| 单词 | thankful for small mercies |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthankful for small mercies a. Feeling or expressing thanks or gratitude; prompted by feelings of gratitude; grateful. thankful for small mercies. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > gratitude > [adjective] thankful971 kinda1475 grateful1552 grate1565 responsorya1643 resentive1648 appreciate1823 971 Blickl. Hom. 169 Wesað þancfulle þon Hælende eoweres andleofan. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Sam. ii. Contents The thankfull songe of Anna. 1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iii. v. 148 Not proud ye haue, but thankfull that ye haue. View more context for this quotation 1622 (?a1513) W. Dunbar Poems (Reidpeth) (1998) I. 66 Be thankfull to this burcht of Aberdein. 1685 J. Dryden Threnodia Augustalis xiii. 19 Live then, thou great Encourager of Arts, Live ever in our Thankful Hearts! 1748 Bp. J. Butler Serm. in Wks. (1874) II. 317 The generality of mankind have cause to be thankful that their station exempts them from so great temptations. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian xii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 295 ‘Ye are thankfu' for sma' mercies, then,’ said Mrs Howden, with a toss of her head. 1844 R. W. Emerson Ess. 2nd Ser. 41 I am thankful for small mercies. 1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. I. v. 430 We have reason to be thankful that the thing, well or ill, was over. 1874 ‘G. Eliot’ Let. 3 Aug. (1956) VI. 72 One has learned to be thankful for sma' mercies in this world of dreadful possibilities. 1947 A. Huxley Let. 14 Nov. (1969) 576 It is raining harder and harder and Little Rock feels..remote. However, the Blue Bird is clean and comfortable; so let us be thankful for small mercies. 1950 ‘C. S. Forester’ Mr. Midshipman Hornblower viii. 207 Then be thankful for small mercies. And even more thankful for big ones. < as lemmas |
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