I was bornbearwith a caul , which was advertisedadvertisefor sale , in the newspapers , at the low price of fifteen guineas .
I was bornbearat Blunderstone , in Suffolk , or ‘ there by ’ , as they say in Scotland .
She gave my mother such a turnturn, that I have always been convinced I am indebted to Miss Betsey for having been bornbearon a Friday .
Her hair was yellow , and her face was yellow because she had been bornbearin India and had always been ill in one way or another .
She had not wanted a little girl at all , and when Mary was bornbearshe handedhandher over to the care of an Ayah , who was made to understand that if she wished to please the Mem Sahib she must keep the child out of sight as much as possible .
At any rate , I was bornbeara gentleman , though I have been nothing but a poor travelling trader and hunter all my life .
Jeff Margrave was bornbearto be a poet , a botanist -- or both -- but his folks persuadedpersuadehim to be a doctor instead .
CHAPTER I — START IN LIFE I was bornbearin the year 1632 , in the city of York , of a good family , though not of that country , my father being a foreigner of Bremen , who settledsettlefirst at Hull .
Here he was bornbear, and here he had lived the four years of his life .
" Walter Elliot , bornbearMarch 1 , 1760 , marriedmarry, July 15 , 1784 , Elizabeth , daughter of James Stevenson , Esq. of South Park , in the county of Gloucester , by which lady ( who dieddie1800 ) he has issueissueElizabeth , born June 1 , 1785 ; Anne , bornbearAugust 9 , 1787 ; a still-bornstillson , November 5 , 1789 ; Mary , bornbearNovember 20 , 1791 . "
" Walter Elliot , bornbearMarch 1 , 1760 , marriedmarry, July 15 , 1784 , Elizabeth , daughter of James Stevenson , Esq. of South Park , in the county of Gloucester , by which lady ( who dieddie1800 ) he has issueissueElizabeth , born June 1 , 1785 ; Anne , bornbearAugust 9 , 1787 ; a still-bornstillson , November 5 , 1789 ; Mary , bornbearNovember 20 , 1791 . "
" Walter Elliot , bornbearMarch 1 , 1760 , marriedmarry, July 15 , 1784 , Elizabeth , daughter of James Stevenson , Esq. of South Park , in the county of Gloucester , by which lady ( who dieddie1800 ) he has issueissueElizabeth , born June 1 , 1785 ; Anne , bornbearAugust 9 , 1787 ; a still-bornstillson , November 5 , 1789 ; Mary , bornbearNovember 20 , 1791 . "