kindly act
Example Sentences
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"Yes, but I didn't know it then, and it was a kindly act on your part to reassure me."
From Recollections of a Varied Life by George Cary Eggleston
Speak kindly, act gently, “condescend to men of low estate.”
From The Mind of Jesus by John R. (John Ross) Macduff
The return of this book to you is an echo of the kindly act of your countrymen in the city of Philadelphia in 1866.
From Bradford's History of 'Plimoth Plantation' From the Original Manuscript. With a Report of the Proceedings Incident to the Return of the Manuscript to Massachusetts by William Bradford
—Burns A kindly act is a kernel sown, That will grow to a goodly tree, Shedding its fruit when time has flown, Down the gulf of eternity.
From Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Literature by Ontario. Ministry of Education
President Linton: Before closing I want to call to your recognition a kindly act that I know will please you all.
From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Eleventh Annual Meeting Washington, D. C. October 7 and 8, 1920 by Northern Nut Growers Association
