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...ly compos?d, hath been ever held the gravest, moralest, and most profitable of all other Poems: therefore said by Aristotle to be of power by raising pity and fear, or terror, to purge the mind of those and such like passions, that is to temper and reduce them to just measure with a kind of delight, stirr?d up by reading or seeing those passions well imitated. Nor is Natur...

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... of all other Poems: therefore said by Aristotle to be of power by raising pity and fear, or terror, to purge the mind of those and such like passio... ...me perhaps; And Love hath oft, well meaning, wrought much wo, Yet always pity or pardon hath obtain’d. Be not unlike all other, not austere 815...

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...- 11 - A SONG Blake: Songs of Innocence & Experience DIVINE IMAGE To Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love, All pray in their distress, And to these virtues... ...ss, And to these virtues of delight Return their thankfulness. For Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love, Is God our Father dear; And Mercy, Pity, Peace, ... ... Peace, and Love, Is man, his child and care. For Mercy has a human heart Pity, a human face; And Love, the human form divine; And Peace, the hum... ... That prays in his distress, Prays to the human form divine: Love, Mercy, Pity, Peace. And all must love the human form, In heathen, Turk, or Jew... ...must love the human form, In heathen, Turk, or Jew. Where Mercy, Love, and Pity dwell, There God is dwelling too. - 12 - DIVINE IMAGE Blake: Songs... ...g: Beneath them sit the aged man, wise guardians of the poor. Then cherish pity, lest you drive an angel from your door. - 13 - HOLY THURSDAY Blake... ...ad, And sit down by their bed. When wolves and tigers howl for prey, They pitying stand and weep; Seeking to drive their thirst away, And keep th... ...herit. And there the lion’s ruddy eyes Shall flow with tears of gold: And pitying the tender cries, And walking round the fold: Saying: ‘‘Wrath b... ...r father sigh? Now they look abroad to see, Now return and weep for me.’’ Pitying, I dropped a tear: But I saw a glow-worm near, Who replied, ‘‘W...

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...h, life, what is it but a flower? Why must true lovers sigh? 30 Be kind, have pity, my own, my pretty,— ‘Good bye, young man, good bye.’ VI WHEN the la... ...more; Night should ease a lover’s sorrow; 5 Therefore, since I go to morrow, Pity me before. In the land to which I travel, The far dwelling, let me s...

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...fatalist, anyhow—if he didn’t stay to dinner. It Chapter 1 5 was an immense pity—she herself was going out; in Boston you must jump at invitations. O... ...ve and impertinent, especially the latter. He seemed to think it was a great pity, what she had told him; but he lost himself in this consideration, o... ...s was written so intensely in her delicate face that he felt an unformulated pity for her before they had exchanged twenty words. He himself, by natur... ...rcumspect glances, however (for he had not been introduced), treated it as a pity rather than as a shame. He was conscious of all these middle aged fe... ...person she had yet encountered who had exactly the same tenderness, the same pity, for women that she herself had. Miss Birdseye had something of it, ... ...oment when she came near being happy—or, at any rate, reflected that it was a pity she could not be so. Mrs. Burrage asked her son to play ‘some little... ...e appeared to Olive and Verena a representative of suf fering humanity; the pity they felt for her was part of their pity for all who were weakest an... ...ht, as a cosy tete a tete by the fire. It’s quite like Darby and Joan; what a pity the kettle has ceased singing!’—when she uttered these insinuating w... ...said to himself, but the mental picture of it was yet vivid. The greater the pity that he couldn’t call upon Verena (he called her by her name in his ...

