Both Uses of
bountiful
in
Selected Essays
- If an angry bigot assumes this bountiful cause of Abolition, and comes to me with his last news from Barbadoes,[169] why should I not say to him: "Go love thy infant; love thy wood-chopper: be good-natured and modest: have that grace; and never varnish your hard, uncharitable ambition with this incredible tenderness for black folk a thousand miles off.†
Chpt 3.
- The king of Schiraz[450] could not afford to be so bountiful as the poor Osman[451] who dwelt at his gate.†
Chpt 6. *
Definition:
given in abundance (a large amount); or an abundant (large) amount