And shed on the departing soul a sense, More precious than the benison of friends. From LearnThat.org. [Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd, Source: Ion, Act I Scene 2]
Alicia's benison is your true fire-annihilator. From Wordnik.com. [A Christmas Cake in Four Quarters] Reference
He'd greet our Progress with -- well, scarce a benison. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, February 27, 1892] Reference
The old books are with me, each a benison from a brother. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 58, August, 1862] Reference
That's why the night-birds crown thee with prompt benison. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, October 29, 1892] Reference
Tomorrow she will return the token and receive the benison. From Wordnik.com. [Time Patrolman]
'Paddocks' is an old name for 'frogs,' and 'benison' means blessing. From Wordnik.com. [Chatterbox, 1905.] Reference
Unexpectedly sight returned, an evil benison, because of the object in her lens. From Wordnik.com. [The Ship Who Sang]
The gods owe him their benison and support because, like them, he is old and a monarch. From Wordnik.com. [Shakespeare]
Poverty is a blessing, not an evil, a benison from the Father's hand if accepted in the right spirit. From Wordnik.com. [How to Speak and Write Correctly] Reference
Hot amber tea laced with whisky appeared within minutes and the reviving benison was sipped in silence. From Wordnik.com. [Cargo of Eagles]
Seven feet tall fully dressed, he was ready to go out among his people and seek the balm of their benison. From Wordnik.com. [Into the Thinking Kingdoms]
And Zal answered her benison, and prayed that he might enter into nearer converse, for he was on the ground and she was on the roof. From Wordnik.com. [The Epic of Kings] Reference
"God's benison upon him!" said the abbot, and crossed himself. From Wordnik.com. [A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Part 5.] Reference
A benison upon a smiling lip, a kindly eye, and a cheerful voice!. From Wordnik.com. [The Buccaneer A Tale] Reference
Well, poor Epic, good night to you, and my benison on those who love you. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Prose Works of Martin Farquhar Tupper] Reference
The thought of having friends, and of being a friend, comes to us like a benison and. From Wordnik.com. [Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 09 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Reformers] Reference
And she looked down at his beautiful bent head and laid her other hand on it in benison. From Wordnik.com. [We Can't Have Everything] Reference
The benison thus bestowed remained with Deerfoot all the way home and to the end of his life. From Wordnik.com. [Deerfoot in The Mountains] Reference
Even to those who cannot read, it will come like a benison when there is no benison in the house. From Wordnik.com. [Remarks] Reference
There is no soil that receives a more brimming benison of sunshine than Long Island in late April. From Wordnik.com. [Pipefuls] Reference
"Good-night, and Our Lady's benison," said the Palmer, with composure; and his guide moved forward. From Wordnik.com. [Ivanhoe] Reference
"Brave words, and well spoken," cried the Earl, and he placed his hand on the boy's head as in benison. From Wordnik.com. [Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Complete] Reference
Josephus, by whom it is placed on record, giveth the benison of Our Lord to all that hear and honour it. From Wordnik.com. [The High History of the Holy Graal] Reference
With his arm he clasped her; he leaned above her, shrouding her in his love as in an everlasting benison. From Wordnik.com. [Darkness and Dawn] Reference
Her pity grew, until it rested like a benison upon all her humble friends, for they must remain in Sleepy. From Wordnik.com. [A Princess in Calico] Reference
"Thou art a pretty little lady," was Mère Gaudrion's parting benison to the little girl, and Rose smiled. From Wordnik.com. [A Little Girl in Old Quebec] Reference
I wouldn't have missed Dot, doing the honours in her wedding-gown, my benison on her bright face! for any money. From Wordnik.com. [The Cricket on the Hearth] Reference
They had the place to themselves, save for Tony the waiter, with his smile of benison; and Carl read from Yeats. From Wordnik.com. [The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life] Reference
With the ring, I would give thee my benison, but that I fear the blessing of so sinful a woman might do thee harm. From Wordnik.com. [Stories and Legends of Travel and History, for Children] Reference
Let them go; but surely it is too much to expect us to pronounce a benison upon their dead and departed dry bones. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion] Reference
There he caused solemnly celebrate the marriage afresh and after goodly and magnificent nuptials made, he dismissed them with his benison. From Wordnik.com. [The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio] Reference
It was not strange that the effect of Mike Murphy's beautiful singing of the touching songs brooded like a benison throughout the evening. From Wordnik.com. [The Launch Boys' Adventures in Northern Waters] Reference
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