"BABE or BABY, n. A misshapen creature of no particular age, sex, or condition, chiefly remarkable for the violence of…"

"How lovely he appears! his little cheeks In their pure incarnation, vying with The rose leaves strewn beneath them. A…"

"He smiles, and sleeps!—sleep on And smile, thou little, young inheritor Of a world scarce less young: sleep on and sm…"

"Look! how he laughs and stretches out his arms, And opens wide his blue eyes upon thine, To hail his father; while hi…"

"And though she be but little, she is fierce."

"A grievous burthen was thy birth to me; Tetchy and wayward was thy infancy."

"God mark thee to his grace! Thou wast the prettiest babe that e'er I nursed: An I might live to see thee married once…"

"Fie, fie, how wayward is this foolish love That, like a testy babe, will scratch the nurse And presently all humbled …"

"A daughter and a goodly babe, Lusty and like to live: the queen receives Much comfort in 't."

"Babies are the enemies of the human race. . . . Let's consider it this way: by the time the world doubles its populat…"