| 单词 | prodigality |
| 例句 | Laughter is easier, minute by minute, spilled with prodigality, tipped out at a cheerful word. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z So the cumulative effect of the show is to emphasize the sense of protean excess and prodigality that defines almost everything Picasso did. In a MOMA retrospective, Picasso’s sculpture is still full of surprises 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z This prodigality of choreographic fare has been standard with City Ballet for more than 60 years. Dance Review: Reintroductions on a Winter?s Eve 2011-01-19T23:23:54Z With the prodigality that makes it unlike all other ballet troupes, it offers four different programs in this week alone, including nine works by Balanchine. Dance This Week: From Balanchine to Bowie 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z In point of extravagance and notoriety, the most celebrated of the feasts was that arranged by Tigellinus; which I shall describe as a type, instead of narrating time and again the monotonous tale of prodigality. The Birth of Europe 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z Was it surprising that the president of Yale accused Maine frontiersmen of “prodigality, thoughtlessness of future wants, profaneness, irreligion, immoderate drinking, and other ruinous habits?” Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Critics of the Build Back Better program aren’t willing to take lessons from this inexcusable prodigality. Column: Stop worrying about the cost of the Biden plan. In budgetary terms, it's pennies 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z In January, in an academic piece written with one of his Cato colleagues, Terence Kealey, he called her “the world’s greatest exponent today of public prodigality.” Meet the Leftish Economist With a New Story About Capitalism 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z And her most resourceful construction is the novel itself, a feat of narrative prodigality that staves off, word by word, the destruction of an entire community. Garth Risk Hallberg on how fiction can ‘make it new’ 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z “He dislikes and avoids extravagance and prodigality in dressing, eating and all other needs of everyday life.” Taliban’s New Leader Strengthens His Hold With Intrigue and Battlefield Victory 2015-10-04T04:00:00Z Has Collins used up the Mets’ seasonal quota of magic with such prodigality? Back to School 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z “Great nations are never impoverished by private, though they sometimes are by public prodigality and misconduct.” Bill Maher 'Cracks The Code' Of A Hideously Politicized America 2014-09-28T04:00:00Z “Capitals are increased by parsimony, and diminished by prodigality and misconduct.” A New Federal Reserve Report Exposes A 'Low' U.S. Savings Rate As Mythical 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z He could not have achieved this ceaseless prodigality if he did not also have an enlightened capitalist’s organizational mastery of his midsize empire of journalism and movie love. Roger Ebert: Farewell to a Film Legend and Friend 2013-04-05T05:05:21Z Some were composers, later celebrated, conductors, violinists—Joachim and Remenyi, and Van Der Stucken, for example—harpists, even musical critics who went to Liszt for musical advice, advice that he gave with a royal prodigality. Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z Here they spent the morning of each day in drinking beer and whisky; and here they spent their money with as much prodigality as if they were the owners of gold mines. The Cambrian Sketch-Book Tales, Scenes, and Legends of Wild Wales 2012-04-27T02:00:33.040Z She was an admirable economist, And, without prodigality, Dispensed plenty to every person in her family; But Would sacrifice their eyes to a farthing candle. Curious Epitaphs 2012-04-26T02:00:22.397Z In a season of bountiful rainfall it is almost impossible to over-stock country, and owners too often take the risk of availing themselves to the full of Nature's prodigality. Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information 2012-04-22T02:00:09.320Z But there are drawbacks to that gorgeous time and that prodigality of nature. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z He was munificent to prodigality, fond of magnificent display, courteous to all comers, and magnanimous to all enemies. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I 2012-04-17T02:00:16.473Z Something of its prodigality of resources became set forth to the world. The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce 2012-04-07T02:00:31.747Z When the prodigal returns his rejoicing father thinks no more of his prodigality. Recollections of Windsor Prison; Containing Sketches of its History and Discipline with Appropriate Strictures and Moral and Religious Reflection 2012-04-06T02:00:31.240Z Thoughts, images, illustrations leaped to his lips, and were poured forth with a prodigality and eloquence, that charmed and led captive all within reach of his voice. The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:39.100Z They were the most splendid sovereigns of their time—one in Europe, and the other in Asia, and with both the extravagance and prodigality of the monarchs prepared the way for revolution after their deaths. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z Indeed their expenditure of rifle ammunition and their extreme prodigality in shells was as much playing into our hands as reaping them any advantage. The Siege of Mafeking (1900) 2012-04-04T02:01:01.773Z By this conduct, he heaped folly upon folly, to such a degree, that a fortune of ten thousand a year would have proved insufficient for the support of his waste and prodigality. Curiosities of Human Nature 2012-04-03T02:00:27.167Z It is not wonderful if scandal said coarse and bitter things about the goddess of prodigality who presided over the revels of the Tuileries. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z But meanwhile they enjoyed themselves with the reckless prodigality possible only to such men. The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries To-Day and in Days of Old 2012-03-25T02:00:04.800Z Nothing can exceed the prodigality and luxuriance of nature when a vertical sun beats down on fields and forests and jungles that have been drenched for months in rain. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z His old companions, however, flocked around him, expecting still to profit by his prodigality, and for a time, being himself uncertain as to the course he would take, he acceded to their desires. A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance 2012-03-23T02:00:40.930Z He has virtuosity, though the gift of tears nature—possibly jealous because of her prodigality—has denied him. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z The attraction of the case consisted then, and consists now, in its sheer brutality and prodigality of bloodshed and in the long series of cunning plots, to be outlined shortly, by which it was preceded. Through East Anglia in a Motor Car 2012-02-22T03:00:21.787Z Now and then, indeed, Nature in a fit of prodigality endows one person with both gifts.—Was not Oliver Wendell Holmes a Professor of Anatomy? The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z The point we have to master is, that in the prodigality of "God's Plenty" many sorts of beauty are ours, and nothing shall be scorned. Garden-Craft Old and New 2012-02-12T03:00:11.083Z The prodigality of the rich is the providence of the poor. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 8 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Political 2012-02-11T03:03:48.503Z And yet my father wishes to break off the marriage—he talks of his prodigality—and, certainly, Sir George lives above his income. Next Door Neighbours A Comedy in Three Acts 2012-02-06T03:00:17.157Z "They spent in a short time," says one of their historians, "with boundless prodigality, what they had gained with boundless danger and unremitting toil." The Monarchs of the Main, Volume II (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.880Z The fa�ade of every house was ornamented with strange carvings and mouldings; never before had I seen such fantastic prodigality of human imagination. 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 suddenly been taken with the mad desire of seeing people, of being admired, and of astonishing every one by her prodigality. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z Drink, gambling, licentiousness, and prodigality, ruined his fortunes, and cut short his life. Curiosities of Impecuniosity 2011-12-31T03:00:16.190Z Ungrateful woman, you never loved me, but taught me to believe so, in order to partake of my prodigality.—Do not be suspicious, madam; the debt shall be discharged within a week. Next Door Neighbours A Comedy in Three Acts 2012-02-06T03:00:17.157Z Several tons of cooked food are thrown to rot on the seashore, but the Government is probably right in not interfering to check this prodigality. The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom 2011-12-30T03:00:25.917Z Food was furnished with lavish prodigality, and while he was surfeiting himself, he ordered a bullock to be slain for his men, now reduced to twenty-five in number. Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent 2011-12-24T03:07:57.647Z Then at midnight he would return in a hired carriage, paying the astonished driver with prodigality. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z He carved the record of his long and successful reign on the unyielding granite and distributed his pictures with the careful prodigality of a footlight favourite. In Pastures New 2011-12-23T03:00:12.717Z From Splendorville's own prodigality—from lavish presents made to me by him. Next Door Neighbours A Comedy in Three Acts 2012-02-06T03:00:17.157Z "Well, I've got enough left to have a drink on it anyway," replied Micky, with reckless prodigality, rapping on the table for the bartender. The Lash 2011-12-20T03:00:32.457Z This astounding prodigality indulged in at the expense of the State is easily explained. The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 2011-12-19T03:00:45.273Z He placed in front of him an enormous quantity of money to begin the struggle, and fortune refused it; or rather, began to give him money of her own, with scornful prodigality. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z And he said under his breath: “When you are selling your skin, I will buy a liard’s worth to make a charm against prodigality with it.” The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z This frugality and good conduct, however, is upon most occasions, it appears from experience, sufficient to compensate, not only the private prodigality and misconduct of individuals, but the public extravagance of government. An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations 2011-12-05T03:00:41.403Z These regal phrases contain such a prodigality of dazzling colorature that we are reminded of the far-famed hanging gardens devised by this same extravagant queen. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z To Mohammed, rigid economist as he was, and inspired to the core by the duty that had been intrusted to him, this prodigality was a great sin. Islam Her Moral And Spiritual Value A Rational And Pyschological Study 2011-11-25T03:00:15.820Z But nevertheless Alicia did talk, but only to lament her mother's devout prodigality. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z Your frankness," said Thurston, with one of his calm, wise smiles, "has a positive prodigality. