profuseness

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Of all the follies in human life, there is none greater than that of extravagance, or profuseness; it being constant labour, without the least ease or relaxation.

From The Works of William Hogarth: In a Series of Engravings With Descriptions, and a Comment on Their Moral Tendency by Trusler, John

To a certain carelessness of riches he added a certain profuseness of expenditure; and indulgent towards his own pleasures, towards others, his equals or dependents, he bore himself with a spirit of kindness and magnanimity.

From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 3, 1918 by Various

Minuteness of finish and perfection of detail were lavished with Oriental profuseness.

From Due West or Round the World in Ten Months by Ballou, Maturin Murray

Arthur Young, "an agriculturist," as he has been rather contemptuously called, a century or more ago wrote of rural France after a manner, and with a profuseness, which few have since equalled.

From The Cathedrals of Southern France by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)

The profuseness and variety of beautiful ferns and orchidaceous plants will also be sure to attract the attention of the Northern visitor.

From Due South or Cuba Past and Present by Ballou, Maturin Murray