Careful Words

family (n.)

Birds in their little nests agree;

And 't is a shameful sight

When children of one family

Fall out, and chide, and fight.

Isaac Watts (1674-1748): Divine Songs. Song xvii.

  This expression of ours, "Father of a family."

Pliny The Younger (61-105 a d): Letters. Book v. Letter xix. 2.