Benefactor

Examples

• A man that is ungrateful to his benefactor, in a manner affirms, that he never received any favours from him. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• It could lynch one as a moral monster, when as a matter of fact his ideals were commonplace; it could proclaim one a great benefactor when in truth he was a rather dull old gentleman. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• The will, of course, was in their possession, as my benefactor had returned to England when I was at school, and made his will in my favor. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• So I'll be a benefactor to society, and go. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Is my benefactor to be made known to me to-day? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• My friend, my benefactor, my honoured companion,' murmured Mr. Winkle, catching at his wrist. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• His gratitude to his kind benefactor knew no bounds, and his industry was indefatigable. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Says you, Joseph, I have this day seen my earliest benefactor and the founder of my fortun's. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• With others who have given much attention to this remarkable reed, I believe that in its manifold uses the bamboo is the world's greatest dendral benefactor. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• But the dear child,' said Lammle, with a crooked smile, 'ought to have been open with her benefactor and benefactress. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• It would displeasure our benefactor if he knew a stranger was so treated in this house. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• That Dutch bottle was found by my noble benefactor and yours, after he entered on possession of the estate. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• It is largely due to the Patent Law, which justly regards the inventor as a public benefactor, and seeks to make for him some protection in the enjoyment of his rights. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• If ever a good man were ruined by good fortune, it is my benefactor. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Reward of ingratitoode to his earliest benefactor, and founder of fortun's. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Ivanhoe expressed great repugnance to this plan, which he grounded on unwillingness to give farther trouble to his benefactors. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• If the tallow candle, hitherto unknown, were now invented, its creator would be hailed as one of the greatest benefactors of the present age. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• That, if statues were decreed in Britain, as in ancient Greece and Rome, to public benefactors, this shining citizen would assuredly have had one. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• The circumstance occasioned no alteration, however, in the behaviour of his benefactors. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• O my benefactors! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• I felt ashamed to appear before my benefactors so clad. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• The owners of such places as Chesney Wold, said Mr. Skimpole with his usual happy and easy air, are public benefactors. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.

Edited by Angelina