| 单词 | piteous |
| 例句 | “Twins, by Jupiter!” was all he said for a minute, then turning to the women with an appealing look that was comically piteous, he added, “Take ’em quick, somebody! Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z After tests were returned and grades given, the student body, which acted like an extended family, knew who did well, who excelled, and what piteous ones had failed. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z They were deaf to the piteous pleas of the hordes of tormented children who swarmed before them. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The girls stared at him with piteous open mouths. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Henceforth no effort of mine, no piteous cry or agonised entreaty, would make them even look at me. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z They gave burial to the piteous dead, or bore the bodies of voung men from other islands down to the port, thence to be ferried home. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Her simpering posture and piteous aspect, recognizable from thousands of slaves before her, betrayed her intentions. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z It was a piteous sight and Wang Lung stared at it and longed to make something of the letters underneath. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Just then, a piteous little cry rose from the sack nearest my feet. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “I didn’t mean any harm,” I begged, making piteous gestures. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Dolores cried quietly and broke the piteous whimpers with sniffles and a few dainty nose blows into her handkerchief. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she looked at him frightened and piteous and she reached for his hand and drew it across the welt on her face and she whimpered. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Piteous weeping wears away her cheeks: but no more piteous than Odysseus’ tears, cloaked as they were, now, from the company. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She ignored the animals’ piteous cries and went through the door. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z I must have struck a sufficiently piteous figure because she gathered me in for a hug and a kiss, “It’s nothing to cry over, sweet one. Just remember to always think about what you’re doing.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z At this, the creature set up a loud and piteous whining, rolled his eyes, and beat the ground with his palms. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z I felt sorry for Travis, the youngest and most tender of the bunch, who ate alone and cast piteous, moony looks at Lula. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z I rushed back into the house, into our bedroom, threw open the closet, yanked my black dress off its hanger, ripping the right sleeve, waking Jaimito with my piteous crying. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Runt began to whimper, a piteous sound that made Pax want to comfort him, but Bristle warned him to keep away. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z And then Harry heard a thin, piteous human scream from amidst the terrible commotion, the thunder of devouring flame. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Summer gave a piteous whine, his legs kicking against the cords that bound them. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The Greeks were not afraid of the dead—“the piteous dead,” the Odyssey calls them. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z All through the operation the door leading out of the kitchen to a back room had shaken and rattled to the accompaniment of piteous whining. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Humanlike figures are squashed, tortured and consumed by roaming brutes; piteous squawks and rattles pepper a soundtrack soothed by Dan Wool’s moving musical score. ‘Mad God’ Review: Highway to Hell 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z Nakano pulls off a difficult balancing act with the piteous, whimpering Tasuku, who nevertheless invites our empathy with his sincere hope for change. Five International Movies to Stream Right Now 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z Sinister and piteous all at the same time, malicious and yet eager to please, Gollum feels hauntingly alive. Cressida Cowell's top 10 mythical creatures 2013-02-16T08:00:00Z You can hear the lingering hurt in Dickens’ voice, the piteous wonder. Counting Down Dickens' Greatest Novels. Number 4: David Copperfield 2012-02-02T23:24:54Z “Know that I love you,” Mr. Merritt softly rumbled then, piteous and stoic, going down with the ship. Music Review | Magnetic Fields: A Folksy Palette of Despondency at Town Hall 2010-03-11T23:10:00Z It’s perhaps the most riveting and piteous music documentary ever made. Solving the Riddle of Metallica 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z Cohodas captures a piteous moment when, after a gig at Swing Plaza in New York in 1983, federal agents turned up to confiscate her earnings. Nina Simone, Diva Out of Carolina 2010-02-26T16:31:00Z “Miss Morgan’s performance is an exquisite piece of art — tender, proud, and piteous in its comprehensions of the feelings of the blind,” New York Times film critic Bosley Crowther wrote. Michèle Morgan, lustrous French actress of ‘Port of Shadows,’ dies at 96 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z When she wrote about her time living with Sachs, Leduc admitted that she bored him with her piteous tales about her childhood, but also wrote, “I am courting him with my misfortunes.” ‘Violette,’ About the French Author Violette Leduc 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z Zineb’s tale is set in 1950s French Indochina, where she tells a client about her fateful past as well as her piteous fantasy of becoming a film star in India. Queer Exile: Three Novels About Émigrés, Lovers and Family 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z Tender, too, is his attention to the father who may have been far from perfect, but in his piteous humiliation cannot fail to earn our sympathy, too. Review: ‘Hir’ Sorts Through a Family in Transition 2015-11-08T05:00:00Z That this piteous figure is the 17th-century scientist Galileo Galilei makes his abjection even more unsettling to watch. Theater Review: F. Murray Abraham in ?Galileo? at Classic Stage Company 2012-02-24T03:00:00Z Shorn of the trappings of power, Mr. Feore’s Lear acquires a spiritual majesty that is in piteous contrast to his physical and psychological frailty. ‘King John’ and ‘King Lear’ at the Stratford Festival 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z I knocked out the interview and posted the story, and was smugly strolling back to the kitchen thinking aloud, "I can have it all," when I came upon a piteous sight. Take back your lunch hour (all of it!) 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z This was met with looks that can only be described as piteous. Italy’s Treasured Olive Oil, at the Source 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z This other kind of pet story is full of animal peril and animal pathos, often underscored by piteous whimpers or forlorn mewing. Are You a Dog Person or a Cat Person? Or Hamster, or Turtle, or ... 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z The piteous truth is this funeral party might really be held for almost any of the characters, whose lives have crashed and burned, sputtered and stalled, or become mired in confusion, disappointment, addiction. Review: ‘Airline Highway’ Is a Portrait of the Underclass of New Orleans 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z Indeed, there’s a whiff of Edgar Allan Poe as Marie approaches this “dark and strange and piteous place” surrounded by fresh graves. Review | In Lauren Groff’s hands, the tale of a medieval nunnery is must-read fiction 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z Speaking in the voice of a perfectly reasonable bureaucrat, Swift begins by describing the piteous state of beggars and their children “all in rags, and importuning every passenger for an alms.” Perspective | Ghosthunters, grabbers and grifters: What would Jonathan Swift say of our times? 