Blessed

Examples

• I could myself have kneeled down then, so far away, and blessed him in my rapture that he should be so truly good and brave. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Sir Morbury Dedlock, says Mrs. Rouncewell, was, I have no occasion to say, on the side of the blessed martyr. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• It's a blessed mystery to me, cried Pycroft, scratching his head. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• And if I do so, said the Templar, it concerns not thee, who art no believer in the blessed sign of our salvation. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• And blessed are the men whom he calls to fellowship with him, bearing their cross after him with patience. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• She saw it all with a clearness which had never blessed her before. Jane Austen. Emma.
• Did you ever meet with anything like that man out of this blessed country? Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• But, Oh, Sweet Blessed Virgin, bring him back to me from the bridge and I will do anything thou sayest ever. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Soft tears again bedewed my cheeks, and I even raised my humid eyes with thankfulness towards the blessed sun which bestowed such joy upon me. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Blessed if I don't think that ven a man's wery poor, he rushes out of his lodgings, and eats oysters in reg'lar desperation. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• I wept on the blessed shores of Galilee. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• She wants help more than I, my blessed children! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• O Father, blessed words! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• It is now blessed with an excellent constitution; may it last for ever! Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Words of comfort, words of wisdom, words of love--the blessed, blessed, blessed words of Miss Jane Ann Stamper! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Twemlow; blessed release for the dear man if she really was his daughter, nervous even under the pretence that she is, well he may be. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Every blessed child's head that fell against it would be cut in two. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• You elated my pride beyond all the bounds of humility; you blessed me with more than human happiness, but to destroy my peace for ever! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Go on with your work as usual, for work is a blessed solace. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• I will teach her to throw spell and incantation over the soldiers of the blessed Temple. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• My blessed boy, words can't express my gladness. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• I know he don't forget Miss Eva; I know there couldn't nobody,--dear, little, blessed cretur! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• O, Mas'r, dere's more than me loves you,--the blessed Lord Jesus loves you. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• He lay in that blessed calm which convalescence always induces, enjoying in secure tranquillity his liberty and re-union with her whom he adored. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• It does not say, Intercede for us, through the Saviour, with the Father, for this boon, but Blessed Peter, give it us. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Prior Aymer also assented to the general proposition, observing, however, That the blessed Jerusalem could not indeed be termed a foreign country. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• I 's willin' to lay down my life, this blessed day, to see Mas'r a Christian. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• It stood on the threshold of the parlour there, then it passed to the counting-house, and wondered which spot was blessed by the presence of Robert. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Don't you come none of that or I shall make blessed short work of you! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Yea, and from a still more potent influence: the worn castaways were to see the blessed land again! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.

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