You would think the South was the magnanimous patron of the stiff-necked and rebellious No’th.
Good-night;” and his magnanimous benefactor rode away, and left Mann Harris upon his door-step.
Brutality ever begets brutality; and magnanimity of arms can be only exercised in the case of a magnanimous foe.
When you looked again at the game, you seemed surprised at first; but your magnanimous and lofty spirit had no suspicion of my base act; so you innocently played on; and so I won the game of chess.
Punish evil-doers and criminals, but be noble and magnanimous toward those who have injured your person.
They knew that she was the queen's friend, and an adherent of the new doctrine; it was, therefore, very marked and significant when she supported the Earl of Surrey in his magnanimous effort.
Catharine, who allowed herself to be carried away by her magnanimous heart, and suspected that Gardiner had come to move the king to some harsh and bloody decision.
The queen is a noble and virtuous lady," said the earl, "only she sometimes permits herself to be led away by her magnanimous spirit.
The character of the Arab, in a general view, is decidedly more noble and magnanimous than that of the Berrebber.
Thus when he congratulated me on being still a bachelor it was in such a magnanimous tone that I found myself forced to express a hope that he did not envy me my freedom.
On hearing this magnanimous declaration on the part of the old Antiquary, Miss Wardour changed colour more than once, and could hardly trust her own ears.
No, sir; it is on the invincible mind, on a magnanimous nature, he ought to rely.
And nothing can be gained by the Negro in refusing gratitude to the South for this most magnanimous act and policy.
Perhaps the most striking instance of a magnanimous refusal to comply with the bloody mandate of the Parisian court, was that of Viscount D'Orthez,[1146] Governor of Bayonne.
Truly, Queen Elizabeth was throwing away a glorious opportunity of displaying magnanimous disinterestedness, and of conciliating the affection of a powerful party on the continent.
Possessed of very extensive estates in the dominions of the Duke of Savoy, she had also the qualities of mind and disposition which fitted her to become the wife of so upright and magnanimous a man.
With the Abbé Bruslart he was "the most virtuous, heroic, and magnanimous prince in Europe, who for his courage was dreaded by all foreign nations.
At sight of his magnanimous deliverer the marques melted into tears: all past animosities only gave the greater poignancy to present feelings of gratitude and admiration.
Thus through the wonderful activity, judgment, and enterprise of this heroic and magnanimous woman a great host, encamped in the heart of the warlike country accessible only over mountain-roads, was maintained in continual abundance.
The king sallied forth to meet her, accompanied by El Zagal, and it is said the reception of the latter by the queen was characterized by the deference and considerate delicacy which belonged to her magnanimous nature.
The prince Cid Hiaya was so captivated by the grace, the dignity, and generosity of Isabella and the princely courtesy of Ferdinand that he vowed never again to draw his sword against such magnanimous sovereigns.
It was cited as a magnanimous act by the Spanish cavaliers, and all admitted that, though a Moor in blood, he possessed the Christian heart of a Castilian hidalgo.
The people of Malaga, being no longer overawed by Hamet el Zegri and his Gomeres, turned to Ali Dordux, the magnanimous merchant, and put the fate of the city into his hands.
Do not deceive yourselves," cried he, "nor think the Christians will be faithful to their promises, or their king as magnanimous in conquest as he has been victorious in war.
He endeavored also to inculcate into his companions-in-arms those high chivalrous sentiments which lead to valiant and magnanimous deeds, but which are apt to decline with the independence of a nation.
Its vast and lofty towers and prodigious castles, hoary with age, yet unimpaired in strength, showed the labors of magnanimous men in former times to protect their favorite abode.
Rising to the occasion, his last words to this little company are worthy his magnanimous soul.
He was of a magnanimous temper, resolute but patient, devotedly religious, but neither intolerant nor austere.
Even when assailed most roughly in debate he was magnanimous and forbearing.
He could not disconnect these two ideas in his mind; and when they were united with the magnanimous friendship of Wharton, hope in that union silenced every argument to fear.
So with a joyful consciousness of performing a magnanimous deed--interrupted several times by the tears that dimmed her velvety black eyes--she wrote that touching letter the arrival of which had so amazed Nicholas.
He is an invalid and an old man who must be forgiven; but he is good and magnanimous and will love her who makes his son happy.
His fury in battle is like lightning when he attacks the foe: his heart glows with ardour in the field like magnanimous Gwriad.
They encompassed our eagle: Llewelyn the magnanimous hero, whose armour glistened; the maintainer of his rights.
But does the magnanimous man put human nature itself in its proper place?
You are the most magnanimous of enemies, and it is a pleasure to fight such men as you are.
The loyal tars were as magnanimous as the officers of both ships had proved themselves to be; and they passed the needed articles over the rails, till they exhausted their own supply, hungry as they were after six hours of active duty.
But enemies can be magnanimous to each other without any sacrifice of their principles on either side.
You are a gentleman and a magnanimous enemy, Mr. Passford, and I congratulate you on your promotion, which is sure to come.
With the peculiar tact and delicacy which no woman possessed in greater perfection, she began to soothe by degrees the vexed spirit of her magnanimous attendant.
A sleepless night was spent in agitating this magnanimous resolution, and he arose in the morning not perfectly decided in his own mind whether he should abide by it or not.
Then opened the magnanimous King again the treasures of story.
Then the most high and magnanimous king Vikramaditja appointed out of the royal treasury what was necessary to pay for the accustomed offering; then he called upon the spirits and offered the sacrifice.
Ssaran, not to mention the comparison with Tsetsen Buedschiktschi, wife of the magnanimous King Vikramaditja, then may she prostrate herself with her forehead upon the foot of this throne; but if not, then on her peril let her not approach it.
Nevertheless, seeing that so great and magnanimous a King has come hither and has propounded a question, I will yet dare, even I, to answer him.
But when he was brought before him to receive sentence he pleaded for life so earnestly that the magnanimous King answered him, "Why should the life of the most abject be taken?
Thus running he chanced to come with his head at full butt against the magnanimous King Vikramaditja, just then taking his walk abroad.
She could not hear of the singular generosity of the monarch, when I was in the power of the Russians, without shedding tears: "How magnanimous he is!
I endeavoured therefore to discover the true meaning of his equivocal discourse, which must be either full of a bitter irony, or a magnanimous address.
Even though a robber, he is a magnanimous man, and has shown himself such to my brother, as I could relate to you.
That Shakespeare fully shared in this magnanimous bravery of sentiment, we need no further proof than is furnished in the heroine of this play.
A magnanimous indignation swelled his frail chest to bursting, and caused his candid eyes to squint.
This man, hurt cruelly in his vanity, remained magnanimous in his conduct, allowing himself no satisfaction of a bitter smile or of a contemptuous gesture.
He fancied that he was enjoying to the full the victory won in yesterday's warfare, and he felt magnanimous and would not reproach his wife with her defeat in that sweet hour.
The old gentleman was either verymagnanimous or very foolish.
They tell me there is a magnanimous generosity and a large earthy sanity about these humorists.
Personally I think its chief effect is to produce a certain magnanimous indifference to the meticulous niceties of the art.
Would you not contemplate the most grotesque matters lightly, wisely, sanely and with a magnanimous heart?
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