Sentence examples for alms of from inspiring English sources

These are hopelessly corrupted.Most of the poorest villagers seem to get alms of some sort.

After the asylum closed, the property around it reverted to a sanctuary for down-and-out cats, which received daily Italian alms of fresh pasta with kidney sauce.

Many of the most striking are scenes of every day life – of monks queuing for alms, of Buddhist statues in the jungle and of frenetic football matches.

He distributes alms of sorts; his serfs will tell you how he flew their sick child to hospital in his plane, gave flowers to the church on Mother's Day, provided electricity to a school.

Describing it, she wrote: "One may guess the power of the north wind blowing over the edge, by the excessive slant of a few stunted firs at the end of the house; and by a range of gaunt thorns all stretching their limbs one way, as if craving alms of the sun".

One of the attendants placed to the left of Bhikshatana should carry a large bowl used for storing the food alms of Shiva.

The attack on charity in "Self-Reliance" also includes gibes at "the education at college of fools" and "alms to sots," of which Emerson writes, "though I confess with shame I sometimes succumb and give the dollar, it is a wicked dollar, which by and by I shall have the manhood to withhold".

Further studies investigating the involvement of ALMS1 in both intra- and extra-cellular events will be helpful in unraveling the pathophysiology of ALMS to facilitate the identification of key therapeutic targets.

To mitigate its effects, the Song government enacted many initiatives, including the distribution of alms to the poor; the establishment of public clinics, pharmacies, and retirement homes; and the creation of paupers' graveyards.

They show John preaching penance and repentance for the remission of sins and encouraging the giving of alms to the poor (Luke 3 11) as he baptized people in the area of the River Jordan around Perea at about the time when Jesus began his ministry.

Ramadan is a month of daytime fasting and the offering of alms to the poor.