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...ith her in a general way.” “My duty!” Mrs. Touchett declared. “I suppose you pity her very much,” she added. “No, I don’t think I pity her. She doesn’... ...hearing him answer seriously. Then when he had fallen into the trap, “It’s a pity you can’t see me in my war paint and feathers,” she remarked; “if I ... ...Warburton had gone. “I like him too—I love him well,” Ralph returned. “But I pity him more.” Isabel looked at him askance. “Why, that seems to me his ... ...looked at him askance. “Why, that seems to me his only fault— that one can’t pity him a little. He appears to have everything, to know everything, to ... ...any one a martyr.” “You’ll never be one, I hope.” “I hope not. But you don’t pity Lord Warburton then as Ralph does? Her uncle looked at her a while w... ... His compassion was not stirred, however; all he possessed of the faculty of pity was needed at home. “Ah! be merciful, be merciful,” he murmured. “I ... ...ay—that the way’s open to you.” “If it is, dear father, it’s all the greater pity that I’m unable to tread it. I haven’t many convictions; but I have ... ...itory of her neighbour. Isabel came at last to have a kind of undemonstrable pity for her; there seemed something so dreary in the condition of a pers... ...light, for everything English. My horses are English—so it’s all the greater pity they should be ruined. I must tell you,” she went on, directly addre...

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...I never had one, and I thought that, as times go with women, it was such a pity to send you away thinking that I had several.’ ‘Really and truly I am ... ...n arrant traitor to his defenceless sheep. His first feeling now was one of pity for the untimely fate of these gentle ewes and their unborn lambs. DE... ...ting, or to be concerned at its awk wardness. There was room for a little pity, also for a very little exultation: the former at his position, the la... ...ng mis’ess’s face, so I hear, Joseph?’ All looked at Joseph Poorgrass with pitying reproach. ‘No — I’ve hardly looked at her at all,’ simpered Joseph,... ... eyes a staring out like a strangled man’s — just as they be now.’ ‘’Tis a pity that playing the flute should make a man look such a scarecrow,’ observ... ...ere expected to say ‘Poor child!’ with a dash of congratulation as well as pity. ‘I’ve got a pen nee!’ said Master Coggan in a scanning measure. ‘Well... ...everything herself.’ The other man would then shake his head. ‘Yes, ’tis a pity she’s so headstrong,’ the first would say. ‘But we ought to be proud of... ...sheba regarded him with round eyed perplexity. She did not know whether to pity him for disappointed love of her, or to be angry with him for having g... ...want a home; for ’tis keeping another woman out. But let it be, for ’tis a pity he and she should trouble two houses.’ As usual with decided character...

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...e had witnessed as the precursors of his mother’s death. He felt a rush of pity at the mingled sight and remembrance, and, recalling the relief his mo... ... ill will and irritated glances. Thus it came to pass that his movement of pity toward Sally Oates, which had given him a transient sense of brotherho... ...d meager form, would perhaps have understood the mix ture of contemptuous pity, dread, and suspicion with which he was regarded by his neighbors in R... ...bs with an air of complacency, slightly seasoned with criticism. He smiled pityingly, in answer to the landlord’s appeal, and said — “Ay, ay; I know, ... ...a brother as is known for the first fiddler in this country side. Eh, it’s a pity but what Solomon lived in our village, and could give us a tune when w... ...said the butcher. “Lor bless you!” said Mr. Macey, pausing, and smiling in pity at the impotence of his hearer’s imagination — “why, I was all of a tr... ...e many and many a time, but they slip out o’ my mind again; the more’s the pity, for they’re good letters, else they wouldn’t be in the church; and so... ...lly, who did not lightly forsake a serviceable phrase. She looked at Silas pityingly as she went on. “But you didn’t hear the church bells this mornin... ...ard. “Dear heart!” said Dolly, pausing before she spoke again. “But what a pity it is you should work of a Sunday, and not clean yourself — if you did...

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... Mouse only shook its head impa tiently, and walked a little quicker. ‘What a pity it wouldn’t stay!’ sighed the Lory, as soon as it was quite out of... ...e’s under sentence of execution.’ ‘What for?’ said Alice. ‘Did you say ”What a pity!”?’ the Rabbit asked. ‘No, I didn’t,’ said Alice: ‘I don’t think i... ...”?’ the Rabbit asked. ‘No, I didn’t,’ said Alice: ‘I don’t think it’s at all a pity. I said ”What for?”’ ‘She boxed the Queen’s ears—’ the Rabbit bega...

