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...ll if he be poor, or drunken, or both; but nothing more moves a wise man’s pity than the case of the lad who is in too much hurry to be learned. And s... ... of others are burned home; but he will continue to walk, in a divine self-pity, the aisles of the forgotten graveyard. The length of man’s life, whic... ...ts them to pace the graveyard alleys and to read, with strange extremes of pity and derision, the memorials of the dead. Books were the proper remedy:... ... dead; those are his virtues that are forgotten; his is the vague epitaph. Pity him but the more, if pity be your cue; for where a man is all pride, v... ...t down, sorrow was so swallowed up in admiration that we could not dare to pity him. Even if the old fault flashed out again, it but awoke our wonder ... ...ferent pass before my friend’s last resting- place; pause, with a shrug of pity, marvelling that so rich an argosy had sunk. A pity, now that he is do... ... so rich an argosy had sunk. A pity, now that he is done with suffering, a pity most uncalled for, and an ignorant wonder. Before those who loved him,... ...o clumsily defaced with nonsense; And, shall I say, Poor Editors? I cannot pity myself, to whom it was all pure gain. It was no news to me, but only t... ...ve our heads, on life’s raised dais, and appeal at once to our respect and pity. A flavour of the old 76 Robert Louis Stevenson school, a touch of so...

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...il which it would not grant to retain them in the Union— it will incur the pity and disdain of posterity. And no one can suppose that the South would ...

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...dred and fifty waggons being necessary. I happened to say I thought it was a pity they had not been landed rather in Pennsylvania, as in that country ...

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... that I knew not what to say; only I lay and cry’d, Lord lookupon me, Lord pity me, Lord have Mercy upon me: I suppose I did nothing else for two or t... ... like Jarrs to hold what should be put into them. It would make the Reader pity me, or rather laugh at me, to tell how many awkward ways I took to rai... ...of Men, who were without Principles of Tenderness, or the common Bowels of Pity to the Miserable, which is reckon’d to be a Mark of generous Temper in... ...s in, I could do no more than look on upon the Misery of the poor Men, and pity them, which had still this good Effect on my Side, that it gave me mor... ... had done that before, which I brought from our own Ship; but it was great Pity as I said, that the other Part of this Ship had not come to my Share; ...

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... weighty and a serious brow, Sad, high, and working, full of state and woe, Such noble scenes as draw the eye to flow, We now present. Those that can pity, here May, if they think it well, let fall a tear; The subject will deserve it. Such as give Their money out of hope they may believe, May here find truth too. Those that come to see Only a show or two, and so agree The ...

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...e, Such noble scenes as draw the eye to flow, We now present. Those that can pity, here May, if they think it well, let fall a tear; The subject will ... ... All good people, You that thus far have come to pity me, Hear what I say, and then go home and lose me. I have this day r... ...out trial fell; God’s peace be with him! Henry the Seventh succeeding, truly pitying My father’s loss, like a most royal prince, Restored me to my hon... ...ve me! [Exeunt BUCKINGHAM and Train ]. First Gentleman : O, this is full of pity! Sir, it calls, I fear, too many curses on their beads That were the... ...eet at first to acquire,—after this process, To give her the avaunt! it is a pity Would move a monster. Old Lady : Hearts of most... ...a stranger now again. ANNE: So much the more Must pity drop upon her. Verily, I swear, ’tis better to be lowly born, And ra... ...d, Not your demand; it values not your asking: Our mistress’ sorrows we were pitying. Chamberlain: It was a gentle business, and becoming The action ... ...N KATHARINE : Sir, I desire you do me right and justice; And to bestow your pity on me: for I am a most poor woman, and a stranger, Born out of your ... ...d all such false professors! would you have me— If you have any justice, any pity; If ye be any thing but churchmen’s habits— Put my sick cause into h...

