Example Sentences

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"Mr. Hamilton defended the abstract principle of right against wrong in defending the wretched Tories against the persecutions of an unmagnanimous public sentiment," said Jay, witheringly.

From The Conqueror by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn

But he perceived as instantly how unmagnanimous he would appear if he accepted a cash settlement.

From Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative by Kemp, Harry

He had been offended, but he was not unmagnanimous, and he had a high sense of the importance of his art.

From Lewis Rand by Johnston, Mary

He asked to be prisoned with his brother; but why ask any magnanimity from an unmagnanimous soul?

From 1492 by Johnston, Mary

What unmagnanimous cur could resist such a challenge?

From A Houseful of Girls by Tytler, Sarah