But the powerful grandsires who had come down from the Hills to lay a floor over the Valley were not intending to do that work again, and went about their labour like the giants of old times.
If you are men, if you are the sons of your grandsires who have shed their blood to free you, then you will rise in your might, Hercules, and destroy the hideous monster that seeks to destroy you.
How did my heroic grandsires pass their time in the forest, deprived of the company of that hero, who resembled Indra himself in prowess and never turned his back in battle?
By constantly subduing thyself, thou hast become endowed with the self-restraining power of Brahmanas and all thy grandsires and ancestors are constantly pleased with thee for thy self-restraining virtues and for thy piety towards us.
My grandsires and my great-grandsires saw it; but that was long ago.
What wonder Age forgets his staff And lays his glasses down, And gray-haired grandsires look and laugh As when their locks were brown!
It is well old Evert Jansen sought a dwelling over sea On the margin of the Hudson, where he sampled you and me Through our grandsires and great-grandsires, for you would n't quite agree With the steady-going burghers along the Zuyder Zee.
Their grandsires knew Lebanon, and the grandsiresof these were the servants of the King of Tyre and came to Solomon's court.
At such times he made a picture which typed forth to me all the chimney corners and all the Anglo-Saxon grandsires for a thousand years.
But in the days when our grandsires and great-grandsires were young, salmon were regarded as of small value; they sold possibly at 2d.
Your children, wives, and grandsires hoary; Behold their tears, and hear their cries!
Your children, wives, and grandsires hoary-- Behold their tears and hear their cries!
Your grandsires saw no other thing; nor will your posterity.
Great grandsires from their ancient graves she chides, And with long charms the solid earth divides.
Nor let the arms of ancient lines[178] beguile thee; Poor lover, with thy grandsires I exile thee.
The (deceased) grandsires become gratified with the Sraddha that may be performed on any day.
Old Grandsires talke of yesterday with sorrow, And for our children wee reserve to morrow.
But the stock remains eternal, and through long years the fortune of the house stands steadfast, and the grandsires of grandsires are counted up.
That flag, with its garland of fame, Proudly waved o'er my father and me, And my grandsiresdied to proclaim It the flag of the brave and the free; But alas!
Indeed, if after the manner of his sires and grandsireshe fights for conquering thee, it will be thy duty to fight him, observant as thou art of the Kshatriya duty of conquering antagonists.
A Kshatriya should stay sires and grandsires and brothers and preceptors and relatives and kinsmen that may engage with him in unjust battle.
Their sires and grandsires have been slain for my sake by Rama Of great prowess.
After worshipping the Grandsires (Pitris), he worshipped the Brahmanas.
Such are the compliments bandied between my great grandsires and myself across the gulf of time!
Here liue in blisse, till thou shalt see those slaues, Who thus set vertue and desert at nought: Some sacrific'd vpon their Grandsires graues, And some like beasts in markets sold and bought.
In church and hall The laden fir-trees bend; Glad children throng the festival And grandsires too attend.
Grandsires too were there, Sitting contented under their own vines And fig-trees, while about them merrily played Their children's children like the sportive lambs That frolicked on the foot-hills.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "grandsires" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
