All 23 Uses of
benevolent
in
Little Dorrit
- The shining bald head, which looked so very large because it shone so much; and the long grey hair at its sides and back, like floss silk or spun glass, which looked so very benevolent because it was never cut; were not, of course, to be seen in the boy as in the old man.†
Chpt 1.13
- Frederick the free, was so humbled, bowed, withered, and faded; William the bond, was so courtly, condescending, and benevolently conscious of a position; that in this regard only, if in no other, the brothers were a spectacle to wonder at.†
Chpt 1.19
- 'I heard from Flora,' said the Patriarch with his benevolent smile, 'that she was coming to call, coming to call.†
Chpt 1.23
- I wish you well, sir, I wish you well!' he seemed to have done benevolent wonders.†
Chpt 1.23
- All this time the Patriarch sat serenely smiling; nodding or shaking his head benevolently, as the case required.†
Chpt 1.23
- Then Gowan asserting his rights as a disappointed man who had his grudge against the family, and who, perhaps, had allowed his mother to have them there, as much in the hope it might give them some annoyance as with any other benevolent object, aired his pencil and his poverty ostentatiously before them, and told them he hoped in time to settle a crust of bread and cheese on his wife, and that he begged such of them as (more fortunate than himself) came in for any good thing, and could…†
Chpt 1.34
- Benevolent old boy!†
Chpt 1.35
- And there's no more benevolence bubbling out of him, than out of a ninepin.'†
Chpt 1.35
- In the yard, was the Patriarchal Casby, looking so tremendously benevolent that many enthusiastic Collegians grasped him fervently by the hand, and the wives and female relatives of many more Collegians kissed his hand, nothing doubting that he had done it all.†
Chpt 1.36
- After looking at the philanthropic visage and the long silky white hair for a few seconds, during which Mr Casby twirled his thumbs, and smiled at the fire as if he were benevolently wishing it to burn him that he might forgive it, Arthur began: 'I beg your pardon, Mr Casby—'†
Chpt 2.9
- 'None,' returned the Patriarch, shaking his big head with his utmost benevolence.†
Chpt 2.9
- So there Casby sat, twirling and twirling, and making his polished head and forehead look largely benevolent in every knob.†
Chpt 2.9
- Nor did his benevolence stop here.
Chpt 2.14 *benevolence = kindness and goodwill
- In that company I found a girl, in various circumstances of whose position there was a singular likeness to my own, and in whose character I was interested and pleased to see much of the rising against swollen patronage and selfishness, calling themselves kindness, protection, benevolence, and other fine names, which I have described as inherent in my nature.†
Chpt 2.21
- Mr Casby, too, was beaming near the hob, with his benevolent knobs shining as if the warm butter of the toast were exuding through the patriarchal skull, and with his face as ruddy as if the colouring matter of the anchovy paste were mantling in the patriarchal visage.†
Chpt 2.23
- …her muffled hand, and talking in a low voice to the Patriarch as he stood before the fire, whose blue eyes, polished head, and silken locks, turning towards them as they came in, imparted an inestimable value and inexhaustible love of his species to his remark: 'So you have been seeing the premises, seeing the premises—premises—seeing the premises!' it was not in itself a jewel of benevolence or wisdom, yet he made it an exemplar of both that one would have liked to have a copy of.†
Chpt 2.23
- …and cropped by Mr Casby, at the regular seasons; Mr Pancks had taken all the drudgery and all the dirt of the business as his share; Mr Casby had taken all the profits, all the ethereal vapour, and all the moonshine, as his share; and, in the form of words which that benevolent beamer generally employed on Saturday evenings, when he twirled his fat thumbs after striking the week's balance, 'everything had been satisfactory to all parties—all parties—satisfactory, sir, to all parties.'†
Chpt 2.32
- The worst was, that with his big blue eyes, and his polished head, and his long white hair, and his bottle-green legs stretched out before him, terminating in his easy shoes easily crossed at the instep, he had a radiant appearance of having in his extensive benevolence made the drink for the human species, while he himself wanted nothing but his own milk of human kindness.†
Chpt 2.32
- 'Oh!' said Pancks, watching him as he benevolently gulped down a good draught of his mixture.†
Chpt 2.32
- Benevolence, an't it?†
Chpt 2.32
- You benevolent!'†
Chpt 2.32
- Why, good people, when he comes smoothly spinning through the Yard to-night, like a slow-going benevolent Humming-Top, and when you come about him with your complaints of the Grubber, you don't know what a cheat the Proprietor is!†
Chpt 2.32
- Here is your benevolent Patriarch of a Casby, and there is his golden rule.†
Chpt 2.32
Definition:
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(benevolent) kind, generous, or charitable