Example Sentences

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Milton uses the same word: Like that self-begotten bird In th' Arabian woods embost.

From Notes to Shakespeare — Volume 01: Comedies by Johnson, Samuel

Is he outside that causal plexus, self-begotten, self-existent?

From God and Mr. Wells A Critical Examination of 'God the Invisible King' by Archer, William

That groan, sweet Spirit, is from Thee, Nor self-begotten e’er can be; No natural heart, oh Lord, of mine Could long to lose itself in Thine.

From The Lord of Glory Meditations on the person, the work and glory of our Lord Jesus Christ by Gaebelein, Arno Clemens

The evil done by oneself, self-begotten, self-bred, crushes the foolish, as a diamond breaks a precious stone.

From Dhammapada, a collection of verses; being one of the canonical books of the Buddhists by Müller, F. Max (Friedrich Max)

He is depicted in the form of a man having a beetle for a head, and this insect became his emblem because it was supposed to be self-begotten and self-produced.

From Egyptian Ideas of the Future Life by Budge, E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis), Sir