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  • As for the propagation of Geese — I give myself no concern — Nature is all-bountiful — I shall never want tools to work with. —

    The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman 2003

  • You know that God is all-bountiful, and may send me a hundred dollars; but it is twenty dollars only that I ask.

    Travels in Arabia 2003

  • Nevertheless, not content with having conferred this honour on him whom he had sanctified, our God, all-bountiful, elevated him likewise to the delegated or vicarious dignity of the regal office, that he, bearing the image of God among his brethren, might then be able to administer justice to them in His

    The Works of James Arminius, Vol. 1 1560-1609 1956

  • All hot countries where there is little or no rain are therefore blessed with this provision by the all-bountiful Creator, to render them luxuriant and inhabitable; and the dews which fall are so copious, that the earth is as deeply soaked with them during the night as if a heavy rain had fallen.

    A Catechism of Familiar Things; Their History, and the Events Which Led to Their Discovery. With a Short Explanation of Some of the Principal Natural Phenomena. For the Use of Schools and Families. Enlarged and Revised Edition. Anonymous

  • To all and every one who plants a single vine I would extend the hand of good fellowship, for he is a laborer in the great work to cover this glorious land of the free with smiling vineyards, and to make its barren spots flow with noble grape juice, one of the best gifts of an all-bountiful Creator.

    The Cultivation of The Native Grape, and Manufacture of American Wines George Husmann

  • The greater their problems and anxieties and the more formidable the obstacles in their way, the more glorious and abundant will be the recompense and blessings that will be bestowed upon them by their all-seeing, their all-bountiful, all-powerful

    Dawn of a New Day 1897-1957 Shoghi Effendi 1927

  • However it may appear, the gods are not all-bountiful where I am concerned.

    The Tidal Wave and Other Stories 1910

  • Father Holland had laid his hand upon Mr. Sutherland's shoulder and in a low, tense voice was uttering words, which -- thank an all-bountiful

    Lords of the North 1903

  • "Parkhurst tells us it means all-bountiful -- the pourer forth of blessings; among the Heathen, the Dea Multimammia; in fact the Diana of Ephesus, the Urania of Persia, the Jove of Greece, called by Orpheus the Mother of the Gods, each male as well as female -- the Venus Aphrodite; in short, the genial powers of Nature."

    The God-Idea of the Ancients 1897

  • I have submitted, conscript fathers, to your grace; dedicate ye them with your own hands to Jupiter, all-bountiful, all-powerful, and to the other immortal gods and goddesses.

    The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 04 Rossiter Johnson 1885

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