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Sentences starting with generous

Generous by impulse, he would rather do a favor than not, and yet he would be likely to let nothing interfere with any object he had in view for himself. [4]

Sentences ending with generous

But, my dear, will you not give us a little hope of touching this heart, so kind and generous? [2]
Appeal to _me_ to be gentle, to be fair, to be generous? [5]
His geniality was that of the commander of an overwhelming besieging force who could afford to be generous. [9]
The fact was soon known at pilot headquarters, and the amusement and satisfaction of the old creditors were large and generous. [5]
And he is so generous! [9]
You wouldn't believe me if I told you how rich he was: it scared me when I found out about him, and he was so handsome and full of fun and spirits, and generous! [9]
It was very kind--he was most generous. [5]
Would it be just or generous? [7]
No one else is so good, so generous. [10]
Then she blushed--"That is not right," she said, "for he is good and generous. [10]

Short sentences using generous

Also too gratuitously generous. [5]
She is most generous. [11]
I will be generous. [11]
I feel very generous. [10]
They yield a generous vegetation. [5]
Still, I was born generous. [5]
He is kind and generous. [2]
And so generous! [8]

Sentences containing generous two or more times

Yet I have some confidence given me by the generous manner in which you have invited me, and by the still more generous manner in which you have received me, to speak further. [7]
I understand your position, Isabel, and that you're really acting from a generous impulse, but there's nothing so precarious at our time of life as a generous impulse. [8]
One may not attribute to this man a generous indignation against the wrongs done the poor; one may not dignify him with a generous impulse of any kind. [5]

