"Lavishly" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... have paid you lavishly for information of no value, but you will have to serve us better than that, and we shall continue to ...
— A Nest of Spies • Pierre Souvestre
... remarked succinctly. "All expensive material, and made at a Parisian modiste's. He spent money lavishly enough, ...
— A Little Princess • Frances Hodgson Burnett
... as having no other. The Supreme Court of the United States declared this obvious doctrine, and it has been repeated in the decisions of the State courts. No rule of law comes with a more reasonable application, considering how lavishly charter privileges have been granted. As corporations are the mere creatures of law, established for special purposes, and derive all their powers from the acts creating them, it is perfectly just and proper that they should be obliged strictly to show their authority for the business they ...
— The Railroad Question - A historical and practical treatise on railroads, and - remedies for their abuses • William Larrabee
... triumphed and reigned Since in the dim blue dawn of time The universal ebb-and-flow began, To sound his ancient music, and prevails, By the persuasion of his mighty rhyme, Here in this radiant and immortal street Lavishly and omnipotently as ever In the open hills, the undissembling dales, The laughing-places of the juvenile earth. For lo! the wills of man and woman meet, Meet and are moved, each unto each endeared, As once in Eden's prodigal bowers befell, To share ...
— Poems by William Ernest Henley • William Ernest Henley
... are better left plain, or with only a little decoration. But occasionally there are books that the binder can decorate as lavishly as he is able. As an instance of bindings that cannot be over-decorated, those books which are used in important ceremonies, such as Altar Books, may be mentioned. Such books may be decorated with gold and colour until they seem to be covered in a golden material. ...
— Bookbinding, and the Care of Books - A handbook for Amateurs, Bookbinders & Librarians • Douglas Cockerell
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