Charities

Examples

• And then the charities, my Christian brother! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Like all intelligent charities they are still a necessary evil. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• The Foundation is committed to complying with the laws regulating charities and charitable donations in all 50 states of the United States. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• By the ties of the past and the charities of the present. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• They would have a front pew in the most expensive church in New York, and his name would figure handsomely in the list of parish charities. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• To Penelope's great regret, he had been most graciously received, and had added Miss Rachel's name to one of his Ladies' Charities on the spot. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• In foundling hospitals, and among the children brought up by parish charities, the mortality is still greater than among those of the common people. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• What they said about their Charities I didn't hear. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Such incidents as these were not uncommon in Mr. Godfrey's large experience as a promoter of public charities. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• The morning charities and ceremonies took so much time that the rest of the day was devoted to preparations for the evening festivities. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• He has none too much--has to insure his life, besides keeping house, and doing a vicar's charities. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• And what of the charities which absorbed his worldly goods? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.

Edited by Della