Many others, relating to the military and other free tenures of the chief tenants of manors, and to the socage and inferior or servile tenures, with the boons of the cottagers, &c.
And Gareth said: "Lord, I am one who hath come hither from a great distance to crave two boons of you.
So, if these two boons are fit for one of your condition to have, they shall be granted unto you.
That time when I first stood before thee I besought two boons of thee and one of them thou didst grant me and the other thou didst promise to grant me.
For asking the noble honours man * And asking the churl entails bane and bate: When abasement is not to be 'scaped by wight * Meet it asking boons of the good and great.
Then the god said, "So be it," and conferred on him other boons also.
Having thus obtained the object of his desire, Yavakri came unto his father and said, "The Vedas, O father, will be manifest unto thee as well as unto myself and I have obtained boonswhereby we shall excel all men.
Vouchsafe unto me boonswhereby I may excel other men.
There in days of old, Vishnu had paid his adorations to Rudra, for his grace, and obtaineth also many boons difficult of acquisition even by the gods.
The Siddhas, and the Charanas and the Gandharvas and the Yakshas, and the Guhyakas, and the Nagas, desirous of obtainingboons follow thy car coursing through the skies.
And, O descendant of Bharata, desirous of testing Usinara's merit and also of bestowing boons on him, Indra and Agni presented themselves at his sacrificial ground.
Then Agni and the other celestials (of their own accord) bestowed boons on Arvavasu.
So all that had boons to ask were summoned into one place.
Salutations to thee that hast the best of garlands, the best of scents, and the best of robes, and that givest the best of boons to the best of creatures.
Through thy boons let the king be made happy and let him obtain his wishes.
Having undergone the austerest of penances and adored him with great reverence, he obtained these boons from Sakra, having solicited them, saying 'Let us have abundant food and numerous guests.
It is in consequence of this effect of penances that the superior deities were always compelled by the Asuras and Danavas to grant them whatever boons they solicited.
Swelling with pride and might in consequence of those boons that they will succeed in obtaining, they will oppress and afflict the deities and the Rishis possessed of ascetic might.
It is preferable to incur even the wrath of that foremost of gods than to obtain boons from any other Deity.
Having granted these boonsunto the king, the denizens of heaven, as also all those Rishis possessed of wealth of penances, returned each to his respective place.
For the sake also of thy intelligence, devotion, and high faith, I shall grant thee whatsoeverboons may be desired by thee.
O Brahmana, do thou ask of me the boons thou desirest.
The boons solicited by Gaya were, 'Let my wealth be inexhaustible even if I give ceaselessly.
Granting these and other highly agreeable boons unto Brahman of immeasurable energy in consequence of my being gratified with him I (once more) adopted the course dictated by Nivritti.
At my command, he will be the giver of boons unto all creatures.
O Partha, he that rises (at the beginning of Creation from the Ocean of Milk at the earnest invocation of Brahmana and all the deities) and who gives diverse boons unto the diverse deities, is none else than myself.
This name of mine, therefore, O Arjuna is productive of boons unto them that utter it among all the deities and the high-souled Rishis.
Although capable of granting boons unto all creatures, they are, however, in the matter of the concerns to which they attend (viz.
So free is the word of God that only the mere wish to have it is necessary to secure at once the greatest of spiritual boons and the most perfect piece of writing in our language, or in any other tongue.
Such boons they gave me: it behoves me pay A deeper reverence from a soul sincere.
For the priceless boons he was to confer upon her, she saw that she had nothing to give him in return, except herself.
And now she was the Lady Bountiful, stepping aside a moment from her brilliant entourage to scatter boons to the poor and needy.
Said Kaikeyi: “If thou dost honour truth thou wilt grant the boons I crave, but if thou wouldst rather break thine oath, let me drink poison now.
So it came to pass that in the mourning chamber Kaikeyi spake to Dasaratha, and said: “Now grant me the two boons as thou didst vow to do, or I shall die this night.
I have asked him to fulfil his vow, and the boons I crave are that Bharata, whose star is bright, be installed as Yuvarajah, and thou shouldst be banished for twice seven years.
The Maharajah will seek thee out, and when he findeth thee demand of him the two boonswhich he promised aforetime.
Then the hunchback reminded Bharata's mother that she had been promised two boons by her husband.
Kaikeyi said coldly: “The Maharajah vowed to grant two boons when I cured his wounds and saved his life, although he repents his promise now like to a man of low caste.
They fought for a just and lasting peace, but none of these boons has been bestowed on us.
Cease now from these austerities and ask boons of me!
Having thus obtained the object of his desire, Yavakri came unto his father and said, The Vedas, O father, will be manifest unto thee as well as unto myself and I have obtained boons whereby we shall excel all men.
And when Brahma with all the celestials having India at their head, said unto Rama, 'O thou that ownest Kausalya for thy mother, what boons after thy heart shall we grant thee?
I am well-pleased to witness thy harmlessness; and, O sinless one, I will confer boons on thee.
The Siddhas, and the Charanas and the Gandharvas and the Yakshas, and the Guhyakas, and the Nagas, desirous of obtaining boons follow thy car coursing through the skies.
Do thou, O blessed girl, ask even for such boons as are difficult of being obtained by men in this world, and obtaining which, thou mayst surpass in fame all the women in this world'.
He granted boons (to people who sought them) and was brave, youthful, and adorned with bright ear-rings.
She grantsboons and has a placid countenance and is always favourably disposed towards all creatures.
And having bestowed these boons on Savitri and having thus made her desist, Yama departed for his abode.
Then the god said, 'So be it,' and conferred on him other boons also.
O foremost of men, I have not yet been satisfied by granting boonsto thee!
Thou lavishedst thy generous gifts ere they were craved by me ✿ Thou lavishedst thy boons unsought sans pretext or delay How shall I stint my praise of thee, how shall I cease to laud ✿ The grace of thee in secresy and patentest display?
Then who dare chide or blame me for my love * Of one that can all Beauty's boons unite?
The Dungannon Convention, which won great boons for Ireland, was followed by provincial assemblies in Leinster, Munster and Connaught.
Madame de Maintenon, whose rigid virtue and wise influence were boons no less prized by the nation than by the sovereign.
Then deign accept my praise for I * Accept Thy boons and gifts with grateful soul in every case.
Very great men think it no shame to beg boons from the church.
Short though it be, nevertheless we must look upon it as an earnest of greater regard on the part of the Government than they have hitherto evinced; and we may receive it as a first instalment of more valuable boons yet to come.
When thou hast entered, hide thee where no eye may espy thee and keep concealed till thou hear me cry, 'O Thou whose boons are hidden, save us from that we fear!
Pretty slumber songs, and bring Certain boons that else had missed me.
Thou lavishedst thy generous gifts ere they were craved by me * Thou lavishedst thy boons unsought sans pretext or delay: How shall I stint my praise of thee, how shall I cease to laud * The grace of thee in secresy and patentest display?
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "boons" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
