Both Uses of
beneficent
in
Ulysses, by James Joyce
- The housesteward of the amalgamated cats' and dogs' home was in attendance to convey these vessels when replenished to that beneficent institution.†
Chpt 12 *
- Beneficent Disseminator of blessings to all Thy creatures, how great and universal must be that sweetest of Thy tyrannies which can hold in thrall the free and the bond, the simple swain and the polished coxcomb, the lover in the heyday of reckless passion and the husband of maturer years.†
Chpt 14
Definition:
doing or producing good -- especially generous in assistance to the poor