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Meanings of generous strain in English

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Usage of generous strain in English
1
But I have a generous strain of Irish blood in me.
The Lure of the Mask
2
It was all-thisconversation-inthe most generous strain.
Fortitude
3
If he was ambitious, I will say this for him, his ambition was of a noble and generous strain.
Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke
4
That to her aunt Hervey is written in the same pious and generous strain with those preceding, seeking to give comfort rather than distress.
Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 9
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