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The other bequests were far more appreciated. Tom had known of the book in hand, was certain of its value to the faculty, and was much gratified by the charge of it, both as a matter of feeling and of interest.
I see Atwood has made short work, and put them all in the same clause that will never do, unless the legacies are the same." "Good good right," muttered the testator; "£200 each £1000 all money money." This settled the point, and the clause was regularly written, read, and approved. "This raises the money bequests to £14,180, Sir Wycherly some 6 or £7000 more must remain to be disposed of.
Three remarkable bequests had been made by that uncle to the colonel, the estate of Canons, the parrot, and the horse Eclipse, the most powerful racer ever known in England; so superior to every other horse of his day, that his superiority at length became useless, as no bets would be laid against him.
He had handled several, during his career as a solicitor, in which bequests were made to the younger branches of a family that had been torn by dissension during the testator's lifetime, and were now remembered for the purpose of making tardy amends. But in those cases the families were all practically of the same caste. It would be merely benefiting them by money or land.
She had, she said, made some saving out of her income. She was not going to trouble Mr. Burgess with this matter, only that she might explain to him that what she would at once give to the young couple, and what she would settle on Dorothy after her own death, would all come from such savings, and that such gifts and bequests would not diminish the family property.
Before he passed away he expressed a wish that he be buried in the little Eastern town where he was born. He had forgiven me for turning the old farm into golf links, and aside from a few small bequests, I was his heir. Thus by the death of this good man I come into possession of money, estates, stocks and other property for which I have no use. Of what special use is property to me?
Since his death, the institution which he founded has grown steadily in importance; other bequests have been added to his, and Cooper Union has come to stand, in a way, for civic righteousness. The year 1795 saw the birth of two children who were destined to do a great work for their country George Peabody and Johns Hopkins.
He discoursed with his friends concerning the immortality of the soul, comparing the doctrines of Plato and of other ancient philosophers, whose writings were so familiar to him, with the revelations of Scripture and with the dictates of natural religion. He made his will with minute and elaborate provisions, leaving bequests, remembrances, and rings, to all his friends.
She had expected that many legacies to old servants and bequests to several charitable institutions might have been left, and there still would have been that handsome sum for his adopted children.
I know as well as you must that there are many articles of belief clinging to the skirts of our time which are the bequests of the ages of ignorance that God winked at.
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