Citations:generation


 * 1678 — John Bunyan. The Pilgrim's Progress.
 * And first they had him into the study, where they showed him records of the greatest antiquity; in which, as I remember my dream, they showed him first the pedigree of the Lord of the hill, that he was the son of the Ancient of Days, and came by that eternal generation.


 * 1813 — Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
 * Mr. Bingley inherited property to the amount of nearly a hundred thousand pounds from his father, who had intended to purchase an estate, but did not live to do it. Mr. Bingley intended it likewise, and sometimes made choice of his county; but as he was now provided with a good house and the liberty of a manor, it was doubtful to many of those who best knew the easiness of his temper, whether he might not spend the remainder of his days at Netherfield, and leave the next generation to purchase.


 * 1843 — Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol.
 * An old, old man and woman, with their children and their children's children, and another generation beyond that, all decked out gaily in their holiday attire.