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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Ungratefully.

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Examples

  • Flame, by meanly and ingratefully turning upon her the Injunctions which Virgin Delicacy, and filial Duty induced her to lay him under before he got her into his Power; he quotes her own Words: _That she could not be guilty of Affectation or Tyranny to the Man she intended to marry_; that from the Time he had got her from her Father's House, _he had a plain Path before him_; that _he had held her Soul in suspense an

    Remarks on Clarissa (1749) Sarah Fielding 1739

  • Beware of Gossips, for they will misadvise you; beware of the sollicitations of the flesh, for they will undo you; and though you may have mean thoughts of your self, and think none will meddle with such as you; it is a mistake, Hungry Dogs will eat dirty Puddings; and I my self have known a brave Gallant to fall foul with the Wench of the Skullery, when some others would have hazarded their life for one sole enjoyment of that incomparable Lady his Wife, he so ingratefully slighted.

    The Gentlewoman's Companion: or,%0AA Guide to the Female Sex 1675

  • a Lady of your Worth so basely and ingratefully impos'd upon, I could not but discover it: And if you wou'd be rul'd by me, you shou'd out-Trick the

    The London-Bawd: With Her Character and Life Discovering the Various and Subtle Intrigues of Lewd Women Anonymous

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