The munificence of princes made possible the painting and sculpture of the Renaissance. From LearnThat.org. [Curt Stern]
Though many ages are gone since Nushirowan was in being, yet in the remembrance of his munificence is his fair renown left. From Wordnik.com. [The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan, Volume 2] Reference
He tells of the wealth and munificence of a neighbour. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Incas] Reference
Bath, and his wants properly supplied from his royal munificence. From Wordnik.com. [Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs] Reference
Some of its most precious treasures are fruits of his munificence. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II] Reference
The work was, however, accomplished chiefly by the munificence of American. From Wordnik.com. [The Vaudois of Piedmont A Visit to their Valleys] Reference
The munificence of the Earl of Danby placed Bobart in the physic garden at. From Wordnik.com. [On the Portraits of English Authors on Gardening, with Biographical Notices of Them, 2nd edition, with considerable additions] Reference
Game to seafaring land dwellers whose existence upon my munificence rely immensely. From Wordnik.com. [NATURAE] Reference
These, like the class of libraries founded by private munificence, are purely a modern growth. From Wordnik.com. [A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries] Reference
York city, as a monument to the intellectual forethought and noble munificence of Peter Cooper. From Wordnik.com. [How to Get on in the World A Ladder to Practical Success] Reference
Nature, thus prodigal of gifts to America, has, in a crowning act of munificence, conferred also. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3, No. 1 January 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
Let us have patrons by all means, a legion of titles and lions, for they may prompt munificence. From Wordnik.com. [The Idler Magazine, Volume III, June 1893 An Illustrated Monthly] Reference
For maintaining such liberality and munificence, a fund is furnished by continual wars and plunder. From Wordnik.com. [Tacitus on Germany] Reference
The floor of this portion has been recently re-laid by the munificence of the late Canon E.B. Sparke. From Wordnik.com. [Ely Cathedral] Reference
"Yes, we know your tyrannous munificence; but this," said the duke with a smile, "shall be pure barter.". From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845.] Reference
Provençal simplicity, its very modest size and plainness, the munificence of papal pomp was introduced. From Wordnik.com. [Cathedrals and Cloisters of the South of France, Volume 1] Reference
In consequence of the munificence of Mr. Tufts, it was determined that the College should bear his name. From Wordnik.com. [The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, February, 1886. The Bay State Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, February, 1886.] Reference
Despite his munificence as a contributor -- perhaps, ironically, because of it -- Lay apparently got no help. From Wordnik.com. [Lights Out: Enron's Failed Power Play] Reference
Public libraries endowed by private munificence form already a large class, and these are constantly increasing. From Wordnik.com. [A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries] Reference
But he repaid her munificence with ambivalence, saying publicly that some of her book choices had been "schmaltzy.". From Wordnik.com. [Oprah forgives author Jonathan Franzen; gives his book her "O"] Reference
Her munificence, for example, has not been on the scale of that of the late queen Adelaide, the widow of William IV. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 11, No. 26, May, 1873] Reference
Some analysts worry that developing countries may be too dependent on the munificence of their expatriate population. From Wordnik.com. [THE MIGRATION ECONOMY] Reference
Being driven thence by the irruptions of king Penda, he went into France, and, by the munificence of king Clovis II. and. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference
The acquisitions from private munificence were estimated, for the twelve years preceding 1835, at not less than £400,000. From Wordnik.com. [The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851] Reference
It has been transformed by private munificence into a rich garden full of charming shaded nooks and rare plants and flowers. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878] Reference
The Astor Library, now in the course of formation, owes its existence to the munificence of John Jacob Astor, who died on the. From Wordnik.com. [The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851] Reference
He was noted for his charity and munificence, and left large sums to the poor, and in scholarships tenable by natives of Durham. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Durham A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espiscopal See] Reference
Thanks to the munificence of Risler, who was very proud of his little one's success, she was always presentable and well dressed. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Much antiquarian speculation has been exerted, but without very obvious success, to fathom the motives for this act of munificence. From Wordnik.com. [The American Architect and Building News, Vol. 27, Jan-Mar, 1890] Reference
In 1822, the munificence of a wealthy relative enabled him to retire from his occupation, which had proved unsuitable to his tastes. From Wordnik.com. [The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century] Reference
The foregoing picture of Oriental munificence can scarcely be more disenchanting than the sight of the sketch of Mohammed-Schah which. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851] Reference
It was a literary festival and, after the intellectual delicacies were disposed of, a banquet followed of more than royal munificence. From Wordnik.com. [Mizora: A Prophecy A MSS. Found Among the Private Papers of the Princess Vera Zarovitch] Reference
Several monuments of his munificence existed at Grenada, and at Gaudix, a city in favour of which he entertained strong predilections. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Moors of Spain] Reference
The College, to which the Queen gave a charter of incorporation, owes its origin chiefly to the munificence of A.J. B. B.resford Hope. From Wordnik.com. [Kalli, the Esquimaux Christian A Memoir] Reference
Whatever of good there remained for Caterina to do in this petty domain which the munificence of the Signoria had bestowed in exchange for. From Wordnik.com. [The Royal Pawn of Venice A Romance of Cyprus] Reference
Apart from a couple of birds that acknowledged the munificence of my spread and dined civilly, the flock behaved like a mob of European soccer fans. From Wordnik.com. [Wild Birds In Winter] Reference
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