All 4 Uses of
magnanimous
in
Moby Dick
- But what is worship? thought I. Do you suppose now, Ishmael, that the magnanimous God of heaven and earth—pagans and all included—can possibly be jealous of an insignificant bit of black wood?†
Chpt 10-12
- He did not seem to think that he at all deserved a medal from the Humane and Magnanimous Societies.†
Chpt 13-15 *
- So have I seen Passion and Vanity stamping the living magnanimous earth, but the earth did not alter her tides and her seasons for that.†
Chpt 46-48
- Oh, thou magnanimous! now I do glory in my genealogy.†
Chpt 118-120
Definition:
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(magnanimous) kind and generous in spirit -- especially toward those defeated in battle