favourite son

"I will give you the advice of a father to his favourite son."

From early childhood on Alexander was his parents' favourite son.

You would also have thought that each man was discussing the marriage of a favourite son.

"Leopold was the favourite son, and through him her relations with the Government of the day were usually kept up."

But my mother, whose favourite son I was, lifted up her voice and wept.

We saw him received into the great temple, like the Goddess's favourite son.

The death of their favourite son hit the King, who was in the middle of a political crisis, particularly hard.

He was not her favourite son, but he was something.

And Rebekah will never again see her favourite son.

I wouldn't do it for everybody, but I look on you as a favourite son.

The prince was a favourite son of both the King and Queen.

Béla lost his favourite son in the summer of 1269.

Jackson has been called a "favourite son" of New Zealand.

Jefferson's expression was that of a father forced to chide his favourite son.

The first name upon this list was John, his favourite son, in whom he had trusted to the last. '

Sirius described him as his parents' favourite son because he accepted their ideas about blood purity.

Are the Milanese about to turn their backs on their former favourite son?

Since his debut in 1996, he has carved a reputation as one of the Tigers' favourite sons.

Do you believe there is a consideration in the world that would induce her to take such a step against her favourite son?

David is unharmed by the monsters, saying he is their "favourite son".

Today their intelligent, intensely personal music has won every award going and made them Manchester's favourite sons.

She asks Sunaina to take good care of her "favourite son".

After all, Blaine had been in the lead until the favourite sons' votes had gone against him.

Also featured was the promotional video for "Satan's favourite Son".

Thus a father could hint at whom he preferred by giving his favourite son a closer governorship.