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z The monks are kind to him, but why do they not hear the constant piteous cries emanating from one locked cell? Michael Dirda’s picks for Halloween chillers: Get ready to be grossed out 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z When Sarah, introducing herself to her class, mentions a brother who died, her reflex not to seem piteous makes her explanation weirdly funny: “He was just like a baby, so it wasn’t sad or anything.” Review: Sarah Silverman’s ‘Bedwetter’ Musical Has Sprung a Leak 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z Shakespeare, and Eustis, offer us a Caesar whose piteous share with common humanity is revealed in his death. In Defense of the Trumpian “Julius Caesar” 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z But Homes retains a quality of resigned sympathy with these anxious, immensely self-important characters — a tincture of compassion that makes them feel all the more piteous. Review | A.M. Homes traces the frightening (and hilarious) roots of GOP decay 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z As I type this — alone in an upstairs room — a piteous sound is issuing from the floor below. Perspective | It’s time to show some tough love to our soft, sad dog 2022-08-07T04:00:00Z The president’s wartime speeches are notable for their displays of raw emotion, but at the same time, he is capable of evoking piteous scenes without asking for pity. Waging war, wielding words: Zelensky's speeches have made him a folk hero 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z At Komdok, Kim said that there were still houses built more than 50 years ago and that his government “didn’t know properly the life of the people living in so piteous environments and dwellings.” N. Korea’s Kim visit typhoon-hit area, warns of ‘defeatism’ 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z But characters may scream or writhe in pain, and imagery includes things like a small creature roasting on a spit while another of its kind looks piteous in a cage nearby. What to watch with your kids: ‘Frozen II,’ ‘Ghostwriter’ and more 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z Some of those may also occasionally be loving, or at the least, piteous. If "Lord of the Rings" is a parable for trauma, what can it teach us now? 2019-08-18T04:00:00Z One old account states that authorities took notice when ibn Said scrawled “piteous petitions” in Arabic on the walls of the jail. When few enslaved people in the United States could write, one man wrote his memoir in Arabic 2019-01-20T05:00:00Z But after Kiran’s death, Paliwal, the village chief, vowed there would be no more piteous wailing when a girl child was born. 'It's for my daughter's memory': the Indian village where every girl's life is celebrated 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z If you’re one of those piteous clowns who goes to school for learning, that means she was 11. 11-year-old verbally commits to play college softball, which is not what most 11-year-olds commit to - Golf Digest 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z Proper Form: From a standing or running position, hurtle your body through spacetime in a piteous attempt to catch an object that’s flying six feet away from you. How to Entertain the Entire Crowd with Your Pool Splash Expertise - Golf Digest 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z “I never beheld a more piteous sight,” he observed of the people on board. What DNA reveals about St Helena’s freed slaves 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z Shame on anyone who takes seriously his piteous moaning about the vast forces conspiring against him. Donald Trump has a victim’s mentality 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z Marley struggled to banish the smile from his face as he floated to Scrooge's sitting room and let loose a piteous howl. The chains of plenty : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z It’s not uncommon for a piteous expression to appear on their faces, at which point they may ask him: “What do you want to do with your life?” Reinventing Themselves, Without a Net 2014-11-08T05:00:00Z Meyer arrived at the scene to report on the attack for the Wall Street Journal and remembers hearing "piteous American voices" crying for help from beneath the ruins. Lebanon: Ronald Reagan's Benghazi 2014-05-07T20:45:18Z The model also highlights another piteous element of this disaster. A Zen-like approach to flood risks 2014-03-29T02:41:36Z The piteous play did not end after Gee’s departure. Cardinals 10, Mets 4: Cardinals Dismantle Mets 2013-05-15T04:32:09Z He wrote about it in his poem in 1882: "O passenger, pray list and catch Our sighs and piteous groans, Half stifled in this jumbled patch Of wrenched memorial stones!" Digging up the dead 2012-06-26T08:32:08Z The three little girls set up a piteous cry of "Carol," "Carol." A Soldier's Son 2012-04-27T02:00:37.640Z Having fastened himself to this, the wreckers heard him beseeching them, in most piteous cries to come and help him. The Cambrian Sketch-Book Tales, Scenes, and Legends of Wild Wales 2012-04-27T02:00:33.040Z Her face was drawn and haggard; she looked at him with piteous, imploring eyes; and she hesitated. Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z What stormy rumblings, what violent brays of war, what tearing of leagues, and what piteous slaughters of men have we seen ourselves within these few years? Against War 2012-04-21T02:00:21.397Z "Is that milk recipe of yours really intended for use?" she inquired, with a piteous attempt at a smile. The House 'Round the Corner 2012-04-14T02:00:22.063Z Of all the houseless wanderers, their lot seems to be the most piteous to behold. A Legacy to the Friends of Free Discussion 2012-04-06T02:00:26.317Z Claquedent, tied up with cords by Babin, begins to gnash his teeth and to utter piteous cries, which bring the wife of Joachim. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z "I am grateful to you, sir," he said to Percivale, with a piteous humility. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z Crash! crash! crash! came in awful quick succession, mingled with the piteous, the soul-harrowing cries, “For pity’s sake, help! help! help!” The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z For from that face now something was blotted out, and the lack of it was piteous beyond thought. The Literary Sense 2012-04-02T02:00:28.147Z The piteous modernization of this ancient group of chapels is chiefly due to the folly of Urban VIII. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z And suddenly we beheld a terrible—a piteous sight. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z As these thoughts crossed his mind, Henry approached them, his kind face furrowed and drawn with pain in a manner piteous to behold. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z In the morning, however, in consequence of the rope having broken, we entertained a melancholy surmise of their unhappy fate; but upon landing, in the afternoon of Monday, we ascertained the piteous fact. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z Pale and red by turns, she shot a piteous glance at us. The Red Cockade 2012-03-30T02:00:19.603Z Sometimes the recitation is a piteous description of the agony of the Saviour and the sufferings of the Madonna, the greatest stress being, however, always laid upon the latter. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z But, Mrs. Toft," Mary said, her face piteous, "it's the thought that he may be lying out there, helpless and dying, while we sit here----" "Steady, Miss! The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z If she would only confess the truth—whatever it was they could pardon it, had been their piteous cry. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z The poor innocent, bruised and half choked with the waves, sent forth the most piteous cries for her father and mother between each rush of the waters. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z Her voice had grown harsh and unnatural, and from time to time she looked round with a piteous expression as if something puzzled her. The Red Cockade 2012-03-30T02:00:19.603Z I dared, And, boldly pleading, saved them from destruction— Saved them from sinking to the realm of night; For which oflënce I bow beneath these pains, Dreadful to suffer, piteous to behold!” The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z Better than anyone she knew the piteous change which had come over her son, but to this man she could not, would not, confess it. Fickle Fortune 2012-03-20T02:00:13.167Z His cries for water were piteous to hear. Across the Cameroons A Story of War and Adventure 2012-03-19T02:00:28.667Z Men were seen taking leave of their wives; wives were clinging to their husbands; and persons were running about in all directions, uttering the most piteous and heartrending cries. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z He was in a state of piteous embarrassment. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z His face, at once comic and piteous, was the main cause of his failures. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z Hedwig had always given as a pretext the Countess's continued illness, declaring that she neither could nor would leave her in so piteous a condition. Fickle Fortune 2012-03-20T02:00:13.167Z Aria, sweetheart, Aria," the child exclaimed in a piteous voice, "you don't think, you can't mean that we may have to part? Fairies Afield 2012-03-18T02:00:20.790Z A piteous New Year’s tale it was that was told next morning. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z She turned to Sir Hervey and held out her shaking hands to him, her face white and piteous. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z She was still pale; and when she met her own eyes in the mirror, a quivering smile, a something verging on the piteous in her face, told of nerves which time had not yet steadied. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z She was very plainly dressed; her childish face was wan, and piteous with weeping. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z One dog was crushed almost lifeless, and another marked with many a red stain the spot where he was soothing his agony with piteous cries. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z Probably it will continue so, until time has covered up the scars with moss and lichen, and softened the piteous tale of the two lost ladies with all the grace and charm of folklore. Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z Her kisses and piteous pleadings seemed to revive him, and a draught of spirits restored him. Woven with the Ship A Novel of 1865 2012-03-12T03:00:26.883Z Often, it was asserted, did the mandragore utter piteous cries and groans, when thus severed from mother earth. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z Elbel staggered to his feet, presenting a piteous spectacle, blood streaming from his nose, his left eye half closed. Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z The poor beast was in agony and her cries were piteous. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z How piteous is the loss of those who do not contemplate childhood in a spirit of holiness! Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z Well, with a horribly guilty feeling, I cut the last leaf containing those terribly piteous words out of the diary. Woven with the Ship A Novel of 1865 2012-03-12T03:00:26.883Z He went straight to her, poor fellow! and was met with a piteous entreaty that he would release her from her engagement. Mr. Marx's Secret 2012-03-02T03:00:10.327Z Hans had stepped off upon ice which had not yet given way, and was uttering in his broken English, piteous moans, while he in vain reached forward to help his master. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z The latter turned with piteous look toward his chums, whose faces reflected his expression of commiseration, almost horror. Phil Bradley's Snow-shoe Trail The Mountain Boys in the Canada Wilds 2012-02-27T03:00:13.497Z "Becoming!" cried Dolly, to his surprise, in a piteous voice. For the Cause 2012-02-19T03:00:18.033Z I know no sight more piteous than an apiary the night after it has been plundered. Buzz a Buzz or The Bees 2012-02-18T03:00:15.753Z But his penitent flung her arms round it with a piteous cry, and held convulsively, and wept over it. The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z Not the least of the trial in the Esquimo huts were the piteous cries of the children for food. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z He was for some time in great danger of drowning, and his cries for help were piteous. The Cruise of the 'Alerte' The narrative of a search for treasure on the desert island of Trinidad 2012-02-17T03:00:29.247Z Something in the boy's piteous look went straight to his heart. A Little Wizard 2012-02-15T03:00:38.160Z The pen flew over the sheets and covered them with close writing that told a piteous tale. The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:34.990Z There were wounded love, and wounded pride, and despair, and coming madness, all in that piteous cry. The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z She was in piteous plight from mire and scratches. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z There was a sound of chains, then the chaunt arose in chorus which was become, through the irony of fate, so piteous a mockery: 'What rights the brave? My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z Jean's strong personality withdrawn--the White Chatelaine's piteous figure gone--those who had wept tears became the most frantic for vengeance. The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-14T03:00:29.027Z On such occasions, Clovis would turn to his brother with puzzled wrinklings of the brow that were piteous and yet ludicrous. The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:34.990Z These piteous plaints only rouse the ire of their cruel task-masters, who sometimes knock them down in the midst of their pleadings. The Iron Furnace Slavery and Secession 2012-02-14T03:00:24.963Z A gleam through the still air, and straightway a piteous wail from the onlookers, in harmony with the distant dirge. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z She was a piteous object, if a lovely one, to look upon, and refused all Madam Gillin's rough attempts at comforting. My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z Half-clothed, half-starved emaciated men stood about in groups, their pale features and gloomy expression of despair telling a piteous tale. A Life's Secret A Novel 2012-02-13T03:00:17.060Z Under the window of Lemuel Dalton's bed room a dog had stationed himself, and throughout the night uttered long, loud and piteous howls. Unfettered A Novel 2012-02-12T03:00:15.143Z I see a world without the beggar's outstretched palm, the miser's heartless, stony stare, the piteous wail of want, the pallid face of crime, the livid lips of lies, the cruel eyes of scorn. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 3 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:43.960Z As we sat there, half an hour afterward, a low, piteous voice came wailing through the shutters, uttering one word, which it repeated at intervals, in a tone that pierced me to the soul. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 2012-02-10T03:00:15.463Z The aspect of this piteous ruin--this soul-stricken wreck, the mainspring of whose life was broken, whose courage had ebbed quite away--suffused the heart of Terence with unutterable pity. My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z Truly it is piteous to consider how they have betrayed and cozened thee, old man; for they have gained complete possession of thy spirit. Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter 2012-02-08T03:00:20.643Z For a time his condition was a piteous one. Inventors 2012-02-08T03:00:16.647Z Now once again his piteous face Is raised to her face reaching there. Songs of the Mexican Seas 2012-02-06T03:00:16.913Z Its restless motion and its piteous moan Tell that it fears all night to rest alone, Though heaven's most gracious dew descends in peace Softly as snow-flakes on its radiant fleece. The Isle of Palms and Other Poems 2012-02-04T03:00:15.103Z Merciful also and piteous she was unto such as was grieved and wrongfully troubled, and to them that were in poverty or sickness or any other misery. Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely 2012-02-03T03:00:22.657Z Here, each day, Istar was accustomed to sit for an hour, hearing many plaints, listening to many woes, learning much of the piteous side of the lives of men and women of the world. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z There was no anger in her voice, only a wondering melancholy, a kind of piteous despair that she was living in so graceless a world. The Turnstile 2012-01-29T03:00:09.260Z He sank upon the nameless stone With oh such sad, such piteous moan As never man might seek to know From man’s most unforgiving foe. Songs of the Mexican Seas 2012-02-06T03:00:16.913Z "I don't think I could," she cried in a low, piteous voice. The Truants 2012-01-28T03:00:26.257Z Olivia looked at him with a piteous helplessness in her eyes. The Four Corners of the World 2012-01-26T03:00:15.920Z Father of lowliness, High-priest of sorrow, mighty and powerful; Lover of children, in mercy merciless, piteous in justice; raise me from flesh, above wrong, to communion with spirits of heaven. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z And he clung with an almost piteous reiteration to the accuracy of his recollections as a vindication of the alertness of his powers. The Turnstile 2012-01-29T03:00:09.260Z She called in a piteous tone, her voice full of misery. Great Opera Stories Taken from Original Sources in Old German 2012-01-25T03:00:33.660Z Such a motley Lazarus Shakes his piteous cap at us. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z Possibly the piteous, beseeching countenance of the steward induced it. The Story of Charles Strange Vol. 2 (of 3) A Novel 2012-01-22T03:00:21.457Z Then sorrowfully, like a man begging from door to door, St. Francis climbed Mount Subasio to lay his request in piteous terms before the benedictine abbot, where he met with more success. The Story of Assisi 2012-01-14T03:00:18.710Z What an electric wince went through the piteous brutes as the stinging whip left wales upon their sides! A Century of Sail and Steam on the Niagara River 2012-01-11T03:00:29.487Z So, in the strange spirit of medieval mysticism, ends the piteous legend of Don Roderic of Spain. Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z Here he proceeded to bleed her, removing twelve ounces of blood; replying to her piteous protestations, "Madam, I saw that you were on the point of apoplexy, and I judge it best to avert it." Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z In compliance with this piteous request, I knocked again and again; but no answer was returned. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z My soul was filled with the sublimity and grandeur of the scene, notwithstanding the ghastly wounds and piteous groans of the mangled, helpless ones around me. Nurse and Spy in the Union Army The Adventures and Experiences of a Woman in Hospitals, Camps, and Battle-Fields 2012-01-07T03:00:15.907Z There lay the Chief of Netherland, a piteous sight to view. The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition 2012-01-04T03:00:37.750Z Old Dives fears a pauper fate, And hoarding is his thriving passion; Some piteous souls anticipate A waistcoat straiter than the fashion. A Selection from the Works of Frederick Locker 2012-01-03T03:00:13.067Z It is piteous to read of the sufferings of this innocent creature, as described by her mourning family; piteous, too, to realize, by the light of to-day, that she was almost literally prayed to death. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z He would sit down then and there, and write to the offended or alarmed lady, and lay his piteous case before her in his own words and rely on her compassion, without an intervenient. Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z A poor little stripling of a soldier and myself carried him about a quarter of a mile through a terrific storm of bullets, and he groaning in a most piteous manner. Nurse and Spy in the Union Army The Adventures and Experiences of a Woman in Hospitals, Camps, and Battle-Fields 2012-01-07T03:00:15.907Z Such piteous moan then made he the while, that mighty man, That with his voice of thunder the house to ring began. The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition 2012-01-04T03:00:37.750Z The men and women of the mystery and workmanship of silk prefer their piteous complaint to parliament, that silk-work ready wrought is brought into the realm. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z By this time others hearing his cries had been attracted to the spot, and in piteous moans and tears he begged, he entreated them, to assist in searching for the neglected robe. Memoirs of Mrs. Rebecca Steward 2011-12-24T03:07:54.433Z He then bade Abraham with piteous voice, that Lazarus might moisten his tongue; but that little favour was not granted him, because Lazarus might not before in life gather the crumbs of his table. The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. 2011-12-20T03:00:28.907Z On the other side, the enemy constantly attacked them with barbed weapons, by which the cowardly defenders were dragged in piteous fashion from the wall, and dashed against the ground. Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England 2011-12-19T03:00:41.437Z Moreover, he had suffered personally from bad treatment; the tale was a piteous one. By Desert Ways to Baghdad 2011-12-18T03:00:22.240Z This piteous thing had struck so suddenly that for some moments he remained only numbed by it, as numbness precedes the onset of pain from a blow. The Happy Warrior 2011-12-18T03:00:18.863Z The poor little face was drawn into piteous lines and wrinkles as she sighed forth this lament. A Witch of the Hills, v. 2-2 2011-12-15T03:00:17.253Z In two jumps I leaped over the rampart between me and the wharf, and made out the figure of a woman waving her arms convulsively and uttering piteous screams. The Joy of Captain Ribot 2011-12-15T03:00:16.510Z Seeing me in this piteous condition, Edgar, like the good fellow he was, decided that sermons were out of season, and that I must be amused. A Witch of the Hills, v. 1-2 2011-12-15T03:00:15.700Z More piteous sobbing followed, until the poor girl—she was only sixteen—appreciated that her misery was making no impression upon her husband. Henrietta Maria 2011-12-15T03:00:14.290Z He fell upon my shoulder, more paralytic than he had been when I last embraced him, and, in his inability to speak, broke into a piteous fit of weeping. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z All this his sad eyes told her as he drew near, offering in piteous pleading the bodily and mental suffering he had endured to her who had been their cause. Autumn Glory The Toilers of the Field 2011-12-11T03:00:11.417Z There are those, if possible more piteous still, who have become absolutely helpless and can therefore no longer perform the household services exacted from them. Atlantic Classics, Second Series 2011-12-09T03:00:20.203Z Loud and piteous are his cries; To Venus quick he runs, he flies! The Odes of Anacreon 2011-12-08T03:00:29.763Z When Ales, some quarter of an hour later, opened the door in compliance with Jonet's piteous entreaties, the room was deserted, and William nowhere to be found. The Making of William Edwards or The Story of the Bridge of Beauty 2011-12-07T03:00:17.867Z On the present occasion he did not heed the piteous pleadings of the disappointed boatmen, nor Sobrina's explanations, nor Can Grande's arguments. A Trip to Cuba 2011-12-05T03:00:49.610Z As for me, in spite of my piteous condition, I felt inclined to tear my hair--and Hughes's! Amusement Only 2011-12-04T03:00:06.637Z He had not spoken of it to her, silenced by the piteous bane of insufficient income; but now almost he was free. Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories 2011-12-01T03:00:20.193Z He came to an abrupt standstill, and leaning towards her, with his hand resting on the saddle of the cycle, looked steadily into the shamed, young, piteous face. Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z It has deep, rumbling tremolos and chilling chromatic crescendos, with here and there a moaning, wo-weighted theme that is piteous to hear. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z So piteous do they seem, that one of us suggests "the last sigh of the turtle" as a commemorative title for the aromatic soup that is to follow. A Trip to Cuba 2011-12-05T03:00:49.610Z However that may be, the servant murdered first the clerk, then the wife, and in a few days, stung by the child's piteous cries, killed him also. Stories of the Badger State 2011-11-27T03:00:12.687Z I make my usual piteous request for vinegar, and renew my bandages, while the others enjoy cool air and starlight. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z A piteous woman, tender of years and semblance, has come forth from the woodland, attired right richly. Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends 2011-11-24T03:00:40.487Z After bidding farewell to the hapless Elsa, from whom he must part in spite of her piteous appeals, there comes gliding upon the river the swan-boat. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z This seemed piteous to us, and made us reflect how happy are our Blinds, to say nothing of our Deafs and Dumbs. A Trip to Cuba 2011-12-05T03:00:49.610Z "Say what you mean!" she retorted, not raising her voice, because of that piteous reverence which the still, prone shape inspired. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z I never could study, you know, and suffer such agony when I try that it is piteous to behold. Louisa May Alcott : Her Life, Letters, and Journals 2011-11-20T03:00:14.840Z The girl turned to him, with a little, piteous gesture. The Transgression of Andrew Vane a novel 2011-11-17T03:00:37.293Z Her blood seemed to be congealing to ice as she stood incapable of motion, and listened to the piteous appeal from that pure, broken heart. An Oregon Girl A Tale of American Life in the New West 2011-11-17T03:00:31.330Z Yet I spent my gains For the public weal, not otherwise; and they, The careless people, took the piteous spoils Which cost the lives of many, and a man's soul, And blessed the giver. The Epic of Hades In Three Books 2011-11-16T03:00:28.060Z Give me back the image of my beautiful, piteous goddess. He Who Gets Slapped A Play in Four Acts 2011-11-11T03:00:27.467Z Her piteous story was sufficiently told by the fact that when she drowned herself she was not far from her confinement. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume I (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:08.903Z Hereat she fell a weeping, and truly it was piteous to behold. The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character 2011-11-07T02:00:18.317Z Topsy looked at her for one moment, then, with a piteous mew, she rushed out of the room and never returned till Miss Milly found her, and, taking her in her arms, comforted her. Daisy the autobiography of a cat 2011-10-25T02:00:24.887Z A grimy child came to the cottage door, and seeing the woman thus held, and strangers in the garden, set up a piteous howl. Chronicles of Martin Hewitt 2011-10-24T02:00:16.617Z In former days the passenger was solicited in the most melancholy and piteous manner by the poor prisoners. The Cries of London Exhibiting Several of the Itinerant Traders of Antient and Modern Times 2011-10-23T02:00:21.883Z Prudence caught her by both hands, and there was an anxious and piteous appeal in the loving eyes. Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z As I hurriedly thought over the best means of beginning the hunt, the piteous shrieks of the dying man rang through the silent night and chilled our blood. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z Thus exhorted, the man—who was no other than the younger Heydocke—advanced towards him; and throwing himself at his feet, begged him in the most piteous terms to do him no injury. Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z With that bespake the seven brethren, Making most piteous mone, "You may go kiss your jolly brown bride,55 And let our sister alone." English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) 2011-10-14T02:00:24.023Z The natives say that by his piteous moans he will make the heart of a tiger relent, and turn away from him. The Emigrant's Lost Son or, Life Alone in the Forest 2011-10-13T02:00:39.777Z Then Prospero says to her— 'Be collected: No more amazement: tell your piteous heart There's no harm done. Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z Its shrieks were piteous and almost human, until we put it out of its pain. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z His spirit, if such it were, seemed to gaze upon me with a mournful look, and, as I thought, pronounced your name in piteous accents.” Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z "Your bairn, that stirs between my sides, Maun shortly see the light:30 But to see it weltering in my blood, Would be a piteous sight." English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) 2011-10-14T02:00:24.023Z She made the most piteous face, and tried to laugh it off; but he pointed to the shower-bath--would she really break her promise? In God's Way A Novel 2011-10-13T02:00:38.570Z She looked at me—looked at me with so strange and piteous an expression in her eyes—continued looking at me as long as one might have counted five.... A Night on the Borders of the Black Forest 2011-10-12T02:00:51.367Z A third effort was made to drive them out, but there was no response save the piteous crying of small cubs. Forest Life and Forest Trees: comprising winter camp-life among the loggers, and wild-wood adventure. with Descriptions of lumbering operations on the various rivers of Maine and New Brunswick 2011-10-11T02:01:03.847Z It was a piteous spectacle; and Doctor Dee appeared much moved by it. Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z For he grew so wizened, dried up, thin, and of such piteous appearance that dogs used to start barking at the sight of him, as they do at beggars with their bundles. Flemish Legends 2011-10-10T02:00:21.467Z Looking at me in a piteous manner in the face, he pointed to the side of his head and said: p. Wild Wales The People, Laguage & Scenery 2011-10-09T02:00:29.740Z She fell at Paul's feet weeping, and besought him in piteous accents that he would not thus abandon her. The New Paul and Virginia Positivism on an Island 2011-10-08T02:00:25.133Z The moose gave him a tremendous blow with one of his sharp hoofs, which made him cry out till the woods echoed with his piteous howl. Forest Life and Forest Trees: comprising winter camp-life among the loggers, and wild-wood adventure. with Descriptions of lumbering operations on the various rivers of Maine and New Brunswick 2011-10-11T02:01:03.847Z A bullet pierced the knight's brain; and he no sooner fell, than, regardless of himself, the old steward flung away his sword, and threw himself, with the most piteous lamentations, on the body. Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z The apothecary, seeing Gans in such a piteous melancholy state, asked him if he had some ill whereof he wished to be cured. Flemish Legends 2011-10-10T02:00:21.467Z O piteous thing! have pity; be my friend; Or say, at least, that blessings will descend On her I love, on her if not on me! Love Letters of a Violinist and Other Poems 2011-10-08T02:00:23.627Z Katheline, hearing the noise, had come out from her cottage, and stood up straight and immovable, gazing at the piteous scene. The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere 2011-10-04T02:00:19.193Z It was so futile, so piteous, so true. A Crooked Mile 2011-10-03T02:00:26.870Z From this piteous state she was aroused by the tramp of horses at the door of the cottage, and the next moment Father Garnet presented himself. Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z So they fell on their faces in the dust, as if dead from fear, crying out in a most piteous manner: “Mercy, Lord God! send back to hell all these ghosts, we pray you.” Flemish Legends 2011-10-10T02:00:21.467Z Under these circumstances piteous were the communications made to friends in the "fatherland," and dreadful the detail of their distress in the far distant land of promise. Fern Vale (Volume 3) or the Queensland Squatter 2011-09-30T02:00:17.137Z There was a piteous flicker of despair in the lashes of the eyes Ann had once loved so well. Ann Boyd 2011-09-29T02:00:14.220Z Sobbing, he caught at a fragment of the cloak and covered it with piteous, protecting kisses. "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z Every twisted bone, every welling vein, every scarred and marred part on once smooth soft flesh was eloquent of that piteous petition for relief. The Chalice Of Courage A Romance of Colorado 2011-09-22T02:00:25.630Z By this argument am I not doing my best to soften your heart to my piteous case? Flemish Legends 2011-10-10T02:00:21.467Z "Oh, dear me! what shall I do?" said Kate, in a most piteous way. Fern Vale (Volume 3) or the Queensland Squatter 2011-09-30T02:00:17.137Z "You are asking too much of me, Luke," Ann groaned, almost in piteous appeal. Ann Boyd 2011-09-29T02:00:14.220Z I think of all I can that is piteous and wild and of a great pride, broken, like a sick eagle! "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z Hear me forswear man's sympathies, His pleasant yea and no, His riot on the piteous earth Whereon his thistles grow, His changing love—with stars above, His pride—with graves below. The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I 2011-09-20T02:00:18.217Z Nor did he suffer for want of money; for that is an evil reserved to us needy, piteous, and ill-faring mortals. Flemish Legends 2011-10-10T02:00:21.467Z His state was truly piteous; his better and softer nature was in perpetual warfare with his fiendish feelings, which prompted nothing but a thirst for vengeance. Fern Vale (Volume 3) or the Queensland Squatter 2011-09-30T02:00:17.137Z "Can't you see—I'm ill?" the dying man cried in a feeble, piteous voice. The Great War in England in 1897 2011-09-20T02:00:17.083Z And he followed this extraordinary question with a piteous, a blenching glance. "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z And then, with a rush, Martha was gone from his mind, and Marise stood there, Marise, looking up at him with piteous, frightened eyes that softened to trust, to quiet trust. Rough-Hewn 2011-09-20T02:00:15.147Z Suddenly there drew up at his door a man of piteous appearance, with brown hair and beard, dressed like a ragged townsman, and carrying a great staff in his hand. Flemish Legends 2011-10-10T02:00:21.467Z "Don't give way, sergeant; don't believe it!" she cried, and at her first words a look as of horror came into the stricken old face, and the hands clasped together in piteous appeal. Trumpeter Fred A Story of the Plains 2011-09-15T02:00:11.393Z They jeered and laughed at piteous appeal, and with fiendish brutality enjoyed the destruction which everywhere they wrought. The Great War in England in 1897 2011-09-20T02:00:17.083Z It was only the piteous human longing to be brought nearer, by some detail, by some vision later than our own, to those to whom we shall never be near again. "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z No more piteous or significant symbol of humanity has ever been conceived, in the full compass of its sorrow, its slavery, and its hope. William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work 2011-09-13T02:00:35.943Z Then I hear three or four dull explosions like distant gunfire, and out wails the piteous appeal of "Mournful Mary" at the Dunkerque docks. 