Citations:bestowed


 * 1678 — John Bunyan. The Pilgrim's Progress.
 * CHR. I seek an inheritance incorruptible, undefiled, and that fadeth not away [1 Pet. 1:4], and it is laid up in heaven, and safe there [Heb. 11:16], to be bestowed, at the time appointed, on them that diligently seek it.
 * WORLD. I would advise thee, then, that thou with all speed get thyself rid of thy burden; for thou wilt never be settled in thy mind till then; nor canst thou enjoy the benefits of the blessing which God hath bestowed upon thee till then.
 * For my part, I like that religion best that will stand with the security of God's good blessings unto us; for who can imagine, that is ruled by his reason, since God has bestowed upon us the good things of this life, but that he would have us keep them for his sake?


 * 1719 — Daniel Defoe. Robinson Crusoe.
 * This cost me as much thought as a statesman would have bestowed upon a grand point of politics, or a judge upon the life and death of a man.


 * 1843 — Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol.
 * Let it also be borne in mind that Scrooge had not bestowed one thought on Marley, since his last mention of his seven years' dead partner that afternoon.