pity

• He could not believe that her pity was absolutely sincere and free of personal thoughts. —  Jean-Christophe, Vol. I
• They tore his clothes, and the pity is they were not torn off him altogether. —  The Shellback's Progress In the Nineteenth Century
• He recollected that he had confided his hopes and fears to Mademoiselle de Mirandol that very morning; and when he thought of the trying position in which he had placed her, and of what she must have suffered, his pity was aroused If her sorrow equals mine, she is, indeed, to be pitied," he said, sadly Why do you not try to assuage your own sorrow by consoling her?" —  Which? or, Between Two Women
• The tenor of the pity is always the same No music," says the cultivated man, "no pictures, no books to read nor leisure to read in. —  Certain Personal Matters
• Mingling with her pity was a great curiosity to see the young man whose image seemed to dwell in the constant heart of Gladys. —  The Guinea Stamp A Tale of Modern Glasgow

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