One of the guests, a fine-looking man, on hearing my name announced, said gaily,- "If you bear my name, you must be one of my father's bastards."
"The Memoires of Casanova, Complete The Rare Unabridged London Edition Of 1894, plus An Unpublished Chapter of History, By Arthur Symons"
Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
For some there are bastards to provide for, sickly wives, low connections, broken careers, abominable deceptions on the part of those they have loved.
"En Route"
J.-K. (Joris-Karl) Huysmans
The clergy were to live cleanly, and not to keep their bastards at home.
"John Knox and the Reformation"
Andrew Lang