thankworthy
Example Sentences
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"A thankworthy service," said the Marquis, gravely, "which shall certainly be requited in the manner it deserves."
From A Legend of Montrose by Sir Walter Scott
If this friendly service appears to you to be thankworthy, you can repay it with like clemency when one of our brethren falls into your hands.'
From Tales from the German. Volume II. The Lichtensteins, The Sorceress, The Anabaptist by Carl Franz van der Velde
For this is thankworthy, when any one, for conscience toward God, endures grief, suffering wrongfully.
From The Epistles of St. Peter and St. Jude Preached and Explained by E. H. (Ezra Hall) Gillett
This is thankworthy, if a man for conscience towards God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.
From Parochial and Plain Sermons, Vol. VII (of 8) by John Henry Newman
And thou, It seems, scarce findest it thankworthy.
From Emblems Of Love by Lascelles Abercrombie