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... and fraudulently attempt, to drown yourself, or hang yourself, I’ll have no pity for you, for I have made up my mind to Put all suicide Down! If ther... ...figured of his kind; abandons them as vile; and does not trace and track with pitying eyes the unfenced precipice by which they fell from good — graspi... ...night!” He turned to look upon her; struck by her sorrow, and perhaps by the pity for himself which trembled in her voice. It was a quick and rapid ac... ...promise and Meg’s hand again. That’s my belief. He never said so; more’s the pity! He took to drinking, idling, bad companions: all the fine resources ... ...g and good, I slandered Nature in the breasts of mothers rendered desperate! Pity my presumption, wickedness, and ignorance, and save her.” He felt hi...

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...him 26 The Prelude of 1850 Hath beautified that flower; already shades 250 Of pity cast from inward tenderness Do fall around him upon aught that bears... ...ssed, And now was travelling towards his native home. This heard, I said, in pity, “Come with me.” He stooped, and straightway from the ground took up... ... dimpling cistern of his heart: For this unnatural growth the trainer blame, Pity the tree.—Poor human vanity, 330 Wert thou extinguished, little woul... ...heirs, laid stronger hold 158 The Prelude of 1850 Daily upon me, mixed with pity too And love; for where hope is, there love will be 510 For the abje... ...otions, when in arms Britain put forth her free born strength in league, Oh, pity and shame! with those confederate Powers! Not in my single self alon... ... did a portion of that spirit fall On me uplifted from the vantage ground Of pity and sorrow to a state of being That through the time’s exceeding fier...

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...ng among each other in their fatalistic way: ‘It was to be.’ There lay the pity of it. An immeasurable social chasm was to divide our heroine’s person... ...ed no longer, and walked feverishly about the room. ‘O, merciful God, have pity; have pity upon my poor baby!’ she cried. ‘Heap as much anger as you w... ...!’ she cried. ‘Heap as much anger as you want to upon me, and welcome; but pity the child!’ She leant against the chest of drawers, and murmured incoh... ...woman like me that he loved, he says.’ The image raised caused her to take pity upon herself as one who was ill used. Her eyes filled as she regarded h... ...t bring reproach upon her idolized husband. She could not have borne their pity, and their whispered remarks to one another upon her strange situation... ...the next man who met her to a companion. Tears came into her eyes for very pity of herself as she heard him. ‘But I don’t care!’ she said. ‘O no — I d... ... Corn and swedes are all they grow. Though I be here myself, I feel ’tis a pity for such as you to come.’ ‘But you used to be as good a dairywoman as ... ...nce with her independent character of desiring nothing by way of favour or pity to which she was not entitled on a fair consideration of her deserts. ... ...lt how hopeless life was for their owner. ‘Ah!’ she said, still sighing in pity of herself, ‘they didn’t know that I wore those over the roughest part...

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...am lost without my Boswell. And this promises to be interesting. It would be a pity to miss it.” “But your client — ” “Never mind him. I may want your... ... and resolute she was? Would she not have made an admirable queen? Is it not a pity that she was not on my level?” “From what I have seen of the lady ... ... years he continued to be a slave to the drug, an object of mingled horror and pity to his friends and relatives. I can see him now, with yellow, past... ...porting and sat day after day in the corner which I had first chosen, inspiring pity by my ghastly face and filling my pockets with coppers. Only one ma... ...oner, laying her hand upon my companion’s sleeve. “Perhaps I have.” “Then, for pity’s sake, tell me what was the cause of my sister’s death.” “I shoul... ...nd despair in his eyes that our smiles were turned in an instant to horror and pity. For a while he could not get his words out, but 11 “The Adventure... ... answered firmly. “ ‘Ah, very well; then that quite settles the matter. It is a pity, because in other respects you would really have done very nicely.... ..., that need cause you no inconvenience. As regards your hair, it is no doubt a pity, especially as I could not help remarking its beauty during our sh... ...astle let me out when he came back before he went up to you. Ah, miss, it is a pity you didn’t let me know what you were planning, for I would have to...

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...themselves, and the Lucases are very good sort of girls, I assure you. It is a pity they are not handsome! Not that I think Charlotte so very plain — ... ...ure,” said Mrs. Bennet, “and I dare say she is a very agreeable woman. It is a pity that great ladies in general are not more like her. Does she live ... ...is a most insolent thing indeed, and I wonder how he could presume to do it. I pity you, Miss Eliza, for this discovery of your favourite’s guilt; but... ... went away, I was perfectly resolved to continue the acquaintance no longer. I pity, though I cannot help blaming her. She was very wrong in singling ... ...did; I can safely say, that every advance to intimacy began on her side. But I pity her, because she must feel that she has been acting wrong, and bec... ...een the first to excite and to deserve his attention, the first to listen and to pity, the first to be admired; and in his manner of bidding her adieu, w... ...kham, his cruelty towards whom he had not attempted to deny, soon overcame the pity which the consideration of his attachment had for a moment excited... ...ding in Hertfordshire, was a severe disappointment; and besides, it was such a pity that Lydia should be taken from a regiment where she was acquainte... ... luck. They must all go to Brighton. That is the place to get husbands. What a pity it is, mamma, we did not all go.” 248 JANE AUSTEN “Very true; and...

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...th a rapidity of transition very foreign to his usual character, he said, in pity for his former self, “Poor boy!” and cried again. “I wish,” Scrooge ... ...an to give him the same chance every year, whether he likes it or not, for I pity him. He may rail at Christmas till he dies, but he can’t help thinki...

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... Pros. Hence: hang not on my garments. 636 Mira. Sir haue pity, 637 Ile be his surety. 638 Pros. Silence: One word more...

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...in the light of deeper eyes Is matter for a flying smile. LXII. 65 LXII. YET pity for a horse o’er driven, And love in which my hound has part, Can ha...

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...l. Yes, these eyes are windows, and this body of mine is the house. What a pity they didn’t stop up the chinks and the crannies though, and thrust in ... ...is a mighty good thing, and rather too scarce a good thing; the more’s the pity. So, if any one man, in his own proper person, afford stuff for a good... ... unfort’nate Stiggs done over again — there goes another counterpane — God pity his poor mother! — it will be the ruin of my house. Has the poor lad a... ...t of condescending concern and compassion, as though he thought it a great pity that such a sensible young man should be so hopelessly lost to evangel... ... or other must go with him, I suppose; as well these as any other men, God pity ’em! Morning to ye, shipmates, morning; the ineffable heavens bless ye... ...miserable office, — to obey, rebelling; and worse yet,to hate with touch of pity! For in his eyes I read some lurid woe would shrivel me up, had I it. ... ...ulk and pout that will yield you some 500 gallons of oil and more. A great pity, now, that this unfortunate whale should be hare lipped. The fissure is... ...ad once occupied, now protruded blind bulbs, horribly pitiable to see. But pity there was none. For all his old age, and his one arm, and his blind ey... ...ys to damsels, and then caressed their zones. On more accounts than one, a pity it is that the whale does not possess this prehensile virtue in his ta...

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...er share in the long inheritance of the races she descends from; and it is a pity that just at this time the inclination of the immense majority of Am...

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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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... that got this, 1517 then the poore Thing is heere. Ile take it vp for pity, yet 1518 Ile tarry till my sonne come: he hallow’d but euen now. ...

