At all events the story indicates that the princesses of Paphos had to conform to the custom as well as women of humble birth.
She is exposed to the monster, but the hero of the tale, generally a young man of humble birth, interposes in her behalf, slays the monster, and receives the hand of the princess as his reward.
Though poor and of humble birth, he attracted so much attention that he was sent to Spain, where he studied in the Moorish schools at Barcelona and Cordova, and where he learned the rudiments of mathematics and geography.
The immediate cause of the downfall of this execrable government was said to have been an attempt made by Appius Claudius upon the chastity of a beautiful young girl of humble birth.
In the last century, no sooner had a lawyer of humble birth risen to distinction, than he was pestered by fabricators of false genealogies, who implored him to accept their silly romances about his ancestry.
His name was Philip Yorke: and though he was of humble birth, he had made such a figure in his profession that great men's doors, were open to him.
In colloquial language, a maid (une pucelle) was a girl of humble birth, who earned her livelihood by manual work and was generally a servant.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "humble birth" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
