kindly act

Example Sentences

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Let us perform our duty to-day; let us lay away a kindly act, a smile, a word of cheer in the bank of good deeds.

From Think A Book for To-day by Hunter, Col. Wm. C.

The only strawberry jam we ever had on the Peninsula came to us in tins, from which the labels had been stripped by some kindly act of Providence.

From With Manchesters in the East by Hurst, Gerald B. (Gerald Berkeley), Sir

Speak kindly, act gently, “condescend to men of low estate.”

From The Mind of Jesus by Macduff, John R. (John Ross)

"He's doing 'em a kindly act without knowing it," said Old Man Curry.

From Old Man Curry Race Track Stories by Van Loan, Charles E. (Charles Emmett)

—Burns A kindly act is a kernel sown, That will grow to a goodly tree, Shedding its fruit when time has flown, Down the gulf of eternity.

From Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Literature by Ontario. Ministry of Education