pitying

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That all-pitying, all-holy eye, which turned in love upon St. Peter when he denied Him, and thereby roused him to repentance, looked on St. Paul also, while he persecuted Him, and wrought in him a sudden conversion.

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  • Nobody trumps up self-pitying, self-centered persecutions as well as the tough-guy warriors of the neoconservative Right.
  • Even to herself Helva sounded a little self-pitying, but the truth was she was lonely, sitting on the darkened field. —  The Ship Who Sang
  • I can't do anything right But his self-pitying was interrupted by a violent scratching from within the cauldron. —  Challenging Destiny #19
  • Never morbid or pitying, they avoid nostalgia but notice the mail that keeps coming, and what is left behind - the drawers of clothes and papers, the lipsticks in the bathroom. —  WalesOnline - Home
  • That all-pitying, all-holy eye, which turned in love upon St. Peter when he denied Him, and thereby roused him to repentance, looked on St. Paul also, while he persecuted Him, and wrought in him a sudden conversion. —  Parochial and Plain Sermons, Vol. VIII (of 8)
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