Citations:conception


 * , Genesis 3:16
 * Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception ; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.


 * 1818 — Mary Shelley. Frankenstein.
 * It is impossible to communicate to you a conception of the trembling sensation, half pleasurable and half fearful, with which I am preparing to depart.
 * As he went on I felt as if my soul were grappling with a palpable enemy; one by one the various keys were touched which formed the mechanism of my being; chord after chord was sounded, and soon my mind was filled with one thought, one conception, one purpose.
 * Melancholy followed, but by degrees I gained a clear conception of my miseries and situation and was then released from my prison.