All 30 Uses of
bestow
in
Frankenstein - 1831 version
- He had already bought a farm with his money, on which he had designed to pass the remainder of his life; but he bestowed the whole on his rival, together with the remains of his prize-money to purchase stock, and then himself solicited the young woman's father to consent to her marriage with her lover.
p. 21.2bestowed = gave
- Much as they were attached to each other, they seemed to draw inexhaustible stores of affection from a very mine of love to bestow them upon me.
p. 35.5bestow = give
- I was their plaything and their idol, and something better—their child, the innocent and helpless creature bestowed on them by heaven, whom to bring up to good, and whose future lot it was in their hands to direct to happiness or misery, according as they fulfilled their duties towards me.
p. 35.6bestowed = given
- All praises bestowed on her I received as made to a possession of my own.
p. 37.8
- It was said, and we retired under the pretence of seeking repose, each fancying that the other was deceived; but when at morning's dawn I descended to the carriage which was to convey me away, they were all there—my father again to bless me, Clerval to press my hand once more, my Elizabeth to renew her entreaties that I would write often and to bestow the last feminine attentions on her playmate and friend.
p. 46.4bestow = give
- I, who had ever been surrounded by amiable companions, continually engaged in endeavouring to bestow mutual pleasure—I was now alone.
p. 46.6
- After days and nights of incredible labour and fatigue, I succeeded in discovering the cause of generation and life; nay, more, I became myself capable of bestowing animation upon lifeless matter.
p. 53.6bestowing = giving
- Although I possessed the capacity of bestowing animation, yet to prepare a frame for the reception of it, with all its intricacies of fibres, muscles, and veins, still remained a work of inconceivable difficulty and labour.
p. 54.4
- Pursuing these reflections, I thought that if I could bestow animation upon lifeless matter, I might in process of time (although I now found it impossible) renew life where death had apparently devoted the body to corruption.
p. 55.2bestow = give
- It was a most beautiful season; never did the fields bestow a more plentiful harvest or the vines yield a more luxuriant vintage, but my eyes were insensible to the charms of nature.
p. 56.1
- The form of the monster on whom I had bestowed existence was forever before my eyes, and I raved incessantly concerning him.
p. 63.2bestowed = given
- When happy, inanimate nature had the power of bestowing on me the most delightful sensations.
p. 71.6bestowing = giving
- I had before experienced sensations of horror, and I have endeavoured to bestow upon them adequate expressions, but words cannot convey an idea of the heart-sickening despair that I then endured.
p. 87.2bestow = give
- When I thought of him I gnashed my teeth, my eyes became inflamed, and I ardently wished to extinguish that life which I had so thoughtlessly bestowed.
p. 95.3bestowed = given
- You reproach me with your creation, come on, then, that I may extinguish the spark which I so negligently bestowed.
p. 102.7bestowed = gave
- He would talk in a cheerful accent, with an expression of goodness that bestowed pleasure even upon me.
p. 115.8
- The old man appeared enraptured and said some words which Agatha endeavoured to explain to Safie, and by which he appeared to wish to express that she bestowed on him the greatest delight by her music.
p. 121.4
- While I listened to the instructions which Felix bestowed upon the Arabian, the strange system of human society was explained to me.
p. 122.9
- This, I thought, was the moment of decision, which was to rob me of or bestow happiness on me forever.
p. 137.4bestow = give
- Why, in that instant, did I not extinguish the spark of existence which you had so wantonly bestowed?
p. 138.1bestowed = given
- Among the lessons that Felix had bestowed upon Safie, geography had not been omitted; I had learned from these the relative situations of the different countries of the earth.
p. 141.4
- Soft tears again bedewed my cheeks, and I even raised my humid eyes with thankfulness towards the blessed sun, which bestowed such joy upon me.
p. 142.7bestowed = gave
- For a few moments I gazed with delight on her dark eyes, fringed by deep lashes, and her lovely lips; but presently my rage returned; I remembered that I was forever deprived of the delights that such beautiful creatures could bestow and that she whose resemblance I contemplated would, in regarding me, have changed that air of divine benignity to one expressive of disgust and affright.
p. 145.1bestow = give
- Here, I thought, is one of those whose joy-imparting smiles are bestowed on all but me.
p. 145.5bestowed = given
- Let him live with me in the interchange of kindness, and instead of injury I would bestow every benefit upon him with tears of gratitude at his acceptance.
p. 147.9bestow = give
- His tale and the feelings he now expressed proved him to be a creature of fine sensations, and did I not as his maker owe him all the portion of happiness that it was in my power to bestow?
p. 148.8 *
- I swear to you, by the earth which I inhabit, and by you that made me, that with the companion you bestow I will quit the neighbourhood of man and dwell, as it may chance, in the most savage of places.
p. 149.5
- I tried to stifle these sensations; I thought that as I could not sympathize with him, I had no right to withhold from him the small portion of happiness which was yet in my power to bestow.
p. 149.9
- He could not any longer delay his departure; but as his journey to London might be followed, even sooner than he now conjectured, by his longer voyage, he entreated me to bestow as much of my society on him as I could spare.
p. 174.8
- The brave fellows whom I have persuaded to be my companions look towards me for aid, but I have none to bestow.
p. 215.8
Definition:
to give -- typically to present as an honor or give as a gift