child-bearer

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Now the prayers “Of the child-bearer meet her hopes.—The dame “Who rules the womb, straight from her station leap'd, “And all astounded, her clench'd fingers loos'd: “I in that moment felt my bonds undone.

From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II by Howard, J. J.

But yet more seriously has the demand for woman's labour as child-bearer been diminished by change in another direction.

From Woman and Labour by Schreiner, Olive

For the creator himself to be the new-born child, he must also be willing to be the child-bearer, and endure the pangs of the child-bearer.

From Thus Spake Zarathustra A book for all and none by Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm

Had Patricius ever seen the girl that he was going to take, according to custom, so as to have a child-bearer and housewife?

From Saint Augustin by O'Sullivan, Vincent

Leave it to us, to plant, to reap, to weave, to work, to toil for you, O sacred child-bearer!

From Woman and Labour by Schreiner, Olive