He took it up, and looked at it with that look which a man bestows on some trifle which has been worn by the woman he loves, and then, as if by an irresistible impulse, raised it to his lips, kissing it passionately, and put it carefully in his bosom.
"Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir"
Charles Garvice
Although the little pianist is shorter by almost a head and shoulders than the majestic Princess, and consequently the garments trail behind her like coronation-robes, the Oblonsky assures her that they fit her as though they had been made for her, and immediately bestows upon her one of the two, a magnificent wrap of dark-green velvet, trimmed with fur.
"Erlach Court"
Ossip Schubin
All who know Hugo von Wangen can well understand how happy a woman she must be upon whom he bestows the treasure of his devotion.
"Quicksands"
Adolph Streckfuss