pitied
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Fortune had ruth upon my plight * Pitied my long long bane and blight; Gave me what I would liefest sight; * And set me free from all afright.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 08 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
She mark’d his anguish, and, while toss’d he roam’d, Pitied Ulysses; from the flood, in form A cormorant, she flew, and on the raft Close-corded perching, thus the Chief address’d.
From The Odyssey of Homer by Cowper, William
Assist me, Heaven, Or, better still, ye fiercest spirits aid me, Bride of Du Nois! myself despised, or worse, Pitied perhaps by both! held in contempt By Richemont too, and taunted for my weakness!
From Joan of Arc A Play in Five Acts by Sargant, Jane Alice
Johnson says of him, "Pitied by gentle minds, Kilmarnock died."
From The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1 by Cunningham, Peter
Kind eyes watched the wandering ones, Pitied their forlorn distress; Grieved to note Tom’s ragged coat, And Margery’s tattered dress.
From On the Tree Top by Curtis, Jessie
