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power and no kind of want
In Bjorn's lifetime his kingdom stood in great power, and no kind of want was felt, and he was gay and sociable with his friends.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

personified as noble knights or winsome
This is the moral secret of The Faery Queen , in which virtues are personified as noble knights or winsome women, while the vices appear in the repulsive guise of hags, monsters and "loathy beasts."
— from Outlines of English and American Literature An Introduction to the Chief Writers of England and America, to the Books They Wrote, and to the Times in Which They Lived by William J. (William Joseph) Long

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