Among them was my great-grandfather, David McComee. From Wordnik.com. [Ben Comee A Tale of Rogers's Rangers, 1758-59] Reference
"And may I inquire what your great-grandfather was?". From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847] Reference
My great-grandfather had it, and now it has come to me. From Wordnik.com. [The Bobbsey Twins in Washington] Reference
In fact, her great-grandfather Edward VII did so in 1903. From Wordnik.com. [Beloved and Brave] Reference
No one like her could have a great-grandfather like this. From Wordnik.com. [Coffee in Huesca] Reference
Nilsson (Kristiern), great-grandfather of Gustavus Vasa, 3. From Wordnik.com. [The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa] Reference
"My great-grandfather would have thought this was fantastic.". From Wordnik.com. [Growing A Green Plant] Reference
Both your great-grandfather and grandfather employed a chaplain. From Wordnik.com. [Plantation Sketches] Reference
My great-grandfather was a prisoner in Cape Town, at The Castle. From Wordnik.com. [The Voice Of A 'Warrior Nation'] Reference
"My great-grandfather revolutionized the oil industry over a century ago.". From Wordnik.com. [There Will Be Blood and O.J.] Reference
Indeed, I have thought it possible that his great-grandfather was a bulldog. From Wordnik.com. [The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52] Reference
Joe and his great-grandfather carried each a pair of pullets, in their hands. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864] Reference
My father, I fear, revenged in some measure the cause of my great-grandfather. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 5, May 1810] Reference
From my great-grandfather to know that on education one should spend liberally. From Wordnik.com. [The Family and it's Members] Reference
Brian Hamman had always wondered: what was up with his great-grandfather Lester?. From Wordnik.com. [In Our Blood] Reference
Well, I can tell you that my mother's great-grandfather was a farmer in Brittany. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
My great-grandfather was a mortal who fell into this land and was not put to death. From Wordnik.com. [Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends] Reference
Well, great-grandfather asked the little chap where he was going and what was his name. From Wordnik.com. [Where Deep Seas Moan] Reference
Shirley Brooks, the grandfather of Mr. Sala, and the great-grandfather of Mr. James Payn. From Wordnik.com. [The History of "Punch"] Reference
LYDEN: His great-grandfather was mixed race - son of a white owner and a black slave woman. From Wordnik.com. [Photographer Finds Kinship With A Black 'Homeplace'] Reference
(Soundbite of song, "Jah Come Down") Mr. KOROMA: (Singing) My great-grandfather was a slave. From Wordnik.com. [Refugee All Stars: From Sierra Leone To New Orleans] Reference
His great-grandfather (Zip Hanna) and grandfather (Mac Hanna) both played football for the Cocks. From Wordnik.com. [Cody the Gamecock] Reference
I find, neighbors, that our rents have doubled since my great-grandfather began to make the book. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851] Reference
"My great-grandfather wanted it to remain in the family, but as far as I know, he never said why.". From Wordnik.com. [Holy Grail: Just In Time For The Silly Season] Reference
The company needs to "reconnect with the forward-looking and entrepreneurial vision of my great-grandfather.". From Wordnik.com. [There Will Be Blood and O.J.] Reference
My great-grandfather wrote poetry during the late 1800s after a long day of work in the Salinas, Calif., area. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call: A Look at the Nation We Have Become] Reference
My great-grandfather founded Firestone, and my grandfather was CEO and ran the company most of his adult life. From Wordnik.com. [A Ford Behind The Wheel] Reference
Melissa Douglas, whose great-grandfather was Greek, grew up listening to stories about Greek gods and goddesses. From Wordnik.com. [Bowie gets new animal control officer] Reference
The great-grandfather, grandfather, or father, as the case may be, is the head of the family, and his will is law. From Wordnik.com. [Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania] Reference
My maternal great-grandfather had very little formal education, but he had a vision, he had drive, he had tenacity. From Wordnik.com. [First Person Singular: Johnnetta Cole, director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art] Reference
KEEP IT Is it fair for Paris Hilton to inherit her great-grandfather Conrad's fortune without paying any tax on it?. From Wordnik.com. [It's Fair, and We Need the Revenue] Reference
As the car company his great-grandfather founded prepares for its 100th anniversary, things have rarely looked worse. From Wordnik.com. [Ford's New Muscles] Reference
When Mother's great-grandfather and his cousin came over from Ireland and landed in New York, they heard a parrot talking. From Wordnik.com. [Trials and Triumphs of Faith] Reference
One of my cousins, a 9-year-old, came up to me after Mom had read one of her stories about her father, his great-grandfather. From Wordnik.com. [These Stories Will Change Your Life] Reference
About twelve years later, in 1781, Abraham Lincoln, great-grandfather of the president, emigrated from Virginia into Kentucky. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Abraham Lincoln] Reference
His father and grandfather were United States Senators, and his great-grandfather was one of the signers of the Declaration of. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States] Reference
"Imagine your grandfather or great-grandfather running a corporation," says James Martin, who works at the Jesuit magazine America. From Wordnik.com. [How to Sell a Better Pope] Reference
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