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But if he had good sport, and been well pleased, on the other side, incredibili munificentia, with unspeakable bounty and munificence he would reward all his fellow hunters, and deny nothing to any suitor when he was in that mood.
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Episcopali, laudatissimi Regis Daniæ Christiani tertij munificentia et pietate, circa annum 1553. fundata est: ac subinde patris
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Episcopali, laudatissimi Regis Dani� Christiani tertij munificentia et pietate, circa annum 1553. fundata est: ac subinde patris
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Fortuita non civium tantummodo, sed Urbium damna, Principis munificentia vindicat.
The Reign of Tiberius, Out of the First Six Annals of Tacitus; With His Account of Germany, and Life of Agricola Caius Cornelius Tacitus
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[621] We should express the same idea rather thus: _regem munificentia vinci flagitiosius est, quam armis_.
C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino 86 BC-34? BC Sallust
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Two vices stand opposed to munificentia: (1) _parvificentia_, 'a habit inclining one not to undertake great works, when circumstances call for them, or to undertaking less, or at less expense, than the needs of the situation demand, 'and (2) (_ [Greek: banousia] _,) 'a habit inclining one to undertaking great works, which are not called for by circumstances, or undertaking them on a greater scale or at a greater expense than is necessary [2].'
An Essay on Mediaeval Economic Teaching George O'Brien
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Omne, inquam, quod hujus mundi est, servitis et subjectioni tuae liberalis munificentia conditoris indulsit.
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Opes habet Ecclesia Christi ex munificentia principum ac liberalitate fidelium, qui facilitates suas Ecclesiae donarunt.
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Opes habet Ecclesia Christi ex munificentia principum ac liberalitate fidelium, qui facilitates suas Ecclesiae donarunt.
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Regis Daniæ Christiani tertij munificentia et pietate, circa annum 1553. fundata est: ac subinde patris Christianissimi eximiam pietatem imitante filio, Diuo Friderico secundo rege nostro sanctissimo, Anno 1588. ad coelestem patriam euocato, aucta et promota: quæ etiam hodiè, clementissimi regis et principis nostri, Christiani 4. fauore et nutu viget floretque: in qua iuuentus nostræ Insulæ, artium dicendi et sacræ Theologiæ rudimentis imbuta, ad scientiam et veram pietatem formatur, vt hinc ministri
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 01 Richard Hakluyt 1584
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