He was sensible to the last minutes; and when he was persuaded his death was near, he showed the greatest magnanimity and sedateness, and exhorted his people never to forget the favors he had received from the King when in England, but to persevere in their friendship with the English.

Certainly the whole tenor of his life was not courteous only, but kind, and to his enemies merciful in a degree which implied so much more magnanimity than men in general could understand that by many it was put down to the account of weakness.

" "Gennadius," whispered a cynical courtier to his neighbour, "I hope thou admirest the magnanimity of our sovereign, who deems he is performing a most generous action in presenting Manuel with his cast-off mistress, who has tried to poison him, and with whom he has been at his wits' end what to do, and in dowering her at the expense of another.

She had not been at all a popular guest, but that was no reason why Joppa should lack in any possible courtesy toward her, little as she appreciated the magnanimity of its conduct.

In his treatment of the Elector Palatine, he entirely belied the magnanimity of the hero, and forgot the sacred character of a protector.

"To the sublime fortitude of these collected warriors, let us compare the mild magnanimity of HOWARD.

You, I am sure, will forgive me for sincerely remarking that you might curb your magnanimity, and be more of an artist, and load every rift of your subject with ore.

That letter which had been read long before the intended time, whose delivery any accident might have frustrated, whose writer might have recalled it, did it demand no magnanimity of reply on her part?

He displayed, living and dying, a magnanimity that sheds lustre on his relatives, his friends, and his country.

He spoke so nobly, he was so touchedthere he sits on the roof yonder, stroking his whiskersforgive me, my fine friend, that I could even for a moment doubt your magnanimity.

So has chronology been hacked to make loftier his fame, and the glory of Dom Manuel has been a magnet that has drawn to itself the magnanimities of other days and years.

His countenance, says John Yeardley, evinces the magnanimity and kindness of his heart; it is remarkable and precious that so young a man should dedicate his whole time and fortune for the benefit of the orphan and the destitute.

In his opinion his Lordship was probably not mistaken; but his own account of his feeling in the business does not tend to exalt the magnanimity of his attachment to the cause: "I will take care," says he, "that it is for the public cause, otherwise I will not advance a para.

"Low enough had the imperial dignity," he added, "stooped already; and yet, instead of exciting his magnanimity by its condescension, it had only flattered his pride and increased his obstinacy.

There appear to me to be the means of tracing this national crime to the individuals who perpetrate it; and it is with the deepest sorrow that I am obliged to confess that my countrymen have not, in Tasmania, exhibited that magnanimity which has often been the prominent feature in their character.

But it would be absurd to expect such magnanimity on the part of Russia unless Roumania's action is prompt and vigorous.

Many, who had before fought under his standards, had been admiring eye-witnesses of his great actions and experienced his magnanimity, came forward from their retirement to share with him a second time both booty and glory.

It was attended by all their caste-fellows, who were loud in extolling his magnanimity.

Has he not given to you magnanimity?

Forgiving as she wished to be forgiven, none approached her with misgivings, knowing her magnanimity.

Shedad could not restrain his tenderness on learning the magnanimity of his son's silence.

In spite of the general bitterness of the tumultuous controversy, one felt that there lay beneath it all a certain fine magnanimity.

DEANS (Douce Davie), the cowherd at Edinburgh, noted for his religious peculiarities, his magnanimity in affection, and his eccentricities.

The first time, Moussa replied with pitying magnanimity and all reasonableness: "I am not a Hubshi, but a Somali, which is quite differenteven as a lion is different from a jackal or a man from an ape".

MACAULAY, Rev. Kenneth (Lord Macaulay's great-uncle), colds caught at St. Kilda, on, ii. 51, 150; v. 278; History of St. Kilda, ii. 150; Johnson visits him, v. 118; disbelieves his having written the History, v. 119; calls him 'a bigot to laxness,' v. 120; praises his magnanimity, ii. 51, 150; v. 278.