More example sentences with the word generous in them

Your generous heart, your love of truth, and your beautiful reverence for the gods, your courage and heroism, in short, every thing that I love and honor in you, I shall give to the hero of my tale. [10]
Some people, to whom nature and Providence have not been generous live up to things; to you it is given to live down to them; and no one can do it so well. [11]
Miss Cynthia, to whom Myrtle made a generous allowance, had gone to live in a town not many miles distant, where she had a kind of home on sufferance, as well as at The Poplars. [6]
In reviewing the whole course of its history we read a long list of honored names, and a precious record written in private memories, in public charities, in permanent contributions to medical science, in generous sacrifices for the country. [3]
With the others, who are less generous, it matters not. [9]
If so, they were generous designs; and perhaps it was inevitable that Miss Lucretia should recognize in every young woman of spirit and brains a possible recruit for the cause. [9]
The two men were drawn to each other; Irving greatly admired the "noble hearted, manly, spirited little fellow, with a mind as generous as his fancy is brilliant. [4]
She knew quite well that she was doing a large and generous thing to pay for that lad, and that I ought in common fairness to come out with something handsome about it, but I couldn't--my mouth refused. [5]
We found that we were not manly enough nor brave enough to do a generous action when there was a chance that it could get us into trouble. [5]
Besides, this woman was, in her way, as brave and as generous as Virginie Poucette. [11]
He said he was very thirsty, and asked his generous preserver to get him a cup of water. [5]
And yet it was remembered that he had been a frank, open-hearted friend, kind to his family, and generous in contrast with some of his close-fisted contemporaries. [4]
Everybody believes there was only one good generous soul in this village, and now it turns out that you--Edward, why don't you tell me? [5]
Stay," he cried, warming with generous enthusiasm, "stay, I have an opening. [9]
She has the warmest heart in the world, and the most generous nature. [9]
It dazzled his vision, and moved him strongly to grasp the right hand which his generous patron still held out to him. [10]
Let us be very generous, then, in our judgment of those who leave the front ranks of thought for the company of the meek non-combatants who follow with the baggage and provisions. [6]
Life itself was very far away-practical, generous, hot-blooded life. [11]
Holwell was an unselfish man, a man of the most generous impulses; he lived and died famous for these fine and rare qualities; yet when he found out what was happening to that unwatched sleeve, he took the precaution to suck that one dry first. [5]
He must have undergone a moral deterioration, an atrophy of the generous instincts, and I don't see why it shouldn't have reached his mental make-up. [8]
An unknown and unaccredited person cannot, get into that place; and it seemed apparent from the generous supply of warning and protective and prohibitory signs that were posted all about, that not even the known and accredited can steal diamonds there without inconvenience. [5]
In the whole transaction I was in the hands of the people who had arranged it, and if I can have the same generous co-operation of the people of this nation, I think the flag of our country may yet be kept flaunting gloriously. [7]
And I remembered, too, the wild, neglected lad who had been to me as a brother, warm-hearted and generous, who had shared what he had with a foundling, who had wept with me in my first great sorrow. [9]
It was necessary to recuperate, and the anxiety for a profitable play, or some other adventure that would bring a quick and generous return, grew out of this need. [5]
She now returned to Lugano, and there sought to compensate her poor honest friend by the sale of her ornaments, but the time soon came when the generous artist was forced to submit to be supported by the charity of a servant. [10]
He could afford to be generous to-night, and he turned to Mr. Worthington and laughed knowingly. [9]
He knew how to appeal to the self-interest of his fellows, and in time those who had most to do with him trusted him least when he seemed most generous in his offers. [4]
This had seemed to Antony unusual and noble and, in his generous manner, he had not only forgiven him, but bestowed his favour upon him. [10]
This was due to a variety of reasons or prejudices, not all of them creditable to a generous desire for the universal elevation of mankind, but one of them the historian will judge adequate to produce the result. [4]
When he was thus discharged of his hatred by such a conductor, I presume he had not a spark left for those whose mission was partly to live upon him and other generous souls. [4]
All India flocks thither on pilgrimage, and pours its savings into the pockets of the priests in a generous stream, which never fails. [5]
Our delight in this wondrous spectacle did not prevent this generous wish for the gratification of the whale. [4]
It is at this very moment doing more to melt away the petty social distinctions which keep generous souls apart from each other, than the preaching of the Beloved Disciple himself would do. [6]
Do not let this generous proposition disturb your rest --but do write the other 3 acts, and then it will be valuable to managers. [5]
His reply to this generous offer was almost brusque, but it did not deceive the priest. [9]
And generous ballots they were (twenty inches long and five wide! [9]
Everybody would if they could, and no one knew how generous he was. [4]
The manner of these acts and the generous courage with which she defied opinion appealed to him so strongly that his heart was beating faster than Pepper's hoof-beats on the turf of the pasture. [9]
They say at the Union that years ago he used to do a good many generous things--that he is a great deal harder than he used to be. [4]
The Trail of the Sword is "just not quite," though I think it has charm; but it remained for The Seats of the Mighty to get home, as "W. E. H.", the most exacting, yet the most generous, of critics, said. [11]
What were all the shocks life had dealt him compared to the thought of such loyal and generous friendship? [13]
The possession of the least organized naval force would stimulate a generous ambition in the republic, and the confidence which we should manifest by furnishing it would win forbearance and favor toward the colony from all civilized nations. [7]
Nobility spoke in the large features, in the generous mouth, in the calm, gray eyes. [9]
The latter is the hope and pride of the entire Persian nation, high and low; the darling of the people; generous, and noble, handsome, virtuous, and worthy of their love. [10]
Permit me, for the Government, to express my cordial thanks to you for this generous and public-spirited offer, which is worthy of note among the many called forth in these times of national trial. [7]
Benevolence was in the generous mouth, in the large nose that looked like Washington's, and benevolence fairly sparkled in the blue eyes. [9]
I remarked for the fiftieth time how strong her face was, with its generous lines and clearly moulded features. [9]
The army destroyed; the desertion of Herod and Pinarius; Antony's generous, trusting heart torn by base treachery, his soul darkened; the reconstruction of the canal, the last hope--Gorgias brought the news--the same as destroyed. [10]
