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Definition of Largesses
1. largesse [n] - See also: largesse
Lexicographical Neighbors of Largesses
Literary usage of Largesses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Italy and Her Invaders by Thomas Hodgkin (1892)
"The Count who Count of had charge of the Sacred (ie Imperial) Bounty, should
Largesses. have been by his title simply the Grand Almoner of the Empire, ..."
2. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1843)
"(66) Tlie games and largesses which crowned the pomp of this memorable festival
may easily Lc supposed: but there is one circumstance of a more singular and ..."
3. History of the Romans Under the Empire by Charles Merivale (1865)
"... and gratifica the people with shows and largesses.—Dedication of the Julian
Forum.—The war renewed by Cnaeus Pompeius in Spain. ..."
4. A General History of Rome from the Foundation of the City to the Fall of by Charles Merivale (1886)
"CHAPTER XLVI. Honors showered upon Caesar at Rome.—His four triumphs, his games
and largesses.—Campaign in Spain. ..."
5. A History of Rome: Amply Illustrated with Maps, Plans, and Engravings by Robert Fowler Leighton (1885)
"The proletarians increased to an alarming extent, and by the largesses of corn
and the enormous sums spent in public ..."
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