solicit charity
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These ruinous huts seemed to solicit charity from passers-by; and on very small provocation we should have given alms for the relief of the poor inmates.
From A Journey to the Interior of the Earth by Jules Verne
"You would not have your wife solicit charity?"
From Mark Hurdlestone Or, The Two Brothers by Susanna Moodie
She does not speak to passers-by, nor does she ever solicit charity, but she accepts with grateful significance the silver and copper coins which are constantly dropped into her lap by a sympathetic public.
From The Pearl of India by Maturin Murray Ballou
"Do you solicit charity, sir, for your friend?"
From The Three Brides, Love in a Cottage, and Other Tales by Francis A. (Francis Alexander) Durivage
It is neither to solicit charity nor to complain to you, Mrs. Hepburn, of my past ill-treatment, that I sought an interview with you this morning.
From The Monctons A Novel: Volume 2 (of 2) by Susanna Moodie
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