do a kindness
Example Sentences
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“You did not expect a guard to do a kindness for you—that almost never happened,” recalled Jack.
From "Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps" by Andrea Warren
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Miss Grant was not at all rich, but when a lady is resolved to do a kindness, she always finds out a way.
From Little Frankie at School by Leslie, Madeline
That’s because we joined together to do a kindness to some one.
From The Magic World by Millar, H. R. (Harold Robert)
When you do a kindness, make a small thing of it, though it be a great; and when you receive a kindness, make much of it, though it be small.
From Arabian Wisdom by Wortabet, John
Yes, yes; that is all very well for him——" "It is very well for me too, Mr. Heron—to be able to do a kindness for any human creature.
From The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. by Various