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... this vnnaturall 1754 dealing; when I desired their leaue that I might pity him, 1755 they tooke from me the vse of mine owne house, charg’d ...

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...1805 His helpers and not theirs, laid stronger hold Daily upon me—mixed with pity too, And love, for where hope is, there love will be For the abject ... ...was divided. So they fared, 765 Objects of general concern, till, moved With pity for their wrongs, the magistrate (The same who had placed the youth ...

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...dy some Song-tunes on his Flute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Pity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 To the Nightingale Lines: Com... ...ads on high; Wan Resignation struggling with despair The Lord beholds with pitying eye; Sees cheerless Want unpitied pine, Disease on earth its he... ...commune with my heart; From thee, dear Muse! the gayer part, To laugh with pity at the crowds that press Where Fashion flaunts her robes by Folly s... ...ntroll, Thro’ every burning vein would tides of Frenzy roll. But cease, ye pitying bosoms, cease to bleed! Such scenes no more demand the tear huma... ...tler felt Want’s poignant sting; And Otway, Master of the Tragic art, Whom Pity’s self had taught to sing, Sank beneath a load of Woe; This ever c... ...n’s death-cold power. Already to thy lips was rais’d the bowl, When filial Pity stood thee by, Thy fixØd eyes she bade thee roll On scenes that we... ... of the Swan That rises graceful o’er the wave, I’ve seen your breast with pity heave, And therefore love I you, sweet Genevieve! - 26 - Geneviev... ...er knocks in vain. Next Honour’s sons come bustling on amain; I laugh with pity at the idle train. Infirm of soul! who think’st to lift thy name U... ...ith Honour’s softer mien; Mirth of the loosely-flowing hair, And meek-eyed Pity eloquently fair, Whose tearful cheeks are lovely to the view, As s...

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...s Chettam; I believe she would not accept him.” Celia felt that this was a pity. She had never been deceived as to the object of the baronet’s interes... ...he is to be hanged.” Dorothea’s brow took an expression of reprobation and pity. “Hanged, you know,” said Mr. Brooke, with a quiet nod. “Poor Romilly!... ...” “Then I think the commonest minds must be rather useful. I think it is a pity Mr. Casaubon’s mother had not a commoner mind: she might have taught h... ...y. However, since Casaubon does not like it, you are all right. But it’s a pity you should not have little recreations of that sort, Casaubon: the bow... ... to us, and, like the other mendicant hopes of mortals, claims some of our pity. Certainly this affair of his marriage with Miss Brooke touched him mo... ...your own sister, constitution and everything. But, as I was saying, it’s a pity Mrs. Vincy’s family can’t be better conducted.” “Tchah! you said nothi... ...ength—Lydgate felt a triumphant delight in his studies, and something like pity for those less lucky men who were not of his profession. “If I had not... ...hen, I think, have seen the chief works of Raphael, any of which it were a pity to omit in a visit to Rome. He is the painter who has been held to com... ...e had not yet learned those hidden conflicts in her husband which claim our pity. She had not yet lis tened patiently to his heartbeats, but only felt...

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... see her; and besides, everything in the house is topsy turvy. You must have pity, sir, on the children. Beg her forgiveness, sir. There’s no help for... ... expressed in her face alarmed and amazed him. He did not understand how his pity for her exasperated her. She saw in him sym pathy for her, but not ... ... one of us one day. Yes, as to your question, there is no change, but it’s a pity you’ve been away so long.” 20 Anna Karenina “Oh, why so?” Levin que... ...ve resigned,” answered Levin, “and i no longer attend the meetings.” “What a pity!” commented Sergey Ivanovitch, frowning. Levin in self defense began... ...scribe the marvels she had seen. “Ah, countess, you really must take me, for pity’s sake do take me to see them! I have never seen anything extraordin... ...met Levin’s. She felt for him with her whole heart, the more because she was pitying him for suffering of which she was herself the cause. “If you can... ...itty told her mother of her conversation with Levin, and in spite of all the pity she felt for Levin, she was glad at the thought that she had receive... ...him, she did not know. But her happiness was poisoned by doubts. “Lord, have pity on us; Lord, have pity on us; Lord, have pity on us!” she repeated t... ...ture, she, too, like Kitty, repeated several times in her heart, “Lord, have pity; Lord, have pity; Lord, have pity.” Chapter 16 V RONSKY had never ha...

