liberality

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The followers of "Interest" were "Liberality," "Bounty," "Wealth," and "Security."

From Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote by Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de

The Duke is by nature generous and beneficent, and wou'd be more so if his Liberality was not curb'd.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume I Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by P?llnitz, Karl Ludwig von

Liberality consists less in giving much than in giving at the right moment.

From Book of Wise Sayings Selected Largely from Eastern Sources by Clouston, William Alexander

Poetry having retired from the side of Interest, Liberality advanced; and, after making her movements, said:— My name is Liberality, Alike beneficent and wise, To shun wild prodigality, And sordid avarice despise.

From Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote by Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de

Madam Liberality, when a little girl, was accustomed to pick out all the plums from her own slice of cake and afterwards make a feast with them for her brothers and sisters and the dolls.

From Women Novelists of Queen Victoria's Reign A Book of Appreciations by Alexander, Mrs.