unfortunate

• How precious to the unfortunate is a mark of interest! —  Ruin of a Princess
• Why was she always a magnet for the unfortunate, the troubled, the insane? —  Analog October 1971
• I avoided the people who were searching for the unfortunate, and found Darky just where I had hitched him, at the steamboat landing. —  Down The River Buck Bradford and His Tyrants
• The one redeeming point in the narrative is that whatever judgment is pronounced is decided, not on doctrinal grounds, about which no two of Christ's followers can be got to agree, but on ethical grounds, on character manifesting itself in public spirit and care for the unfortunate--the bruised reeds and smoking flax--of our communities. —  Morality as a Religion An exposition of some first principles
• Pity for the unfortunate, and respect for the feelings of the relatives of the vicious and the dissolute, has prevented the insertion of many anecdotes, with which Crony illustrated his sketches of character. —  The English Spy An Original Work Characteristic, Satirical, And Humorous. Comprising Scenes And Sketches In Every Rank Of Society, Being Portraits Drawn From The Life

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