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Examples
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And the world would be a great deal better if men, in their greed, did not seek to snatch every thing for themselves, instead of leaving something as a thankoffering to the giver of the blessings.
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He sent her some trout as a thankoffering from Countess Albert.
Life of Luther Julius Koestlin
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A processional cross was presented to the church as a thankoffering, by the Rector and Mrs. Brown, on the recovery of their son, Langton Benson-Brown, after a serious operation,
Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter James Conway Walter
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This is a thankoffering from all the English mems to Kuala Telang, but because we are women it is fitting that it should be a present for the women of this place.
A Town Like Alice Shute, Nevil, 1899-1960 1950
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"I have come to talk with you," she said, "because I want to give a thankoffering to this place, that people may remember when the white women came here, and you were kind to them."
A Town Like Alice Shute, Nevil, 1899-1960 1950
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"I have come to talk with you," she said, "because I want to give a thankoffering to this place, that people may remember when the white women came here, and you were kind to them."
A Town Like Alice Shute, Nevil, 1899-1960 1950
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When he got better he would give the convent, and not Sister Ursula, a thankoffering which would be spent among the poor whom Sister Ursula chiefly attended.
The Idler Magazine, Volume III, June 1893 An Illustrated Monthly Various
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This is a thankoffering from all the English mems to Kuala Telang, but because we are women it is fitting that it should be a present for the women of this place.
A Town Like Alice Shute, Nevil, 1899-1960 1950
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The Colored Methodist Episcopal Church raised as a thankoffering to God for his benefits and mercies of the past, and for better fostering her educational and missionary enterprises, about twenty thousand dollars.
The History of the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church in America: Comprising Its Organization, Subsequent Development and Present Status Charles Henry 1925
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Mecklemburg-Güstrow had given this one to the church as a thankoffering, and had caused it to be built by the famous organ-makers of Venice.
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