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The sireless offspring and the lonely spouse:

—The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3

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Without a sire; fatherless. That Mother-Maid, Who Sire-less bore her Sire, yet ever-Maid. Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Triumph of Faith, iii. 33.
Ungenerative; unprocreative; unproductive. The Plant is leaf-less, branch-less, void of fruit; The Beast is lust-less, sex-less, sire-less, mute. Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, ii., Eden.

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The sireless offspring and the lonely spouse: — The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3
I have reared him as became a youth of gentle blood; for on both sides, lady, he is noble, though an orphan, motherless and sireless. " — Rienzi, Last of the Roman Tribunes

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