The ale vessel was emptied in sullen silence; and then thanklessly tossed back into the hands from which it had been received.
"The White Gauntlet"
Mayne Reid
All the willing service rendered to us by those folded hands and resting feet, which we so thanklessly accepted, is seen as a thing dear and precious to us now, when the opportunity of thanks is past forever.
"The Empire of Love"
W. J. Dawson
O bread thanklessly received!
"The History of Don Quixote, Volume II., Complete"
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra