Where's the use in Adopting a family if you don't get society out of them?
"The Eye of Dread"
Payne Erskine
I can only say, in conclusion, that in Adopting this plan you would equally consult what is due to your own dignity, as what is required by your uncle's interests.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
In Adopting it, his intellectual manhood may be said to have opened with a revolution, for his family were strict Jews, and he was brought up in their religion.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae