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Very seldom is there such a departure from tradition as making the father bequeather of the poet's sensitiveness.

From The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poet as interpreted in English verse of the last one hundred and fifty years by Atkins, Elizabeth

Notwithstanding, I believe that I am still sufficiently familiar with the notary's art to be able to act as a regular testator and bequeather of property.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 04 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes by Francke, Kuno

In this case, the bequeather gives nothing: the receiver pays nothing.

From The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Volume III. 1791-1804 by Paine, Thomas