There was obviously a strong feeling among the electors and non-electors, in Guildhall and in the streets, that John had been unfairly and ungratefully set aside, which far outweighed the effect of his unpopular opinions on ballot and church rates.
"Lady-John-Russell"
MacCarthy, Desmond
What would I not have given for one half of that solicitude now so kindly expressed in my favour by Miss Bingham, if syllabled by the lips of Lady Jane Callonby -how would my heart have throbbed for one light smile from one, while I ungratefully basked in the openly avowed preference of the other.
"The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer, Complete"
Charles James Lever (1806-1872)
As my next purpose, after that of making him an evidence in my favour, was to send him entirely out of the way, if I failed in the first attempt, I began to remind him of the condition in which I had found him in Paris, which he was ready enough to acknowledge, and seemed indeed afraid of acting ungratefully.
"Anna St. Ives"
Thomas Holcroft