"Christian name" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... bore her Peruvian mother's name, Rosa, more often pronounced by its diminutive of endearment, Rosita. The younger of the two boys—also of dark complexion—was his son Ralph, while the older, of true Saxon physiognomy and hue, was the son of his brother, also bearing his father's Christian name, Richard. ...
— Our Young Folks, Vol 1, No. 1 - An Illustrated Magazine • Various
... I'm always glad to see you, Fyodor Alexeyitch," he said, mixing up his Christian name ...
— The Darling and Other Stories • Anton Chekhov
... the inspector did not touch. There were magnificent pearl studs, a watch fob, set with a black opal and pearl cufflinks. Examination of his hat showed the pierced letters R. S., but nothing gave clue to his Christian name. ...
— Vicky Van • Carolyn Wells
... engineer was, he realized that for the first time the girl had called him by his Christian name. Not even the perilous situation could stifle the thrill that ran through him at the sound of it. But ...
— Darkness and Dawn • George Allan England
... was by half the Christian world regarded as deadly heresy, such as the Arian Bishop Ulfilas, by whom were converted to the faith those mighty Gothic tribes which formed the first elements of European Christendom, and whose deeds Augustine regarded, notwithstanding their errors, as the glory of the Christian name.[28] It may be by teachers immersed in superstitions as barbarous, as completely repudiated by the civilized world, as were those of the famous Roman Pontiff who sent the first missionaries to these shores. Sometimes the change has been effected ...
— Chips from a German Workshop - Volume IV - Essays chiefly on the Science of Language • Max Muller
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