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1  I was thankful that I could see so little.
Dubliners By James Joyce
ContextHighlight   In ARABY
2  Good-night, Aunt Kate, and thanks ever so much.
Dubliners By James Joyce
ContextHighlight   In THE DEAD
3  And little thanks you get for it, only impudence.
Dubliners By James Joyce
ContextHighlight   In IVY DAY IN THE COMMITTEE ROOM
4  She forgot nothing, and, thanks to her, everything that was to be done was done.
Dubliners By James Joyce
ContextHighlight   In A MOTHER
5  Thanks to her, Constantine was now senior curate in Balbrigan and, thanks to her, Gabriel himself had taken his degree in the Royal University.
Dubliners By James Joyce
ContextHighlight   In THE DEAD
6  The recollection of his confession of the night before was a cause of acute pain to him; the priest had drawn out every ridiculous detail of the affair and in the end had so magnified his sin that he was almost thankful at being afforded a loophole of reparation.
Dubliners By James Joyce
ContextHighlight   In THE BOARDING HOUSE
7  He was very nice with her, and when she was getting out at the Canal Bridge she thanked him and bowed, and he bowed to her and raised his hat and smiled agreeably, and while she was going up along the terrace, bending her tiny head under the rain, she thought how easy it was to know a gentleman even when he has a drop taken.
Dubliners By James Joyce
ContextHighlight   In CLAY