Yet so far was the caitiff creditor from being touched by this proof of magnanimity on the part of his debtor, that he applied himself with renewed vigour to the concoction of schemes for his total destruction.
It is a disposition, allied indeed to magnanimity on the one hand, but to selfishness on the other.
The graces of hermagnanimity would not have been wasted on him, he protested inwardly.
He did not doubt that even a sentence of death, if awarded by the commission, would give occasion for an exhibition of magnanimity on the part of the First Consul.
There is a mixture of simplicity andmagnanimity in this little trait which is truly heroic.
This is imagined in the true tone of Epicurean virtue, and it rises to magnanimity when he adds in compassionate scorn, Oh, men!
The early dislike which Byron felt towards the Earl of Carlisle is abundantly well known, and he had the magnanimity to acknowledge that it was in some respects unjust.
But for twenty times that Lady Tasker said "I will not," nineteen she repented and went, taking out the small change of her magnanimity when she got there.
Amory was just about to say that Mr. Strong gave Stan far more magnanimity than he deserved when a thought arrested her.
Cyrus and Artaxerxes, too, are said to have had noses of this fortunate shape; and by way of confirmation of the theory, Porta gives illustrations of the magnanimity of these and of other rulers who had a beak like that of an eagle.
There was once an Arab of high rank and noble presence, a model of magnanimity and exalted generosity, and he had brethren, with whom he consorted and caroused, and they were wont to assemble by rotation at one another's homes.
He did, Uncle, but had the extraordinary magnanimity to restore all he'd taken.
Your condescension, Mr. Vereker, is somewhat overpowering, such magnanimity I find vastly touching.
Ian had saved her from the result of Rudyard's rash retaliation and fury, and had then repulsed her, bidden her stand off from him with a magnanimity and a chivalry which had humiliated her.
The full significance of this act of courageous magnanimity cannot be understood without reference to the proceedings of the Charleston Convention, where Mr. Guthrie was one of the foremost candidates.
The eyes of all mankind were bent upon him to see how he would solve a problem in statesmanship to which the philosophy of Burke and the magnanimity of Wellington might have been unequal.
He would countenance no disturbance, and his unexpected and somewhat astonishing magnanimity ended all attempts to raise one.
His conduct in the late war, which resulted in his freedom, was as rare a bit of magnanimity as the world ever saw.
Hence, says Milton: "To govern well is to train up a nation in true wisdom and virtue and that which springs from thence, magnanimity and likeness to God, which is called godliness.
Yet, mingled with these melancholy recitals, individual instances of goodness, justice, and magnanimity occasionally present themselves.
This singular fact does as much honour to the skill of the learned Saracens as to the magnanimity of the caliph and the trusting confidence of Sancho.
There is a pretty story of Lord John Russell that is at once a charming proof to the statesman's magnanimity and of the paper's influence.
And a larger religious tolerance and warmer magnanimity developed in Punch, such as comes chiefly from quarters where oppression has been known.
She thought that in the eloquence of her great love she might touch the heart of the king, and in the magnanimity of his soul he might allow her to be happy, to place a simple myrtle-wreath upon her brow.
Is it not true--will you not bear witness to the fact that Barbarina has never put your liberality and magnanimity to the test; that she has never shown herself to be egotistical or mercenary?
In the long period during which continual and earnest appeals have been made to the equity and magnanimity of France in behalf of these claims their justice has not been, as it could not be, denied.
It needed all his newborn magnanimity before he could swallow the thought of Denton; but at last this greatly misunderstood man, assisted by his sedative and the near approach of death, effected even that.
In the course of half an hour he spoilt three phonographic coils, got a headache, took a second dose to calm himself, and reverted to magnanimity and his former design.
Bradlaugh himself would never have claimed that he had shown any special magnanimity in the case; but those who know how much personal interest or pique counts for in political action will recognise the singularity of his course.
Nothing, indeed, could well surpass the magnanimity with which he put away from him all rancour for the endless insults he had received.
This ought not to blind us to the real loftiness and magnanimity of the best or earlier part of the age of Lewis XIV.
His costume was eccentric and affected, his temper more jealous and arbitrary than comports with the magnanimity of philosophers, and his manner more gloomily solemn than the conditions of human life can ever justify.
