To counteract these evils, which were great enough to have ruined any European state in a couple of years, there was, however, the marvellous prodigality of nature-a bounteousness and richness in the yield of the soil and the depths of the earth hardly equalled in any other part of the world, and in consequence princely fortunes were accumulated in an incredibly short space of time.
"The Dominion in 1983"
Ralph Centennius
But if, as was much more frequently the case, he fairly run me down into a pause and confession of inability, he would rub his hands with a strange chuckle, and offer me, in the bounteousness of his heart, to read aloud a Greek Ode of his own, while he treated me "to a dish of tea."
"Pelham, Complete"
Edward Bulwer-Lytton Last Updated: March 16, 2009
Here, as I ponder on Thy mighty deeds, And marvel at Thy bounteousness to me, While wrapt in solemn awe, my bosom bleeds, Lest recklessly I may have wounded Thee,- Wounded that Being who is fain to call The heavy-laden and the wearied home; The dear Redeemer!
"Heart Utterances at Various Periods of a Chequered Life."
Eliza Paul Kirkbride Gurney