gracious

• To his new disciple Rousseau was in general gracious, and they rambled together, botanising in the environs of Paris For a time Bernardin himself was in a condition bordering upon insanity; but the crisis passed, and he employed himself on the Ιtudes de la Nature_, which appeared in three volumes in 1784. —  A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II.
• On these days thou art gracious, and on these nights,[20] keeping off the enemy from our cows and from our stud. —  Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I Essays on the Science of Religion
• I had not sought wood for whistles since--gracious, nearly a quarter of a century ago! —  The Wit and Humor of America, Volume IX (of X)
• Where are our torches By gracious, they are gone!" —  The River of Darkness, or, Under Africa
• How could Almighty God be more gracious, and show His favour more impressively to the lowly and the friendless, than by hastening (if I may use the term) to confide the great, the joyful secret to the shepherds keeping watch over their sheep by night The Angel then gave the first lesson of mingled humility and joyfulness; but an infinitely greater one was behind in the event itself, to which he directed the shepherds, in that birth itself of the Holy Child Jesus. —  Parochial and Plain Sermons, Vol. VIII (of 8)

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