Fater

In fifty or sixty years 'time the grandson of the original' Fater 'will have amassed a considerable sum; and that sum he will hand over to, his son, and the latter to HIS son, and so on for several generations; until at length there will issue a Baron

The Gambler Fyodor Dostoyevsky 1851

Each such 'Fater' has his family, and in the evenings they read improving books aloud.

The Gambler Fyodor Dostoyevsky 1851

Suppose the 'Fater' has put by a certain number of gulden which he hands over to his eldest son, in order that the said son may acquire a trade or a small plot of land.

The Gambler Fyodor Dostoyevsky 1851

Pater in old Greek, it became Fater in Old High German.

Deeper Jeff Long 2007

Pater in old Greek, it became Fater in Old High German.

Deeper Jeff Long 2007

‘Fater,’ who is horribly beneficent and extraordinarily honourable.

The Gambler 2003

‘Fater’ has put by a certain number of gulden which he hands over to his eldest son, in order that the said son may acquire a trade or a small plot of land.

The Gambler 2003

Yet every German family is bound to slavery and to submission to its ‘Fater.’

The Gambler 2003

Then the ‘Fater’ blesses his forty-year-old heir and the thirty-five-year-old Gretchen with the sunken bosom and the scarlet nose; after which he bursts, into tears, reads the pair a lesson on morality, and dies.

The Gambler 2003

Each such ‘Fater’ has his family, and in the evenings they read improving books aloud.

The Gambler 2003