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...m; you’ll be whipped for taxation one of these days. TOUCHSTONE: The more pity, that fools may not speak wisely what wise men do foolishly. CELIA: B... ...e little delight in it, I can tell you; there is such odds in the man. In pity of the challenger’s youth I would fain dissuade him, but he will not b... ... upon no other argument But that the people praise her for her virtues And pity her for her good father’s sake; And, on my life, his malice ‘gainst th... ...moothness, Her very silence and her patience Speak to the people, and they pity her. Thou art a fool: she robs thee of thy name; And thou wilt show m... ... oppress’d And faints for succor. CORIN: Fair sir, I pity her And wish, for her sake more than for mine own, My fortunes were mo... ... man’s feast, If ever from your eyelids wiped a tear And know what ’tis to pity and be pitied, Let gentleness my strong enforcement be: In the which h... ...hurch And sat at good men’s feasts and wiped our eyes Of drops that sacred pity hath engender’d: And therefore sit you down in gentleness And take upo... ...re lay he, stretched along, like a wounded knight. ROSALIND: Though it be pity to see such a sight, it well becomes the ground. 45 As You Like It Act... ...me not thou near me: and when that time comes, Afflict me with thy mocks, pity me not; As till that time I shall not pity thee. ROSALIND: And why, I...

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... I don’t think you quite understand me. Shall I repeat it? MRS. H. No! For pity’s sake don’t do that. It’s too terrible, even in fur. CAPT . G. I’ll l... ...well, and I’ve been properly brought up. (Low- ering fan.) Haven’t you any pity, Pip, except for yourself? 33 The Story of the Gadsby CAPT. G. Wouldn... ...er- self to iced asparagus.) CAPT . G. I am sorry for you, if you Want the pity of such a brute as I am. I’m awf’ly sorry for you. MRS. H. Rather tame... ...re three hundred eyes.) CAPT. M. (Imploringly.) Gaddy, if you love me, for pity’s sake, for the Honor of the Regiment, stand up! Chuck your- self into... ... you know me! Only say you know me! DOCTOR. (Who has entered quietly.) For pity’s sake don’t take it too much to heart, Gadsby. It’s this way sometime...

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...on for my guest increases every day. He excites at once my admiration and my pity to an astonishing de gree. How can I see so noble a creature destro... ...ers his gentle form, and he knows no pain. He can no longer be a subject for pity; we must reserve that for his miserable survivors.” Frankenstein 51 ... ...ere was an air of dignity and beauty, that hardly permitted the sentiment of pity. Below this picture was a miniature of William; and my tears flowed ... ... form a monster so hideous that even you turned from me in disgust? God, in pity, made man beautiful and alluring, after his own image; but my form ... ...e of despair. There was none among the myriads of men that existed who would pity or assist me; and should I feel kindness towards my enemies? No; fro... ...ect for the scorn and horror of mankind. But on you only had I any claim for pity and redress, and from you I determined to seek that justice which I ... ...would tear me to pieces and triumph; remember that, and tell me why I should pity man more than he pities me? You would not call it murder if you coul... ... “Oh! Stars and clouds and winds, ye are all about to mock me; if ye really pity me, crush sensation and memory; let me become as nought; but if not,... ... a pathetic incident or Frankenstein 162 endeavours to move the passions of pity or love, without tears. What a glorious creature must he have been i...

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...best viaticum I have yet found out for this human journey, and I very much pity those men of un- derstanding who are unprovided of it. I the rather ac... ...her can injustice complain of incivility, nor malice of indiscretion. ’Tis pity but a bad man should be a fool to boot, and that outward decency shoul... ...n jealousy seizes these poor souls, weak and incapable of resistance, ’tis pity to see how miserably it torments and tyrannises over them; it insinuat... ...e- man ought to desire at this rate. If they can only be kind to us out of pity, I had much rather die than live upon charity. I would have right to a... ...n the spot. The king, half roasted, was carried thence; not so much out of pity (for what compassion ever touched so barbarous souls, who, upon the do... ...he honour and pleasure that are the consequents of hazardous actions. ’Tis pity a man should be so potent that all things must give way to him; fortun... ...heir own sort, and look upon us as men of another world, with dis- dain or pity. Put them upon any discourse but the intrigues of the court, and they ... ...orda!” [“Probing mortal hearts with cares.”—Virgil, Georg., i. 23.] ‘Twere pity that any part of their greatness should escape our sense and knowledge... ...red wounds upon him, who was yet breath- ing, and begged of them water for pity’s sake, and help to carry him to some place of relief; they tell me th...

