If by your art, my dearest father, you have Put the wild waters in this roar, allay them.

Little Simpleton smiled and replied- "Buy me, dearest father, a little silver plate and a little apple."

I will lay trust upon thee, and thou shalt find a dearer father in my love.

What ails you, my dearest father?

"My dearest father," she wrote, pausing to chew on the quill handle before continuing.

The greyer, and more worn, the dearer, father!

If so, remember me always, dearest father and mother.

If by your Art, my dearest father (Act I, Scene 2)

Loving and dearest father of Linda, Andrew, Richard, Wendy, Lawri and Jinny.

Mozart replied: "Best, dearest father, ask of me anything you please but not that; the very thought makes me tremble with rage."