bounty = "splendid abundance"

[Wilson Gray]

I agree with Joel.

-Wilson
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die"---a strange complaint to
come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
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On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 7:53 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
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> Isn't this 4.a., "gracious liberality, munificence"?  E.g., "1750
> JOHNSON Rambl. No. 17 {page}4 Every other satisfaction which the
> bounty of Providence has scattered over life." or "1856 FROUDE Hist.
> Eng. (1858) I. iv. 302 Many of these people..were dependent on his
> bounty."?  Or 5.b. "a boon, gift"?
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> Joel
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> At 1/15/2009 05:59 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>>Not in OED:
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>>2008 _The Top 10 Intelligent Designs_ [
>>http://www.livescience.com/history/top10_intelligent_designs-1.html]: With
>>its bounty of brawny, barrel-chested gods and buxom goddesses, the ancient
>>Norse religion of the Scandinavian and Germanic countries is truly the
>>creation myth for fans of both pro wrestling and heavy metal music.
>>
>>JL
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