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... matter was, I believe, perfectly well understood. Mr. Greene I really did pity. His feelings of dismay seemed to be quite as deep, but his sorrow and...

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...derness, and again he croons, ‘Le pauvre homme!’ It is the mother’s cry of pitying delight at a nurse’s recital of the feats in young animal gluttony ... ...eness to you and yours to your neighbour, spare him as little as you shun, pity him as much as you expose, it is a spirit of Humour that is moving you...

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...elieve a drunk like him? Then he saw that all six white women – their eyes full of pity – looked around him at the quietly weeping Donald Martell. ... ...y through his Jack Daniel’s. He smiled and held up his glass. “Mr. Brewster took pity on me.” “Sorry to keep you waiting,” she said. It was we...

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...s. The moon was born from his mind; the sun was born from his eye.” The pity is that Dalits don’t even find mention in the creation. Even thei... ...chama comrades in the Congress who are cheated and 221 get angry with us. I pity them. As long as Hinduism is there, the differences of Brahmin, S...

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... no small aptitude in Cerizet, he was told 12 Eve and David that it was a pity that he should be in a position so little favorable to his interests. ... ...ear for the future of a native genius; spite and jealousy masquer- aded as pity and friendliness. He spoke of Lucien’s blunders. It seemed that Lucien... ... pre- text of asking advise of Postel, sat awhile enduring the in- sulting pity that spends itself in words, left the Postel family, and stole away un... ...ed by his wife in Basine Clerget’s house. No one saw him enter it, and the pity that henceforth should shelter David was the most resourceful pity of ... ...t henceforth should shelter David was the most resourceful pity of all—the pity of a work-girl. Kolb bragged that day that he had saved his master on ... ...l human strength could no more endure, all these things aroused the cure’s pity and interest. “In the provinces, as in Paris,” he said, “you must beli... ...ings endured, his face was so worn by sharp misery, that no one could help pitying him. Imagination had fared forth into the world and found sad reali...

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... existing patriarchy. A 12 - No awareness of the disease It is a pity that the infected people are unaware of the disease, its mode of spre... ...ion’, but what is needed is a more total revamping of our views. It is a pity that we as a society fail to inculcate values, or decorum or social b... ... that they have all bad habits like alcohol, CSWs, smoking, etc. It is a pity to state out of the 60 men 54 of them said without any hesitation tha...

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... is how I came to mention it.” “What did you do?” asked Desroches. “I took pity upon her, and—ordered a little hat that I have just invented, a quite ... ...y dear fellow; I myself am not a king, I stick to my principles. I have no pity for those that put me to expense or do not know their business as cred... ... gone to the liver, as it usually does with suscep- tible old men. It is a pity he feels things so. I told him so myself; I said, “Be passionate, ther...

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... “But that isn’t her real name; that isn’t her name on her cards.” “It’s a pity you haven’t got one of my cards!” said Miss Miller. “Her real name is ... ... know,” Mrs. Miller rejoined. “I have never been to that castle.” “It is a pity you shouldn’t go,” said Winterbourne, be- ginning to feel reassured as... ...eople have noticed her.” Winterbourne raised his eyebrows. “I think it’s a pity to make too much fuss about it.” “It’s a pity to let the girl ruin her... ...ion for his singing, talked, not inaudibly, while it was going on. “It’s a pity these rooms are so small; we can’t dance,” she said to Winterbourne, a...

