Blessings

Examples

• Come, come, he added, no blessings. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Every possibility of good was before me, and the first of blessings secured, in obtaining her promises of faith and correspondence. Jane Austen. Emma.
• You mustn't give yourselves airs; you must be meek and humble, my blessings. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Hope, among my other blessings, was not denied to me; and I did fondly trust that my unwearied attentions would restore my adored girl. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Blessings on you, dearest Mr Fledgeby! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• In reality, her thoughts were finding definite utterance in the tranquil recapitulation of the blessings in store for her. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• May He, who made both Jew and Christian, shower down on you his choicest blessings! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• I have not the capability of enjoying the blessings I possess. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Do you deserve your blessings? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• I can say no more, but blessings, blessings on all in the dear house I leave, prays Your affectionate and GRATEFUL Rebecca Crawley. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• May God long preserve to you the blessings of peace and innocence! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• She studiously shut out all prospect of the future, and cradled her heart in present blessings. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Heaven shower down blessings on you, and save me, that I may again and again testify my gratitude for all your love and kindness. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Its usual blessings are happiness and mediocrity. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• If I feel that the greatest blessings vouchsafed to us are not very valuable, how can I feel it to be any great hardship when they are taken away? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• I was quite resolved to keep it, but I sat down for a little while first to reflect upon all my blessings. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• That it will add to the dignity and value of millions of careers is only one of its blessings. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• They are always quiet, always orderly, always cheerful, comfortable, and appreciative of life and its manifold blessings. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• All thanks and blessings. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Better marriages would among other blessings require fewer divorces. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• But all the blessings of this present life are as nothing when compared with those which await good men after death. Plato. The Republic.
• With tears, and prayers, and blessings, I leave the home where the poor orphan has ever met with kindness and affection. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Not least among the blessings is a shattering of the good-and-bad-man theory: the assassination of tyrants or the adoration of saviors. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• These, said Er, were the penalties and retributions, and there were blessings as great. Plato. The Republic.
• They do not possess our blessings and advantages, and they are, for the most part, brought up in the blind errors of Popery. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.

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