But in a great majority of cases we are amused or disgusted to read that, after all his other Liberalities, the benefactor or his heir is permitted to pay for the record of popular gratitude.
"Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius"
Samuel Dill
Lamb, however, though it was often hard to say whether he were not secretly laughing, swore to the truth of all these old fables, and treated the Liberalities of the present generation on such points as mere fantastic and effeminate affectations, which, no doubt, they often are as regards the sincerity of those who profess them.
"Biographical Essays"
Thomas de Quincey
I was told that this expedition, including the going to Castile and return, cost the Count de Foix, by his Liberalities, upwards of forty thousand francs."
"A Midsummer Drive Through The Pyrenees"
Edwin Asa Dix