The beaming eye, the cheering voice, That lent to life a generous glow, whose every meaning said "Rejoice," we see, we hear, no more below. [6]
Without money, save that which the generous Creoles had advanced upon his personal credit; without apparent resources; without authority, save that which the weight of his character exerted,--how could he prevent desertion? [9]
I'm not made that way, I'm not generous enough, I guess. [9]
I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if they had the opportunity. [4]
The sight of that suffering old face pierced his generous heart with a sharp pain. [5]
Woman is all that she should be gentle, patient, longsuffering, trustful, unselfish, full of generous impulses. [5]
You must admit that he is generous to a fault, amiable; and persevering, else he would never have attained the position he enjoys. [9]
The stories they tell of him show him to be of a brave and generous nature. [5]
That Hardin is talented, energetic, usually generous and magnanimous, I have before this affirmed to you and do not deny. [7]
Had he not tacitly agreed to share with Harry to the last in this adventure, and would not the generous fellow divide; with him if he, Philip, were in want and Harry had anything? [5]
First, the indignant surprise of a generous nature, when it comes unexpectedly into relations with a mean one. [6]
I wore a suit of gray homespun, and in my saddle-bags I carried four precious law books, the stock in trade which my generous patron had given me. [9]
Such a mechanic, such a mathematician, such a poet he would be, if he were only sober; and then he is sure to be the most generous, magnanimous, friendly soul, conscientiously honorable, if he were not so conscientiously drunk. [4]
Soon little Fay substituted for the expression of regard, "I like oo," a warmer and more generous one, "I love oo. [13]
Our generous friend submitted for my sake, and asked the Samian to send his physician to Sardis. [10]
You pulled that string as tightly as you could, but your very generous and worthy expectations were not quite fulfilled. [7]
Here's a generous spirit to scorn scraped-up shillings! [12]
March held that some thing of the catholic character of these relations expressed itself in the generous and tolerant variety of the dinner, which was singularly abundant for fifty cents, without wine. [8]
When she recovered, she would have the five heller pounds which the generous sovereign had left for her as a partial compensation for the injuries sustained while employing her rare skill for the delight of the multitude and, above all, himself. [10]
His indignation, which seemed real and generous, transformed him into another man. [9]
He was reactionary, seductive, generous, and at first he captivated the hearts of Pontiac. [11]
Without pretending, he says, to decide on Burr's innocence or guilt, "his situation is such as should appeal eloquently to the feelings of every generous bosom. [4]
This fine old robber-knight was a devoutly and sincerely religious man, hospitable, charitable to the poor, fearless in fight, active, enterprising, and possessed of a large and generous nature. [5]
My father, Sir Richard, is very rich, and of a most generous nature. [5]
It is a relief to me that just here, where I come to the first of two painful episodes in this brilliant and fortunate career, I can preface my statement with the generous words of one who speaks with authority of his predecessor in office. [6]
I have been received, as you know, in the most delightfully generous way in England ever since I came here. [5]
I laid myself pretty wide open, there; and I thought I was handsomely generous, too, when I did it. [5]
But she was present, ready to watch with open eyes for the welfare of the too generous Hur. [10]
How like Virginie Poucette--the brave, generous Virginie--how like she was! [11]
They are practical philanthropists; and they glow with a generous and brotherly zeal that mere theorizers are incapable of feeling. [7]
A day in Philadelphia left a very agreeable impression of the outside of that great city, which has endeared itself so much of late to all the country by its most noble and generous care of our soldiers. [6]
The association of persons having this common aim cannot but stimulate effort, soften unworthy rivalry into generous competition, and promote enthusiasm and good fellowship in their work. [4]
It is a part of my generous, liberal nature; I can't help it. [5]
Some began calling out to McCann when we came within distance, among others the editor of the Northern Lights, and beside him I perceived with amusement the generous lines: of the person of Mr. O'Meara himself. [9]
We are pouring out the most generous blood of our youth and manhood; alas! [6]
Forgetting-- save for our souls' welfare--the misery of this vanity which led us astray, let us remember with gladness all of him that was commendable in our eyes: his kindness, eloquence, generous heart, courage, and love of Mother Church. [11]
These stories and others which appeared in 'The National Observer', in 'Macmillan's', in 'The English Illustrated Magazine' and others made many friends; so that when the book at length came out it was received with generous praise, though not without some criticism. [11]
There were one or two of discernment present, and they noted that his were the generous features of a marked man,--if he chose to become marked. [9]
Captain Jack was open and generous, though a little given to rash enterprise and madcap adventure. [9]
It was not only ambition, and the habit of answering every good saying he heard with a better one, but kindly feeling, that urged him to honor the generous benefactor with a speech. [10]
You never did one kindly act for love, no generous thought was ever born in you by love. [11]
I know no one kinder, more generous, or better than you; nobody could be! [2]
It is an old notion that it is easier to be generous than to be stingy. [4]
He remembered what old Andrews had said about the young King's goodness and his generous championship of the wronged and unfortunate. [5]
The building was of wood, painted white, and through an archway of verdure one saw the generous doorway with its circular steps, with its fan-light above, and its windows at the side. [9]
Sleep, while, defiant of the slow delays Of Time, thy glorious writings speak for thee And in the answering heart of millions raise The generous zeal for Right and Liberty. [6]
He's a man of the most generous instincts, and a high ideal of justice, of equity--too high to be considered by a policeman with a club in his hand," said March, with a bold defiance of his wife's different opinion of Lindau. [8]
And the picture of the hall, loaded with holly and mistletoe even to the great arch that spanned it, with the generous bowls of egg-nog and punch on the mahogany by the wall! [9]
The dark-mahogany trim, of sufficiently ugly design, gave a rich gloom to the hallway, which was wide and paved with marble; the carpeted stairs curved aloft through a generous space. [8]
Had the Duke of Saxony, so much his junior and, moreover, a far handsomer and perhaps more generous prince, won her favour, and therefore did she perhaps desire to break the bond with him? [10]
A generous bowl of punch always stood in the cool hall, through which the south winds swept from off the water, and fruit and sangaree and lemonade were on the table there. [9]
One noble product of nature did not refuse to flourish there,--the tall, stately, beautiful, soft-haired, many-jointed, generous maize or Indian corn, which thrives on sand and defies the blaze of our shrivelling summer. [6]

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