Citations:gift


 * 1485 – Thomas Malory. Le Morte Darthur, Book X, Chapter xliiij, leaf 242r
 * and there came ageynst hym kynge Marsyl that had in yefte an Iland of syre Galahalt the haute prynce
 * "and there came against him King Marsil, that had in gift an island of Sir Galahalt the haut prince"


 * 1678 — John Bunyan. The Pilgrim's Progress.
 * But, by your leave, heavenly knowledge of these is the gift of God; no man attaineth to them by human industry, or only by the talk of them.


 * 1813 — Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
 * "Yes — the late Mr. Darcy bequeathed me the next presentation of the best living in his gift. He was my godfather, and excessively attached to me. I cannot do justice to his kindness. He meant to provide for me amply, and thought he had done it; but when the living fell, it was given elsewhere."