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As the son of Macon Dead the first, he paid homage to his own father’s life and death by loving what that father had loved: property, good solid property, the bountifulness of life.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison

The charm of this enclosure, like Southern hospitality, is a combination of bountifulness and grateful simplicity.

From Beautiful Gardens in America by Shelton, Louise

By the mere strain of his brawn and sinew he has converted waste tracts of earth into fertile regions of agricultural bountifulness.

From West Indian Fables by James Anthony Froude Explained by J. J. Thomas by Thomas, J. J. (John Jacob)

After this, who can doubt the bountifulness of the Christian Mythology?

From Writings of Thomas Paine — Volume 4 (1794-1796): the Age of Reason by Conway, Moncure Daniel

His religious fervor, however, decreased in direct proportion to the bountifulness with which heaven rewarded his prayers.

From The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir by Garvan, John M.