unthankfulness

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The German, on the other hand, in order to prove to you the general proposition of the unthankfulness of men to their benefactors, gives you the instance that has recently happened.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 334, October 4, 1828 by Various

So thought Don Amador, a thousand times; but a thousand times, as his displeasure waxed hot at the unthankfulness of the lad, it was dissipated by some little circumstance or another.

From Calavar or The Knight of The Conquest, A Romance of Mexico by Bird, Robert Montgomery

With unthankfulness she took all that was given and demanded more, and never as much as said "Thank you!"

From Project Gutenberg book of Historical Romance of the American Negro by Fowler, Charles H.

The other is a call which is answered in some measure even by voices that are often dumb in unthankfulness, often broken by sobs, often murmuring in penitence.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture Psalms by Maclaren, Alexander

Somewhat of laziness was in the case, and somewhat too of modesty; but nothing of disrespect or of unthankfulness.

From Discourses on Satire and on Epic Poetry by Dryden, John