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Of these children it is said in the inscription that some "were called into Heaven and the others into several marriages of good quality"; while of Dorothy Shurley it is prettily recorded (this, as we have seen, being a district rich in exemplary wives) that she had "a merite beyond most of her time her pitty was the clothing of the poore ... and all her minutes were but steppes to heaven."

—Highways ; Byways in Sussex

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Tiny Doom's footprints pitty-patter before them, glowing in the gloam like little blue flowers, and they follow, avoiding burning brands, dead horses, drunken warblers, slithering servitors, gushing water pipes, and an impromptu cravat party and, because of their glowering concentration, they are avoided by all the aforementioned, in turn. — FSF, July 2006
They all affect a little soft lisp, and a pretty pitty-pat step; which female frailties ought, however, to be forgiven them, in favour of their civility and good nature to strangers, which I have a great deal of reason to praise. — Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M--y W--y M--e
Gore: "I don't need your pitty, I have an Oscar … … .." — WordPress.com News
It is true, I am not trying to get pitty or people to boost my ego, I simply just wanted to say it out loud so to speak as a final exceptance really. — [Help] Most Recent Posts
He's punching her, and it's not pitty-pat punches. — The Gazette-Enterprise: News