Citations:gift

English citations of gift

	1485
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• 1485 – Thomas Malory. Le Morte Darthur, Book X, Chapter xliiij, leaf 242r

  and there came ageynst hym kynge Marsyl that had in yefte an Iland of syre Galahalt the haute prynce

  "and there came against him King Marsil, that had in gift an island of Sir Galahalt the haut prince"

			1678		1813
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• 1678 — John Bunyan. The Pilgrim's Progress.

  But, by your leave, heavenly knowledge of these is the gift of God; no man attaineth to them by human industry, or only by the talk of them.

• 1813 — Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.

  "Yes — the late Mr. Darcy bequeathed me the next presentation of the best living in his gift. He was my godfather, and excessively attached to me. I cannot do justice to his kindness. He meant to provide for me amply, and thought he had done it; but when the living fell, it was given elsewhere."