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z None of the ordinary restrictions and limitations of life raised a finger to check this pagan prodigality of license. The Transgression of Andrew Vane a novel 2011-11-17T03:00:37.293Z There is profusion, if not prodigality in the rich, lavish bounty of the goodly tavern. Memoir of John Howe Peyton in sketches by his contemporaries, together with some of his public and private letters, etc., also a sketch of Ann M. Peyton 2011-11-15T03:00:20.413Z He soon became famous at court for his prodigality and dissolute manners. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z He was a man of strong prejudices, violent temper and implacable resentments, but a Patriot and a determined foe of time-serving, corruption, prodigality, and debt. The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z Pompey, on the other hand, practised the profession of humility, which perhaps answered better in a double sense; for it was certainly cheaper, and possibly somewhat more effective, than ostentatious prodigality. The Comic History of Rome 2011-10-09T02:00:24.507Z There were none who could surpass him in magnificence, refinement of taste, and lordly prodigality. The Countess Cosel A Romance of History of the Times of Augustus the Strong 2011-10-06T02:00:36.083Z He was a descendant of a very aristocratic family, deprived of its former splendour by the prodigality of its ancestors. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z We do not want this extravagant statuary, these absurdities in clipped work, this aggressive prodigality. Garden Design and Architects' Gardens 2011-10-05T02:00:19.627Z In the mean time, much distress was imposed upon the unfortunate king, by the increasing and uncontroulable prodigality of some of his children, especially of George. Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume I (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte 2011-10-01T02:00:31.450Z He employed art for the purpose of opposing nature; and, among other pieces of prodigality, he endeavoured to convert a portion of the sea into a private fish-pond. The Comic History of Rome 2011-10-09T02:00:24.507Z Our prevalent manners seem to set a bounty upon prodigality, and make youth, the true season of control and preparation, the ill-timed season for indulgence and extravagance. The Hearth-Stone Thoughts upon Home-Life in Our Cities 2011-09-28T02:00:22.560Z An eclectic in the highest sense of the word, Saint-Sa�ns has attempted every style and form, disseminating his works right and left with seemingly reckless prodigality. Masters of French Music 2011-09-14T02:00:49.960Z Then the risk of prodigality and corruption is high, for their capital expenditure is great, and the check of public criticism very distant and ineffectual. Contemporary Socialism 2011-09-10T02:00:28.673Z The blossoms, according to the usual prodigality of nature, are in such profusion, that, were all to be allowed to become oranges, the tree would be unable to support them. Four Years in France or, Narrative of an English Family's Residence there during that Period; Preceded by some Account of the Conversion of the Author to the Catholic Faith 2011-09-09T02:00:59.237Z The new Sultan converted Cordova into a second Baghdad, and imitated the prodigalities of the great Harūn-er-Rashīd, who had recently left the scene of his fantastic amusements for, let us hope, a better world. The Moors in Spain 2011-08-29T02:01:09.183Z And the prettiest ceremony, so full of pastime and prodigality—— Bal. The Recruiting Officer 2011-08-10T02:00:18.323Z Use of external goods.—They are means and not ends: avarice, cupidity, prodigality. Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State 2011-08-10T02:00:16.913Z It is pure good nature on his part—mere prodigality. The Girl From His Town 2011-08-05T02:00:50.677Z Men are jealous of God's prodigality in reward, although such reward may not diminish what they obtain themselves. Pastor Pastorum 2011-07-25T02:00:14.597Z The general style is very properly borrowed from the Greek decorations at Herculaneum and Pompeii; not servilely copied, but varied with an exhaustless prodigality of fancy and invention, and applied with exquisite taste. Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. II (of 3) 2011-07-24T02:00:08.803Z Nor should we expect to find Greek terms introduced with such reckless prodigality as in the following sentences: John xviii. A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. II. 2011-06-30T02:00:31.117Z We should, therefore, not view prodigality as a noble independence in respect to riches. Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State 2011-08-10T02:00:16.913Z As superb a copy as any known, the illuminations gorgeous, the first page of the Gospel and other portions in gold, with a “luxurious prodigality” of miniatures. A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I. 2011-06-30T02:00:27.850Z Therefore Dave had come well provided with money, which he began at once to spend with hopeless prodigality. The Trail of the Axe A Story of Red Sand Valley 2011-06-27T02:00:56.823Z I am glad that this accident has occurred, to prove to you that prodigality and generosity are incompatible. Mary Wollstonecraft's Original Stories 2011-06-26T02:00:10.173Z Unlike his avaricious predecessors, he was generous even to prodigality; but, inheriting his father's eccentricity of character, he was whimsical, liable to act from impulse instead of reflection, headstrong and impatient. A History of Germany From the Earliest Times to the Present Day 2011-06-22T02:00:21.157Z The two vices, extremes themselves, prodigality and avarice, namely, are opposed to each other, not only in degree, but in kind. Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State 2011-08-10T02:00:16.913Z Owing to prodigality of ammunition when the big game was most plentiful, only very few cartridges were left. By Veldt and Kopje 2011-06-15T02:00:20.067Z Why should all this loveliness and symmetry have been created in such lavish prodigality only to be extinguished by a slow process of agony and violent death? Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert 2011-06-15T02:00:16.390Z But I was young, I liked extravagance, and having wherewith to exercise my liberal propensities, or rather my prodigality, I lived with so much profusion, that in less than three years my fortune was dissipated. The Thousand and One Days A Companion to the 'Arabian Nights' 2011-06-04T02:00:14.880Z This is such prodigality of bliss, I scarce can think it real. The Fatal Falsehood 2011-05-31T02:00:36.033Z It is here that Aristotle’s formula asserts itself, and that we must finally come to recognize that the virtue of economy consists in a certain medium between prodigality and avarice. Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State 2011-08-10T02:00:16.913Z Were they not the companions and sharers of his dissipations and prodigalities? The Impeachment of The House of Brunswick 2011-05-31T02:00:34.353Z The prodigality there was not wastefulness, and was not without a method—not a method of his own, but that something beyond us we call God or Fate. Told In The Hills 2011-05-30T02:00:15.530Z He who knows how to turn his prodigalities to good account practices a large and noble economy. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z Man's economy and Nature's prodigality,—here they were in typical operation, side by side. A Rambler's lease 2011-05-22T02:00:11.507Z Avarice is more natural to man than prodigality; for most of us prefer keeping what we have than giving it away.... Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State 2011-08-10T02:00:16.913Z I do not believe you could force women at the point of the bayonet to such reckless prodigality as men indulge in. A New Atmosphere 2011-05-20T02:00:35.903Z If “War and Peace” has any faults, they are the faults of its virtues, and spring mainly from an unmeasured prodigality of the creative gift. Prophets of Dissent : Essays on Maeterlinck, Strindberg, Nietzsche and Tolstoy 2011-05-17T02:00:20.900Z True it is that the South has wonderful powers of endurance and recuperation; but she cannot forever support the reckless prodigality of her sons. The Impending Crisis of the South How to Meet It 2011-05-10T02:00:59.100Z To overburden people with attention; to render them uncomfortable with a prodigality of proffered services; to insist upon obligations which they do not desire, is not only to render yourself disagreeable, but contemptible. Martine's Hand-book of Etiquette, and Guide to True Politeness 2011-05-08T02:00:05.770Z Shall we, in order to avoid cupidity and avarice, run into dissipation and prodigality? Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State 2011-08-10T02:00:16.913Z The country has at last awakened to its gross neglect and waste and prodigality. Proceedings of the Second National Conservation Congress at Saint Paul, September 5-8, 1910 2011-05-07T02:00:26.100Z His rare visits were festivals to his little daughter, and she revelled in the wealth of caresses, the endearing words, the prodigality of gifts that always characterized his brief sojourns. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z For preservation from such prodigality and debt, and from the corruptions that would have followed in their train, we are plainly and undeniably indebted to the successful enforcement of the principles of the Democratic party. Inquiry Into the Origin and Course of Political Parties in the United States 2011-04-24T02:00:09.423Z I am not consumed with avarice, ambition, prodigality, or monstrous lust. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z Prudence and our own interest teach us, of course, sufficiently that prodigality is a stupid vice, and that it is absurd to sacrifice the wants of to-morrow to the pleasures of to-day. Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State 2011-08-10T02:00:16.913Z Her very prodigality has rendered us careless and extravagant. Proceedings of the Second National Conservation Congress at Saint Paul, September 5-8, 1910 2011-05-07T02:00:26.100Z Of all the evil influences which swayed the destinies of Ireland in latter days, none can compare, in extent of importance, with the fatal taste for prodigality that characterized the habits of the gentry. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:09.197Z Proof of prodigality, inebriety or a violent disposition. Marriage and Divorce Laws of the World 2011-04-04T02:00:08.180Z So far from manifesting the wisdom, power and goodness of God they would evidence an aimless and senseless prodigality. Ontology or the Theory of Being 2011-04-01T02:00:38.727Z It curdles the very blood of a poor thrifty man within him, to witness such insensate prodigality. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 2011-04-01T02:00:28.747Z Their market for tobacco, the product which had sustained the aristocrat in lavish prodigality and supported the colony, was lost and the plantations were mazes of briars and underbrush. Voices; Birth-Marks; The Man and the Elephant 2011-03-28T02:00:27.040Z Their insolence is only equalled by their meanness, and their prodigality by their avarice. The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] 2011-03-27T02:00:17.093Z In consequence of this prodigality, he was always poor. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z Beside the mill was a water-wheel; not a modern turbine, but a wooden wheel which, on sunshiny days, sprayed a mist of jewels into the river beneath with the prodigality of a fairy prince. Neighbours 2011-03-05T03:00:27.277Z Besides this, with all her weaknesses and affectations, she was good natured to silliness, and hospitable to prodigality. Asbe?n From the Life of a Virtuoso 2011-02-27T03:00:30.780Z He was a restless and an intemperate man who had to tame himself; all the germs of dissipation and debauch were in his nature, all the possibilities of prodigality and self-destruction. ?mile Verhaeren 2011-02-26T03:00:52.147Z The establishment of papal dominion, as we have seen, encouraged, if it did not necessitate, nepotism; and nepotism involved prodigality and dissipation. A Short History of Italy (476-1900) 2011-02-24T03:01:00.630Z It is said that prodigality is the vice of youth, avarice the vice of old age. Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities 2011-02-24T03:00:54.237Z Naught was set down in malice, but his anecdotes mostly had a Rabelaisian tang which sprang from a prodigality of nature. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z To-day is so delicious, with such a dear little breeze, and such a prodigality of sun, that I cannot resist it. Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z Whilst Friar Galdino untied his wallet to receive them, Agnes cast an astonished and displeased glance at her for her prodigality; she returned it with a look which seemed to say, “I will satisfy you.” The Betrothed From the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni 2011-02-05T03:00:14.863Z When all is said and done, about the best indication of practical wisdom in this age of prodigality is economy of savings. Literature for Children 2011-02-02T03:00:21.560Z Thus, avarice is more foreign to the virtue of liberality than the opposite vice of prodigality; timidity is more contrary to bravery than its opposite rashness. Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities 2011-02-24T03:00:54.237Z No; the fruit of my larceny has not been dissipated in prodigality. The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century 2011-01-27T03:00:40.940Z All glorious as the morning, without suspicion, without fear, having given your great heart, with royal prodigality you gave yourself! A Pasteboard Crown A Story of the New York Stage 2011-01-26T03:00:25.590Z It never occurred to her eager prodigality that she ran any risk of cheapening the favours that so few had ever coveted. Consequences 2011-01-14T03:00:53.047Z But camp-life had doubtless dulled his finer intuitions: for he failed to understand the new language of love, and gave away these tender tokens with lavish prodigality. Silver Pitchers: and Independence A Centennial Love Story 2011-01-13T03:01:02.190Z There are powerful motives in human life making for prodigality. The Value of Money 2011-01-04T03:01:12.363Z Her new clothes re-established her self-respect, and somehow, some way, a good engagement came along and helped her to pay for her prodigality. My Actor-Husband A true story of American stage life 2011-01-03T03:01:07.697Z Richard seemed to want to prove his magnanimity in a particularly striking way, because prodigality toward the poor was not in his line. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z She despised herself secretly, both for her intense craving for affection and for her prodigality in bestowing it. Consequences 2011-01-14T03:00:53.047Z The Philippine chieftain has fought hard and with splendid prodigality of patriot blood—not, however, his own. The Outlook: Uncle Sam's Place and Prospects in International Politics 2010-12-30T03:00:21Z Social expectation, which is the most powerful steady motive power in human life, makes powerfully for prodigality. The Value of Money 2011-01-04T03:01:12.363Z With characteristic prodigality he invested in a complete new wardrobe—to be paid for when the legacy arrived. My Actor-Husband A true story of American stage life 2011-01-03T03:01:07.697Z For the vast part his house had played in the wars and government of the city, their reckless heroism and careless prodigality had thrown a new light of fiery romance on this inheritance of his. The Man with the Double Heart 2010-12-21T22:55:56.757Z If it errs, it is perhaps on the side of prodigality. Jonathan and His Continent Rambles Through American Society 2010-12-20T17:12:16.420Z It is soon exhausted; especially in a land where the atmosphere, the institutions, and the youth of the people all excite to premature and excessive prodigality of effort. Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 3 (of 3) 2010-12-20T17:11:42.357Z "Against frugality, selling emphasized prodigality; against asceticism, the lavish display." Death of a salesman: the once-familiar figure at the door is rarely seen these days 2010-09-25T23:16:00Z Naturally the lumber-towns are crowded with parasites upon their lusts and prodigality–with gamblers and saloon-keepers and purveyors of low passion. Higgins A Man's Christian Some of our subscribers, unaware of the prodigality with which nature has scattered birds throughout the world, have asked whether the supply of specimens may not soon be exhausted. Birds Illustrated by Color Photography [January, 1898] A Monthly Serial designed to Promote Knowledge of Bird-Life When fortune buffets a man for years she is apt, if caught in the right vein, to shower her favors on him with prodigality. The Great Mogul The sun was setting with lavish prodigality of color, spreading great swaths of crimson and gold and violet above the hills. The Trail of Conflict Rome was a city of gossip, and the ambition to be talked about, as the inventor of some new freak of prodigality, was probably the only ambition of the blasé spendthrift of the time. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius The Spanish Mohammedans had brought with them all the luxuries and prodigalities of Asia. Stories of the Olden Time (Historical Series—Book IV Part I) That Department suffers, I fear, through the avarice and prodigality of our officers; they all vent complaints against each other. The Settlement of Illinois, 1778-1830 I had neither brother nor sister, nor any friends save those whom my father's prodigality had brought together. To Win the Love He Sought The Great Awakening: Volume 3 Great Allah! have you seen an Eastern sun, have you seen the prodigality with which nature scatters her beauty? The Man Who Rose Again Nothing is more frequent and more afflicting than those insensate, barren prodigalities which we have now described, and which always entail ruin, loss of consideration, baseness, or infamy. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 4 of 6 He lavished with prodigality His caresses on the children who pressed around Him. Fraternal Charity Enormous quantities of the precious dust are wasted by this prodigality. Springtime and Other Essays "A sweeter and a lovelier gentleman Fram'd in the prodigality of Nature, Young, valiant, wise and no doubt right royal; The spacious world cannot again afford." Dinners and Luncheons Novel Suggestions for Social Occasions I hate, I detest his manner of thinking, his abominable conduct; to give him money would be only to nourish his vanity, his prodigality, his folly. The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern Every day brings to her new desires for prodigality. The Progressionists, and Angela. Enemies of the positive degree, they lavish with prodigality the words often, very much, exceedingly, etc. Fraternal Charity Already a small victoria was laden with his luggage; the concierge, the baggage-master, the porters, were all tipped with a prodigality almost reckless. The Missioner This certainty of future prodigality was so clear to his mind's eye that present penury escaped his attention. Stories from Tagore For it may encourage reading precisely as prodigality encourages industry. The Library and Society Reprints of Papers and Addresses The Cubans have a taste for prodigality in grandiloquent or pretty names. To Cuba and Back He collected around him all the richest and most potent nobles in his neighborhood, and displayed a magnificence of style, and a prodigality of expenditure, that was truly princely. Sketches of Aboriginal Life American Tableaux, No. 1 This prodigality has only one result—loss of voice. Great Singers on the Art of Singing Educational Conferences with Foremost Artists Such prodigality, truly tremendous in that region, helped him not a little in maintaining his prestige. Maximina These few facts, startling as they are, are only the beginning of an exhibit of the prodigality of power centering here. The Call of the World or, Every Man's Supreme Opportunity One can prune the too prodigal growth, but one can't always be sure of having the prodigality when one has the maturity. Plashers Mead A Novel The prodigality of the rich appeals to us for quite other reasons than does the prodigality of the prodigal. The Book of This and That I started at the prodigality of the order. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 The prodigality of the pirates brought many people to the place, who, profiting by their ill-gotten gains, became identified with them, and pirate law prevailed. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. II. My son, take a middle course between stinginess and extravagance, parsimony and prodigality. Arabian Wisdom The fantastic buffoonery and the indiscriminate prodigality of learning, which were to the outward eye the distinguishing characteristics of Pantagruel, found however more imitators than the poetical sentiment of the Heptameron. A Short History of French Literature Ostentatious prodigality, in fact, was Arnold's besetting sin. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools Weeping willows were the normal ornaments of the waterside, this revel of bloom being only part of the prodigality of Spring. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel Prudence, carried to parsimony with Henry VII., is followed by lavish prodigality in the case of Henry VIII. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 4 "England" to "English Finance" A given portion of fuel, in its combustion, can give off but a certain proportionate ratio of heat, and if this is allowed unnecessarily to escape, the prodigality is self-evident. Theory and Practice, Applied to the Cultivation of the Cucumber in the Winter Season To Which Is Added a Chapter on Melons Turcaret is in the strictest sense a criticism of life at the time, and the author shows the true prodigality of genius in filling his canvas. A Short History of French Literature Why, the Nazarene pardons all that is blameable, relieves all that is vile; after reinstating dissipation and prodigality, behold him now reinstating the most notorious courtezans.' The Silver Cross or The Carpenter of Nazareth Jacob ordered strawberries and cream, ice cream and champagne cup with reckless prodigality. Jacob's Ladder In order to meet some part of the expenses incurred by the prodigality of the court, Louis d'Orl�ans and the queen, in 1405, imposed a new tax. Women of Mediæval France Woman: in all ages and in all countries Vol. 5 (of 10) They were too often men of dilapidated fortunes, fallen into decay through their own prodigality, or that of their progenitors. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 Sectarians approached Gustavus to reproach him for his luxury, his prodigalities, his entertainments, or addressed him anonymous warnings which, in Biblical language, declared him accursed and rejected by the Lord. Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty There seems an unspeakable cowardice in that prodigality of inexhaustible resources. Toilers of the Sea Its exquisite grace, its delicate coloring, its prodigality of charm, explain its immediate popularity and its lasting fame. