grateful

• Both of them were grateful--not abstractly grateful, but grateful to God for his mercy in saving them from torture and death at the hands of the savages They sat in silence for a moment after the prayer, and then Fanny suggested that they should prepare their breakfast. —  Hope and Have or, Fanny Grant Among the Indians, A Story for Young People
• I well understood why, and was grateful--grateful for that and for many things; most of all for bringing me to Belgium, and neither grudging nor regretting what he had done. —  Secret History Revealed By Lady Peggy O'Malley
• Can I not aid in affording you still further advantages for study and practical observation Mr. Burns,' replied the student, 'it is my turn to feel grateful--grateful for such genial recognition of what I am, or rather what I hope to make myself. —  The Continental Monthly, Vol III, Issue VI, June, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy
• It would be foolish for me to pretend that I'm altogether grateful--grateful for your way of expressing most of the things that we've discussed together. —  The Kingdom Round the Corner A Novel
• I thought at first you meant to affect the generous in order to oblige me to be grateful, which is a thing I detest. —  The French Immortals Series — Complete

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