But if life were again given back to me, could I receive it thankfully as a blessing, would it not appear only as a renewal of bondage after this short dream of freedom?
"The Dead Lake and Other Tales"
Paul Heyse
He feels how thankfully those eyes would rest on the "gracious face" instead of looking to the opening sky beyond it; and how purely beautiful the world would seem when that healing touch had been upon them.
"A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.)"
Mrs. Sutherland Orr
I won't bate you single farthing, sir, but I'll put down the money here and now, and I'll thankfully throw you in a pound to take it.
"Dickens As an Educator"
James L. (James Laughlin) Hughes