Viewing their copartnery, however, as a mere commercial speculation, his Lordship's advance could not be regarded as liberal, and no modification of the term munificence or patronage could be applied to it. ❋ Galt, John, 1779-1839 (1830)
Though many ages are gone since Nushirowan was in being, yet in the remembrance of his munificence is his fair renown left. ❋ Various (N/A)
The Abbey of St. Serge still stands to the north of Angers; its vast gardens and fishponds turned into the public gardens of the town, its church spacious and beautiful with a noble choir that may perhaps recall the munificence of ❋ John Richard Greene (1860)
Allington before the flowers of May would have come, and the crowd and the glare and the fashion and the art of the Academy's great exhibition must therefore remain unknown to her; but she was taken to see many pictures, and among others she was taken to see the pictures belonging to a certain nobleman who, with that munificence which is so amply enjoyed and so little recognised in England, keeps open house for the world to see the treasures which the wealth of his family had collected. ❋ Anthony Trollope (1848)
Allington before the flowers of May would have come, and the crowd and the glare and the fashion and the art of the Academy’s great exhibition must therefore remain unknown to her; but she was taken to see many pictures, and among others she was taken to see the pictures belonging to a certain nobleman who, with that munificence which is so amply enjoyed and so little recognised in ❋ Unknown (2004)
The apparent munificence of the New Labour years will recede into the distance – and let's not even talk about the distinct possibility of a double-dip recession. ❋ John Harris (2010)
Their new Republican governor, having doled out huge tax benefits to business, is now trying to essentially dun the middle class to pay for his munificence. ❋ Peter Clothier (2011)
Recent incentive deals offered by the Christie administration, have frustrated officials in the Bloomberg administration and city business groups, who criticize the state's munificence for companies amid strained fiscal times. ❋ Eliot Brown (2011)
But neither of those initiatives, expensive as they are, approach the civic munificence displayed by the Federal Reserve. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Munificent as life was to me, I added to that munificence. ❋ Unknown (2010)
As a result, scrutiny of Mr Osborne's plans will be temporarily curtailed by polemics about the alleged munificence awaiting public sector retirees. ❋ Unknown (2011)
We have not grown in heart's munificence, perhaps. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Thus some have seen Velázquez's "Breda" as little more than brilliant propaganda, portraying a fleeting instance of Spanish munificence. ❋ Jonathan Lopez (2011)
Americans are equally fond of their McDonald's and their McDonnell Douglas alike (or is it Burger King and Boeing?), and the rest of the world can simply choose which one they prefer as the leading edge of our democratizing munificence. ❋ Randall Amster (2010)
His munificence was in proportion to his vast wealth (derived chiefly from his property in Cardiff), and innumerable poor Catholic missions throughout Britain, as well as private individuals, could testify to his lavish, though not indiscriminate generosity. ❋ Unknown (2009)
And so, favoured child of the sun, out of munificence of energy and sheer joy of living, he, the man of many millions, forbore on his far way to play the game with Harrison J. Griffiths for a paltry sum. ❋ Unknown (2010)
