thankworthy

Example Sentences

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Now, wherein we want desert, were a thankworthy labour to express.

From A Defence of Poesie and Poems by Sidney, Philip, Sir

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 Velde, Carl Franz van der

"A thankworthy service," said the Marquis, gravely, "which shall certainly be requited in the manner it deserves."

From A Legend of Montrose by Scott, Walter, Sir

In our notes on Jerusalem we shall have, like the “devil” of The Two Songs, to look at it from the inverse side and pass upon it a more laborious and less thankworthy comment.

From William Blake A Critical Essay by Swinburne, Algernon Charles

If thou lovest good scholars, this is not thankworthy in thee.

From The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886 by Various