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...sometimes on these occasions to think of the Misses Bor- dereau and of the pity of their being shut up in apartments which in the Venetian July even V... ...ight that she had sent me out? You see that I can do what I like!” “Do you pity her—do you teach her to pity herself?” Miss Bordereau demanded before ... ...e old bandboxes she has had most of her life.” Then she added, half taking pity on my real thought, “Those things were there.” And she pointed to a sm... ... her unsophisticated vision there would be no reason why—since I seemed to pity her—I should not look after her. She told me how her aunt had died, ve...

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...nly, my Marianne, may your destiny be different from her’s!” Chapter 4 W HAT a pity it is, Elinor”, said Marianne, “that Edward should have no taste f... ...rent state of her spirits at different times could produce; — with tenderness, pity, approbation, cen sure, and doubt. There were moments in abundanc... ...ncommonly pleasing.” “So do I. — He is such a charming man, that it is quite a pity he should be so grave and so dull. Mama says he was in love with y... ... ’tis a sad thing for sportsmen to lose a day’s pleasure. Poor souls! I always pity them when they do; they seem to take it so much to heart.” “That i... ...ing; and Elinor’s atten tion was then all employed, not in urging her, not in pitying her, nor in appearing to regard her, but in endeavouring to eng... ...marks of all these people. The Middletons and Palmers — how am I to bear their pity? The pity of such a woman as Lady Middleton! Oh! what would he say... ...roach, however, so entirely lost on its object, that after many expressions of pity, she withdrew, still referring her to the letter for comfort. But ... ...exertion of disclosing past sorrows and present humiliations, was given in the pitying eye with which Marianne sometimes observed him, and the gentlen... ...ly change your mind when it came to the point. It would have been such a great pity to have went away before your brother and sister came. And now to ...

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...bered with what tenderness, with what love and sympathy for mankind and what pity for human guilt and “Ethan Brand” Nathaniel Hawthorne 49 woe, he ... ...and, doubtless, I “The Canterbury Pilgrims” Nathaniel Hawthorne 56 should pity them, if—if I could but understand what they were.” “Happy in your i... ...aniel Hawthorne 66 abuse, and cold neglect, and faint praise, bestowed, for pity’s sake, against the giver’s conscience! A hissing and a laugh ing s... ...n silence, and Robin’s knees shook, and his hair bristled, with a mixture of pity and terror. Soon, however,a bewilder ing excitement began to seize ...

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... threw into his art, the more disordered he became. Now if God had not had pity upon him, he would have quitted this world without knowing what love w... ...f in the hands of St. Eloi, will deign in this misery to look upon us with pitying eyes, and guard us from all evils. Now I shall go hence to a scrive... ...ound in my house will be the property of the cursed monks, who have had no pity on me. Then deign, madame, to accept this. It is a slight return for t... ... chateau should be. A servant perceiving him while laying the supper, took pity on him, and told him to make himself scarce, otherwise his master woul... ...those of Bertha there was nothing but com- passion, and on these occasions pity is akin to love. La Fallotte was a hunchback, vehemently suspected of ... ...s the old authors say, have changed the na- ture of a tiger, melting it to pity. You will not be astonished then, that Jehan was compelled to pledge h...

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...ell—when she used to come first to Miss Prettyman’s school.’ ‘Poor girl. I pity her.’ ‘Pity her! Pity is no word for it, mamma. My heart bleeds for th... ... them than anybody.’ ‘They say that the dean is his great friend.’ ‘What a pity it is that the Arabins should be away just now when he is in such trou... ...and I can well understand that your father should suffer grievously; and I pity your mother quite as much as I do him. ‘ As for Major Grantly, if he b... ...r the wealth of the Archdeacon was notorious —she could not but think it a pity that poor Grace should be begging for five shillings. ‘You need not at... ... about his being ‘very nice’, and the mother had thought how great was the pity that her daughter, who was ‘nice’ too in her estimation, should have h... ...had only a young woman whom they themselves had instructed. ‘Ah, that is a pity,’ said Mr Thumble. ‘I—I am the certified teacher,’ said Mr Crawley, tu... ... of the palace footmen. As for the rest, I have no doubt it is all true. I pity Crawley from my heart. Poor, unfortu- nate man! The general opinion se... ...he bottom.’ ‘At any rate, she is so good and so lovely that one cannot but pity her.’ ‘You know her, Major Grantly? By-the-by, of course you do, as yo... ... to be good-natured,’ said Mrs Dale. ‘Of course she does. But it is such a pity when people won’t understand.’ ‘My uncle didn’t bite you after all, Gr...

