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  • And the fact is, that George thought he was one of the generousest creatures alive: and that he was making a tremendous sacrifice in marrying this young creature.

    Vanity Fair 2006

  • She is the best, the generousest, the most self-sacrificin 'soul on earth -- that she is, and I've known her ever since she was a child.

    The Governess Julie Mathilde Lippmann

  • You're the patientest, the generousest -- everythingelse-est girl she knows.

    The Governess Julie Mathilde Lippmann

  • ” And the fact is, that George thought he was one of the generousest creatures alive: and that he was making a tremendous sacrifice in marrying this young creature.

    XX. In Which Captain Dobbin Acts As the Messenger of Hymen 1917

  • It may seem strange that Madam Liberality should ever have been accused of meanness, and yet her eldest brother did once shake his head at her and say, "You're the most meanest and the generousest person I ever knew!"

    Juliana Horatia Ewing and Her Books 1885

  • And the fact is, that George thought he was one of the generousest creatures alive: and that he was making a tremendous sacrifice in marrying this young creature.

    Vanity Fair William Makepeace Thackeray 1837

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