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Dick won the princess, and in the bounteousness of his heart invited all the Knights and Ladies of the Round Table to visit him and see who was wiser than the Wizard.

From Harper's Round Table, April 30, 1895 by Various

I turn suppliantly unto the ocean of God’s bounty and the heaven of Divine mercy, and hope that He will blot out with the pen of His grace and bounteousness the misdeeds of this servant.

From Epistle to the Son of the Wolf by Bahá'u'lláh

Oh, that bruised hearts, in their distress, May meet with hearts whose bounteousness Helps them to keep their courage up,— "Bating no jot of heart or hope!"

From The Baron's Yule Feast: A Christmas Rhyme by Cooper, Thomas

Bonfires blazed and joy bells rang throughout the land; feasts of unexampled bounteousness coarsely brought home to the lieges the blessing that had come to save the country from the calamity of a disputed succession.

From The Wives of Henry the Eighth and the Parts They Played in History by Hume, Martin Andrew Sharp

Do with them as beseemeth Thy glory, and Thy majesty, and Thy greatness, and Thy bounteousness and Thy grace.

From Prayers and Meditations by Bahá'u'lláh