Among his bequests was a legacy of plate to the first church of Medford, and legacies to the clergymen, and while a member of the House of Representatives, he presented the chandelier which adorned its hall.
He died in England 1781, his large hearted benevolence showed itself in many bequests to that country that had driven him forth and to which he was an alien.
He bequeathed upwards of two thousand acres of land in Worcester County to found the first Law Professorship of Harvard University and his other bequests were numerous and liberal.
It was held by the State until 1805, when it was released by the Commonwealth, owing to the large bequeststhat Colonel Royall made to the public.
A long list of charitable donations and bequests might be made out, bestowed either in money or in kind.
The Alderman was one of the greatest benefactors of the seventeenth century, and left his large estate in trust for the purchase of lands "for setting the poor people a-worke," and in bequeststo parishes in Surrey.
The story of Mitcham may be dismissed when it is learned that the parishes of Surrey certainly owed their bequests to Henry Smith, but that the incidence of them was at the discretion of the trustees.
The existence of numerous and frequently very wealthy endowments arising from private benefactions and bequests has at all times been a feature in education as in other departments of English social life.
Princes often made bequests of enormous magnitude and rich people in private life vied with them.
From bequests and presents of ancient times the Roman chair succeeded to an immense landed property, Patrimonium S.
These bequests are not made for the intrinsic value of them, but as mementoes of my esteem and regard.
There are a number of ancient bequests for ringing bells and lighting beacons to guide travellers by night.
Bequests of fuel suggest to the mind the time when persons not only suffered from imprisonment but also from cold.
One of bequests amounting to L200 was left to the needy of that parish on condition that a "sermon should be occasionally preached in the church to commemorate his deliverance from the jaws of the lion.
And the said Wheelock has further represented a necessity of a legal incorporation, in order to the safety and well being of said seminary, and its being capable of the tenure and disposal of lands and bequests for the use of the same.
Recent bequests to the various departments from Tappan Wentworth, John D.
The former was founded for the higher education of women and is one of the most popular and useful of his bequests to McGill.
He took an active interest also in the well-being of our hospitals, and as they are in a sense university institutions, his bequests to the Royal Victoria and Maternity Hospitals may be cited here as additional reasons for gratitude.
Cary and Alice his wife, but contain no bequests to [thorn]e friars.
An account of his bequests to Christ Church, Canterbury, will be found in [thorn]e Public Library at Cambridge, MS.
The extreme smallness of her bequests for charitable purposes was justly remarked as a strong indication of a harsh and unfeeling disposition, in an age when similar benefactions formed almost the sole resource of the sick and needy.
Realizing this fact herself she directed that her serfs should be freed, confirmed her general donation to the pope, made a few smallbequests to the neighboring churches, and then died as she had lived, calmly and bravely.
In any case, such souls as were tired of the world and longing for repose, found in these bequests an heroic method of saving themselves the trouble of looking after a fortune or a landed estate.
The case occupied a long time in litigation, and the subject of charitable bequests was most exhaustively examined.
But the influence obtained by them over public affairs through school and confessional, and their vast wealth accumulated from bequests and donations, led the government, in A.
At the same time by paying all the bequests of the dead emperor, as if they were his own, to every one concerned he gained among the many a certain reputation for nobility of character.
Tiberius would not pay a single one of her bequests to anybody.
Acting under the instructions of the Board of Curators of the Frankel Bequests in Breslau, Lehmann asked Graetz, whether he would be disposed to become a member of the faculty of the rabbinical seminary to be established at Breslau.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "bequests" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
