| 单词 | lavishness |
| 例句 | This season she elevated it to a place somehow both deeper and more natural as she cut through the excess — even her own lavishness — to show more power and delicacy. At New York City Ballet, Swans Use Grit to Find Glory 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z Her problem is that when the man who was financing all that lavishness — her mother’s boyfriend — suddenly stopped paying, she didn’t stop spending. Review: Money-Hungry Women Scheme for a Better Life in ‘Can You Forgive Her?’ 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z It didn't feel that it was a time for for lavishness. "All Creatures Great and Small" writer on bringing "bittersweet" comforts of WWII to the Dales 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z Most women don’t pay attention to haute couture, and the reason isn’t the money — made-to-measure clothes have always been extremely costly — and it isn’t the lavishness or circuslike atmosphere of the shows. 2010-01-28T08:06:00Z Given the show’s general air of fin-de-Bloomberg-era lavishness, it was good to know that at least when it came to the elaborately stage-managed intimacies, all were on the same footing. Theater Review: Twisting, Touching and Teasing in ‘Queen of the Night’ 2014-02-03T03:00:01Z What they lack in the lavishness of a Tombstone Roadhouse Loaded Double Down Deluxe pizza, they strive to make up for in simplicity and quality. The Restless Quest for a Better Frozen Pizza 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z “That’s both in terms of brands, but also in terms of competition around the lavishness of parties.” Gifts to Young Party Guests Irk Some Parents 2012-02-29T22:54:38Z In its grandiosity and sheer size Mr. Lepage’s “Ring” harks back to the empty lavishness that the Met has been working to mothball. Spidey Syndrome Invades the Opera 2011-05-21T23:00:26Z “It is the prose itself that provides the lasting affirmation,” our reviewer, Martin Amis, wrote, “and underlying it all the lavishness, the freely offered gift, of his divine energy.” Paperback Row 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z Mr. Williams, for all his lyrical lavishness, is an expert at recycling, at making a given theme do many different things in the course of a film. Music Review: John Williams Birthday Concert at Tanglewood 2012-08-19T21:48:18Z GoldenEye is the best Bond, confirmed by its superiority in the most important category of all, the lavishness of the villain's execution. My favourite Bond film: GoldenEye 2012-09-26T08:00:13Z The party scene that follows which, in its lavishness, still seems seedy, is a thrilling exploration of the interplay between privilege and pleasure. “Money. D*ck. Power.”: “Unreal” deconstructs fantasies — and asks what TV looks like with women in charge 2016-06-05T04:00:00Z He builds a delicious tension between the paucity of events and the lavishness of the technique with which they are described. In This Norwegian Novel, an Old-School Waiter Tries to Keep Up the Old Ways 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z Godwin, the new artistic director of the Shakespeare Theater in Washington, establishes all this in a few confident gestures that unavoidably keep repeating, as lavishness tends to do. Review: Shakespeare’s ‘Timon’ Gets an Occupy Athens Makeover 2020-01-19T05:00:00Z “The lavishness of a biblical imagination,” Steinberg writes, “is sometimes born out of a poverty of space and resources, from a poor person’s urgent need to amplify.” The Book of Mormon: the Great American Bible 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z First-time visitors are often shocked at the lavishness of the art center Pioneer Works. 10 Galleries to Visit in Brooklyn and Queens 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z Even once I entered adulthood and had to get a normal job, having failed at becoming a pro athlete, the show’s lavishness still probably inflected my decision-making. How ‘MTV Cribs’ Rewired My Brain, and Maybe Yours Too 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z It’s a small touch, but a clear signifier that Lee Daniels’ Empire follow-up won’t be trafficking in the same lavishness that defines that show. Is Lee Daniels' rags-to-riches R&B drama Star better than Empire? 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z But the lavishness of Ms. Perloff’s staging is actually part of the problem. On Adjacent Stages, Two Haunted Houses, Circa 1882 and 2019 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z These late paintings were deemed too perfect, not "badly done" enough, perhaps, and unchallenging: there was in them a marked absence of painterly lavishness. William Scott, the painter who made the everyday into a masterpiece 2013-03-02T08:00:10Z The lavishness turns quickly into horror — Godwin gives us buckets of blood unasked for in the original — and then into a presentiment of Lear on the heath. Review: Shakespeare’s ‘Timon’ Gets an Occupy Athens Makeover 2020-01-19T05:00:00Z They encompass loss, violence, the passage of time, the rise and fall of civilizations, the lavishness of ritual yet they’re also funny, indulgent and outrageous. Sterling Ruby Pipes Down, a Bit 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z The emphasis shifted from the wealth of the Bachelor or Bachelorette to the lavishness of the dates the show sent them on, which disproportionately feature international travel and helicopter rides. A Rare Conversation About Class Brings ‘The Bachelorette’ Into the Real World 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z On the other, Chic's lavishness came not from their arrangements, but their music. The Chic Organization: Up All Night – review 2013-06-27T14:30:00Z It was, however, Francis King in the Sunday Telegraph who pithily summarised what many of us felt, when he described the show as "a lurid Victorian melodrama produced with Victorian lavishness". Twenty-five years on, they ask me if I was wrong about Les Mis?rables ... 2010-09-21T11:48:00Z This is one case in which a show might come off better if it weren’t so burdened with lavishness. ‘Shakespeare in Love: The Play,’ in London 2014-07-23T04:00:00Z The kind of royalty they most resemble is Charles I. He was above parliament and not accountable for his lavishness. Alan Moore: an extraordinary gentleman ? Q&A 2011-07-25T12:47:07Z Kayce has a talent for whispering to mustangs, a skill which, despite its lavishness of figurative import, has not proved terribly lucrative. “Yellowstone,” Reviewed: Kevin Costner Rasps an Ode to Cowboy Toughness 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z The light, absurd comedy, which gently mocks the lavishness of other musicals, premiered in 1994 at the American Repertory Theatre and was close to making it to Broadway. Robert Brustein, theater critic and pioneer who founded stage programs for Yale and Harvard, dies 2023-10-29T04:00:00Z Intricate passementerie, beaded embellishments and fringe trims adorned cushions, mirroring the lavishness and romanticism of Victorian interior design. The art of the pillow trim 2023-09-18T04:00:00Z This pillow styling technique ensures that your pillows become a focal point of your décor, providing a touch of lavishness to any room. The ultimate guide to caring for your throw pillows 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z Decades earlier, Muir had written eloquently about snow falling with “unabated lavishness” during one of his trips to Mount Shasta in Northern California. With Drifts 15 Feet Deep, Snowstorms Bury Yosemite 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z Princess Diana catapulted the family into the modern celebrity era, tapping into notions of beauty, luxury, youth and lavishness, said Cele Otnes, co-author of “Royal Fever: The British Monarchy in Consumer Culture.” Was Elizabeth the Queen of America? This Week It Seemed Like It. 