bounty = "splendid abundance"

[Wilson Gray]

My late maternal grandfather, a Methodist minister, used an
excruciatingly-long, pre-prandial prayer in which he thanked God for
His bounty, in Jesus' name, amen. Practicing Catholics have a
blessedly-brief, post-prandial in which we return thanks, O almighty
God, for Thy bounty.

-Wilson
–––
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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-Mark Twain



On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 8:05 PM, Herb Stahlke <hfwstahlke at gmail.com> wrote:
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> A standard translation of the Koran has, I think in the fourth sura,
> "go out and seek God's bounty," where "splendid abundance" seems to be
> implied.  I can't check the date of that translation because my copy
> is still in a box in the garage.
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> Herb
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> On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 5:59 PM, Jonathan Lighter
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>> 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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