Both Uses of
bequest
in
Ulysses by James Joyce
- Bequests also: to the P.P. for the time being in his absolute discretion.†
Chpt 5 *
- Given a guarantee equal to the sum sought, the support, by deed of gift and transfer vouchers during donor's lifetime or by bequest after donor's painless extinction, of eminent financiers (Blum Pasha, Rothschild Guggenheim, Hirsch, Montefiore, Morgan, Rockefeller) possessing fortunes in 6 figures, amassed during a successful life, and joining capital with opportunity the thing required was done.†
Chpt 17
Definition:
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(bequest) a gift specified in a will (to be given upon death)