She wished that she could talk to her mother about it.

Not that her mother knew what had happened, but they could speculate upon it.

It was, of course, a little boy's fantasy of winning his mother to himself, and replacing the father who could not give her the things she wanted -- a classical oedipal fantasy if you like -- but if it were only this the story would be banal.

With her son evidencing so strong a musical bent his mother could do little else but get him started on the study of music -- though she waited until he was ten -- beginning with the piano and following that with the trumpet.

His mother Bess, who could not write herself, reminded her husband through Sturley to buy the apron he had promised her and `` a suite of hattes for 5 boies the yongst lined & trimmed with silke '' ( for John, only a year old ).

What had been an unmanageably powerful introject was now, despite its continuing charge of energy disconcerting to me, sufficiently within control of her ego that she could use it to show me what this introjected mother was like.

Your mother wanted to bring children to Israel so that they could leave their ghettos.

At least, we were together and we had Mrs. Hodges, bless her, to look after us -- no mother could be fonder of Gladdy than Mrs. Hodges was.

Moreover, nursing various Stubblefields -- her aunt, then her mother, then her father -- through their lengthy illnesses ( everybody could tell you the Stubblefields were always sick ), Theresa had had a chance to read quite a lot.

Béla displayed notable musical talent very early in life: according to his mother, he could distinguish between different dance rhythms that she played on the piano before he learned to speak in complete sentences ( Gillies 1990, 6 ).

As Jacob Sapir could not provide for his family, Sapir's mother, Eva Seagal Sapir, opened a shop to supply the basic necessities.

He had postponed formalities during the period that the mausoleum of his mother was being constructed ; and when the work was finished, he could delay no longer.

We absolutely forbid priests, deacons, and subdeacons to associate with concubines and women, or to live with women other than such as the Nicene Council ( canon 3 ) for reasons of necessity permitted, namely, the mother, sister, or aunt, or any such person concerning whom no suspicion could arise.

", In English this could easily sound as though the child is telling her mother to die, although the word is not pronounced the same way in the two languages.

His mother wanted him to have a public school education, but his family could not afford the fees, and he needed to earn a scholarship.

His mother, Chariclo, begged her to undo her curse, but Athena could not ; she gave him prophecy instead.

Unlike many children, Simon was exposed to the idea that human behavior could be studied scientifically at a relatively young age due to the influence of his mother ’ s younger brother, Harold Merkel, who had studied economics at the University of Wisconsin – Madison under John R. Commons.

His mother had a guitar, which he then took to school, even though he could not play, and was himself surrounded by girls: " In those days just having a guitar was enough ... that was it ".

Most birthstools or chairs had backs which the patient could press against, but Soranus suggests that in some cases the chairs were backless and an assistant would stand behind the mother to support her.

Her mother read Mary Johnston's novels to her before she could read.

Finally, just as Aeschylus gave Prometheus a key role in bringing Zeus to power, he also attributed to him secret knowledge that could lead to Zeus's downfall: Prometheus had been told by his mother Gaia of a potential marriage that would produce a son who would overthrow Zeus.

Therefore, a Keshi pearl could be considered superior to cultured pearls with a mother of pearl bead center.

While Puritans expected mothers to care for their young children tenderly, a mother who doted could be accused of failing to keep God present.

A father ’ s more distant governance should check the mother ’ s tenderness once a male child reached the age of 6 or 7 so that he could bring the child to God ’ s authority.

Aristaeus went to his mother, Cyrene, for help ; she told him that Proteus could tell him how to prevent another such disaster, but would do so only if compelled.

His mother was the daughter of Megacles, and could trace her family back to Eurysaces and the Telamonian Ajax.

Livia's image evolves with different styles of portraiture that trace her effect on imperial propaganda that helped bridge the gap between her role as wife to the emperor Augustus, to mother of the emperor Tiberius.

In a chapter of Gormenghast ( novel ), where Titus and his mother attempt to trace Steerpike's whereabouts, the placenames she reels off are all places on Sark.

") This comedy had an immense influence, as regards manipulation of dialogue, upon all subsequent English comedies of repartee, and he who wants to trace the ancestry of Tony Lumpkin and Mrs Hardcastle ( in She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith ) has only to turn to Jerry Blackacre and his mother, while Manly ( for whom Wycherley's early patron, the Duke of Montausier, sat ), though he is perhaps overdone, has dominated this kind of stage character ever since.

Alec's mother, Hulda Prokopp, could trace her origins back to Württemberg ( now part of Germany ).

Pessimism characterizes all of his works, which many critics trace back to events of his childhood ( in 1935 his mother is reputed to have told him that if she had known he was going to be so unhappy she would have aborted him ).

It is often easier to trace the Norwegian mother first by Church records as an example.

According to N. Kanawati, King Teti had at least 9 daughters, by a number of wives, and the fact that they were named after his mother, Sesheshet, allows to trace his family.

The earliest roots of the company trace back to 1913, when the mother of Karl and Theo Albrecht opened a small store in a suburb of Essen.

Thus a brother / sister from the same Idip means that they can trace their origin to the same mother or father.

The writer adopts the revolving points of view, of mother, sister, daughter and wife respectively, to trace the impact of this woman's actions on her contemporaries and read her prophetic insights regarding her times, and perhaps ours too.

Ryerson could trace his paternal lineage back to Egerton Ryerson, the “ Pope of Methodism ” in nineteenth century Toronto, and to William McDougall, one of the Fathers of Confederation ; and, on his mother ’ s side, he was related to Louis Antoine Brehaut de l ’ Isle, French Commander at Trois-Rivières in 1638.

Satyakarma wanted to become a brahmacarin but from his conversation with his mother he could not trace his family roots.

She decided to trace her birth mother, then living in Canada, and with the help of social services, they met at Heathrow airport in 1982 for a brief reunion, but it seems the relationship did not develop.

Ruth ’ s mother could trace her lineage back almost to the Mayflower.

The mother circle of NROOGD hived off daughter and granddaughter covens, which trace an unbroken line of initiation and share a common liturgy.

Mitochondria are inherited from one's mother, and its DNA is frequently used to trace maternal lines of descent ( see mitochondrial Eve ).

The child belongs to haplogroup C. Since mitochondrial DNA is inherited exclusively from the mother, it makes it possible to trace the offspring's maternal lineage.

Her mother is described as ‘ delicate, intensely sensitive, and without a trace of sensuous feeling .’ She goes on to say: ‘ She bore, as Victorian wives had to, a child every year, but had little maternal feeling .’ Lucy adds: ‘ She should have been a nun.

The Efe are not allowed to marry anyone related to either their father ’ s father or their mother ’ s father, and they trace their heritage patrilineally.

His mother was Frances Dorothea née Cresswell ( 1768 – 1832 ), daughter of a distinguished northern family that could trace its ancestry back to the twelfth century and service in the Crusades.