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Nature! eternal engenderer, Thou bring'st forth thy children for the joy of living, With care all maternal thou providest Each with his portion, with his cottage.

From The Youth of Goethe by Brown, Peter Hume

By the very bitterness of the opposition it permits yet disregards, it binds itself ever more irrevocably to remain a benevolent engenderer of malevolence.

From The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by Blount, James H.

The truth is that Boz, the engenderer of these facetiæ, apart from his literary gift, was one of the most brilliant, capable young fellows of his generation. 

From Bardell v. Pickwick by Fitzgerald, Percy Hethrington

I view the tea drinking as a destroyer of health, an enfeebler of the frame, an engenderer of effeminacy and laziness, a debaucher of youth, and a maker of misery for old age.

From Cottage Economy To Which Is Added The Poor Man's Friend by Cobbett, William