plenteous

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For they that have been kings of the Plenteous Island and have not well approved them, are among the folk that you saw in the Poverty-stricken Island, lacking in all things good.

From The High History of the Holy Graal by Evans, Sebastian

Plenteous alms were given them, for where Nature is so prodigal of her gifts, the human mind becomes more sensitive and liberal.

From Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. by Scherzer, Karl Ritter von

Plenteous it rose and overflowed, like a dark yet clear molten gem, tumbling itself into the open world.

From Gutta-Percha Willie by MacDonald, George

While thus the Queen conversing with her train In her own chamber sat, Ulysses made Plenteous repast.

From The Odyssey of Homer by Cowper, William

He tossed them—tossed them—out of His whirling hand, Plenteous in every place, by full broad casts Measured to rhythmic beat; and golden stars Flew o'er the wide expanse like firefly swarms.

From Laura Secord, the heroine of 1812. A Drama. and Other Poems. by Curzon, Sarah Anne