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Some hae meat and canna eat, and some wad eat that want it, but we hae meat and we can eat, and sae the Lord be thankit

Roy M. Pitkin: Happy Birthday, Robert Burns 2009

"The Lord be thankit, captain; I do consate as we have found the pathway," in Smart's tones, rose up to our delighted ears, and we grasped their hands with heartfelt pleasure as they severally reached the top.

Yr Ynys Unyg The Lonely Island Julia de Winton

"Ay," said Geordie shortly, "an 'I dinna think you'd ha'e thankit me for comin' in on the tap o 'you, when you were washin' yerself," he said bluntly -- a remark which his wife felt to be a bit ill-natured, though she said nothing.

The Underworld The Story of Robert Sinclair, Miner James C. Welsh

"Some ha'e meat, and canna eat, And some wad eat that want it; But we ha'e meat, and we can eat, And so the Lord be thankit."

We of the Never-Never Jeannie Gunn 1915

I thankit Providence for the day, for it was better to tak the lang miles back in sic a sun than in a blast o 'rain.

The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies John Buchan 1907

Then auld guidman, maist like to rive, [burst] 'Be-thankit!' hums.

Robert Burns How To Know Him William Allan Neilson 1907

"The Lord be thankit for that! for gin the minister gaed speerin ', what chance wad there be for the betheral?"

The Lilac Sunbonnet 1887

But her mither never thankit the minister ava ', juist turned her back an' grat into her peenie.

Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 1887

"It's a wonderful thing and God be thankit," said Mrs. Macaur.

Robin Frances Hodgson Burnett 1886

"But eh, I didna gie it to be thankit, -- nae sic a fule as that comes to, neither!"

The Frontiersmen Mary Noailles Murfree 1886