compassionate
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In the market-place I compassionated an unfortunate thief minus his right hand and left leg.
From Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. II) by O'Shea, John Augustus
Fersen, touched and pitying, was constantly thinking of that fatal palace of the Tuileries where the Queen was so much to be compassionated.
From Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty by Imbert de Saint-Amand, Arthur Léon, baron
The people compassionated us and relieved us as much as possible.
From The Friars in the Philippines by Coleman, Ambrose
Colonel Fraser rose to the rank of lieutenant-general, and died in 1782 without issue; he was generally respected and compassionated.
From Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume II. by Thomson, Mrs.
And in truth the wretched young man was much to be compassionated.
From The Haunted Homestead A Novel by Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte
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