Citations:plentifuller

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English citations of plentifuller

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1596 1718 1864
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  • 1596, Thomas Danett, The History of Comines, Volume II., Book 7, Chapter II., page #172:
    Sure for the quantitie of this Duchie, I never saw a pleasanter or plentifuller peece of ground.
  • 1718, John Ray and Francis Willughby, Philosophical Letters Between the late Learned Mr. Ray and ſeveral of his Ingenious Correspondents, Natives and Foreigners, page #55:
    [] for if a particular Nature or Phænomenon may be in ſome particular Body more bare and obvious, without doubt the greater Number we have of particular Hiſtories, the plentifuller and clearer Light we may expect from them.
  • 1864, Thomas Carlyle, History of Friedrich II of Prussia, called Frederick the Great, Volume IV., Chapter IX., page #128:
    In no man is there plentifuller vein of cunning, nor of a finer kind.