profuseness

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Arthur Young, "an agriculturist," as he has been rather contemptuously called, a century or more ago wrote of rural France after a manner, and with a profuseness, which few have since equalled.

From The Cathedrals of Southern France by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)

It may not seem credible, yet parsimony appears in the midst of their profuseness: but then it is very ill placed, for it is in crumbs, bones, and crusts.

From Ideal Commonwealths by More, Thomas, Sir, Saint

Lady L. You gentlemen have the cunningest ways of playing the fool, and are so industrious in your profuseness.

From The Constant Couple or, A Trip to the Jubilee by Farquhar, George

And the profuseness with which he has illustrated his narrative with military plans, with portraits of statesmen and commanders, and with sketches of celebrated localities, gives great interest and value to these pages.”

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4. by

“Kotched yer, are we?” said the former, with a deplorable profuseness of unnecessary verbiage, as he jumped on board.

From Tom, Dick and Harry by Reed, Talbot Baines