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 Again, to swallow a pearl in a draught seems to have been common to royal and mercantile prodigality. Folk-lore of Shakespeare Yet this harsh picture is somewhat redeemed by other traits; for he was generous, though to a degree of prodigality,—giving away his trinkets and jewels, even his clothes, in default of money. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 If one spends money on beautiful toilets and splendidly dreary entertainments, the other flings it away on the turf, on cards or billiards, or in masculine prodigalities still more objectionable. Maids Wives and Bachelors The unceasing movement in space, the unwearying sea, the clouds that seem ever hurrying somewhere, the vast mysterious prodigality of effort, all this is a problem. Toilers of the Sea The fireman gave steam a plenty, and the engineer made use of it with seemingly reckless prodigality. When the Cock Crows The wasteful prodigality of nature seemed to suggest excess on our part, prompting us to a hundred follies and extravagances. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas Junot made a sad end, the natural consequence of her prodigality: her pecuniary difficulties, it is said, caused her death. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20, September, 1877. He was elaborately elegant—magnificently so, to the extent of prodigality. The Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun Shabby curtailments, without repairing the breach which prodigality has made, discredit the husband, and bring the reproach of meanness on the wife. Coelebs In Search of a Wife Now it proved that this man had not only avoided covetousness, but that he had even left his wife and children in want through his excessive prodigality. The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain and Other Tales Owing to the recklessness and prodigality of Stephen Hite, and the neglect and mismanagement of Col. Crestlands A Centennial Story of Cane Ridge But if we get as far as that, no doubt from such craftsmanship definite ornament will arise, and will be used, sometimes with wise forbearance, sometimes with prodigality equally wise. The Art and Craft of Printing Certain it is that at every opportunity this famous man was generous to prodigality and luxurious to madness. The Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun Intoxication affords no just reason against the use of wine, nor prodigality against the possession of wealth. Coelebs In Search of a Wife His generosity was apt to degenerate into prodigality; his attachments into weakness. Rulers of India: Akbar In its prodigality and ascending gammes there was place for nothing save the Ideal. Mary Magdalen There, go, you silly child; Nature has been so good to you, you now deride her prodigality, and make little of the gifts she has bestowed upon you. Rossmoyne Far from diminishing, his prodigality increased; and his European guests felt almost humiliated at being the objects of so boundless a hospitality. Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century His was never the philanthropy of reasoned prudence, but that of impotent prodigality. Oliver Goldsmith Unfortunately her brilliant and commanding qualities were vitiated by an inordinate pride and egoism, which exhibited themselves in an utter contempt for public opinion, and a prodigality utterly regardless of the necessities of the state. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" Is thrift taxed, which seems able to bear, or prodigality, which spares nothing? A Comparative Study of the Negro Problem The American Negro Academy. Occasional Papers No. 4 In short, are the vices of gluttony, drunkenness, pugilism, and prodigality, any where more indulged? A Morning's Walk from London to Kew Accustomed to splendor and good-living, they had been reduced to poverty by idleness and prodigality, and hence were always in the market for the highest bidder. The Life and Times of Ulric Zwingli "I am very sorry," whispered the man, mindful of the visitor's prodigality in the past and hopeful of future favors. Laramie; or, The Queen of Bedlam. The chief characteristic of his discourse was its prodigality of humor and its infinite variety. Home Life of Great Authors We find all the prodigality of youth, the confidence inspired by success, an enthusiasm bordering on extravagance, richness running riot, beauty dissolving in its own sweetness. Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature Remarking the unusual prodigality of flowers, the good lady explained that the undertaker beneath was in the habit of showing his esteem by the daily tender of such funeral decorations as had served their purpose. The Long Day The Story of a New York Working Girl As Told by Herself Of the two, prodigality has been thought the better. By-ways in Book-land Short Essays on Literary Subjects Need we consider the respective positions of Bruckner or Mahler, one all prodigality and diffuseness, the other largely cerebral? Ivory Apes and Peacocks From this comes his unbounded prodigality by which in a few years he squanders an enormous fortune in giving pleasure to his friends. An Introduction to Shakespeare The prodigality and magnificence of Solomon's court, and his lavish way of living had been met by heavy taxation. The Man Who Did Not Die The Story of Elijah When I entered this apartment I shone ‘with all the pomp and prodigality of brandy and water,’ as the poet Gray has in another place expressed it. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) In “the frenzy and prodigality of vanity,” he exclaimed— “————Yes, I am proud to see Men, not afraid of God, afraid of me!” Calamities and Quarrels of Authors Beyond question, then, there is very much to be said in mitigation of the terrible difficulty occasioned by what appear to be the havoc and the prodigality of Nature. God and the World A Survey of Thought A bewildering prodigality of Nature, spelling the little word “romance”! The Missourian The prodigality of the younger son had long worn out the patience of the elder brother. The Message and the Man: Some Essentials of Effective Preaching We simply cannot grasp with our feeble minds the prodigality of such enduring love. The Shepherd Of My Soul My prodigality has giv'n thee all; And now, I've nothing left me to bestow, You hate the wretched bankrupt you have made. Jane Shore A Tragedy With jaunty prodigality we have scattered these primary sources of wealth precisely as we scattered transportation and other franchises upon which dangerous private monopolies were built. The Conflict between Private Monopoly and Good Citizenship And the charm which its riotous prodigality exerts is in no sense idyllic. Carmen Ariza His prodigality was not of that purely egotistical description most commonly found in spendthrifts of his class. Tales from Blackwood, Volume 7 The attorney on that cause talked in pathetic terms of the indescribable and barbarous prodigality of blood shed by that monster. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume 40 of 55 1690-1691 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century Hence the prodigality of Nature in seeds, scattering a thousand for one plant or tree. Ways of Nature Leigh Hunt, who was one of the listeners, manifested his surprise at the prodigality and intensity of the poet's religious expressions, and especially at his always speaking of Jesus as "our Savior." Arrows of Freethought Everlastingly is this shifting ice modelling, as it were, in pure, gray marble, and, with nature’s lavish prodigality, strewing around the most glorious statuary, which perishes without any eye having seen it. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I It was as much in debt as the King, thanks to its prodigality and the long wars of that century, and it sought to win, at least, the amount of its debt by fortunate speculations. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 Does a prodigality in the invention of incidents reveal a greater imagination in the novelist than is required for the sincere depicting of simple characters in every-day life? A Manual of the Art of Fiction His immense show of philosophical apparatus, his prodigality of logical balance-wheels and escapements, resemble the superfluous clock-work of the "automaton" which plays its game as the gentleman concealed inside shall judge expedient. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865 The artist ought to admit that even this third picture is inadequate to inspire a proper disgust for prodigality. Walter Pieterse A Story of Holland A had a capital of ten thousand pounds, but this has been extinguished—dissipated and destroyed by C's prodigality. Principles Of Political Economy Abridged with Critical, Bibliographical, and Explanatory Notes, and a Sketch of the History of Political Economy And not merely the range, but the prodigality of the portions, surprises. Westward with the Prince of Wales What intellectual severity and strain was there; what prodigality of learning; what blazing intensity of devotion; what pathos of women's patience, and of children, prematurely old, stretched upon the rack of insoluble problems! The American Mind The E. T. Earl Lectures Nature has done her share with a prodigality that shames our little human narrowness. In Times Like These Walter was cut to the quick by the accusation of wastefulness and prodigality. Walter Pieterse A Story of Holland By C's prodigality, that which would have been consumed with a return is consumed without return. Principles Of Political Economy Abridged with Critical, Bibliographical, and Explanatory Notes, and a Sketch of the History of Political Economy They resumed their progress, to halt at the top, where there was abruptly opened below them a far-flung panorama of white and gray and purple, stretched out in prodigality from sky line to sky line. The Plunderer The natural prodigality and recklessness of frontier existence was here and there sharply checked. The American Mind The E. T. Earl Lectures The pyramids are the most conspicuous example of this prodigality. Architecture Classic and Early Christian In order to emphasize the idea of prodigality, the painter had allowed some big dogs to upset an open cask of wine. Walter Pieterse A Story of Holland The table was heaped with a prodigality of luxuries. Masterpieces of Mystery Riddle Stories The spendthrift prodigality of the white roses which rumor whispered he had gone to place the next day over the new mound of raw 234 earth had not gone unspoken. Once to Every Man The reckless prodigality of the youngster’s heart filled him with an emotion that would not be denied. The Golden Woman A Story of the Montana Hills Indeed, apart from this invariable prodigality, his scale of prices was ridiculously low, and if you were a lady you could buy out the ship at half price. Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas The kind-heartedness of the wealthy but dissolute cardinal, and the prodigality of his charity, rendered him almost as popular as his warlike brother. Henry IV, Makers of History In Spain, Nature reigns; she has there lavished her utmost prodigality of soil and climate which a bad government has for the last three centuries been endeavouring to counteract. A Supplementary Chapter to the Bible in Spain I have seldom found him to fail me on such emergencies—his quaintness, his humour, the lavish prodigality of learning and extraordinary thinking that loads his pages, never to me lose their freshness. