prodigalities
- plural of prodigality.
Example Sentences
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The new Sultan converted Cordova into a second Baghdad, and imitated the prodigalities of the great Harūn-er-Rashīd, who had recently left the scene of his fantastic amusements for, let us hope, a better world.
From The Moors in Spain by Lane-Poole, Stanley
Careful and very shrewd in managing his secret prodigalities, he disputed all purchases as only churchmen can dispute.
From Sons of the Soil by Balzac, Honoré de
Instinct, nature, a divine, an impersonal activity, heal in us the wounds made by our own follies; the invisible genius of our life is never tired of providing material for the prodigalities of the self.
From Amiel's Journal by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
The mob rose in Paris, imputing to the court the prodigalities with which the Parliament reproached the late comptroller-general.
From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 6 by Black, Robert
To reform the prodigalities of our predecessors is understood to be peculiarly our duty, and to bring the government to a simple and economical course.
From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3 by Randolph, Thomas Jefferson
