All 5 Uses of
benevolent
in
Leaves of Grass
- The learn'd, virtuous, benevolent, and the usual terms, A man like me and never the usual terms.†
Chpt 15
- No specification is necessary, all that a male or female does, that is vigorous, benevolent, clean, is so much profit to him or her, In the unshakable order of the universe and through the whole scope of it forever.†
Chpt 24
- Faces of friendship, precision, caution, suavity, ideality, The spiritual-prescient face, the always welcome common benevolent face, The face of the singing of music, the grand faces of natural lawyers and judges broad at the back-top, The faces of hunters and fishers bulged at the brows, the shaved blanch'd faces of orthodox citizens, The pure, extravagant, yearning, questioning artist's face, The ugly face of some beautiful soul, the handsome detested or despised face, The sacred…†
Chpt 32
- for I would be the boldest and truest being of the universe, And who benevolent?
Chpt 32 *benevolent = kind or generous
- …for I think I have reason to be the proudest son alive—for I am the son of the brawny and tall-topt city, And who has been bold and true? for I would be the boldest and truest being of the universe, And who benevolent? for I would show more benevolence than all the rest, And who has receiv'd the love of the most friends? for I know what it is to receive the passionate love of many friends, And who possesses a perfect and enamour'd body? for I do not believe any one possesses a more…†
Chpt 32
Definition:
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(benevolent) kind, generous, or charitable