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bequest

[bih-kwest] / bɪˈkwɛst /


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Photograph: Tate/Trustees Of The Chantrey Bequest How many ways are there to tell the story of British art?

From The Guardian • May 3, 2013

Besides, the words Legacy, Bequest, go side by side with the words, Death, Funeral.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

—Were the beautiful lines entitled "Lady Flora's Bequest" in reality written by that lamented lady?

From Notes and Queries, Vol. III, Number 87, June 28, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

"The Bequest of a Friend" was engraved on them.

From The Morgesons by Stoddard, Elizabeth

She was gratified to learn that the Special Bequest was no bar to the participation of the Association in the general advantages provided by Mr. Gardner for the blind.

From Elizabeth Gilbert and Her Work for the Blind by Martin, Frances




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