To these articles of intelligence she added, that the name of her benefactress was the celebrated Lady —, to whose character the youth was no stranger, though he had never seen her person before. ❋ Unknown (2004)
"But I do _not_ love _her_!" answered the proud girl, regarding the woman whom the world called her benefactress, with a glance of queenly scorn. ❋ Ann S. Stephens (N/A)
I shall be an old woman then, and should, it may be, have less objection to being known as his benefactress than at present. ❋ Robert Grant (1896)
"Benefactress! benefactress!" said I inwardly: "they all call Mrs. Reed my benefactress; if so, a benefactress is a disagreeable thing." ❋ Unknown (1848)
"And now tell me who is the lady whom Mr. Brocklehurst called your benefactress?" ❋ Unknown (1848)
Crotchety spinsters, ladies 'companions, put a cheerful face upon it, endure the humors of your so-called benefactress, carry her lapdogs for her; you have an English poodle for your rival, and you must seek to understand the moods of your patroness, and amuse her, and -- keep silence about yourselves. ❋ Honor�� De Balzac (1824)
And accordingly the latest writers on this subject have relinquished that accusation; they no longer charge the old pedagogue with such an effort of genius; they confine themselves to accusing him of ingratitude towards his benefactress, which is as much as to say that a little personal favour, even when well earned, is to compel a man to shut his eyes henceforward to the character and conduct of the person who has conferred it, and that both patriotic feeling and political policy are to be quenched by a pension, which is a strange view. ❋ George Reid (1862)
He was aware that his ingratitude to his benefactress was the theme of general remark and reproach; and he apprehended, should the King fall a victim to one of those attacks of indisposition to which he was continually subject -- an event which had been foretold by the astrologers, and which was anticipated by his physicians -- that he should be unable to contend against the animosity of the irritated Princess, and the undisguised aversion of the Duc d'Orléans, who made no effort to conceal his dislike to the haughty minister, against whom he published during his sojourn at ❋ Julia Pardoe (1833)
Sensitive to the mental atmosphere about her, as a wind harp to the lightest breeze, Berene felt this unexpressed sentiment in the breast of her "benefactress" and strove to avoid anything which could aggravate it. ❋ Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1887)
Crotchety spinsters, ladies’ companions, put a cheerful face upon it, endure the humors of your so-called benefactress, carry her lapdogs for her; you have an English poodle for your rival, and you must seek to understand the moods of your patroness, and amuse her, and — keep silence about yourselves. ❋ Unknown (2007)
"To conclude, I know enough of your delicacy to be aware that it would perhaps be agreeable to you to afford this succor to the prince without being known as his benefactress; in which case, I beg that you will be pleased to command me; and you may rely upon my discretion. ❋ Eug��ne Sue (1830)
I found out a few days later that my benefactress—the lady who had sent my mother money here and there through the years to help with a costume or some extra for music editing simply because she loved my skating—had passed away in the hospital. ❋ Johnny Weir (2011)
But local baseball hero Klint refuses to warm up to his new benefactress and instead throws himself into his game with a fierceness that troubles his little brother. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Ross is a poised, attractive woman with the well-styled blond mane of a New York benefactress. ❋ Heidi Brown (2010)
And you won't find more beauty than these large grounds and gardens, bequeathed to LCS by author and benefactress, Neill James. ❋ Unknown (2009)
To be fair, Margaret was a keen benefactress in any case, a supporter of William Caxton and the printing press, a highly devout Catholic, a woman on a mission to promote learning, piety and worthy endeavour. ❋ Unknown (2009)
