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Meanings of bestow a benefit in English

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Usage of bestow a benefit in English
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Upon such a person as this, therefore, I shall not bestow a benefit.
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If I know a man to be ungrateful, I shall not bestow a benefit upon him.
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A benefaction must bestow a benefit.
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There is no doubt that a slave can bestow a benefit upon anyone; why, then, not upon his master?
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It has, however, been doubted by Hecaton and some other writers, whether a slave can bestow a benefit upon his master.
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When I promise to bestow a benefit, I promise it, unless something occurs which makes it my duty not to do so.
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Benefits and wrongs are opposites; a slave can bestow a benefit upon his master, if he can receive a wrong from his master.
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A slave can be just, brave, magnanimous; he can therefore bestow a benefit, for this is also the part of a virtuous man.
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By this question he really asks whether a good man would bestow a benefit upon an ungrateful person, knowing him to be ungrateful.
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In returning a kindness it makes a great difference whether you are eager to bestow a benefit, or merely to free yourself from a debt.
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Now, he who bestows a benefit upon himself does not do this.
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When a man bestows a benefit, at what does he aim?
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Bestow a benefit than receive a favour.'
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Her reluctance deprived Mr. Lanley of the delight of bestowing a benefit, but gave him a faint sense of capture.
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So when you have said, "Have I not bestowed a benefit upon the father by saving the son?"
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What am I to say of the third, he who, meaning to do an injury, blunders into bestowing a benefit?
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