4156 examples of bestows in sentences
But, all considered, one always bestows more on them than one gets back, and in the end one finds oneself duped.
"It is the boast of our glorious Republic," he said, "that the rights of none are disregarded; that the lowly receive their merited rewards as surely as the great; that St. Mark holds the balance with an even hand, and that this obscure fisherman, having deserved the honors of this regatta, will receive them with the same readiness on the part of him who bestows, as if he were the most favored follower of our own house.
The Abassi, who is their Pope, dwells in the city already mentioned, being the head or prince of all the idolaters, on whom he bestows gifts; just as our Pope of Rome considers himself to be the head of all the Christians.
Tis the Desire of some Quality we are not possessed of, or Inclination to be something we are not, which are the Causes of our giving ourselves up to that Man, who bestows upon us the Characters and Qualities of others; which perhaps suit us as ill and were as little design'd for our wearing, as their Cloaths.
It is this that bestows Charms on a Monster, and makes even the Imperfections of Nature
Human crime, error, or selfishness working life-long misery to othersthis is the theme to which Crabbe turns again and again, and on which he bestows a really marvellous power of analysis.
God pardons and bestows grace.
It is what the world bestows and retracts with so little thought, that I can make no account of its decision.
" "I lived an hour in fair Melrose: It was not when 'the pale moonlight' Its magnifying charm bestows; Yet deem I that I 'viewed it right.
It is too much to hope to find in a vast and profound inventor, a writer also who bestows immortality on his language.
He is a miser, who begrudges every smile, every look she bestows on others, and if he had his own way he would sail with her to-day to a desert island and change their names to Mr. and Mrs. Robinson Crusoe.
] with an express doctrine of 'synechism' or continuity, the two doctrines merging into the higher synthesis on which he bestows the name of 'agapasticism (loc. cit., iii, 188), which means exactly the same thing as Bergson's 'évolution créatrice.'
Who makes our cause and wrong The motif of his song; Who sings our racial good, Bestows us honor's place, The cosmic brotherhood Of geniusnot of race.
For in this the meanest of mankind resemble the most exalted; he bestows not his confidence on him who resists his will, nor subscribes to the advancement of one whom he does not hope to influence.
He bestows very freely upon him the epithet of a buffoon, an ignorant droll, &c.He charges him with having no knowledge of the Latin tongue; and says, he is unfit to be read by any person of taste.
He may read the News of a whole Campaign, in less time than he now bestows upon the Products of any single Post.
He looks with Disdain on those who propose their Death as the Time when they are to begin their Munificence; he will both see and enjoy (which he then does in the highest Degree) what he bestows himself; he will be the living Executor of his own Bounty, whilst they who have the Happiness to be within his Care and Patronage at once, pray for the Continuation of his Life, and their own good Fortune.
The Sight is the obliging Benefactress, that bestows on us the most transporting Sensations that we have from the various and wonderful Products of Nature.
Let Love, let Friendship, paternal Affection, filial Piety, and conjugal Duty, declare the Joys the Sight bestows on a Meeting after Absence.
He bestows all the pleasures, and inspires all that ease of mind on those around him, which perfect consistency and absolute reliability cannot but bestow.
In another modern Greek tale the Sun bestows a daughter upon a childless woman on condition of taking the child back to himself when she is twelve years old.
If he bestows excessive laudation on a friend in one company, he takes it all back again in the very next he enters.
She will make much boast, and create a burdensome obligation, if she bestows her superfluous wealth upon another: you resolved not to give her the opportunity, and you withheld your love.
She bent over and kissed him on the eyes again and again with the loving ardour a child bestows upon its pets.
She will have no great bargain, I own, if she bestows her royal hand upon our Duc d'Anjou.