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Piteously both man and beast have been accommodated.
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Piteously, and more piteously, she danced her beauty before me.
Fighting Slave Of Gor Norman, John, 1931- 1980
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Piteously Ann reflected that could Virginia have known how matters stood she would never have exacted the fulfilment of any promise at such a fearful price.
The Vision of Desire Margaret Pedler
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Piteously wandering day after day o'er the face of the earth, -- and now imprisoned!
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Piteously lamenting, O Suta, I spoke these and many such words unto my son.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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Piteously he tried to persuade us that it was a matter of professional advancement to him to have this book; moreover, he said, he had just won five dollars at faro (or some such hazard) so that he was not really spending money at all; but we countered all his sophisms with slogging rhetoric.
Pipefuls Christopher Morley 1923
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Piteously he fixed his eyes on her window; it was open, but the curtains tight drawn; no stir, no sound.
Ramona 1921
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Piteously it conjured me not to take it back into this cruel hum-drum.
Yet Again Max Beerbohm 1914
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Piteously he turned to the doctor, after one look at June's flushed face.
The Fighting Edge William MacLeod Raine 1912
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Piteously, like a lost child, she searched every face within her scope of vision; but she searched in vain for the face of a friend.
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