Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocott’s Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?.
Father
It is a wise father that knows his own child.
Shakespeare.—Merchant of Venice, Act II. Scene 2. (Launcelot.)
No one ever knew his own father.
Buckley’s Homer.—The Odyssey, Book I. Page 8.
1.Art thou his father?
2.Ay, sir; so his mother says, if I may believe her.
Shakespeare.—Taming of the Shrew, Act V. Scene 1. (Vincentio and Petruchio.)
My father,—methinks, I see my father.
Shakespeare.—Hamlet, Act I. Scene 2. (To Horatio.)
I know you are a faithful servant, Mr. Smith—I know you are;—but you—you are not a father!
Holcroft.—The Road to Ruin, Act I. Scene 1.
1.I’ll never speak to you more.
2.Bid me good-night, sir. Mr. Sulky here will bid me good-night, and you are my father!
Holcroft.—The Road to Ruin, Act I. Scene 1.
Oh, who would be a father!
Holcroft.—The Road to Ruin, Act V. Scene 2. Shakespeare.—Othello, Act I. Scene 1.
Oh, who would not be a father!
Holcroft.—The Road to Ruin, Act V. Scene 2.