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z And what is the fat body in the popular imagination but excess, lavishness, redundancy? Opinion | Diet Culture Is Unhealthy. It’s Also Immoral. 2022-01-03T05:00:00Z The unprecedented can happen when someone roams the fields for 7,036 rushing yards and 114 touchdowns, a lavishness that could turn many a man into a diva. Texas and Oklahoma found their Heisman candidates in the desert of Arizona 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z But the lavishness of Stoke's Dubai accommodation is somewhat different to his experiences in New Zealand two months earlier. Stokes on coping with quarantine & inspiring a generation 2020-10-26T04:00:00Z The perceived lavishness of their day-to-day world is why an entire industry is dedicated to following celebrities’ every move. The joy of spying on celebrity homes over Zoom and Instagram Live 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z Sometimes it’s not the lavishness of the space that strikes you but its modesty. The happy-sad feeling of watching artists perform from their living rooms 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z Generally, each individual’s Book differed in length and lavishness depending on its owner’s wealth or status. An Afterlife So Perilous, You Needed a Guidebook 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z It’s a low-key setup, with no pomp or lavishness, but that fits in with who the rabbi was, said Rabbi Zalman Shmotkin, a spokesman for Chabad-Lubavitch. In Queens, revered Jewish leader’s burial site draws crowds 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z Yet the lavishness of it all was skin-deep. How to Spend It: the shopping list for the 1% 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z He discards details with a magnificent lavishness; he keeps his words to their short path. Reading “In Our Time” in 1927 1927-10-22T05:00:00Z Chinese state media called it a “state visit-plus,” underscoring the lavishness of his welcome. In Trump, China sees a straight shooter, a successful businessman – and a symptom of American decline 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z What makes Manafort stand out in a lineup is not the lavishness of his clothes; he’s not exactly walking around draped in Balmain. Perspective | Paul Manafort’s wardrobe tells you all you need to know about power and style in the 1980s 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z And a press building of Trumpian scale and lavishness will be welcomed by a new generation of global journalists. Editor's Letter: Forgive Us Our Press Passes - Golf Digest 2017-04-02T04:00:00Z There was a moment of incongruity when it turned out that, in the middle of all this lavishness, we couldn’t open the curtains. “Signal” 2017-03-27T04:00:00Z The place screams lavishness, from the design - modelled on New York's Chrysler Tower - to the giant crystal chandelier in the lobby to the neo-Baroque gold-plated furniture. Turkey tourism: an industry in crisis - BBC News 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z Protesters in the capital, Skopje, chanted "No justice, no peace" and threw paint on the Culture Ministry building and another site seen as symbols of the conservative government's lavishness. Macedonia in a second week of protests with thousands marching peacefully late Monday in the capital after the country's president pardoned dozens of politicians who were facing criminal proceedings for alleged involvement in a wiretapping scandal 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z The lavishness extends into the lobby, which has a gleaming marble floor and sumptuous moldings. Opulent D.C. condominium caters to wealthy and well-known 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z Such sustained lavishness is enabled, in part, by the closely controlled structure of Mr. Malone’s companies. For the Highest-Paid C.E.O.s, the Party Goes On 2015-05-16T04:00:00Z Other types of companies—even the banks—will struggle to match the Silicon Valley firms in the lavishness of their compensation and their willingness to pamper their software talent. How to bag a geek 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z The Austrian Emperor and his foreign minister, Prince Metternich, played the hosts, and despite the perilous state of imperial finances, they spared no expense in lavishness. 10 Things You Didn’t Know About the Congress of Vienna that Influence Us Today 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z Pope Francis warned the men he will elevate to the rank of cardinal to be humble and avoid lavishness, which can “stun someone more than grappa on an empty stomach.” Watching 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z All pantos try to outdo each other for lavishness and novelty. Pantomine Has Never Been So Outrageous – Or So Popular The wedding was widely criticized for its lavishness and disregard of the forest. Sean Parker is building a beach-finding app as penalty for his obnoxious wedding 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z To be sure, there is a lavishness to the proceedings: Staying here isn’t just about an immersion in the wild but in a particular lifestyle. The $210,000 Safari: Ol Jogi Ranch In Kenya 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z A “benchmark for competition among the living,” the lavishness of a funeral is often correlated with the “achievements” of the dead, according to Xinhua, the state news agency. Sinosphere Blog: China Targets Lavish Funerals in Crackdown on Official Corruption 2013-12-20T12:06:26Z But it helps explain the lavishness of Saudi Arabia's chequebook diplomacy - and the motives behind the arrest of dozens of Islamists in the UAE, for allegedly plotting to subvert the state. How Egypt's neighbours view crisis 2013-08-20T22:26:50Z But the lavishness and ambition of the prizes have sparked criticism. Science prizes: The new Nobels 2013-06-12T17:50:27.723Z Not really: not given its reach, its nosiness and the lavishness of its televised staging. Why the kids don't play air shots with aubergines any more 2013-03-30T11:33:44Z Still, lavishness is Dubai’s style, even though its own oil production is modest. IHT Rendezvous: The Dubai You Don't Know 2012-05-02T12:28:42Z It is the overwhelming greatness of this theme that justifies the lavishness of his method. The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces 2012-03-12T03:00:26.180Z Sympathy, it is safe to say, has not been flooding towards Rangers in this hour of need from those elsewhere in the Scottish game who were irked by years of lavishness and perceived arrogance. Rangers at centre of a tale of two owners, the taxman and odd motives 2012-02-13T21:46:18Z She had also the Celtic lavishness of hospitality. Our House And London out of Our Windows 2012-02-03T03:00:24.190Z Elsewhere there is undoubtedly much pomp and glitter, for the luxury and lavishness of Russian officialism is too well known to need mention here. Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod 2012-01-08T03:00:16.523Z She had come to recognize this lavishness of care and money as a sort of blind expression of the one �sthetic element in his nature, and had felt a quiet approval of it. Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories 2011-12-01T03:00:20.193Z In addition to TV, the city of Beijing in April began banning outdoor advertising that promote “hedonism, lavishness and the worship of foreign things” amid concerns about an erosion of morality in China. China to Ban Commercials During Television Dramas Next Year 2011-11-29T05:36:14Z The old man was growing stupid, but not on the side of lavishness. The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant 2011-11-27T03:00:11.777Z And write it she did, with a speed and a lavishness of plot that would have astonished more deliberate dramatists. Across the Stream 2011-11-05T02:00:11.673Z All the profusion of detail, the dubious taste, the warmth of colour, and the lavishness of decoration, were still there. The Builders 2011-09-19T02:00:09.067Z He affirmed that in all these matters he would rather urge a certain lavishness, and this was the truth. Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 2011-09-14T02:00:48.383Z Nor could any legendary impulse have imagined the remarkable injunction, which impressed all four Evangelists, to be frugal when it would seem that the utmost lavishness was pardonable. The Gospel According to St. Mark 2011-08-20T02:00:14.427Z They lived lavishly, but the plantation itself furnished most of the materials of the lavishness, so that there was no extravagance in such living. Recollections of a Varied Life 2011-07-14T02:00:11.837Z Top-end lavishness, starting at 4,000 pounds a square foot, will be in an iconic building designed by a famous architect, such as Piano’s Shard skyscraper in London, according to Knight Frank. Luxury’s Not Enough for Elite London Homebuyers to Top Neighbors 2011-07-04T23:46:59Z The latitude allowed to the worker; the lavishness and ingenuity displayed in the stitches employed; in short, the vivid expression of the worker's individuality, form a great part of the success of needlework. Arts and Crafts Essays by Members of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society 2011-05-30T02:00:17.247Z Colbert never succeeded in controlling the waste of his master, even in cases when the added profusion in no way increased the pleasure, and appears to us as a mere barbarous lavishness. Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 2011-09-14T02:00:48.383Z Castlereagh was given a free hand, and places, pelf, and peerages were promised with reckless lavishness. The Viceroys of Ireland 2011-05-24T02:00:11.197Z He sent out for an assortment of new ones, from which, with unnecessary lavishness, he chose and kept three or four pairs. True and Other Stories 2011-04-26T02:00:27.117Z "Hedonism, lavishness and the worship of foreign things" won't be tolerated. China's Ad Business Faces a Crackdown 2011-04-07T21:00:00Z The advantage of wool over silk in cost is obvious, and renders it suitable for the commoner uses of life, where lavishness would be out of place. Arts and Crafts Essays by Members of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society 2011-05-30T02:00:17.247Z But the lavishness of fifteen years later was far greater. Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 2011-09-14T02:00:48.383Z In the days of Queen Elizabeth, that lover of gorgeousness used to make journeys about her kingdom that were regarded as an excuse for all magnificence and lavishness. In the Days of Queen Victoria 2011-03-17T02:00:14.783Z This lavishness is just one clue that the campus reflects a passion as much as it does a business strategy. The Billionaire Who Is Planning His 125th Birthday 2011-03-04T05:00:00Z He was quite eager in his questioning of her and showed such lavishness as went to her heart. Louisiana 2011-02-18T03:00:21.217Z The festivities connected with it were carried out with the Jamiesons' usual energy and lavishness. A Lame Dog's Diary 2011-02-04T03:00:23.707Z Certainly these last examples of applied art are of a lavishness—and even excellence—which a former generation would not have thought of. Dumas' Paris 2011-02-02T03:00:23.057Z It is probable that not a little of the lavishness with which public funds were appropriated by Congress during the war can be traced to the paper-money policy. Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted 2011-02-01T03:00:14.553Z He has, moreover, a romantic lavishness of description that, in spite of all technical faults, still has some degree of merit. The Negro in Literature and Art in the United States 2011-01-26T03:00:29.717Z The more puritanical rulers who followed him deemed its lavishness a distraction from the sober business of prayer. Selma Al-Radi, Restored Historic Madrasa, Dies at 71 2010-10-15T01:51:00Z It is the neutral ground where East and West meet—each to adopt the special privilege and license of the other—madly to compete in lavishness of dress and the reckless joy of living. The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise A visit to his hospitable residence, where he entertained them with true Virginian lavishness, was always a bright spot in any naval officer's life at that day. The Ifs of History The luxuriance of his fancy occasionally betrays him into far-fetched conceits, and the lavishness of his epithets is only redeemed by their exquisite felicity. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" It is, indeed, to the cessation of the habit of snuff-taking that we may trace much of modern lavishness in the distribution of decorations. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" Reginchen received them with eyes sparkling with delight, but Reinhold, after yesterday's rare expenditure of eloquence, was as monosyllabic as if he were compelled to make up for his unprecedented lavishness by redoubled parsimony. The Children of the World She protested at his lavishness, and submitted to his excellent taste. Cinderella Jane Gifts of a splendid lavishness in such seasons are abundant; and strangely enough the givers feel enriched unspeakably by the joy of giving, enlarged immeasurably by impoverishment, and increased by abnegation. Misread Passage of Scriptures Boughs had been used with the lavishness of a millionaire building an elaborate rustic garden. Battery E in France 149th Field Artillery, Rainbow (42nd) Division All the conditions and circumstances, the ability to command leisure, the very climate itself, promoted hospitality, generosity, open-handedness, and that fine spirit of lavishness that seeks at any cost to give pleasure to others. Gabriel Tolliver A Story of Reconstruction In addition to having seen two generations pass away, something in the character of its entertainment, in the lavishness of its decoration, lent it the sacred permanence of a mausoleum, the mausoleum of mid-Victorian amusement. Carnival But she would not have approved at all of the lavishness with which he set before his guests the best things from her cupboard. The Sun Maid A Story of Fort Dearborn His lavishness had been brought up at Caryl's as a testimony against him, for it was a decided evidence of newness. Anne The pardoning of political offenders, the banishment of informers, the reduction of taxes, coupled with lavishness in public entertainments and donations, all made Gaius popular with the Senate, the army and the city plebs. A History of Rome to 565 A. D. One is constantly reminded of the infinite lavishness and fertility of Nature—inexhaustible abundance amid what seems enormous waste. My First Summer in the Sierra Perhaps the size of the country and its transcendent possibilities in every direction instinctively incite those who have the means to lavishness of outlay. Maids Wives and Bachelors He found the friend a little put out by the unexpected lavishness of the manner in which the poetic enterprise had been carried on. