Few people have ever been so delighted over being born as was the Duke, and this was how he most liked to show his joy and thankfulness. "Bill the Minder" by W. Heath Robinson

He left off clasping the broad, split bamboo, and stretched out his hand once more to clasp that of his father, in expression of his thankfulness; but though he reached out in all directions, striving to grasp the loving hand that had brought help, there was nothing near, and Ali felt as if in a dream, till his other hand touched the kris that was now beneath his chest. "Middy and Ensign" by G. Manville Fenn

And I- consider me not a stranger; let me be your child in heart; let me love, pray, and weep for you; let me pour out my soul in thankfulness for the kind care and sympathy you have already given me. "The Lamplighter" by Maria S. Cummins