'Green Balls' The Adventures of a Night-Bomber 2011-09-13T02:00:34.080Z The eldest wool-dealer was now quite exhausted and raised his voice in loud, piteous complaints. Wang the Ninth The Story of a Chinese Boy 2011-09-12T02:00:25.620Z Until the welkin warfare's awful knell Is voice of all below in piteous wail. Vacation Verse 2011-09-11T02:00:09.897Z Suddenly the prisoner uttered a choking cry and sank trembling to his knees, his locked hands raised to the judge in piteous appeal, while the attendants strove unsuccessfully to lift him to his feet. Mortmain 2011-09-09T02:01:10.217Z Blake, who seldom made his faces characteristic, but was satisfied with making them merely typical, has given this woman’s face a piteous expression of fear and entreaty. William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work 2011-09-13T02:00:35.943Z Edenborough smote his brow like a young man on the stage, but with a piteous spontaneity beyond all histrionic art. The Crime Doctor 2011-09-09T02:01:05.570Z Penelope's cheeks burned, and she fanned and fanned her with a turkey wing and laughed to see Nick caper and to hear the piteous squalling which was my way of singing. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z An Indian soldier, who had contracted lockjaw, kept making piteous signs to his mouth, and looking up to the verandah, where we stood surrounded by guards. Caught by the Turks 2011-09-09T02:01:01.073Z She never heeded its cries, nor the mother’s piteous appeal to save her offspring; so presently kitty was dead, to all appearance, and the bucket was emptied over the wall into an adjoining field. The Domestic Cat 2011-09-08T02:00:21.853Z “Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him,” is expressed in every line of the noble, piteous figure. William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work 2011-09-13T02:00:35.943Z She came and stood by him, a lovely vision of health, purity, and strength, in that piteous, pain-bound place. The Red Cross Barge 2011-09-05T02:00:20.603Z It was her death which broke my life—not only for the piteous loss and all it meant to me, but because death came with tragic heedlessness—for she was young, and strong, and beautiful. The Divine Adventure Volume IV 2011-09-04T02:00:03.717Z David was beaten unmercifully, notwithstanding his piteous cries, and in his desperation he bit the hand of Murdstone. Dickens As an Educator 2011-09-02T02:00:22.320Z The hour for Great Britain’s intervention struck with that piteous cry for help. The Shadow of the Past 2011-08-31T02:01:36.547Z The shark came close to me, I felt him touch my leg,” he shrieked in a piteous voice. Jack Buntline 2011-08-31T02:01:34.270Z How piteous were these delusions of the conquered! The Red Cross Barge 2011-09-05T02:00:20.603Z He was sitting on a damp, moss-grown boulder, and a stout woman, with strands of gray hair falling limply and dankly about her face, was addressing him in piteous tones. The Tigress 2011-08-30T02:00:39.657Z She lay unresponsive, trembling in his arms, her eyes full of a wild, piteous questioning.... Jane Oglander 2011-08-30T02:00:38.717Z Every few minutes a piteous cry comes through the grating, and the men feel their hair and nails tingle. Stories and Pictures 2011-08-30T02:00:28.080Z Presently Lois pushed away the fan, made a motion as if to rise, only to relapse again on the cushion; she looked up at Girard and tried to smile with piteous, brimming eyes. The Wayfarers 2011-08-28T02:00:32.867Z He's looking iller and older every day, and tells me himself that he never sees her now; it's too piteous to hear him, dear old thing. The War-Workers 2011-08-25T02:00:32.260Z Lucrezia's voice changed to a piteous wail: "You love me no longer, then?" Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories 2011-08-25T02:00:30.323Z The state he found himself in to-night recalled with piteous vividness that episode of his stormy youth which had led to his long break with the Paches. Jane Oglander 2011-08-30T02:00:38.717Z "It is God's doing," he thought, with tears in his eyes; "God Himself wishes me to take my life, to hang myself!" and he felt a bitterly piteous compassion for himself in his heart. Stories and Pictures 2011-08-30T02:00:28.080Z There was something piteous, and yet humorous as well, in her present intellectual state. The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z Lady Rose drew herself up, and lifted her piteous face as if appealing for compassion. Norston's Rest 2011-08-24T02:00:23.833Z Moist, indecorous slabs of cold boiled beef, beer for six, two jars of piccalilli and a round of over-ripe Gorgonzola cheese, offered piteous appeal to a jaded, untasting palate. The Sixth Sense A Novel 2011-08-24T02:00:18.870Z That was the deep and piteous treason to which she must contribute! The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z His Majesty's gracious letter of acceptance, which the reader will find on another page, is indeed a Royal Foreword to these poetic blossoms of a piteous though heroic time. Songs of Heroic Days 2011-08-23T02:00:30.883Z And then poor Pauline reeled giddily, putting forth both hands in a piteous, distraught way.... The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z She understood this piteous outcry as a burst of natural grief, and gave it no deeper significance; but she felt the task of comforting the poor girl more difficult than she had imagined. Norston's Rest 2011-08-24T02:00:23.833Z There was a wicked snarl, a piteous stifled bleat, and the lamb was dragged headlong into the furze. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z In the pallid lamp-light the hard sneer that had curved his lips during the dragging trial had faded and his face seemed all at once piteous and younger. The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z Shepherds hear the heavenly song, Mid the strife and piteous wrong; Peace on earth but not of men, Peace that knows not crime nor sin. Songs of Heroic Days 2011-08-23T02:00:30.883Z To this day I recall the piteous expressions of two or three of these wounded horses, as they raised their heads in their suffering and looked at us as we passed between them. Life in the Confederate Army Being Personal Experiences of a Private Soldier in the Confederate Army 2011-08-19T02:00:11.243Z "You do not know what a promise is to my father," said the girl, with piteous helplessness. Norston's Rest 2011-08-24T02:00:23.833Z The woods came up almost to the doors of the house, and as Grimalkin listened, the piteous scream of a rabbit close at hand made his whiskers stiffen and his tail move. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z Her home world, which had always seemed simple and uncomplex, even in its darker aspects, had suddenly become fateful and mysterious, a thing of secret depths and shaming, piteous revelations. The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z Where the currents cross and the cruisers speed I sail towards the North in a piteous sky; I hear the night wind's surging note As it mingles its requiem with the widow's cry. Songs of Heroic Days 2011-08-23T02:00:30.883Z As he did so a woman with two small children came hastily up, cast a furtive glance to right and left, saw no policeman near, and begged in a high piteous whining voice for alms. A Life For a Love A Novel 2011-08-18T02:00:24.323Z To our shame he seemed a comic creature and we pelted him with snowballs and ran from his piteous anger. Hints to Pilgrims 2011-08-18T02:00:23.727Z Twins, by Jupiter!" was all he said for a minute; then, turning to the women with an appealing look that was comically piteous, he added, "Take 'em quick, somebody! Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy 2011-08-18T02:00:21.810Z Poor Dame Margery set up a piteous outcry, and soon there came two or three of the neighbor folk who heard her broken tale of the encounter. Cedric, the Forester 2011-08-17T02:00:29.077Z I turned my piteous face Aside ashamed; I struggled to be free. Poems 2011-08-16T02:00:47.467Z He took not the least notice of the woman, although she pushed one of the hungry children forward who raised two piteous blue eyes to the hard man's face. A Life For a Love A Novel 2011-08-18T02:00:24.323Z It was a piteous sight to see one hitherto so strong lying like a log, unable even to turn himself without assistance. In Strange Company A Story of Chili and the Southern Seas 2011-08-16T02:00:46.397Z We could not converse as we should have wished, for a magistrate was present; but I could hear enough to gather that the besieged were in a piteous plight. Through Shot and Flame The Adventures and Experiences of J. D. Kestell Chaplain to President Steyn and General Christian De Wet 2011-08-16T02:00:45.283Z As it came forth the boy gave a piteous groan and his eyes flickered open, but quickly closed again. Cedric, the Forester 2011-08-17T02:00:29.077Z But piteous amends I make each day To recompense the evil with the good; With double pang I play the double part Of all you trust and all that I betray. Poems 2011-08-16T02:00:47.467Z For be it remembered I was only twenty-three, and the sight of the maid was in truth piteous. The Coming of the King 2011-08-13T02:00:24.197Z Hardly had these words passed the lips of the captain, when the piteous moan which had so startled the pirates, on the previous evening again saluted them, but in a more suppressed tone of voice. Fire Cloud The Mysterious Cave. A Story of Indians and Pirates. 