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 350, December 1844 My brother, dying childless, had devolved the family estates to me, disburdened of the results of his prodigality; but I had still much to occupy me, in restoring them from the neglect of years. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 360, October 1845 A circumstance peculiar to the worship celebrated in favour of souls in purgatory is the prodigality of lighted candles which are consumed on those occasions. Roman Catholicism in Spain Excess in the moral sense is expressed by dissipation, prodigality, intemperance, etc. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions But man's prodigality with his material treasures does but interpret his wastefulness of the greater riches of mind and heart. A Man's Value to Society Studies in Self Culture and Character On the contrary, social injustice intensified nature's prodigality. A Son of the Middle Border Setting aside all interested motives, servants love show and prodigality in their masters; they feel that they partake the triumph, and they wish it to be as magnificent as possible. Practical Education, Volume I “But what were a few shillings?” he said to himself, the prodigality of desperation having seized upon him. Phoebe, Junior He could never free himself from a ruinous prodigality towards those about him, in spite of resolutions of amendment. A History of England Principally in the Seventeenth Century, Volume I (of 6) You seemed to want nothing, as, upon the turning over of every leaf, the prodigality of art ennobled, while it adorned, the solidity of the text. Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance But all this prodigality and easiness of life detracts a little from ambition. Our Italy He was generous even to prodigality, full of wit and imagination, very sympathetic withal, and compassionate. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History There was a good deal of prodigality in the way it was poured out and a fine scene of carousal ensued, lasting until after the watch changed at midnight. The Black Buccaneer Wandering through these sylvan glades, the eye is continually charmed with the rare combinations of natural and artificial beauties scattered around in every direction with such wonderful prodigality. The Land of Thor They fill their banks with such a wasteful prodigality of water, and they go on their way with a conscious might, as if they felt that behind them is an eternally exhaustless source. Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge Fruits grow about them with such prodigality as to require but little exertion to obtain the necessities of life. Scenes in the Hawaiian Islands and California The prodigality of the Romans in matters of eating is well known, and it extended to all matters connected with the pleasures of the table. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life History's niggardliness, however, has been compensated for by the prodigality of legend, which has woven many a fanciful tale about his life. Jewish Literature and Other Essays But, with all this folly and prodigality, there is really a great deal of native generosity in the Russian character. The Land of Thor Surrounded by courtiers, she flung her favors right and left with impartial prodigality. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 In days of old, the foster-father was perhaps the monstrous Megatherium, a dung-factory of incomparable prodigality. The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles Believe me, the most estimable characters are those with whom there is the least tendency to this overflowing prodigality of kindness. The Boarding School Familiar conversations between a governess and her pupils. Written for the amusement and instruction of young ladies. To swallow a pearl in a draught seems to have been equally common to royal and mercantile prodigality. Hamlet Nature, in her prodigality, formed him upon a generous pattern. The Land of Thor Now, keeping in mind what we have said as to capital, is not this, in the present state of things, most wanton prodigality? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845. Instances of such turbulence were not infrequent, and they account in part for the reckless prodigality shown by Shirakawa in building and furnishing temples. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era They go and come through the essays like minor characters in a novel written with prodigality of invention and genius. Hilaire Belloc The Man and His Work The true mean between prodigality and narrowness is liberality; between simplicity and cunning is prudence; between suffering wrong and doing wrong is justice. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles Broad-blown coarseness, rank debauchery, reckless prodigality, were seen at their worst in the abode of English monarchs. Buchanan's Journal of Man, June 1887 Volume 1, Number 6 But had she not, as a set-off to her prodigality, brought to the Duke d’Enghien and his father her share of Richelieu’s wealth? Political Women, Vol. 2 In one respect, however, King Rama lives up to the popular conception of an Oriental ruler: like his father before him, he is generous to the point of prodigality. Where the Strange Trails Go Down Sulu, Borneo, Celebes, Bali, Java, Sumatra, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Cambodia, Annam, Cochin-China Would it not be more wonderful that such a careless prodigality of life could pass with impunity? A New Guide for Emigrants to the West And though he partially redeemed his treason by his three years' services, after his exile, yet his vanity, and intrigues, and prodigality prevented him from accomplishing what he promised. Ancient States and Empires Many thought that she was ruined after her prodigality during the last civil war, but Jaime knew what a fortune the devout lady possessed. The Dead Command From the Spanish Los Muertos Mandan To discountenance the credit system, the mortgage system, the fashion system, and every other system tending to prodigality and bankruptcy. Chapters in Rural Progress The struggle among all living things helps us to understand the necessity for Nature's prodigality. Conservation Reader Look at the profusion, the prodigality, the beneficence of Nature, Flowers and Fruit, Beauty and Bloom and Fragrance everywhere. The New Avatar and The Destiny of the Soul The Findings of Natural Science Reduced to Practical Studies in Psychology Antonius, on the other hand, had forfeited the esteem of the Romans by his prodigalities, by his Oriental affectations, and by his slavery to Cleopatra. Ancient States and Empires Such acts of reckless prodigality are of daily occurrence. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests On the other hand, the redeemable sins of avarice and prodigality are, in Dante's sight, those which are without deliberate or calculated operation. 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 For eight or ten days, during which time there is the most unbounded prodigality. History, Manners, and Customs of the North American Indians From some who had made the trip I had heard wonderful stories of Nature’s prodigality. A Virginia Scout But his prodigalities led to a most oppressive taxation, which soon alienated the people, while his senseless debaucheries, especially his costly banquets, disgusted the more contemplative of the nobles. Ancient States and Empires Such prodigality is, in his eyes, inconsistent with the ordinary laws of nature. New observations on the natural history of bees They have played with number with magnificent audacity and prodigality. Essay on the Creative Imagination He sent message after message to the little shop-girl for whom, with the senseless prodigality of such youth, he had proposed to fling away his future. A Sheaf of Corn On the whole, this lordly prodigality pleased her rather than otherwise. Virginia Pisistratus, of noble origin, but a demagogue, contrived, by his arts and prodigality, to secure a guard, which he increased, and succeeded in seizing the Acropolis, B.C. Ancient States and Empires He was gallant, dignified, charming, lavishing attention upon her to the point of prodigality. The Loyalist A Story of the American Revolution Magdalena's son, who now bore the title of the Vicomte de Talizac, brought up amid this mad prodigality, developed early the faults of his nature, which were increased by the foolish indulgence of his mother. The Son of Monte-Cristo There had been rain, and then warmth, and October had caught all the prismatic colors of the drops of water, and was giving them forth with Southern prodigality. How to Cook Husbands Types and races and revolutions were squandered with royal prodigality—but that he himself should be so was clearly unthinkable. Virginia He had those brilliant qualities, and luxurious habits, and ostentatious prodigality, which so often dazzle superficial people, especially young men of fashion and wealth, but more even than they, the idolatrous rabble. Ancient States and Empires But M. de Talleyrand is a very wise man! always far-seeing, he knows the improvidence, the prodigality, the ostentation of these new masters whom he is so ready to serve. The Bronze Eagle A Story of the Hundred Days I can think of no other assemblage of jungle creatures more fitted to impress one with the prodigality of tropical nature. Edge of the Jungle On the contrary, the accumulated wealth of centuries poured itself out in an almost riotous prodigality. Stray Studies from England and Italy With very little trouble, the most luxuriant harvests might be reaped from this soil; but a happy and industrious population has not yet been established here, to profit from the prodigality of Nature. A New Voyage Round the World, in the years 1823, 24, 25, and 26, Vol. 2 New York, in truth, is a city of many beauties, and with a reckless prodigality she has done her best to obscure them all. American Sketches 1908 The worst of the struggle is that it almost legalises a prodigality which to men always fixed on solid ground would be impossible. Royal Edinburgh Her Saints, Kings, Prophets and Poets Returning to Rome, he indulged in every species of vice and folly, lavishing the wealth of the state with the utmost prodigality. Historic Tales, Volume 11 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Another observer said: "As for me, I love neither grasshopper nor ant, neither avarice nor prodigality, neither the miserly people who lend nor the spendthrifts who borrow." Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes When I was seventeen, my father died; he had been magnificent to prodigality; Torella rejoiced that my minority would afford an opportunity for repairing my fortunes. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 France was almost bankrupt, ruined by the prodigality of her two last kings and their neglect of their duties to their people. The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration He dissipated his fortune in premeditated prodigality, and terminated a studious opulence in excessive poverty; living on the miserable salary of a copyist, when in idea he was governing the world. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844 Italy was ravaged and the provinces plundered to supply the demand for the rebuilding of the city and palace and the unbounded prodigality of the emperor. Historic Tales, Volume 11 (of 15) The Romance of Reality While on state officers wealth is lavished with the prodigality of oriental munificence, instructors receive only a nominal recompense, often not exceeding six cents a day! The Continental Monthly, Vol 3 No 3, March 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Notwithstanding our prodigality in building a splendid bee-house, we think of economy when we come to put our hives in, and get them too close. Mysteries of Bee-keeping Explained By 1773 the prodigality of government raised the national expenditure far above the revenue. The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration They read aloud with Mrs. Benjamin; they studied and learned, first hand, of Nature’s prodigality or niggardliness. The Cricket The prodigality of a Polish feast exceeds all comprehension. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348 The gratification which wealth can bestow is not in mere possession, nor in lavishing it with prodigality, but in the wise application of it. Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote The prodigality of humour, intuition and searching thought that he puts into his pages he also puts into what he says. Mary, Mary The antics of our rich countrymen in Paris are portentous in their amazing prodigality, and I fear we are the laughing stock of the shopkeepers there. Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison Fifteen Years in Solitude Insect life, moreover, is sometimes exhibited with monstrous prodigality at Alpine heights. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 Something of the same prodigality is often exhibited, only on a smaller scale. The Young Maiden Poetry having retired from the side of Interest, Liberality advanced; and, after making her movements, said:— My name is Liberality, Alike beneficent and wise, To shun wild prodigality, And sordid avarice despise. Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote Lafayette's part in the assembly consisted in making a bold protest against the prodigality of the crown. The Spirit of Lafayette I wish to dwell for several mornings on this parable of the sower, and for to-day I call attention to the air of prodigality which pervades this story. Mornings in the College Chapel Short Addresses to Young Men on Personal Religion It is full of the innocence of love, and rich with that prodigality of beauty with which youthful genius loves to make itself splendid. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12, No. 32, November, 1873 Forests, mines and soil fertility are wasted with wanton prodigality. A Broader Mission for Liberal Education Baccalaureate Address, Delivered in Agricultural College Chapel, Sunday June 9, 1901 Tropical vegetation spreads over them with the utmost prodigality. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure That men might not surfeit of her sweets, she tempered her daytime prodigality of heat by nights of frost. Jewel Weed There may be prodigality of waste, but there shall be prodigality of reproduction. Mornings in the College Chapel Short Addresses to Young Men on Personal Religion As soon as they become thoroughly Americanized they begin to show the national prodigality. The American Credo A Contribution Toward the Interpretation of the National Mind It burns with a certain prodigality of beauty, a superb absence of economy in giving. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance The king's prodigality undid his minister's work; and in 1610 Cecil was forced to announce to his master that the annual revenue of the Crown must be supplemented by fresh grants from Parliament. History of the English People, Volume V Puritan England, 1603-1660 Seldom has a general election been contested with such a prodigality of partisan fury and public corruption. A History of the Four Georges, Volume II And so he takes his lesson from the prodigality of Providence. Mornings in the College Chapel Short Addresses to Young Men on Personal Religion Affectation, insincerity, prodigality, selfishness, servility to the great, contempt for the humble, are among the qualities his opponents ascribe to him. A History of the Four Georges, Volume I One moment he seemed to be hoarding his money like a miser, and the next scattering it with insane prodigality. The Yacht Club or The Young Boat-Builder Dissipation appeared covered with a golden tissue, that concealed all its deformity; and reckless prodigality received the honors due to princely generosity. Helen and Arthur or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel Wealth coupled with bad taste sometimes makes us regret that so much money is in circulation to provoke the creation of such a prodigality of horrors. The Simple Life Singly and collectively, they adored him, tyrannised over him, copied him, learnt from him, and wasted his time with a prodigality a more sporting master than the Squire might have resented seriously. The Ffolliots of Redmarley Whence flows all this extravagance? and whence This sudden prodigality? The Comedies of Terence Food is as yet obviously plentiful; what is not consumed being frequently flung about, especially by the humorous elements of the population, and wasted with reckless prodigality. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, March 29, 1916 "It must have been just perfectly awfully horrible, Em," she said with a characteristic prodigality of adjectives when the other had finished her recital. From Place to Place Here, on the contrary, prodigality, exultant love, blood coursing triumphantly through conquered veins. The Choice of Life Policy, no less than justice, required, that Napoleon should confer, even with prodigality, his favours and benefits on men, who had sacrificed themselves for him. Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. I Only—and this the mystifying feature of the episode—Felix Page could never honestly be accused of prodigality in any circumstances. The Paternoster Ruby Miss Jemima, who had resumed her work, proceeded to dig out the eye of a potato with unwonted prodigality. The Golden Shoemaker or 'Cobbler' Horn I am mad to spend, to throw away money, to outdo all others in bitter, reckless prodigality. The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance The royal magnificence was imitated by the nobility and gentry of the period, who kept the Christmas festival with much display and prodigality, maintaining such numerous retinues as to constitute a miniature court. Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries Though I thus lived in apparent kingly pomp and prodigality, my habits at home were simple and unpretending. Peter Schlemihl But now he had quite left behind the reckless prodigality and imbecility of the Regency clique. Patsy He broke it open; it was found to be hollow, and at once explained the prodigality of the offer of the Brahmins. Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3) The Turks in Their Relation to Europe; Marcus Tullius Cicero; Apollonius of Tyana; Primitive Christianity Little wonder a mad elation, a semi-frenzy of prodigality prevailed, for every day the golden valley was pouring into the city a seemingly exhaustless stream of treasure. The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance Judging from the prodigality with which nature has lavished her riches here, it would seem that she wishes the sole credit of this superb panorama. Which? or, Between Two Women For relative prodigality during the course of the great emergency and after it was over, the Office of Works perhaps, upon the whole, took precedence over all rivals. Experiences of a Dug-out, 1914-1918 Oh that anything so monstrous should exist in this profusion and prodigality of blessings! Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection The poet, to a prodigality of Imagination, united all the minute accuracy of Science. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 The return of Nature, after such a career of splendor and prodigality, to habits so simple and austere, is not lost either upon the head or the heart. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 We expected a certain amount of sultriness, but not in such lavish prodigality as it was delivered. In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country The effect upon Edwin was one of immense and careless prodigality; it intoxicated him; it made him feel that a grand profuseness was the finest thing in life. Clayhanger With uncontrolled command over the purse of the people the executive tends to prodigality, to taxes, and to wars. Albert Gallatin American Statesmen Series, Vol. XIII This amateur spared no prodigality of cost and labour, and flattered himself, that by the assistance of Didot, not a single typographical error should be found in that splendid volume. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 Are you anxious for a humiliating confession, of vanity, folly and prodigality? The Monctons: A Novel, Volume I We are only beginning to realize that this very prodigality of nature has produced a spirit of prodigality in men. Socialism As It Is A Survey of The World-Wide Revolutionary Movement As Orlando left his verses in the Forest of Ardennes?—Oh, the thoughtless prodigality!—Mr. St. Ronan's Well These women were very debauched, and by their charms allured strangers, who were ruined in their court, by pleasure and prodigality. Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology For Classical Schools (2nd ed) He was alone amidst the blood that the curse of Ascalon had led his hand to pour out in such prodigality in that profaned place. Trail's End And as has been previously demonstrated, society in the past has wasted the work-power of women past the childbearing age in more ruthless and stupid prodigality than any other of its treasures. The Family and it's Members His love of display and his prodigality, his suspiciousness and his despotism, increased with his power. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 2, August, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy We only repine at the prodigality of the harvest when we forget the long process of culture by which it was produced. Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) In fact, one may confess that the Lodge garden was only one degree removed from the vulgarity and prodigality of nature. Kate Carnegie and Those Ministers His money gone, he was made treasurer of the troupe his prodigality had ruined. Watch Yourself Go By Where, indeed, is that prodigality of flowers and spangled satin he has heard so much about? Europe After 8:15 "If my individual experiences are indicative, I should say he was boundless in wealth and prodigality." Marion's Faith. In this costly manner, does the ingenuity of art, and the prodigality of wealth do homage to the elegance of nature. The Stranger in France or, a Tour from Devonshire to Paris Illustrated by Engravings in Aqua Tint of Sketches Taken on the Spot. His charity was only another form of prodigality, He was a gambler, too. Art in England Notes and Studies She had heard the news from the very first moment, when L. W. had dropped in on McBain; but the more she heard of his riotous prodigality the more it left her cold. Rimrock Jones Banquets, too, and all the rough but plentiful appliances of the feast are taken as part of the henchman's pay; and the means of supplying all this prodigality must be sought by war and rapine. Theodoric the Goth Barbarian Champion of Civilisation No one had ever associated Villa Elsa with the wand of prodigality, and its vulgar Americans were dumfounding. Villa Elsa A Story of German Family Life Louis of Orleans, usually credited with the worst of this prodigality, was by no means singular in his conduct. Illuminated Manuscripts Veronese is reported to have been far more correct and careful in drawing than was Tintoret, while Veronese's prodigality of colour was a mellowed version of Tintoret's glare or