king's bounty
Americannoun
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Old servants, who had known the king's bounty and that of his father from the days of their childhood, were not willing to give up the rest of their few days for their sovereign.
From Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls by Bailey, Carolyn Sherwin
She had bought the estate of Maintenon out of the king's bounty.
From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 6 by Black, Robert
Prince de Pons had a pension of 25,000 livres, out of the king's bounty, on which his Majesty was pleased to give 6,000 to Mme. de Marsan, his daughter, Canoness of Remiremont.
From The Ancient Regime by Durand, John
"May it please the king, I have leave of absence from the head captains, and I come to ask a boon of the king's bounty."
From Black Heart and White Heart by Haggard, Henry Rider
I doubted not that the gaolers had made the most of the king's bounty, even as others had, and if so, there was little fear of being disturbed.
From The Coming of the King by Hocking, James
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