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...our own way. ’ ‘And this other is a case, in which I shall have it. It’s a pity that there should be such a difference; isn’t it?’ Then his wife perce... ...r Harold Smith for one week, you’d believe in it. ’ ‘Should I, now? What a pity I can’t have that chance of improving my faith! But you are a man of b... ... against going to the duke’s; but, nevertheless, he did feel that it was a pity that he should not do so. After all, was it necessary that he should o... ...ell; he must choose his own friends. Harold Smith one of the party! It’s a pity, my dear, he did not see Miss Proudie before he met you, he might have... ... ‘And the poor bishop, ’ said Lady Meredith; ‘how did he look? I really do pity him. ’ ‘Well, he was asleep, I think. ’ ‘What, slept through it all?’ ... ... will be effective. To her son she had said, more than once, that it was a pity that Mr Robarts should follow the hounds—’The world has agreed that it... ...o Miss Grantly. ‘Yes, it is beautiful, certainly, ’ said Mrs Proudie. ‘The pity is that it means nothing. ’ ‘The gentlemen seem to think that it means... ...irregular verbs, had appeared to Mrs Robarts to be an especial ob- ject of pity. ‘I don’t know how to set about it, ’ said Mrs Robarts. Now any allusi... ...ept away into the pit, there to be hidden for ever from the light. And the pity of it is this—that a man, if he will only restrain his greed, may eat ...

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...u can’ t be a gallivanting dodger,’ said Fledgeby . ‘For you’re a “regular pity the sorrows”, you know—if you do know any Christian rhyme—”whose tremb... ...nny in 88 Our Mutual Friend – V ol. 3 her arms, would they have cried for pity? If they could have seen dead Johnny on that little bed, would they ha... ...e out of countenance, I think.’ ‘She would!’ said Mrs Wilfer. ‘Then it’s a pity she didn’t know better,’ said Lavvy. ‘ And if my grandmamma wasn’t in ...

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...le is peculiar to Parisians; it says so many things—ironi- cal, quizzical, pitying; but nothing save the rarest of human curiosities can summon that l... ...twenty minutes, Mme. de Marville talked on about her- self and her Cecile, pitying herself after the manner of mothers in bondage to marriageable daug... ...u will tell me that ‘not every woman knows a man when she sees him’; and a pity it is that they marry so at random as they do, it makes you sorry to s... ... a grave. And as M. Pons was such a lover of the arts, it would be a great pity not to put Music, Painting, and Sculpture on his tomb—three handsome f... ...es; “so plack it is dot I feel death in me. … Gott in hefn is going to haf pity upon me; He vill send me to mein friend in der grafe, und I dank Him f... ...w). “He is off his head,” Gaudissart said to himself. And a sudden pang of pity for this poor innocent before him brought a tear to the manager’s eyes...