deadness. The Old Masters and Their Pictures For the Use of Schools and Learners in Art Then to the Rooms with their glittering Bedsteads and insulting prodigality of Towels. Knocking the Neighbors Let us then charitably set down to the score of his political disabilities the fantastic dissipation and the frantic prodigality in which the liveliness of his imagination and the energy of his soul exhausted themselves. Henrietta Temple A Love Story His reputation for wealth was confirmed by this reckless prodigality. The Colonel's Dream In this MS. the use of silver betrays a tendency to prodigality. Illuminated Manuscripts There were to be three epistles about each cardinal virtue—one, for example, upon avarice; another on the contrary extreme of prodigality; and a third, upon the judicious mean of a moderate use of riches. Alexander Pope English Men of Letters Series A dissipated life is censured in the very act of dissipation, and prodigality of time is as gravely declaimed against at the card table, as in the pulpit. Essays on Various Subjects Principally Designed for Young Ladies This was prodigality; but even the bare requirements of the case were lavish, the traditional law of the Great Supper ordaining that not fewer than seven different sweets shall be served. The Christmas Kalends of Provence And Some Other Provençal Festivals It was trailing smoke in a dense, bluish cloud that meant they were burning up their lubricant with spendthrift prodigality. A Husband by Proxy In its gayeties he saw little better than the struggles of an uninstructed taste, if indeed that could properly be styled gay which was only a strife in prodigality and parade. James Fenimore Cooper American Men of Letters That night they came to an agreeable house, of simple aspect, and showing signs neither of prodigality nor avarice. Tales of Wonder Every Child Should Know Never before have I known her seized with a desire for such prodigality of vesture. By Right of Conquest Or, With Cortez in Mexico This omniscience is a part of the prodigality of moral theory that I have been discussing. A Book of Prefaces She paid it and tipped him with prodigality which for a woman was almost reckless. A Maker of History He had neither the skill nor power to draw the varied figures with which Scott, with all the reckless prodigality of genius, crowded his canvas. James Fenimore Cooper American Men of Letters The tumult of this age of transition is characteristic of the impetuosity and irrational instincts of youth, its follies, its prodigality, its pride, its self-assurance, its rebelliousness, and contempt of discipline. The Promised Day Is Come In a word, the Nation which, after the Greeks in their glory, has been the most gifted of all nations for Poetry, expressed in these men the highest strength and prodigality of its nature. The Golden Treasury Of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language Such prodigality was probably the source of many exactions by purveyors, and was one chief reason of the public discontents. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part B. From Henry III. to Richard III. "Well, she may make something, and offset her husband's prodigalities." The Fruit of the Tree The licentiousness of the buccaneers was unbounded, and their blood-stained spoils were scattered with incredible prodigality. The Continental Monthly, Vol III, Issue VI, June, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Mrs. Hilliard offered her aid with equal thrift of speech and prodigality of glance. The Henchman At Newton-le-Moor the desolation of prodigality and immorality was objective and deductive. Girlhood and Womanhood The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes But, again, prodigality is only one of several particulars wherein the modes and the means of the supposed divine intelligence differ from those of its human counterpart. A Candid Examination of Theism It is crowded with life, at whatever point we face it; intensely vivid, inexhaustibly stirring, the broad impression is made by the big prodigality of Tolstoy's invention. The Craft of Fiction She already owed the baker twenty francs, and he had refused her further credit; she could not, therefore, spend her last sou on what she considered as culpable prodigality. A Cardinal Sin What with eccentricities, buffooneries, pranks, prodigalities, he ended by achieving a sort of celebrity. Life of St. Francis of Assisi On the other hand, prodigality is not directed to an end that is desirable principally, indeed it seems rather to result from a lack of reason. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province The prodigality of nature was too much for tropical society, and it accomplished nothing of its own for the mind of man. Lectures on Modern history There was an absence in them of "the pomps and prodigality" of genius of which Gray spoke in a noble stanza. Some Diversions of a Man of Letters "I admit that prodigality is the usual dispenser of these long-hoarded treasures; but where do you see philanthropy in that?" A Cardinal Sin Nothing is worse than a mixture of rapacity and prodigality. The Letters of Cassiodorus Being A Condensed Translation Of The Variae Epistolae Of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator Objection 1: It seems that prodigality is not opposite to covetousness. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province When he has anything, he soon parts with it, being generous to prodigality. Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 2 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government Of course a river so renowned has its wreath of myths and legends, characterised, in this instance, by the prodigality of the Eastern mind. Nature Mysticism But I pinned my gastronomic hopes on London, that city famed of old for the plenteous prodigality of its victualling facilities. Eating in Two or Three Languages The honour which other men often acquire by prodigality he has acquired by saving. The Letters of Cassiodorus Being A Condensed Translation Of The Variae Epistolae Of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator Now covetousness and prodigality differ variously in respect of excess and deficiency. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province The want of money would be no obstacle to prodigality and waste. Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 He spent the evening with her, and bravely melted down his five francs in the crucible of prodigality. Bohemians of the Latin Quarter Not even prodigality, the lavish spending of riches, is a token of the absence of cupidity. Explanation of Catholic Morals A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals Its passion, energy, colour, and vast prodigality of ineffaceable pictures place it undoubtedly at the head of all the pictorial histories of modern times. Studies in Early Victorian Literature Hence it is evident that prodigality is opposed to covetousness. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province This sum, like the former, would probably have been expended in the same pernicious prodigality. Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 They assume the shape of vices in the form of prodigality and extravagance. The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 4, April, 1891 What could the earth do with such prodigality? Social Life in the Insect World He treated us to shells with a veritable prodigality, but without causing us very serious losses. The Illustrated War News, Number 15, Nov. 18, 1914 Objection 1: It seems that prodigality is not a sin. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Only a passionate soul in a commonplace body could have squandered itself with such superb prodigality. The Miller Of Old Church But this mixture of prodigality and profligacy was not to go unpunished, even on its own soil. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 61, No. 376, February, 1847 It is possible, therefore, that little efforts have been made to initiate youth, prior to entering the universities, in that path of self-denial and high-mindedness which are the safeguard from vicious prodigality. Froude's Essays in Literature and History With Introduction by Hilaire Belloc Has she not bestowed on him every gift in prodigality?—birth, wealth, talent, goodness? The Last Man Hence it follows that prodigality is a sin. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province But a good and a bad habit differ in species, as liberality and prodigality. Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition It seemed to possess the knack of bringing out the virtues as well as the defects with an amazing and frequently disconcerting prodigality. South America For, this time, in the long year of his exile, the prodigal's prodigality had exceeded the measure of all former years. The Helpmate Brave without temerity; laborious without ambition; generous without prodigality; noble without pride; virtuous without severity. The Hudson Three Centuries of History, Romance and Invention But neither is liberality a principal virtue, nor prodigality a capital vice. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Now it is a mark of prodigality to do good to others; while it is a mark of illiberality to desist from doing good. Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition All that seeming prodigality and luxury have good uses. My Life as an Author His eyes intimated that Mrs. Majendie knew what it amounted to, that awful prodigality of his. The Helpmate Broad plains, numerous groups and ranges of hills and forest-clad mountains, deep river gorges, and valleys of practically every conceivable form are strewn to the point of prodigality over this vast undulatory area. History and Comprehensive Description of Loudoun County, Virginia Therefore it seems that prodigality is opposed to temperance and insensibility rather than to covetousness and liberality. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Now excess and deficiency are united in one sin; for some are at once illiberal and wasteful—illiberality being a sin of deficiency, and prodigality, by excess. Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition As is the habit of most young writers, he wrote on various subjects, put enough material for a two-volume novel into a short story, and generally revelled in the prodigality of literary youth. The Parts Men Play It flung abroad the prodigal's prodigality, his insolent and iniquitous joy. The Helpmate Her prodigality had considerably reduced her income, and when she retired from her profession it amounted to little more than twenty thousand francs. Great Singers, First Series Faustina Bordoni To Henrietta Sontag But it is not the root of prodigality, since this is opposed to it. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province He poured out symphonies, operas, and sonatas with such prodigality as to astonish us, even when recollecting how fecund the musical mind has often been. The Great German Composers But the dissoluteness of grief, the prodigality of sorrow, is neither to be indulged in a man’s self, nor complyed with in others. Andrew Marvell The prodigality of nature in multiplying animal life is fully acknowledged by Darwin, and that prodigality is apparently greatest in the lowest and most formless type of animal. The Relations Between Religion and Science Eight Lectures Preached Before the University of Oxford in the Year 1884 He also points out divers goods involved in evils, for instance, the usefulness of prodigality in the rich and avarice in the poor; indeed it serves to make the arts flourish. Theodicy Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil Wherefore prodigality sometimes is born of covetousness, as when a man is prodigal in going to great expense in order to curry favor with certain persons from whom he may receive riches. