wolf-mother

A wolf-mother was not made to remember her cubs of a year or so before.

The Famine 2010

No, Marie de Guise, the relict quaint phrase, that, she thought of His Majesty James V of Scotland must right herself and be poised to defend her infant, like any wolf-mother in a harsh winter.

Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles George, Margaret 1987

No, Marie de Guise, the relict quaint phrase, that, she thought of His Majesty James V of Scotland must right herself and be poised to defend her infant, like any wolf-mother in a harsh winter.

Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles George, Margaret 1987

But, at any rate, in his fine robes of purple and linen and rich lace, with the mitre on his head and the crozier in his hand, the wolf-mother knew her dear son.

The Book of Stories for the Story-teller Fanny E. Coe

And there, with her five children about her in a happy circle, the kind wolf-mother sat and ate the good things which the Bishop's friends had sent him.

The Book of Stories for the Story-teller Fanny E. Coe

Every day after that, so long as she lived, the old wolf-mother brought her four children to the Bishop's palace and howled at the gate for the porter to let them in.

The Book of Stories for the Story-teller Fanny E. Coe

The wolf-mother took good care of him and saw that he had the best of everything, for she loved him dearly, indeed.

The Book of Stories for the Story-teller Fanny E. Coe

This child is no more your child and mine than Jesus was the child of Joseph the carpenter, or -- or Romulus and Remus were the children of the wolf-mother.

Captivity M. Leonora Eyles 1924

A wolf-mother was not made to remember her cubs of a year or so before.

The Famine 1906

A wolf-mother was not made to remember her cubs of a year or so before.

White Fang Jack London 1896