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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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...CRADLE SONG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 THE PITY OF LOVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 THE S... ...ttle childer; There, don’t fling stones at me Because I mutter as I go; But pity Moll Magee. My man was a poor fisher With shore lines in the say; My wo... ...’ fire. She drew from me my story — My money’s all used up, And still, with pityin’, scornin’ eye, She gives me bite and sup. She says my man will sure... ...hilder, Ye won’t fling stones at me; But gather with your shinin’ looks And pity Moll Magee. THE BALLAD OF THE FOXHUNTER ‘LAY me in a cushioned chair; ... ...at kiss you, For I must own That I shall miss you When you have grown. THE PITY OF LOVE A PITY beyond all telling Is hid in the heart of love: The fol... ...my need. ‘He Who is wrapped in purple robes, With planets in His care, Had pity on the least of things Asleep upon a chair.’ THE TWO TREES BELOVED, ga... ...cstasy. And what of her that took All till my youth was gone With scarce a pitying look? How could I praise that one? When day begins to break I count... ..., Until I am driven mad, Sleep driven from my bed. By tenderness and care. Pity, an aching head, Gnashing of teeth, despair; And all because of some o... ...brazen hawks. Nor self delighting reverie, Nor hate of what’s to come, nor pity for what’s gone, Nothing but grip of claw, and the eye’s complacency, ...

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...n every thing else, and therefore you must make allowance for your cousin, and pity her deficiency. And remember that, if you are ever so forward and c... ...fied manner; “I blush for the expedient which I am driven on, and I trust I may pity your feelings as a brother on the occasion. You have robbed Edmund... ...ening, now looked at him, and said in a low voice, “Cut down an avenue! What a pity! Does not it make you think of Cowper? ‘Ye fallen avenues, once mo... ...e young lady too Miss Price, who had never been at Sotherton yet, and it was a pity she should not see the place.” “You are very kind, you are all kin... ...n of the house is dreadful. We go down hill to it for half a mile, and it is a pity, for it would not be an ill looking place if it had a better appro... ... and Edmund, Fanny, and Miss Crawford remained in a cluster together. “It is a pity,” cried Fanny, “that the custom should have been discontinued. It ... ...joining them at the moment, carried on the joke. “Upon my word, it is really a pity that it should not take place directly, if we had but a proper lic... ...d but just spare time to tell us his errand, and where you all were.” “It is a pity that he should have so much trouble for nothing.” “That is Miss Ma... ...ng, which encouraged her to another attempt, and she said, therefore, “It is a pity you should not join them. They expected to have a better view of t...

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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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...ever unworthy, Teufelsdr¨ ockh opened himself perhaps more than to the most. Pity only that we could not then half guess his importance, and scrutiniz... ...g. Gleams of an ethereal love burst forth from him, soft wailings of infinite pity; he could clasp the whole Universe into his bosom, and keep it warm;... ...ght hand from left; yet they only are wise who know that they know nothing. “Pity that all Metaphysics had hitherto proved so inexpressibly unproducti... ...an gifted to do, envy not him whom they name City builder, and inexpressibly pity him whom they name Conqueror or City 112 SARTOR RESARTUS burner! T... ...t, when I gazed into these Stars, have they not looked down on me as if with pity, from their serene spaces; like Eyes glistening with heavenly tears ... ...s, too, could I now look upon my fellowman: with an infinite Love, an infinite Pity. Poor, wandering, wayward man! Art thou not tried, and beaten with s... ...nlike. Oh, but the more venerable for thy rudeness, and even because we must pity as well as love thee! Hardly entreated Brother! For us was thy back ...