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Some faults you, however, must own; Dissensions, impetuous zeal, And wild prodigality, grown Too big for your income and weal. Cottage Poems Supplies of this kind however were utterly insufficient to defray the cost of the king's prodigality. History of the English People, Volume II The Charter, 1216-1307; The Parliament, 1307-1400 Indeed, the lady had warmly grasped his hand with both of her own, which were imprisoned in tight new p. 97gloves, while her bonnet spoke of regardlessness of expense and recent prodigality. The Disentanglers The heights and distances, without being alpine in reality, were sufficiently so to an eye unpractised in measuring scenery of the highest class; but in all the softer enchantments nature had revelled in prodigality. Servia, Youngest Member of the European Family or, A Residence in Belgrade and Travels in the Highlands and Woodlands of the Interior, during the years 1843 and 1844. Therefore prodigality is a more grievous sin than covetousness. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province His financial difficulties must have given him an uneasy conscience for he insists repeatedly on the wickedness of prodigality. Dante: "The Central Man of All the World" A Course of Lectures Delivered Before the Student Body of the New York State College for Teachers, Albany, 1919, 1920 From this bondage however Scotland was freed by the prodigality of Richard who allowed her to buy back the freedom she had forfeited. History of the English People, Volume II The Charter, 1216-1307; The Parliament, 1307-1400 All this closeness and contempt for shiftlessness and prodigality were perfectly consistent with a large and hospitable way of living; for during many years of his life he kept open house at Mt. Four American Leaders She would never know that his prodigality with the salt had been due to the perversity of his heart in longing for what it would now never possess. A Lover in Homespun And Other Stories Therefore prodigality is a more grievous sin than covetousness. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province He soon formed a strong attachment to his uncle; the love which nature meant for his father was lavished with prodigality on this beloved relative, who cherished for his adopted son the most tender regard. Mark Hurdlestone Or, The Two Brothers Her complaints of his prodigality meant as little as her menace of retrenchment, and nobody comprehended this better than he. The Secret of a Happy Home (1896) To reform the prodigalities of our predecessors is understood to be peculiarly our duty, and to bring the government to a simple and economical course. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3 Brock, with splendid prodigality, had taken a box for the final performance of "Tristan and Isolde." The Husbands of Edith Now just as in liberality, which observes the mean, the principal thing is giving, to which receiving and retaining are subordinate, so, too, covetousness and prodigality regard principally giving. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province This place seemed an amphitheatre for the display of the secret of Nature—life, and yet more life, in splendid prodigality. Secret Bread Like the house she inhabited, Miss Lester combined in her person prodigality of colours with a fine disregard of taste. Adrien Leroy He was liberal to the verge of prodigality, good-tempered, easy of access, and, save when moved by deep gusts of fierce anger, kindly and compassionate. The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) I am in a fine vein, 'so full of pastime and prodigality!'—So here's to your health in a glass of grog. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 5 With His Letters and Journals I answer that, Every vice is denominated from a deficiency of virtue, because deficiency is more opposed to virtue: thus illiberality is more opposed to liberality than prodigality is. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province There was a profusion of the most gorgeous plumage and richest fabrics, while over all were sprinkled in unheard of prodigality, the rarest gems and jewels. History of the American Negro in the Great World War His Splendid Record in the Battle Zones of Europe; Including a Resume of His Past Services to his Country in the Wars of the Revolution, of 1812, the War of Rebellion, the Indian Wars on the Frontier, the Spanish-American War, and the Late Imbroglio With Mexico Considering the economical habits of the community, this was certainly prodigality. The Life of Jesus And yet the prodigality of the Indian and the caribou-killer are infantile compared with the big extravagances that go on without much comment. The Next of Kin Those who Wait and Wonder A tender heart and a gentle spirit found strange housing in a body given over to reckless prodigality. The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm Now prodigality seems always to be directed to some unlawful end, for the sake of which the prodigal squanders his goods. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province By heaven thou didst; deny it not, thou didst: For what was all that prodigality Of praise, but to inflame me? The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 07 To these follies he added cruelty and boundless prodigality; he used to say, that such dishes as were cheaply obtained were scarcely worth eating. Pinnock's improved edition of Dr. Goldsmith's History of Rome to which is prefixed an introduction to the study of Roman history, and a great variety of valuable information added throughout the work, on the manners, institutions, and antiquities of the Romans; with numerous biographical and historical notes; and questions for examination at the end of each section. By Wm. C. Taylor. His father is said to have diminished his substance by prodigality, which compelled Solon in his earlier years to have recourse to trade, and in this pursuit he visited many parts of Greece and Asia. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 The luxury and prodigality which were becoming more and more wide-spread among the young nobility had no fiercer enemy than he. The Women of the Caesars Objection 1: It seems that prodigality is a more grievous sin than covetousness. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province I do not, nor shall ever, regret that my character at that time was marked with a tinge of prodigality. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 84, October, 1864 Of all his vices, prodigality was the most remarkable, and that which in some measure gave rise to the rest. Pinnock's improved edition of Dr. Goldsmith's History of Rome to which is prefixed an introduction to the study of Roman history, and a great variety of valuable information added throughout the work, on the manners, institutions, and antiquities of the Romans; with numerous biographical and historical notes; and questions for examination at the end of each section. By Wm. C. Taylor. England, with characteristic prodigality, voted a million of dollars annually, to aid in the payment of these troops. The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power Ridicule of religion, and a hardened triumph in his own iniquitous exploits, illustrated and confirmed by a prodigality of blasphemous asservations, constituted the staple of his thoughts and expressions. Valentine M'Clutchy, The Irish Agent The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two Therefore prodigality is a more grievous sin than covetousness. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province This, to a man possessing the feelings and education of a gentleman, amounted to something like retributive justice upon his prodigality. Jane Sinclair; Or, The Fawn Of Springvale The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two Why, it comes to degradation at each of the extremes: economy brings it to misery; prodigality plunges it into moral degradation. Essays on Political Economy The minute picture of the domestic manners of this age exhibits the results of those extremes of prodigality and avarice which struck observers in that contracted circle which then constituted society. Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions In high life, embarrassments are generally to be attributed to the love of gambling, prodigality, or some such sweeping vice, which no station can control. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 277, October 13, 1827 Moreover, prodigality is easily turned into virtue on account of its likeness thereto. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province We had a long discussion, in which each hurled at the other reproaches on the spendthrift prodigality with which we threw away our money. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 74, December, 1863 Yes, the prodigality of Mondor has visible effects in every point of view. Essays on Political Economy This prodigality of the National Legislature grew out of an enormous surplus in the Treasury. T. De Witt Talmage As I Knew Him The glaring line of the railroad right-of-way rose before her feet, a discordant note of rigidity and order in the confused prodigality of desert growth. Success A Novel But covetousness as opposed to liberality has the vice of prodigality opposed to it. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province All that Virgie could see was a knapsack open on the ground and food—real food displayed round about with a prodigality which made her mouth water and her eyes as big as saucers. The Littlest Rebel His own researches are fully communicated; and this with a prodigality proportioned to his own great resources. Notes and Queries, Number 57, November 30, 1850 This assertion was proved false by the prodigality with which he lavished wealth immediately upon his nephews. Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) The Age of the Despots Upon its uplands, its clay and decaying herbage have combined for ages to create a soil wonderfully adapted to produce grass and fruits, and the industrious are luxuriating in nature's prodigality. A Review of the Resources and Industries of the State of Washington, 1909 For covetousness is opposed to liberality as the mean, and to prodigality as extreme. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province It is impossible that a prodigality which draws its resources from their indigence should be pleasing to them. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 02 (of 12) I needed his precautions about spreading myself too thin, about being less flamboyantly loquacious, and subduing my excessive enthusiasm and emotional prodigality. Memories and Anecdotes Of the prodigality which helped to ruin this Pope, and which made his two successors impotent, he speaks with sneering sarcasm. Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) The Age of the Despots The casual prodigality of it expanded the mind. London River On the contrary, The prodigal son is held to blame for his prodigality. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province I shall state it, as the cause of that misfortune lies at the bottom of almost all our prodigality. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 02 (of 12) This prodigality with which the artist is supplied, explains his absorption in his work. Beethoven |
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