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As the French say "C'est la ou le bat blesse".

From Economist • Sep. 23, 2012

Ex-Premier Georges Pompidou, by contrast, was far more relaxed in Round 2, affecting the role of statesman, visiting only a few provincial towns in a casual, confident gesture of no blesse oblige.

From Time Magazine Archive

O blessed fayre! now vaile those heauenly eyes, That I may blesse mee at thy sweet arise.

From Minor Poems of Michael Drayton by Brett, Cyril

Some blesse the carte, some kisse the sheaves, Some prank them up with oaken leaves; Some cross the fill-horse, some with great Devotion stroake the home-borne wheat.'

From Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts by Northcote, Rosalind

Sir, God blesse you, & spiritu principali confirmet te; and Your very true and affectionate servant in Chr.

From Letters to Severall Persons of Honour by Donne, John