blest

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It is “twice blest; it blesseth him that gives and him that takes.”

From New York Times • Dec. 24, 2017

"The nations, not so blest as thee / Must, in their turns, to tyrants fall; / While thou shalt flourish great and free, / The dread and envy of them all."

From BBC • Jan. 15, 2016

"In a land where movement is virtue, where the echo of heels clicking rapidly on pavement is inordinately blest, it is a grand, defiant, and edifying gesture to lie down for six months."

From Slate • Aug. 10, 2015

I blest His name that gave and took, That laid my goods now in the dust.

From The Guardian • May 26, 2014

In the last place, we must enquire whether the sight of the punishment of the condemned will impair the glory of the blest, or whether it will augment their beatitude.

From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole