"Bestower" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... a feast of joy! The gods divide the earth; The light-bestower is away; Forgotten he will be. And the light-giver came and nodded To the blue sea; and lo, The sea was rent with fruitful heave! And the Sun's island rose With a thousand beauties crowned; And makers lived upon the island, Beings ...
— Life Immovable - First Part • Kostes Palamas
... agency co-respondent to this mother's love. Now, with this magnificent product of invention, he goes forth into the world, seeking for some man upon whom he may bestow a mother's love (of which the "bestower" is entirely incapable), and who will, in payment, respond with a mother's love (of which that man would, of course, be also incapable). In the jargon of electricity a positive and a negative are absolutely ...
— The Golden Censer - The duties of to-day, the hopes of the future • John McGovern |