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. Not so the chapels, which are decorated in all manner of styles, and ornamented in all degrees of lavishness. The Cathedrals of Northern Spain You will look after the drover’s costumes, make all disbursements, and take care that you do not betray us by undue lavishness.” A Prince of Good Fellows Or, bewildered with the lavishness of his means and confused in his choice, tends to fall into indecision, and to smear and dilute and weaken. Stained Glass Work A text-book for students and workers in glass Don't think I don't know that, and if I poke fun at you it's to keep from slopping all over you with the Victorian lavishness you'd expect. Old Crow The masques were produced with the utmost lavishness, the most extravagant one of which we know costing over �20,000. An Introduction to Shakespeare The Rockerbilts got there all of a sudden by the sheer lavishness of their entertainment and their ability to give bonds to keep it up. Mrs. Raffles Being the Adventures of an Amateur Crackswoman One potentate sought to surpass the other in hollow pretentiousness, insane lavishness and expensive military fooleries. Woman under socialism But God, because of the abundance and lavishness of his gifts, is entitled to greater honor and glory. Epistle Sermons, Vol. III Trinity Sunday to Advent She made use of it as, on occasions requiring a show of lavishness, people eke out a meager supply of silver with plenty of plausible electroplate. The Side Of The Angels A Novel The officers and sailors expended their ill-gotten wealth with the usual lavishness of the irresponsible, the people of Nassau reaping thereby a fabulous harvest in cash. Due South or Cuba Past and Present During times of grand fêtes in Europe, when house decoration is done with lavishness, people, to make their homes more attractive, drape with beautiful rugs the balconies, the loggias, and the front walls of buildings. Rugs: Oriental and Occidental, Antique & Modern A Handbook for Ready Reference Following the example of Louis XIV of France, the majority of the then extraordinarily numerous princely courts of Germany displayed great lavishness in all manner of show and tinsel. Woman under socialism They therefore resumed the construction, and carried it on with great lavishness. Japan Botta and Place have shown that colour was used with a lavishness quite foreign to our notions, as the alabaster statues as well as the plaster enrichments were coloured. Architecture Classic and Early Christian What kind of excess do overplus and superabundance denote? lavishness and profusion? English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions Architects declared that it was as far as modern lavishness and extravagance could go. The Third Degree A Narrative of Metropolitan Life The edifice, which is of white marble, a material retaining its snow-like purity for centuries in this climate, is embellished with domes, colonnades, towers, and all the pomp, finish, and lavishness of Eastern architecture. Due West or Round the World in Ten Months He allowed you to compromise yourself in the expectation of this unusual lavishness on his part; and now he repudiates the whole thing, like the miser that he is.” The Scarlet Feather Finding her tractable, she became quite fond of her, in her own way, and was at least generous to lavishness in her treatment of her. Theo A Sprightly Love Story Overplus and superabundance denote in the main a satisfactory, and superfluity an undesirable, excess; lavishness and profusion, a generous, bountiful, or amiable excess; as, a profusion of fair hair; lavishness of hospitality. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions Here the people soon discovered they were pirates by their lavishness; but the Governor winked at it, because of the great gain he made by them. The True Story Book My reputation for lavishness stood me here in great stead, for henceforth there was no difficulty on this score. A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia On Orchard road, which leads to the Botanical Gardens, are several Chinese residences which excite the traveler's wonder, because of the beauty of the buildings and grounds and the lavishness of ornament and decorations. The Critic in the Orient Then he seemed always to have plenty of money, and he loved to spend it at the tavern taproom, with a lavishness that was at once the wonder and admiration of gossips. Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates The lust, or lavishness, of riches can be purged, so long as there has been no servile consistency of dispute and competition for them. The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing A careful study of Transatlantic examples might put our own boasted lavishness of charity to shame. The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886 With characteristic lavishness he said to Belasco: "We must have the finest scenic production ever made in New York." Charles Frohman: Manager and Man These mortuary chapels in Shiba Park are all similar in general design, the only differences being in the lavishness of the decoration. The Critic in the Orient Down to the day of which we are speaking, the fame of his arbitrary violence, of his fiendish disposition, his mad lavishness, and unquenchable thirst had not died out. A Nobleman's Nest As long as energy was burnt with some lavishness, all was well, but when the first enthusiasm had ebbed, Jack Frost began to nip shrewdly. The Adventures of Bobby Orde But a fresh press counts more than a new suit by a Fifth Avenue tailor left unpressed, and neatness beats lavishness any day in the week. The Armed Forces Officer Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2 Up to this time there were some who believed that, despite the lavishness of his policy, there was the germ of the commercial in him. Charles Frohman: Manager and Man The 'Coal Boxes,' 'Jack Johnsons' and other varied presents from Krupp's had not fallen on the town with such lavishness at the time my regiment found shelter there. War and the Weird Probably, too, his experiments in landscape-gardening were as costly as they had been to Chatham; for lavishness was in the nature both of father and son. William Pitt and the Great War Then Johnnie, with the air and the lavishness of a millionaire, ordered an elaborate and tasty breakfast from a waiter the like of whom was not to be found anywhere save in his own imagination. The Rich Little Poor Boy He was tremulous with suppressed excitement; his high spirits were like the elation of intoxication and he ordered with a lavishness which made him conspicuous. The Man from the Bitter Roots In 1913, and with characteristic lavishness, he engaged what is perhaps the finest suite of theatrical offices in London. Charles Frohman: Manager and Man The minstrels meant by it lavishness of gifts to themselves. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals Or take any hero of Congreve’s and contrast him with that glorification of vulgar lavishness and canting generosity, that very barmaid’s hero, Charles Surface. The Comedies of William Congreve Volume 1 [of 2] But if he thereby misjudged and misjudges himself, he may find some consolation for his error in the lavishness with which even worse misjudgment is heaped upon him by foreigners. The American Credo A Contribution Toward the Interpretation of the National Mind He had been spending money with a lavishness that he wondered at now. A Little Girl of Long Ago Charles Frohman now proceeded to present Miss Adams with his usual lavishness. Charles Frohman: Manager and Man In such a case, luxury becomes a duty, and lavishness the truest economy. Aladdin & Co. A Romance of Yankee Magic There is no attempt at heavy lavishness, nor is there any attempt at breaking away from tradition. Nights in London An account opened in her name for the expenses of the establishment in Brighton, had been fed by de Barral with deferential lavishness. Chance A Tale in Two Parts In the upper classes the lavishness of a new wealth combined with a lavishness of life, a love of beauty, of colour, of display, to revolutionize English dress. History of the English People, Volume IV In truth, the lavishness of the entertainments which Honor had planned during the past two years had called the attention of even the English papers. The Love Affairs of Pixie Food the Indian never buys much beyond his present need, unless it is to squander it in feast after feast, to which every one is invited and at which there is the greatest lavishness. Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled A Narrative of Winter Travel in Interior Alaska Then at the thought of this lavishness Olivia was stricken dumb. Doctor Luttrell's First Patient He has given in his diary some accounts of the lavishness of the Philadelphia larder. Home Life in Colonial Days He gave the world a continent and a conscience; with the lavishness almost of Nature herself he bestowed cataracts and rivers, lakes and mountains, forests and valleys, upon his native land. Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence The Best Speeches Delivered by the Negro from the days of Slavery to the Present Time Quite unmoved by the lavishness of her customer, Marietta rose in her stately way, and drew forth several specimens of her most expensive flower-book. Peak and Prairie From a Colorado Sketch-book The British public poured contributions into the air-fleet fund with a lavishness that has never been equalled in history. The Sins of Séverac Bablon He complacently accepted the tribute to his powers, but would have preferred it laid on with greater lavishness. The Tyranny of Weakness From all the gold he had sown with such insane lavishness he had reaped naught but hatred and contempt. The Nabob, Vol. 2 (of 2) Hall, drawing-room, and library, and the dining-room beyond were filled with such lavishness that it seemed as if June herself had taken possession, with all her court. The Little Colonel: Maid of Honor She herself had been economical from a sense of duty only, for her instincts were all for lavishness and generosity—and now, now! Tom and Some Other Girls A Public School Story Colors were used with still greater lavishness in the decorations of the interior. The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria He has, moreover, a romantic lavishness of description that in spite of all technical faults still has some degree of merit. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 The cabin was gay and festive, for Marcia Lowe, in a lavishness of good cheer, had decorated everything she could command beginning with the little chapel and ending with the post-office. A Son of the Hills The German's little, black eyes opened as wide as was possible, which was not saying much; he was not used to such lavishness on the part of130 customers. Frontier Boys in Frisco The lavishness of the purchase price was a subject of much remark in the town, and Nichols's good fortune was congratulated or envied, according to the temper of each individual. The Colonel's Dream The kings on their side showed their lavishness in furnishing victims for the sacrifice. The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria Moderation, simplicity, frugality for our private and personal wants; splendid profusion, noble lavishness, beautiful luxury for that common life which now languishes because so few recognise its needs. Under the Trees and Elsewhere Let a mother love her child, then, and cherish its love, with all the lavishness, tenderness, constancy of which she is capable. Heart and Soul by Maveric Post She was surprised by the fact that the Lump had a whole mugful of milk with his dinner, for she was unused to this lavishness with that luxury in a child's diet. Happy Pollyooly The Rich Little Poor Girl And it brought them into a cup of green fertility where the lavishness of Asti's sowing was unchecked by man. The Gifts of Asti Throughout the day they shelled the Russian trenches, spending ammunition with their customary lavishness. The New York Times Current History: the European War, February, 1915 This giant dressed with a more than royal lavishness and when he played cards, how many games do you suppose Rabelais enumerated one after the other without pausing to take breath? The Age of the Reformation Here was a lavishness of expenditure, a conscience in building, rare in modern times. The Mayor of Warwick But she, with youthful lavishness, Spends all her wealth in gaudy dress, And decks herself in garments bold Of scarlet, purple, red, and gold. The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar These familiars, to use Warburton's expression, always promised with the lavishness of a young courtier, and performed with the indifference of an old one. Discovery of Witches The Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Lancaster That is what disarmed people—this lavishness of the girl. The Shield of Silence Win her if you can by reckless audacity and lavishness of perfume, but dream not to frighten me away from her presence by the mutterings of bravado. When Wilderness Was King A Tale of the Illinois Country Cool, that is to say, as the day permitted; for the sun was fervent, and pouring down his beams with an overwhelming lavishness of bestowment. Wych Hazel I never understood the hidden sources of their humour, and I had not money enough to mix well with their lavishness. Romance What a contrast it all is, our economy and nature's lavishness; our impatience, nature's calm assurance! The Garden, You, and I Malibran, encouraged by this warm reception, redoubled the difficulties of her execution, and poured forth lavishness of fioriture and brilliant cadenzas such as fairly dazzled her hearers. Great Singers, Second Series Malibran To Titiens His nature had a lavishness that knew no bounds. Great Violinists And Pianists But thought would come with years; for almost any lavishness there were means sufficient; and evil pleasures might cease to entice. An Eye for an Eye He remembered the day when he had worn shoes like these.He sent out for an assortment of new ones, from which, with unnecessary lavishness, he chose and kept three or four pairs. Short Story Classics (American) Vol. 2 The lavishness of English giving, indeed, in all directions during the last two years, could hardly I think have been outdone. The War on All Fronts: England's Effort Letters to an American Friend With all her seeming lavishness, she rarely wastes a word. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 84, October, 1864 Muzio was less animated in conversation also; nevertheless both friends were equally favoured by the ladies; for not in vain were they models of knightly courtesy and lavishness. A Reckless Character And Other Stories It is not so much plethora of thought as lavishness of style which clogs the wheels in Swinburne. A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century This is the history of a man who, despite the lavishness of Fortune and the gifts she had poured forth before him, was of a stately humility. His Grace of Osmonde Being the Portions of That Nobleman's Life Omitted in the Relation of His Lady's Story Presented to the World of Fashion under the Title of A Lady of Quality She had a poet's soul, loving most dearly all things bright and beautiful; she was very affectionate, very impressionable, able, generous with a queenly lavishness, truthful, noble. Marion Arleigh's Penance Everyday Life Library No. 5 His effects are the happiest imaginable and they are introduced with a prodigality and lavishness suggesting a reserve as of oceans from which to draw. Beethoven The Witherspoons had much company and they entertained generously, though not with a showy lavishness, for the old man had a quick eye for the appearance of waste. The Colossus A Novel The spacious gaiety and lavishness of its marts enchanted me. Your United States Impressions of a first visit There was no sudden change to the use of the straight line, but people were tired of so much lavishness and motion in their decoration. Furnishing the Home of Good Taste A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interior Decoration with Suggestions as to Their Employment in the Homes of Today How royalty put up with the then primitive accommodations is not recorded; standards of comfort, if not of lavishness, were lower then. A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees They knew it from the amount of investment the squirrels had made in winter stock, and from the superabundance of wool on the sheep's back, and the lavishness of the dog's hair. Around The Tea-Table His lavishness to his mother—that again was duty. Christopher and Columbus More and more startled, as I went along, by the princely lavishness of every arrangement, I ventured to surmise that it must all cost a great deal. Your United States Impressions of a first visit Flossy bought new adornments for her house and her person with an amiable lavishness which required no confession to demonstrate that her husband was making money. Unleavened Bread Philip's lavishness, without too close a query as to the disposition of every penny, was naturally very agreeable to his courtiers. Charles the Bold Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477 The Vienna of Congress days was transformed into a paradise of delights by a brilliant court which pushed hospitality to the point of lavishness. The Inside Story of the Peace Conference The extraordinary—almost violent—hospitality of the skipper; his lavishness in the matter of the fisherman's second luxury—sugar; his laughing admiration, were very amusing. A Dream of the North Sea Probably the one most frequently used is lavishness of favors. Hints for Lovers And in this manner her lavishness, shall destroy all your estate. The Ten Pleasures of Marriage and the Second Part, The Confession of the New Married Couple That the report of the lavishness and extravagance of the Burgundian court was no idle rumour, exaggerated by frequent repetitions, is attested to by every bit of contemporary evidence. Charles the Bold Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477 The hangings of the walls were a freak at once of genius and lavishness. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 2, February, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy The liberal man tends to err in the direction of lavishness. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 13 — Religion and Philosophy If the wives are economical, the husbands perhaps urge them on to greater lavishness. Women and the Alphabet A Series of Essays There is a certain lavishness about the coinage of the Continent that appeals to our curiosity. The Pleasures of Ignorance There is no cult so distinguished by slavishness, by gush, by lavishness, as jockey-worship, and a boy needs to have a strong head and sound, careful advisers, if he is to escape becoming positively insufferable. The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions Joints In Our Social Armour They are women mostly born in dirt, but who now find themselves in lavishness and luxury. Corea or Cho-sen The Land of the Morning Calm The new plague affected Great Britain also; but its suffering was completely overshadowed by the enormous bulk of Irish woe, which the utmost lavishness of charity seemed scarcely to lessen. Great Britain and Her Queen In all exterior magnificence and lavishness he equalled even the great Harold Etches, of whom he had once been afraid; and like Etches he became a famous habitu� of Llandudno pier. The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns This lavishness added fuel to the flame of passion. The Secret History of the Court of Justinian But I am not going to compete with this undistinguished lavishness. Kimono The only two articles which I will never supply are, the profusion of low riot, and the idle lavishness of negligence and laziness. Selected English Letters (XV - XIX Centuries) She disliked them both from the first; and chafed at the parsimonious habits of the house, which stood in such glaring contrast to the easy lavishness of her own luxurious home. The Nest of the Sparrowhawk Money abounds in the kingdom," the comptroller-general would remark to the king; "the people never had more openings for work; lavishness rejoices their eyes, because it sets their hands going. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 6 British agents were in constant communication with the Indians at the councils, and they distributed gifts among them with a hitherto unheard-of lavishness. The Winning of the West, Volume 3 The Founding of the Trans-Alleghany Commonwealths, 1784-1790 His forefathers had found California a waiting, gracious bride, but there had been almost a suggestion of the courtezan in the lavishness of this land's response to the caresses of the invaders. The Blood Red Dawn Her favors distributed with mad lavishness over the four corners of the globe! The Torrent Entre Naranjos Any sense of values, of proportion, in Sylvia was dumfounded by the lavishness, the enormous quantities, the immense varieties of the goods displayed. The Bent Twig There is nothing on our side of the world or in Europe to compare with them in beauty of design, costliness of material and lavishness of decoration. Modern India This led to Joshua's first introduction into a wealthy house of the upper classes, and the luxury and lavishness almost stupefied him. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 06 — Fiction Each theatre was equipped with its own anaesthetizing room, its own surgeon's room, and its own sterilizing rooms and stores, all furnished with a lavishness beyond the financial capacity of any hospital in London. A Surgeon in Belgium Then he seemed always to have plenty of money, and he loved to spend it at the tavern tap-room, with a lavishness that was at once the wonder and admiration of gossips. Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates; fiction, fact & fancy concerning the buccaneers & marooners of the Spanish main To dream you cut your hair close to the scalp, denotes that you will be generous to lavishness towards a friend. Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition We consider ourselves capable of preparing and producing elaborate banquets, yet at no time are we approaching anything even to compare in lavishness and delicacy with the days of Lucullus. Her Father's Daughter Behold now, as thou badest us, we have spared no pains over the splendour of this gathering and the lavishness of the sacrifice. Barlaam and Ioasaph Then she had changed her muslin frock for a dark traveling costume and mantle, had provided herself with money—which her husband's lavishness always placed fully at her disposal—and had started on her way. The Scarlet Pimpernel But there had not been such lavishness at Liverpool. The Shuttle To come under the influence of absinthe in dreams, denotes that you will lead a merry and foolish pace with innocent companions, and waste your inheritance in prodigal lavishness on the siren, selfish fancy. Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition She was constructed, she was erected, as it were, with a regal lavishness. Falk A Reminiscence The certain grandiose lavishness of his disposition occupied itself more with results than with means. The Octopus : A story of California Now and then she invited members of it to her house if they showed an appreciation of her talent and entertained with proper lavishness. Moon and Sixpence She had often marvelled at a comparative lavishness about cheques that Bruce combined with a curious loathing to parting from any coin, however small. Love's Shadow He surpassed Roman luxury in the lavishness of his expense, Roman pride in his sense of complete independence of circumstance, and Roman niggardliness and cruelty in his treatment of his slaves. A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate Lavish in daily life, generous of the generous, Doré showed the same lavishness in his procedure. In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" And within this common lavishness, all possible delicacy, all possible perfection of the separate bloom and tuft—each foot of ground had its own glory. Helbeck of Bannisdale — Volume I When we consider these things, it becomes plain, I think, that Shakespeare was extravagant to lavishness even in cautious age. The Man Shakespeare Wantons, arrayed with barbarous lavishness, danced around the holy image; actors performed and sang hymns. Saint Augustin It seemed as if in her person, was accumulated the lavishness of French Royal mistresses from Diane de Poitiers down to Madame Dubarry. East of Paris Sketches in the Gâtinais, Bourbonnais, and Champagne The very lavishness arouses suspicion in the minds of the wary. In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" The ambassador, at first nonplussed with a lavishness that was most unusual, gradually overcame his diffidence, became warm with the wine, and so failed to notice that the Prince himself remained cool, and drank sparingly. The Strong Arm And she handed it out with unstinted lavishness. Ptomaine Street What jewellery, what dresses, what delicate cobwebs of lace and ribbon, what miracles of colour in the florists' windows, what suggestions of wealth and lavishness everywhere! The History of David Grieve The change from lavishness to penury bewildered the poor woman, and the change from a table loaded with good things to one that was nearly bare was not skilfully made. Mrs. Day's Daughters What with the lavishness of the municipality, public companies, and the orthodox, noble public buildings, docks, warehouses, schools, churches, gardens, promenades, have rendered Marseilles the most sumptuous French capital after Paris. In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" With the frank outpourings of friendship and confidence; with the lavishness of mutual praise in youth, we enjoyed and joined in merry badinage, in miffs and flattery. Brook Farm Historic and Personal Memoirs "It may be," he said, "there is some jewel, or pearl of price, concealed in this paltry case—I have heard he can be liberal even to lavishness, when it suits his caprice or interest." Quentin Durward Here, with a lavishness which charmed and exhilarated the proprietor, she bought all the other papers which he could supply. The Man with Two Left Feet And Other Stories This was amazing and depressing news, considering the lavishness with which the Government had fitted out the ships, and that nearly six weeks had been spent at a French colonial possession. Terre Napoleón; a History of French Explorations and Projects in Australia I don't know whether we were made for our climate or our climate was made for us, but its impatience and lavishness seem to answer some inner demand of our go-ahead souls. Indian Summer It is scarcely necessary to go as deeply into the subject as mathematical-minded Mudie did to show that Nature's lavishness in the production of life would make such a contention unreasonable. Birds in Town and Village Thanks, O most noble master, this princely lavishness doth far surpass my most distempered dreams of fortune. The Prince and the Pauper, Part 4. Higher again, upon a terreplein, are lines of tanks laid out with all that lavishness of labour which distinguishes similar works in Syria: it is, however, difficult to assign any date to these constructions. The Land of Midian — Volume 1 His beautiful wife had been the one restraint upon his folly and his lavishness. The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 2 It was a night-dress, atoning in lavishness of material for deficiency in grace of make, and would have been a loose fit for the wife of the giant Chang. Only an Incident Continuing to spend money with regal lavishness, I myself led a simple and retired life, never leaving my rooms in daylight. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 02 — Fiction But that was all, and again she became perfect both in words and gesture, doing and saying what was necessary without lavishness, but like one simply thunderstruck by the suddenness of the catastrophe. Fruitfulness This lavishness served to stimulate cupidity, and every day the Bedawin brought in specimens from half a dozen different places. The Land of Midian — Volume 1 All that Eastern taste could devise of beauty, that Eastern lavishness could fancy of adornment, or voluptuousness demand of luxury, was brought together and displayed here. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 02, December, 1857 Etta looked round the room with drawn eyes; their room—the room he had fitted up for his bride with the lavishness of a great wealth and a great love. The Sowers There was a light in every window along the entire front, a lavishness of firelight and lamplight which told of a household in which there were many inhabitants. Old Lady Mary A Story of the Seen and the Unseen Mavis Argles Vincy had the reputation of spending his fortune with elaborate yet careful lavishness, buying nothing that he did not enjoy, and giving away everything he did not want. Tenterhooks To Lee Randon's lavishness Mrs. Grove gave no attention, and he was obliged to banish a petty chagrin by the knowledge that he had fully met the obligations of her presence. Cytherea The letter that was sent left nothing to be desired in the lavishness of its loyalty. Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon — Volume 02 In this the lavishness and opulence of California welcome the pioneers. The Sculpture and Mural Decorations of the Exposition A Pictorial Survey of the Art of the Panama-Pacific international exposition The capaciousness, the glitter and the cluttering of splendor in the interior were regarded as of unprecedented lavishness in the United States. Great Fortunes from Railroads These, my sister said, were ordered with the most perfect taste, but with a lavishness, which was indubitably unusual to Ruth Schuyler. Vicky Van We lived in great plenty and hospitality, but no lavishness in the least, nor prodigality, and, I believe, my father never drank six glasses of wine in his life in one day. Memoirs of Lady Fanshawe, Wife of Sir Richard Fanshawe, bart., ambassador from Charles the Second to the courts of Portugal and Madrid. This revelry which began at sunset was intended to overtop all possible courtly ceremonials in the splendour of its equipment, the lavishness of its display, the richness and profusion of its hospitality. If I Were King His quarters, on the top floor, facing the river, were almost exotic in the lavishness and barbaric splendor of their furnishings. The Film Mystery But it is in the West, especially in California, that they have attained a dignity and even lavishness that makes them the surprise and delight of the tourist. Vignettes of San Francisco Margaret did not understand that the lavishness of coals was a sign of hospitable welcome to her on Mary's part, and thought that perhaps the oppressive heat was necessary for Bessy. North and South It is hinted that in this course may be often found an explanation of the lavishness with which the officers' mess is served. Our War with Spain for Cuba's Freedom Another thing that differentiates us from other people is our lavishness in expenditure, and in what appears to us to be their "nearness." Letters of Franklin K. Lane Now, you, being of a prudent and economical nature, began to wonder if there wasn't some way of getting a reputation for lavishness without actually unbelting to any great extent. The Intrusion of Jimmy She sheds it on me hourly with a lavishness which scares me. Simon the Jester He was elegantly dressed, but without lavishness, and if he had the air of a great lord, it was rather derived from the distinction of his face and carriage. Love-at-Arms But this defect in him was counterbalanced by the lavishness with which his pay was lent, given, or spent in the very moment of its receipt. Under Two Flags Also, without doubt, it is the Third Degree that contributes another remarkable specialty to Christian Science: viz., ease and flow and lavishness of words, and rhythm and swing and smoothness. The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories Also, without doubt, it is the Third Degree that contributes another remarkable specialty to Christian Science—viz., ease and flow and lavishness of words, and rhythm and swing and smoothness. Christian Science His wit is like his wine, Ang�lique: one never tires of either, and no lavishness exhausts it. The Golden Dog She saw it as the servants saw it—secretly disdainful, outwardly respectful, waiting to discover whether the sacrifice of professional distinction would be balanced by liberties permitted and lavishness of remuneration and largess. T. Tembarom Further, he brought fruits and vegetables with the same lavishness as at Tahaa. The Cruise of the Snark The country neighbours, who were always amused at the Wheelers' doings, got almost as much pleasure out of Ralph's lavishness as he did himself. One of Ours He was an excellent caterer, a good forager, and, but for my father's frowning down anything approaching lavishness, the headquarter's table would have made a much better show. Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee It will be observed that the walls of the room are adorned by pictures with a lavishness of decoration not usually to be found in scientific establishments. Great Astronomers The entrance was almost imposing, and a generous lavishness in the way of cement mosaic flooring and new and thick red carpet struck the eye at once. T. Tembarom I cannot possibly allow you to scatter priceless pearls of time with such Oriental lavishness. How to Live on 24 Hours a Day Gold has been used in profusion, and black, dull red, and white, with a breadth and lavishness quite unique. Unbeaten Tracks in Japan And you know the lavishness of the big ranches, then and now. On the Makaloa Mat Fortunately—for the flowers—Nature, that summer, stood drinks with a lavishness sufficient to satisfy the most confirmed vegetable toper: otherwise every plant on our boat would have died from drought. Novel Notes Here, as in the adornment of the palace, the most splendid lavishness had been employed. The Coming Conquest of England His lavishness was indiscriminate except in that he entertained only the rich. And Even Now She was not very orderly, and she loved lavishness of display; and her curtains, hangings, table ornaments, and pictures inclined to gorgeousness, which did not go well with the rest of the house. The Financier, a novel In the Philippine Islands, they have thrown about their money in a way which has inaugurated an era of reckless lavishness comparable only to the California days of ``forty-nine.'' New Forces in Old China An Inevitable Awakening Never before had Esther been the object of such worship or such lavishness, and it amazed her; but, like all royal ingrates, she took care to express no surprise. Scenes from a Courtesan's Life The Maharajah of Sabathu regarded the Russians, who had here made halt at his invitation, as his guests, and he discharged the duty of hospitality with genuine Indian lavishness. The Coming Conquest of England On hearing this estimate, which proved to her the lavishness of her husband, Madame Evangelista asked the old Jew whether she should be able to obtain that money immediately. The Marriage Contract She gave of herself as an empress might give of her store of imperial jewels, with sumptuous lavishness, knowing that the store could not fail. A Lady of Quality An account opened in her name for the expenses of the establishment in Brighton, had been fed by de Barral with deferential lavishness. Chance A Tale in Two Parts But a millionaire's lavishness can only be compared with his eagerness for gain. Scenes from a Courtesan's Life "Oh, I recognized your lavishness and taste; but the lady?" Domestic Peace He does not fail to call attention to trite similes, worn collocations of sound, and commonplace sentiments; and also his diffuseness, principally originating in a lavishness and looseness of adjectives. A Biography of Sidney Lanier The lavishness of this bachelor establishment of yours is common talk in New York—far in excess of a bank cashier's salary. The Adventures of Jimmie Dale Then Ella came to repent of his lavishness, and tardily set to reckoning the size of the hide, measuring the little skin more narrowly now that it was cut up than when it was whole. The Danish History, Books I-IX But this generosity was altogether regal in its splendour, almost absurd in its lavishness—or, perhaps, divine. Within the Tides |
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