blest

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It is “twice blest; it blesseth him that gives and him that takes.”

From New York Times • Dec. 24, 2017

"The nations, not so blest as thee / Must, in their turns, to tyrants fall; / While thou shalt flourish great and free, / The dread and envy of them all."

From BBC • Jan. 15, 2016

"In a land where movement is virtue, where the echo of heels clicking rapidly on pavement is inordinately blest, it is a grand, defiant, and edifying gesture to lie down for six months."

From Slate • Aug. 10, 2015

I blest His name that gave and took, That laid my goods now in the dust.

From The Guardian • May 26, 2014

Oh, my lord," he said, "I didn't know; but with petticoats and a dark night, blest if you know where you are!

From The Great House by Weyman, Stanley John