He laughed merrily, and accepted the invitation as she had done, declaring that he should feel immensely honored to standgodfather with his gracious mistress as godmother.
Godfather may be pacified yet, if he is properly and becomingly spoken to.
If you will do this, Godfather Stringstriker, your children shall dance at my marriage, and here are your shoes!
In the midst of the smoke, the young boor recognized Godfather Stringstriker.
Now it happened that Twirling-stick Mike held a christening, and he not only asked the Dwarf as a guest to the feast, but actually went so far as to invite the creature to stand godfather to his child.
Godfather Stringstriker, be good and kind to your child, and show yourself.
If thou hast lack of coin, thou wottest whereGodfather Stringstriker dwells.
Oh, not in vain have the States stood godfather for my bride, and given her their name.
Vide Alexander Broome's poemes:-- He that weares a brave soule and dares honestly doe Is a herault to himselfe and a godfather too.
His godfather and godmothers sent him to the University, his father not being able.
Secundinus, a holy hermit near Ravenna, godfather to this young king, begged of the pope some devout pictures.
Mauritius having married the daughter of Tiberius, in 582, who had the empire for her dowry, St. Gregory was pitched upon to stand godfather to his eldest son.
The honour of Sheridan's familiarity--or supposed familiarity--was better to my godfather than money.
All he could make out was something which sounded like "Harmun," the godfatherindignantly asserting the while that it was a "Scriptur" name.
When I looked at the Bible of your godfather Cornelius, I was resolved to bring back to you your bulbs, only I did not know how to accomplish it.
Cornelius, taking the candlestick from the hands of the foremost, conducted his godfather into that room, which was no other than that very cabinet with a glass front into which Boxtel was continually prying with his telescope.
I never was yet a godfather to any child but one of my own, who was born in a heathen country; and there are very few persons, to a child of whom I would stand godfather; but one of yours I shall with great pleasure.
Mr. Barwis has communicated to me your wish respecting my being godfather to your son, and I assure you, with perfect sincerity, that I shall look upon it as doing me honour.
We give the account of what happened at this period in his own words: "My godfather had now humbler views for me, and I had no heart to resist anything.
Your godfather was asking how you got on with that branch of your education.
Your godfather is a great man, boys; you may be proud to feel he is your godfather.
Then the godfather appeared, his round little face rosy and smiling as ever, emerging from the folds of his big coat and black-and-white shawl.
The godfather stood by smiling, with a lighted taper in his hand, doing his best to remember the creed, Giovanna having implored him to recite it conscientiously, so that the baptism might be valid.
Lydia did not notice this; nor did she in the next two or three months remark that her godfather took quite literally and obeyed scrupulously her exhortation to leave her in peace.
She affirmed this with some impatience, her eyes very bright, her cheeks flushed, whenever her godfather protested against a new undertaking.
You know how your godfather goes on about--" She broke off to look out the window.
It was so fine that when Godfather called my attention to it, I just stood!
Lydia said to her godfather one day, suddenly, "I wonder if people can be taught how to fight?
Aunt Julia and Godfather are going to give us a piano-player--though I know they can't afford it, the dears!
Your godfather is waiting here in the hall to know if you'll see him.
She found her aunt and her godfather sitting in the deeply shaded, old grape arbor in their back yard; Dr.
Lydia took down her hands and showed a face so ravaged by the emotions of the colloquy that the physician in her godfather sprang up through the wounded jealousy of the man.
It had been a time of torment for everybody--everybody was agreed on that; and Mrs. Sandworth had felt that life in the same house with Lydia's godfather had given her more than her share of misery.
She and her husband, having been chosen godfather and godmother to the tower, walked in solemn procession around it, carrying lighted candles in their hands, preceded by the friar, who sprinkled it with holy water and burned incense.
Except Flamin, all moved to church, godfather and godchild.
The Apostles'-day of the churching and the Festival-day of the arrival of the distinguished godfather would then have beautifully coincided; but now the plaguy fine weather was bringing godfather along four days too soon!
But stranger than any episode was the fact itself that neither the convict, his wife, nor his godfather for a moment considered him a criminal.
His enthusiastic friends obliged him to be godfather in baptism to their children, believing thus to assure them a future.
He was detained on the next block by a couple of old women, friends of his mother, who asked him to stand as godfather to the grandchild of one of them.
Godfather and godmother, you have brought a sinner to the church, you will take back a seal skin!
But instead of saying, “Godfather and godmother, you have brought a sinner to the church, you will take back a saint!
The man was a close friend, godfather of Bach's eldest daughter, Katharina Dorothea (b.
Like his father, he was Bach's colleague, the godfather of his daughter, and undoubtedly on terms of close friendship with him.
I have always heard my royal godfather say that there is nothing one cannot overcome by courage, skill, and perseverance; it he spoke the truth, I have nothing to fear.
At an interval of six weeks, the Abby Constantin recited the prayers for the dead over the grave of the grandmother, and was present in the position of godfather at the baptism of the grandson.
He had stood godfather to Elizabeth and to Edward.
The story known to our readers from the Grimm collection, "Godfather Death," is found in Sicily and Venice.
So Death climbed up, but could not descend until she granted Godfather Misery another hundred years.
Godfather Misery was at the door, pretending to wait for her, and looking at his fig-tree in sorrow.
Godfather and Godmother of St. John who made love, story of, 228.
It is well known that in the Romish Church a godfather or godmother contracts a spiritual relationship with the godson or goddaughter and their parents which would prevent marriage between the parties.
The goat ran away and the old woman went in with Godfather Mouse, whom she married, and they both lived there together.
Godfather Misery at first did not attend these sermons, but his wife finally persuaded him to go to the church and hear a sermon.
One day Death came to Godfather Misery, and wanted to carry him off.
Then Death had recourse to a stratagem, and disguised herself like a Jesuit, and went where Godfather Misery lived, and preached.
My godfather could explain things to me in a better way.
His godfather certainly must wear a wreath when he was not present.
His godfather had relations with a woman; he was enamored like the heroes of the novels!
Fragments of a conversation between his godfather and his father, who believed everything was already known regarding the surface of the earth, left him unconvinced.
And the lad's imagination, hasty and illogical in its decisions, used to envelop his godfather in a halo of historic interest, similar to that of the conquerors.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "godfather" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: bondsman; guarantee; guarantor; guaranty; insurer; sponsor; surety; underwriter
