There are two lasting bequests we can give our children: one is roots. The other is wings. From LearnThat.org. [Hodding Carter]
Procopius, who, alleging as his title a bequest of the Emperor. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner] Reference
Library, London, was established by a bequest from the dissenting minister. From Wordnik.com. [Letter 279] Reference
Another bequest was his "best hat and band never worn to old Mr. William Brewster.". From Wordnik.com. [The Women Who Came in the Mayflower] Reference
= -- In this connection must be noted the effort of many to limit this "bequest" to the language of the country. From Wordnik.com. [The Family and it's Members] Reference
He condemned Naidoo's decision to remove the Bailey bequest. From Wordnik.com. [Gallery director defends decision to swap Gainsborough for African works] Reference
The Cassie Gift arose out of a bequest by Alexander Cassie of. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
If otherwise, will Cosin's bequest throw any light upon R. W. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 33, June 15, 1850] Reference
To the Red-Headed League: On account of the bequest of the late. From Wordnik.com. [Short Stories of Various Types] Reference
The institution owes its origin to a bequest left by John McDonogh. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
In 1869, the great bequest of Doctor James Rush to the Philadelphia. From Wordnik.com. [A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries] Reference
Antoine Louis Descomps Labadie made May 26, 1806, contains a bequest. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920] Reference
Forsyth, John, asks Gallatin's advice as to Smithson's bequest, 378. From Wordnik.com. [Albert Gallatin American Statesmen Series, Vol. XIII] Reference
The Duvals seem to have taken the bequest seriously -- so, why not he?. From Wordnik.com. [In Her Own Right] Reference
This noble institution may be said to have originated in the bequest of. From Wordnik.com. [The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851] Reference
In addition to Mr. Carnegie's gift, one bequest should be noted here: that of John. From Wordnik.com. [Handbook of The New York Public Library] Reference
Excerpts: NEWSWEEK: Does Leona's bequest to Trouble set a record for the United States?. From Wordnik.com. [The $12 Million Dog] Reference
In her anxiety she had never considered the light in which the bequest might strike Henry. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878] Reference
Betton's beneficial bequest of over £21,000 for the purpose of ransoming British captives. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of the Barbary Corsairs] Reference
Of the public libraries founded by individual bequest, some of the principal are the Public. From Wordnik.com. [A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries] Reference
Both Osborne House in the Isle of Wight, and Balmoral, were bought prior to Mr. Neild's bequest. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 11, No. 26, May, 1873] Reference
Fortunately for Diaghilev, a bequest from his mother was walled off from the demands of creditors. From Wordnik.com. [The Passions of an Impresario] Reference
A generous bequest is made also to Mrs. Halstead, providing that she agrees to undertake this charge. From Wordnik.com. [The Fifth Ace] Reference
His first bequest is (that which is the common lot of us all) “my bodye to the earth whence it came.”. From Wordnik.com. [Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter] Reference
If I receive a windfall -- a bonus, bequest or gift -- I gradually feed it into my regular investment mix. From Wordnik.com. [An investor's manifesto] Reference
Arthur Smith I of Isle of Wight County made a bequest, 1645, of his "seal ring of gold," to his son Thomas. From Wordnik.com. [Domestic Life in Virginia in the Seventeenth Century] Reference
Every night before going to bed I tot up on my fingers the amount of the bequest I feel I ought to receive. From Wordnik.com. [Molly Bawn] Reference
The painted windows, which have been supplied partly by individual donors, partly by a bequest of Bishop Sparke. From Wordnik.com. [Ely Cathedral] Reference
Both the building and the grounds were a bequest of the late John Carter Brown, a son of the distinguished benefactor. From Wordnik.com. [The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 1, January 1886 Bay State Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, January, 1886] Reference
It was a bequest so generous that anyone searching for a way through the impersonal maze of modem medicine is in his debt. From Wordnik.com. [Seven For Summer] Reference
And set aside money for food and other essentials in a trust fund or a direct bequest to the caregiver -- but not too much. From Wordnik.com. [Remember Me] Reference
It is interesting to know that this bequest, now one hundred and fifty years old, obsolete in some respects, is still highly valued. From Wordnik.com. [The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, Bay State Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, April, 1886] Reference
The bequest at the end of the first one hundred years may not attain the exact figure he calculated, but it is sure to be a large sum. From Wordnik.com. [Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail] Reference
A bequest from a wealthy parishioner, who had died, as the result of a motor-car accident, had enabled his 'brother' -- the Episcopalian. From Wordnik.com. [Border Ghost Stories] Reference
The Museum contains a large collection of pictures, which the bequest of the Duke de Feltre (Maréchal Clarke) has increased considerably. From Wordnik.com. [Brittany & Its Byways] Reference
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