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...eresting prose depend all on withheld tests—that is on its being, for very pity and shame, but skimmed and scanted, shuffled and mum bled. Gustave Fla... ...bt, than her beauty. It produced for the man that extraordinary mixture of pity and profit in which his relation with her, when he was not a mere brute... ...d n’t at the worst see that. “Because it’s always so—the idea of having to pity people.” “Not when there’s also with it the idea of helping them.” “Ye... ...ere wandering images, out of the earlier dusk, that threw her back for his pity into a past more remote than he liked their common past, their young a... ...ht of Charlotte’s prompt influence she had n’t been a stranger to a pang of pity for their recent visitors. “I felt in fact privately so sorry for them... ... yet felt how he both held her and moved her by the felicity of his taking pity, all instinctively, on her just discernible depression. By just so muc... ... refuge of his vagueness was a gasp. “Poor dear little girl!” “Ah no—don’t pity her!” This nevertheless pulled him up. “We may n’t even be sorry for h... ...nel panted. “Never!” his wife inexorably repeated. And she went on without pity. “Do you remember what I said to you long ago—that evening, just befor... ... of a change, understand one or two things in the world.” “But is n’t it a pity,” the Colonel asked, “that they should happen to be the one or two tha...

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...know about our arrangement?’ I shook my head. ‘You’ve got to be the only person on the Coast who didn’t!’ She gave me a strange look—a compound of pity and mild anger. ‘Sit here,’ she patted the bed, ‘and talk to me. I’m too fired up to sleep.’ ‘Talk about what?’ ‘Max, me, you, the world.’ The last person I wanted to talk about Max with was his unlovely widow. But n...

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...upid joke fall flat. A soft cough made him look into the shadows. Bloody Raylene must have come back! Probably felt sorry and brought his clothes. A pity; he’d been looking forward to the thrill of sneaking home naked. He ought to drag the bird-brained bitch into the water and drown her. Deciding to ignore her he turned his back and began walking down to the river when a ...

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...sive personality. The child with poor grades blames the teacher for not liking her—we find rationalizations at every level of human life. The pity i... ...g for perfection is merely a goal, and absolute perfection is never an accomplishment. It is the striving that is essential. Wallowing in self pity b... ... likely to be served in so-doing, winning becomes primary. Get the murderer off. Win for the tobacco companies. Sway the jury with emotion and pity. ...

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...mers’ hides? I’d as soon have dressed my- self in a nutmeg grater. JOHNNY. Pity your father didnt give your thin skin a jolly good lacing with a cane—... ...ather didnt give your thin skin a jolly good lacing with a cane—! BENTLEY. Pity you havnt got more than one idea! If you want to know, they did try th... ...icked it up yet. JOHNNY. Dont talk rot, child. You know you simply make me pity you. BENTLEY. “Romance of Business” indeed! The real romance of Tarlet... ...elieve him. LORD SUMMERHAYS. And all the women have been kiss- ing you and pitying you ever since to stop your crying, I suppose. Baby! BENTLEY. I did... ...tor. [Brightening] Theres an idea in this: an idea for a pic- ture. What a pity young Bentley is not a painter! Tarleton meditating on his destiny. No... ...ill last longer than yes. I like you. I admit you to my friendship. What a pity you were not trained when you were young! Youd be young still. TARLETO... ...pses in the chair near the worktable, and hides his face. They cannot help pitying him]. LINA. Old pal: dont call the police. Lend him a bicycle and l...

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...e put on. Sir, if that man was not a frog, I can only observe that it is a pity he was not. His croak thus—o-o-o-o-gh—o-o-o-o-gh! was the finest note ... ...po-o-o-os, wasn’t it? Say! don’t you think so?—perfect despera-a-ado—great pity, ‘pon my honor!—wonderfully inventive age!—pro-o-odigies of valor! By ... ... In Aidenn? 194 Poe in Five V olumes CHARMION. In Aidenn. EIROS. Oh God! —pity me, Charmion! —I am overburthened with the majesty of all things —of t...

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...rying. MORELL (rallying all his forces). Yes: you are right. It is not for pity that I am bidding. (He disengages himself from Can- dida.) CANDIDA (re...

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...d nurseries of un- ceasing discord, and the miserable objects of universal pity or contempt. Some of the writers who have come forward on the other si... ... victim to his own unsteadiness and folly. His more friendly neighbors may pity him, but all will decline to connect their fortunes with his; and not ...