In this contention, nature may seem to some to have come off victorious, as she bestowed on him many gifts, while fortune had only one gift in her power; but in pouring forth this, she was so very
profuse, that others perhaps may think this single endowment to have been more than equivalent to all the various blessings which he enjoyed from nature.
She smiled upon the throng as if in acknowledgment of a warm welcome, and began to walk to and fro, making
profuse gesticulations and singing, in brazen soprano tones, a song, the words of which were inaudible.
This strange act was perfectly understood by the group, who knew that in that intensely dry heat the danger of exposure was lessened by active exercise and the
profuse perspiration that followed it.
Her
profuse hair, of a colour betwixt brown and flaxen, was arranged in a fanciful and graceful manner in numerous ringlets, to form which art had probably aided nature.
D'Artagnan was
profuse in gallant speeches and protestations of devotion.
At the name of Fouquet, whispered in his ear by Pellisson, the governor eagerly approached the carriage, and, hat in his hand, was
profuse in his attentions.
There were sharp pains, and sudden dizziness, and then
profuse bleeding at the pores, with dissolution.
Mingott is much better: the doctor feels no anxiety whatever"; and Lefferts, with
profuse expressions of relief, asked him if he had heard that there were beastly bad rumours again about Beaufort.
This, then, as the foundation, must be preserved: in other particulars carefully do and affect to seem like a king; first, appear to pay a great attention [1314b] to what belongs to the public; nor make such
profuse presents as will offend the people; while they are to supply the money out of the hard labour of their own hands, and see it given in profusion to mistresses, foreigners, and fiddlers; keeping an exact account both of what you receive and pay; which is a practice some tyrants do actually follow, by which means they seem rather fathers of families than tyrants: nor need you ever fear the want of money while you have the supreme power of the state in your own hands.
Joe had conveyed his portable kitchen to the oasis, and proceeded to indulge in any number of culinary combinations, using water all the time with the most
profuse extravagance.
"Remember," she wrote, in her
profuse, emphatic statement, "that he bears your grandfather's name, and so will the child that is to be born.
And that detestable--ahem--and Sir Thomas chose to take offence at him--or my
profuse expenditure, or something--I don't exactly know what--and hurried me down to the country at a moment's notice; where I'm to play the hermit, I suppose, for life.'