The feasts at coronations of kings, the installations of prelates, the marriages of great nobles, and similar high occasions, were profuse in the number of dishes, and the guests entertained sometimes amounted to thousands.
Henry's bounty and profuse liberality to his foreign relations, his friends and favourites, might have appeared less intolerable to his subjects had anything been done for the honour of the nation.
The estates of the more obnoxious barons were confiscated without any legal sentence or trial by the peers, and bestowed with profuse liberality upon the Poitevins.
They obtained ample supplies, and from both Houses the most profuse thanks to Suffolk for his services in accomplishing this happy union.
Towards the conclusion of this period this profuse hospitality was on the decline, and, instead of dining in their great hall with their dependents, the nobles began to dine in private parlours with a few familiar friends.
Everybody testified to its being the most profuse bearer, while its great size and handsome shape made it eagerly sought after in the market.
Not a moment too soon was their entrance, for Ralph's momentary strength had failed from the profuse loss of blood.
The man, who had been lingering about very near, approached with profuse apologies and excuses.
In a very short time a profuse perspiration broke out over my whole body, and I began to expectorate freely.
He became profuse in offers of service, and expressed his willingness to accommodate his new passenger in every way she might desire.
Gold buttons glance at the sleeves, and diamonds sparkle amid the profuse ruffles on the bosom.
I could see that poor Scipio had a great regard for his young mistress; but, even ignorant as he was, he had some suspicion that all this profuse outlay boded no good.
Even since his death profuse hospitality has been carried on, and Mademoiselle continues to receive her father's guests after her father's fashion.
His cheek was almost colourless, and dark silky hair fell in profuse curls over his neck and shoulders; for such at that time was the Creole fashion.
Lord Cadurcis thanked his friends, who were profusein their compliments to his pluck.
The peasants were profuse in their panegyrics of this visitor, whose arrival had proved quite an era in the history of their village.
On the outside of the carriage was a foreign servant and Mistress Pauncefort, who was not so profuse as might have been expected in her recognitions of her old friends; her countenance was graver than of yore.
Above all, he is puzzled with the profuse employment of these note-books.
These bosquets existed in the hollow of all the basins whereprofuse infiltrations of moisture caused the luxuriant vegetation.
Down below, at the foot of this, it formed huge masses of white foam, above which profuse spray rose up like a heavy mist.
Profuse blossoms of the most gorgeous yellow shone resplendent in all their beauty against the background of dark green foliage.
He was profuse in his thanks and his promises, that nobleman; swore that he would make him independent for life, and all that sort of thing.
His energy finds vent not only in that profuse output of decorative appendages Ward defines as "masculine efflorescence" but in variations not decorative, not useful or desirable at all.
He is represented in a costume not unlike that of an ancient Roman rustic, a sort of tunic reaching to the knees, and his face is covered with a profuse beard.
On hearing suddenly, and without preparation, the fatal news, she had been seized with a profusevomiting of blood, and had continued dangerously ill during several weeks.
Some had complained of the steaming heat, but others had pointed to the lush vegetation, which was profuse and luxuriant.
My profuse offer passed from my mind, and was forgotten.
A halfpenny is considered as a profuse offering; a nail, a pin, or a rag, is all that the saints exact in return for the benefit of these healing waters.
In the Pungwe river district some few lions attain fairly good, but never, I believe, extraordinarily profuse manes.
I beg leave to inform you that Miss Hall came to my party in a most elegant black satin dress, with her hair curled in profuse ringlets all over her head.
This prompting of Satan, however, I womanfully resisted, and merely civilly declined the gratuity; and the gentleman left me with profuse acknowledgments of the service I had rendered them and my "extreme liberality.
While the apartments of state and the chamber of his bride were adorned with a profuse luxury and cost, to his own private rooms he transported precisely the same furniture which had been familiar to him in his obscurer life.
A profuse and corrupt monarch, whose profuseness and corruption were imitated by almost every functionary, from the highest to the lowest grade, had brought France to the verge of ruin.
Sometimes there is profuse and dangerous hemorrhage where the placenta does not adhere all round to the neck of the uterus, but only partially.
The causes of this deficiency are various; sometimes it arises from a constitutional inertness of the breasts, sometimes from insufficient nourishment, and sometimes from profuse discharges in other parts.
The danger is greatest however to the child, unless the flow be very profuse indeed, and then it is equally so to both.
The bag of waters now descends, and enlarges more and more, until at last, being unable any longer to bear the strain to which it is subject, it bursts, and the waters flow away in a profuse gush.
It is a delight to the eyes; the rich harmonious color of the stone, the symmetry of proportion, the profuse opulence and grave finish of the details.
The patient then lies down in the scorching sand, his head being carefully covered, and a profuseperspiration ensuing, the cure is often complete.
The islanders were now profuse in their explanations of the circumstances attending the calamity.
A profuse perspiration, which was thus brought on, was the commencement of his convalescence.
The Frau Doctor is seldom profuse in words of praise; she knows how much I have to learn.
A new ally also came to her help in the person of the Czar of Muscovy, who was profuse in his offers of assistance.
With her wonted good sense, Anne refused to notice this affront, and told her friends that she was too unwell to attend the festivities, which excited much discontent by their profuse extravagance.
They are profuse of gold and silver brocade, porcelain necklaces, bracelets of beads--the women, especially in their youth.
