Both Uses
magnanimous
in
Gulliver's Travels
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- His majesty, who is a most magnanimous prince, was less daunted than I could expect: he ordered me to return it into the scabbard, and cast it on the ground as gently as I could, about six feet from the end of my chain.†
Chpt 1 *magnanimous = kind and generous in spirit
- But, instead of proposals for conquering that magnanimous nation, I rather wish they were in a capacity, or disposition, to send a sufficient number of their inhabitants for civilizing Europe, by teaching us the first principles of honour, justice, truth, temperance, public spirit, fortitude, chastity, friendship, benevolence, and fidelity.†
Chpt 4
Definitions:
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(1)
(magnanimous) kind and generous in spirit -- especially toward those defeated in battle
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)