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... If you give him money, he will perhaps buy more rags with it. I was wont to pity the clumsy Irish laborers who cut ice on the pond, in such mean and ... ... many intra ones. This ducking was the very thing he needed. Then I began to pity myself, and I saw that it would be a greater charity to bestow on me... ...nger beans that I hoed, nor I that hoed beans; and I remembered with as much pity as pride, if I remembered at all, my acquaintances who had gone to t... ...thers, but I did not perceive that my feelings were much affected. I did not pity the fishes nor the worms. This was habit. As for fowling, during the ... ...the hunters are the “best men,” as the Algonquins called them. We cannot but pity the boy who has never fired a gun; he is no more humane, while his ed... ... they would go with a squeak and a bounce. Near at hand they only excited my pity. One evening one sat by my door two paces from me, at first trembling...

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...out on our walk for the town, which was nearly three miles off. It is a pity that some other arrangement is not made in merchant vessels, with r... ...stood in the poor darky’s eyes; and he muttered some- thing about having no pity on a dumb beast. ‘‘Dumb beast!’’ said Jack; ‘‘if she’s what you call... ...Having shipped for an officer when he was not half a seaman, he found little pity with the crew, and was not man enough to hold his ground among them.... ...n to take the heavy blows, which sounded so as to make one’s heart turn with pity for him. At length he came up to the mark for the last time, his shi... ...ad in his pocket to the steward, who waited upon him. I could not but feel a pity for him, especially when I saw him by the side of his fellow passe... ...til the last had gone down. We had now had fun enough out of him, and taking pity on him, offered him a pot of tea, and a cut at the kid, with the res... ...e of; and no notice must be taken of a bruise or cut; and any expression of pity, or any show of attention, would look sisterly, and unbecoming a m... ...ge with him. I told him that if any one was sent on board the brig, I should pity him, and be willing to help him to that, or almost any amount; but w... ... beginning to revive. But far stronger than any feeling for myself, was the pity I felt for the poor lad. He had depended upon going home in the ship...

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...nal as he came forth to his doom, in token that the deep heart of Nature could pity and be kind to him. 32 The Scarlet Letter This rose bush, by a st... ...name of thy fellow sinner and fellow sufferer! Be not silent from any mistaken pity and tenderness for him; for, believe me, Hester, though he were to... ...a mother — thinnest fantasy of a mother — methinks she might yet have thrown a pitying glance towards her son! And now, through the chamber which thes... ...ere is no path to guide us out of this dismal maze.” “Woman, I could well nigh pity thee,” said Roger Chillingworth, unable to restrain a thrill of ad... ...hadst thou met earlier with a better love than mine, this evil had not been. I pity thee, 118 The Scarlet Letter for the good that has been wasted in... ...n Sermon! But he seemed to stand apart, and eye this former self with scornful pitying, but half envious curiosity. That self was gone. Another man ha...

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...sat at good mens feasts, and wip’d our eies 1100 Of drops, that sacred pity hath engendred: 1101 And therefore sit you downe in gentlenesse, ...

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...Weatherbee followed, without haste and without enthusi asm. There was neither pity nor passion in his face, but rather the patient, stolid look of on... ...he promise grow in her eyes, full and large like the break of dawn. And I read pity there, the tenderness of woman, the love, the heart and the soul o... ...worldly terror, he had dropped his paddle and besought wildly with his God for pity. And there were other times. The rec ollection was not pleasant. ... ...nsideration, and gentleness in man. No, Bassett decided; it would be a ghastly pity and an act of dishonor to cheat the old fellow at the last. His he...

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...hy feet, this air for thy breathing, these rocks for thy neighbors. I cannot pity nor fondle thee here, but forever relentlessly drive thee hence to w...