He is not accustomed to have such demands upon his justice, in his truly patriarchal domain; and it wounds his benevolent spirit, that while prosperity and happiness are flowing in thus bounteously upon him, he should have to inflict misery upon a fellow-being.
"Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists"
Washington Irving
If so, let us go along with him, and he would reward us bounteously for our protection.
"In the Days of Drake"
J. S. Fletcher
And yet, they pleaded pathetically, the yearly expense of the prince's household, acknowledged and ratified by the King himself, came to 63,000 pounds without allowing his Royal Highness one shilling for the indulgence of that generous and charitable disposition with which Heaven had so bounteously endowed him.
"A History of the Four Georges, Volume II (of 4)"
Justin McCarthy