He was going to drop the whole thing magnanimously and did not want to put upon her the obligation of thanking him by presenting himself to her eyes.
"Brand Blotters"
William MacLeod Raine
"I ain't in a hurry," put in Crimmins magnanimously.
"Garrison's Finish A Romance of the Race-Course"
W. B. M. Ferguson
Sir Robert Ker, however, appeased all parties, by delivering himself up to ward in England; on which occasion, he magnanimously chose for his guardian Sir Robert Carey, deputy-warden of the east marches, notwithstanding various causes of animosity which existed betwixt them.
"Minstrelsy of the Scottish border (3rd ed) (1 of 3)"
Walter Scott