beneficent

• The evolutions of nature are slow and beneficent, and it seems to be a period especially disposed so that the husbandman should reap in security the fruits of the year's labor. —  The Memories of Fifty Years
• For the rest, "the Dutch Minister and also the French Secretaries here," greatly interested about the peace of Europe, and the Congress of Soissons in these weeks, "have had a communication from this Court, of the favorable disposition ours is in with respect to the Double Match,"--beneficent for the Terrestrial Balance, as they and I hope. —  History of Friedrich II of Prussia
• But the appearances in the Villa Cascana were not beneficent, and had they made their "visit" in a very slightly different manner, I do not suppose I should have got over it any more than Arthur Inglis did. —  Collected Stories
• He is generous, beneficent, affectionate. —  Hortense Makers of History Series
• Yet there are also prayers for protection and help addressed to beings conceived as essentially good and beneficent--a step marking a great advance in the moral feeling and religious consciousness of the people. —  Chaldea From the Earliest Times to the Rise of Assyria

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