The re-establishment of the breed originally depended on the determination of its members and the largesse of others.

Another such story revolved around a man who won an inconsequential amount of money on the pools, and began living an inordinately lavish lifestyle (" I bought the wife a new cover for her ironing board " being one such example of his largesse ), which collapsed when the money inevitably ran out, much to his chagrin (" I wish I'd never set eyes on the money ").

Nevertheless, though the senatorial order came to hate and fear him, the evidence suggests that he remained popular with the army and the common people for much of his reign, not least because of his lavish shows of largesse ( recorded on his coinage ) and because he staged and took part in spectacular gladiatorial combats.

Still more energetic on the other side, the Russian minister, Andrei Osterman, became the treasurer as well as the counsellor of the Caps, and scattered the largesse of the Russian empress with a lavish hand ; and so lost to all feeling of patriotism were the Caps that they openly threatened all who ventured to vote against them with the Muscovite vengeance, and fixed Norrköping, instead of Stockholm, as the place of meeting for the Riksdag as being more accessible to the Russian fleet.

The phrase was originally a mild insult, implying that the companies preyed like bandits on the largesse of the federal government, but it has lost much of its pejorative nature and is now often used as a neutral, descriptive term.

In the 4th century reliefs, the figures are disposed geometrically in a pattern that " makes sense only in relation to the spectator ", in the largesse scene ( below ) centred on the emperor who looks directly out to the viewer.

Expecting a quick and total defeat ( since their standing army is tiny and equipped with bows and arrows ), the country confidently expects to rebuild itself through the generous largesse that the United States bestows on all its vanquished enemies ( as it did for Germany through the Marshall Plan at the end of World War II ).

Granting manors to military leaders was more than a matter of largesse on William ’ s part.

There is a character personifying harvest who comes on stage attended by men dressed as reapers ; he refers to himself as their " master " and ends the scene by begging the audience for a " largesse ".

He knew everybody and he was rich enough in his own right not to have to depend on the largesse of others when it came to getting a project off the ground.

In tandem with his emphasis on the intimate connection between state and corporate power, he defended the seizure of corporations dependent on state largesse by workers and others.

There was a steady decline in government largesse as the people fell back once more on fishing and trapping to survive.

This largesse, however, significantly weakened the finances of the Papal States.

Because of the effort to capture and cook these wild hogs, pig slaughtering became a time for celebration, and the neighborhood would be invited to share in the largesse.

Over the next several centuries, San Clemente became a beacon for church artists and sculptors, benefitting from Imperial largesse.

In the classic oyabun-kobun manner, local people who were consistently loyal to a figure like Tanaka became favored recipients of government largesse.

" At its worst, Scheler says, " love for the small, the poor, the weak, and the oppressed is really disguised hatred, repressed envy, an impulse to detract, etc., directed against the opposite phenomena: wealth, strength, power, largesse.

In the 20th century the rivalry between Newcastle and Chatham continued, expressed chiefly through sports, politics, and in competition for businesses and government largesse.

" In March 1604 James I authorized him and his deputies to collect " amongst our loving subjects their voluntary contributions and ' kind gratuities '," and himself began " the largesse for the example of others.

Carnegie is often remembered for having built Carnegie libraries, which were a major recipient of his largesse.

The CTF further pointed out that " It is especially difficult to understand anyone asking for government help that refuses to do anything to help itself to begin with ", since they " fail to realize they've existed at the substantial largesse of taxpayers for decades ".

) even in places where no play was performed: " she " was a man dressed in women's clothes, who carried a collecting box for money and other largesse.

While not well known to the public, Andreas commands much respect among Washington politicians for his largesse.

PHS enjoyed strong relationships with state health departments, the American Medical Association, and budgetary largesse for the National Institutes of Health.

Although he had a twenty-eight year career in the State Legislature, Leibell was not particularly known for his legislative accomplishments and passed no significant legislation with his name attached to it, yet Leibell's largesse with so-called pork barrel spending and ability to " bring home the bacon " earned him the moniker " Uncle Vinnie ".

The orphaned priory of Mount Grace, bereft of its founder and the income that had been granted to it by Holland and King Richard, depended upon royal largesse for its income for more than a decade.

That Shaykh Ali bin Abdullah spent extravagantly, owned a villa in Switzerland, and hunted in Pakistan fueled discontent, especially among those who were excluded from the regime's largesse ( non-Al Thani Qataris ) and those who were not excluded but thought they deserved more ( other branches of the Al Thani ).

In 1991 Saddam threatened to expose those who had taken largesse from him: " From Mr. Chirac to Mr. Chevènement, politicians and economic leaders were in open competition to spend time with us and flatter us.

He accumulated a substantial fortune, built from Philip's largesse and from gifts from those hoping to cultivate his influence with the king.

Poulson's generosity drew the comment from Muir Hunter QC during the bankruptcy proceedings that " n fact, Mr Poulson, you were distributing largesse like Henry VIII ".

Portrait of Constantius II, dispensing largesse, from the Chronography of 354, 354

Waite's philanthropic endeavors provided significant benefit to the University of Adelaide and to local public schools, and generations of students have benefited from his largesse.

The behavioral scientists at Yale, led by President James R. Angell and psychobiologist Robert M. Yerkes, tapped into foundation largesse by crafting research programs aimed to investigate, then suggest, ways to control, sexual and social behavior.

The groups would tour the area in the period leading up to Christmas ( or the Winter Solstice ), engaging in tomfoolery ( horseplay ) at local landowners ' houses and requesting ' largesse ', i. e. funds to tide them over the slack period of the year.

The statue cost US $ 20, 000, a substantial sum at the time, given that South Vietnam was a developing country, but she was undeterred by criticism about largesse.

Although Nzemba and MIBA's largesse helped Mbuji-Mayi maintain some semblance of infrastructure and social services, at least by the standards of Zaire, the city still struggled.

A combination of this largesse and government intervention eventually put Louis in severe financial straits.

Despite all the largesse, test scores in the magnet schools did not rise ; the black-white gap did not diminish ; and there was less, not greater, integration.

He would accept honorary presidencies of charitable organizations and let his name be known, but he did not use his largesse to make himself more famous.

Indeed, his reputation was so great that some monastic scribes later falsely claimed that their institutions had been beneficiaries of his largesse.

According to expert Illife, this can be explained by West Africa's tradition of " personal largesse.

Despite his largesse, Gaines had a penny-pinching side.

He left Bucknell after one year to attend Princeton University, the beneficiary of the largesse of a wealthy uncle by marriage.

However, this Bulgarian economy was exceptionally susceptible to Soviet largesse and Soviet-bloc markets.

Amongst many other buildings restored through his largesse was The College of William & Mary's Wren Building.