magnanimous

• Fortunately for some of us at home the men who direct and conduct our battles are magnanimous, and one had the gratification of seeing, even upon occasions so savage, little acts of courtesy and humanity rendered on both sides that went far to take the sting out of a defeat And let there be no mistake about the Boers as soldiers. —  The Relief of Mafeking How it Was Accomplished by Mahon's Flying Column; with an Account of Some Earlier Episodes in the Boer War of 1899-1900
• George could afford to be magnanimous, and George was magnanimous. —  A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume III (of 4)
• If he was not magnanimous, at least he did not affect magnanimity. —  A History of the Four Georges, Volume II (of 4)
• I saw General Lee afterwards--magnanimous, calm, and grand! —  The Long Roll
• Mighty of heart, mighty of mind--"magnanimous"--to be this, is, indeed, to be great in life; to become this increasingly, is, indeed, to "advance in life,"--in life itself--not in the trappings of it. —  Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American

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