 2011
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He tells me of his children: his first-born, James, Duke of Monmouth, born of his love affair with the wild beauty Lucy Walter, now nine years dead.
Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011
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On the silly stiletto and platform shoe front, Jimmy Choo was amongst the first notoriously dizzy-making stilettos, thanks to Carrie Bradshaw, who name-checked the brand in "Sex and the City" so many times that it's surprising Tamara Mellon, Choo's CEO, didn't name her first-born after her.
The Higher the Heel, the Harder the Fall Tina Gaudoin 2011
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I allow all the tiny frustrations of motherhood to melt away, as a tear slips from eye and I recount the promise I made to my first-born child.
Archive 2009-05-01 2009
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Seems unfair, but sons of earls are mere "Honorables," like the famous Mitford sisters and the children of viscounts and barons, except that first-born sons of earls and viscounts quite often use the title of one of dad's spare baronies.
Peerless Titles Paul Levy 2011
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We have a page explaining how to support us and we are hoping everything will go swimmingly and I will not have to sacrifice my first-born child to Dagon to pay the web-hosting bill.
Archive 2009-10-01 2009
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The doctors and nurses moved aside to allow him a view of the lifeless body of his first-born son.
Who Said It Would Be Easy Cheryl Faye 2011
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We have a page explaining how to support us and we are hoping everything will go swimmingly and I will not have to sacrifice my first-born child to Dagon to pay the web-hosting bill.
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I allow all the tiny frustrations of motherhood to melt away, as a tear slips from eye and I recount the promise I made to my first-born child.
Birthday, Girl 2009
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