All 4 Uses of
benevolent
in
The House of Mirth
- Mrs. Gryce had a kind of impersonal benevolence: cases of individual need she regarded with suspicion, but she subscribed to Institutions when their annual reports showed an impressive surplus.†
Chpt 1.2 *
- But if you are actuated by the benevolent intention of protecting me from Bertha—I don't think I need your protection."†
Chpt 1.4
- Even the most irresponsible pretty woman of her acquaintance had her inherited obligations, her conventional benevolences, her share in the working of the great civic machine; and all hung together in the solidarity of these traditional functions.†
Chpt 2.9
- It was the first time she had ever come across the results of her spasmodic benevolence, and the surprised sense of human fellowship took the mortal chill from her heart.†
Chpt 2.13
Definition:
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(benevolent) kind, generous, or charitable