2011-08-09T02:00:29.010Z "Oh! come here,—come here,"—were the piteous cries from an adjoining field. Papers from Overlook-House 2011-08-07T02:00:08.643Z Thus the nickname, facetiously applied by Kiddo Cook in celebration of his piteous song, grew into use; and 'Canary' would call the creature's attention as readily as a mouthful of imprecations. A Child of the Jago 2011-08-05T02:00:52.533Z Their paths soon converge, for the night is torn by a piteous cry; the road is enveloped in a cloud of dust; and in the midst of the confusion the dogs dash over the fence. The Confessions of a Poacher 2011-08-05T02:00:44.470Z If their interest was at Pycroft, so was mine; besides, my heart went out in sympathy towards the woman whose voice was so plaintive, and whose condition seemed so piteous. The Coming of the King 2011-08-13T02:00:24.197Z "Please do not talk of me," she implored, in such a piteous tone that he became silent instantly. Judith Trachtenberg A Novel 2011-08-03T02:00:13.470Z The piteous light in Marjorie’s eyes changed to one of justly wounded pride. Marjorie Dean, College Senior 2011-08-01T02:00:12.720Z And he plied the belt savagely, while Dicky, amazed, breathless and choking, spun about him with piteous squeals, and the baby woke and puled in feeble sympathy. A Child of the Jago 2011-08-05T02:00:52.533Z His hair had become grey, his face was worn, and his eyes burned with a piteous fire deep in their sockets. For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z Many of them were parish ministers, and since the Act of Uniformity and the other Acts their condition hath been piteous. The Coming of the King 2011-08-13T02:00:24.197Z The echo of the sound rang in her ears, shrill, piteous, beseeching. A Girl in Spring-Time 2011-07-29T02:00:31.493Z She caught the girl’s hand in hers and clung to it with piteous appeal in her blue eyes. Blue Robin, the Girl Pioneer 2011-07-28T02:00:09.363Z He sat gazing at me with such a piteous expression in his face that his words went to my heart, and I heard Mary give quite a gulp. The Story of Antony Grace 2011-07-27T02:00:35.717Z The piteous tale had been interrupted with many an indignant exclamation from the men, Nashko and Taras only listening speechless, nor could they find words at once. For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z "The Lord will provide till then," said the man; but his voice was piteous, and I saw the tears well up in her eyes. The Coming of the King 2011-08-13T02:00:24.197Z And now, what do you want of me, my little lamb, for your face is piteous to see?” A Very Naughty Girl 2011-07-27T02:00:30.947Z But just then a rather low piteous whine reached his ears. The Green Casket and other stories 2011-07-27T02:00:30.510Z “Please, please don’t, Stephen,” she sobbed in a low, piteous voice. The Story of Antony Grace 2011-07-27T02:00:35.717Z He often had to stop; it seemed to him as if he heard the piteous groaning of a sick man, or the half stifled cry for help of one wounded. The Chief Justice A Novel 2011-07-27T02:00:28.873Z Speechless, he turned piteous eyes to where she sat on the bank dripping. The Camp Fire Girls at Onoway House or, The Magic Garden 2011-07-26T02:00:18.027Z She turned a frightened, piteous glance on Judith, who, with a flushed face, walked straight up to the little group. Throckmorton 2011-07-25T02:00:15.900Z Oh piteous soul! with none to care, At length they recognize your worth; And England yields, herself, your share: A pauper grave in Mother Earth. Rebel Verses 2011-07-22T02:00:18.367Z Mrs Hallett was more piteous and complaining than ever, and her son grew haggard and worn with care. The Story of Antony Grace 2011-07-27T02:00:35.717Z I comforted her as well as I could, for my heart gave utterance to the same piteous question. The Chief Justice A Novel 2011-07-27T02:00:28.873Z Most piteous moaning was made by many of the inhabitants, to whom it seems he was well known. Twenty-Five Years in the Rifle Brigade 2011-07-21T02:00:19.027Z A slight thrill of remorse seemed to come over those who saw her, at the piteous sight; but it was now too late. Throckmorton 2011-07-25T02:00:15.900Z So do the soft dark ones they meet in that piteous farewell. Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman 2011-07-20T02:00:12.413Z A piteous look of horror came into Miss Carr’s face, and she sank upon her knees by the great cushioned chair. The Story of Antony Grace 2011-07-27T02:00:35.717Z Instead of fulfilling this in accordance with the duties of his office, he hurried to the merchant and induced him by piteous prayers to return the loan on the spot. The Chief Justice A Novel 2011-07-27T02:00:28.873Z When he saw us preparing to leave him to his fate, the expression of his countenance became the most piteous and beseeching imaginable; imploring us in French not to leave him there to perish. Twenty-Five Years in the Rifle Brigade 2011-07-21T02:00:19.027Z Here was the piteous spectacle of many a wreck, the bare ribs of death showing above the merciless coral. Stevenson's Shrine The Record of a Pilgrimage 2011-07-18T02:00:23.520Z Slowly he arose, and gazing upon the lifeless beast, exclaimed with a piteous voice, "Alas poor Bardolph, thy lot is happier than thy master's!" The Cavaliers of Virginia or, The Recluse of Jamestown. Vol. II 2011-07-18T02:00:20.080Z She made an effort to swallow, and did so, uttering a low moan the next minute, followed by a piteous sigh. One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z Her piteous prayers to her lover remained unanswered. The Chief Justice A Novel 2011-07-27T02:00:28.873Z He had fought against the piteous glances now for many days. Dutch the Diver A Man's Mistake 2011-07-15T02:00:21.010Z It was piteous to observe Governor at this time. The Haunted Homestead A Novel 2011-07-13T02:00:22.920Z "Do you really think he will like it?" she inquired with piteous eagerness, in a fever of conflicting emotions. Yekl A tale of the New York ghetto 2011-07-13T02:00:17.480Z Grey’s eyes wore a very piteous aspect, but she said nothing, only did battle with a sigh, which conquered and fought its way from her labouring breast. One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z "What a piteous sight!" said Herr Leonhardt, stooping over his little favourite, while the tears dropped from his poor eyes, and all the women wailed in chorus. Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. 2011-07-13T02:00:14.230Z I've got your letter, your dear scrap of a piteous letter, letting me know that she and I had no barrier between us.... Barnaby A Novel 2011-07-12T02:00:39.777Z Down ran the wine into the road, Most piteous to be seen, Which made the horse's flanks to smoke As they had basted been. National Rhymes of the Nursery 2011-07-12T02:00:29.700Z "Yekl!" she screamed out in a piteous high key, as if crying for mercy. Yekl A tale of the New York ghetto 2011-07-13T02:00:17.480Z Fair Helen then—now she looked more like a native woman than ever, with her piteous great eyes gazing wildly at her friend, as if asking her for help. One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z She burst into a piteous fit of sobbing. Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. 2011-07-13T02:00:14.230Z But she could not pull herself loose from that piteous hold. Barnaby A Novel 2011-07-12T02:00:39.777Z With hands uplifted, his features convulsed, the father fell back, his voice a low piteous shriek: "Merciful God!—No!" The Sins of the Father A Romance of the South 2011-07-10T02:00:23.033Z It was a piteous, strangely-moving sight to a lover of his kind, had such been there. Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z She did not answer, but stood gazing at him with a piteous look in her eyes—gazing so pleadingly that he sprang to his feet, a change coming over his countenance as he approached her. One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z His touch soothed her; she became quiet, and looked up at her uncle with a piteous entreaty in her large eyes. Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. 2011-07-13T02:00:14.230Z His wife would not be a coward, would not sit, a piteous listener, in the background; she had his memory to uphold. Barnaby A Novel 2011-07-12T02:00:39.777Z There was a piteous appeal in his words that made her shiver; and her eyes seemed rivetted to his, but she did not speak. Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family 2011-07-08T02:00:20.557Z Here the girl's tears streamed down like rain—and she sobbed, though striving with all her will power to restrain her feelings—till her slender form shook and trembled in a manner piteous to see. Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z When first you began to woo me—” She burst into a piteous fit of sobbing, and then turned upon him her eyes full of misery and despair. One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z Poor Roy, whom his master had disposed in such place as to afford the best ballast, looked simply piteous. Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z She flung up her head, compelled by a piteous instinct to play her part. Barnaby A Novel 2011-07-12T02:00:39.777Z “She bade me say to thee, ‘Come to me, if you have any sympathy for my piteous case.’” Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family 2011-07-08T02:00:20.557Z He then took the lamp in his hand, and prepared to descend through the narrow aperture in the floor; but the scorn and defiance of the bound robber now changed into a piteous lament. King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 2 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. 2011-07-07T02:00:26.270Z Then his heart seemed to stand still, for Helen uttered a piteous cry for help, and for the first time the doctor saw that the showily-dressed Malay supporting Helen’s head was the Rajah himself! One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z He has slipped his head through the collar and comes running back to his master, and presses against him, looking up into his face with such a piteous whine. Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z The dog had followed its master and, seeing his evil case, set up a piteous howling. A Vendetta of the Desert 2011-07-05T02:00:32.510Z “No,” she said, in a sharp, harsh voice, as changed as was her thin, worn, piteous face from that Artingale had known in better days. Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family 2011-07-08T02:00:20.557Z He looked so unstrung, so worn, so piteous in his agony of suspense, that even a ray of ruth may have entered the heart of his implacable enemy. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z The three Englishmen started, for at these words of their Princess the women burst into a piteous wail, and beat their breasts. One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z At last a scream burst from the lips of the dying man, followed by words of piteous appeal. The White Squaw 2011-07-05T02:00:26.437Z And it was just so with her husband's devotion, without which, nevertheless, she assured me in piteous tones, she could not live; but then just as little could she forego D�nninghausen any longer. A Noble Name or D?nninghausen 2011-07-04T02:00:22.783Z “Come to me if you have any sympathy for my piteous case!” Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family 2011-07-08T02:00:20.557Z The white eager face was passingly beautiful—the piteous glance and appealing voice correspondingly entrancing. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z She uttered no sound until he ceased to speak; then she gave a most piteous, woful cry, and sank insensible across the bed, his hand clasped in hers. A Claim on Klondyke A Romance of the Arctic El Dorado 2011-07-03T02:00:07.507Z And here she fell into a very piteous and sentimental mood, indeed. The Widow Barnaby Vol. III (of 3) 2011-07-01T02:00:15.707Z She continued to approach him, her arms held out in piteous appeal. The Brute 2011-06-30T02:00:30.283Z “But you will be away,” she said, with a piteous look in her eyes. Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family 2011-07-08T02:00:20.557Z “Oh, darling! you cannot really care for me if you can reason so coldly, so deliberately!” he exclaimed, in piteous consternation. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z When the parlor door shut, that piteous cry was still in her ears, and she hastened to the study after him. Playing With Fire 2011-06-29T02:00:30.590Z He staggered once more to the door, and in piteous tones made a last request, Might he have a sandwich? Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 93., October 1, 1887 2011-06-29T02:00:26.507Z When I reached the top of the bank, rather out of breath, I looked back, and saw David making piteous signs, as he moved off rapidly, for me to push along. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None 2011-06-27T02:01:02.870Z Old Warmoth turned and laid one hand upon the Rector’s, gazing up in his face, and there was a piteous smile upon his withered lips. Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family 2011-07-08T02:00:20.557Z Then he wrote to her—a piteous and heartbroken letter—explaining, protesting, and, above all, entreating. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z About dawning the dying man looked at Ian with such a piteous entreaty in his pale blue eyes that Ian felt he must, if possible, grant whatever he desired. Playing With Fire 2011-06-29T02:00:30.590Z The peasants' horses are less used than those of the post to such toilsome marches, and it was really piteous to see their panting distress. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z In memory of our old friendship," continued La Gambogi, "grant me this piteous favour. The Happy Hypocrite A Fairy Tale For Tired Men 2011-06-24T02:00:21.977Z “Which you have done,” she cried, in piteous tones. Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family 2011-07-08T02:00:20.557Z She uttered a piteous little cry, followed by an appeal for mercy. The Kidnapped President 2011-06-23T02:00:29.120Z As they bound his limbs, his visage was convulsively writhen, and he heaved a deep sigh, with an expression so piteous, that his situation wounded me to the heart. The Devil's Elixir Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-23T02:00:27.103Z They seemed in no hurry to get up, and they cut such piteous figures, that I could not help laughing most heartily. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z I was nearly crying for myself, for it was really piteous to see the trash a woman of my age thought worth preserving. A Reconstructed Marriage 2011-06-23T02:00:23.143Z By his command all that piteous company of women and children, the living and the dead together, were thrown into a deep well that stood in the garden of Bibigarh—the House of the Woman. The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny 2011-06-22T02:00:20.120Z "What am I to answer?" she cried again, wringing her hands with a terribly piteous gesture. A Butterfly on the Wheel 2011-06-21T02:00:24.683Z From the back of the cave came piteous moans from Salathiel, begging to be relieved of his bonds. King of the Air Or, To Morocco on an Aeroplane 2011-06-17T02:00:22.043Z As to Denmark, it was piteous to see how the Danes feared the power that never ceased to threaten them. Ten Years Near the German Frontier A Retrospect and a Warning 2011-06-16T02:00:15.297Z It was a piteous thing that the first trouble after her return to Glasgow, should be concerning the child. A Reconstructed Marriage 2011-06-23T02:00:23.143Z A face, wild-eyed and haggard, with bent brows betokening suffering and conflict; a mouth telling, in piteous and patient lines, of defeat. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z "To have had such an idea," she said, with a dignity which was strangely piteous under the circumstances, "would have been an insult to Mr. Collingwood." A Butterfly on the Wheel 2011-06-21T02:00:24.683Z Then, with Oliphant at his side, and Schwab labouring behind, with piteous entreaties that they would not desert him, he dashed towards the cliff, a mile away, beyond which was the sea. King of the Air Or, To Morocco on an Aeroplane 2011-06-17T02:00:22.043Z It was as though what Schopenhauer called “the genius of the genus” had arisen from the depths of being to protest mutely against this piteous desecration of its temple by unregarding Nature and iron-visaged Fate. By Veldt and Kopje 2011-06-15T02:00:20.067Z There was a piteous entreaty in them—would he not kiss and embrace her also? A Reconstructed Marriage 2011-06-23T02:00:23.143Z Oliver was in a bad fix, and his piteous mews as he clung to the pipe showed that he realized it. Army Boys in France or, From Training Camp to Trenches 2011-06-15T02:00:18.907Z And as if that were not piteous enough, she must needs ask the dear Father to tell her how to handle her fork, and how to sit, walk, and talk so’s to please mother. The Turn of the Tide The Story of How Margaret Solved Her Problem 2011-06-14T02:00:18.357Z Another whipping was administered, and this time the shrieks and groans of the victim were piteous. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z Mangèlè stood with bent head in the middle of the prostrate crowd and listened to their piteous pleadings. By Veldt and Kopje 2011-06-15T02:00:20.067Z Lottie came in, looking dogged and shy; Jessie held out her hand, with a piteous smile, for she was thinking of her mother. Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life 2011-06-12T02:00:07.963Z For a few brief heart beats the child lifted her head, looked searchingly into his eyes, and then with a piteous wail of despair clung to him closer than ever. If Any Man Sin 2011-06-12T02:00:05.887Z The song ends in a piteous wail that makes Dolores shiver. Zoe; Or, Some Day A Novel 2011-06-11T02:00:13.290Z As he forces her resisting form across the threshold she turns upon him a face of piteous appeal. Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives 2011-06-11T02:00:11.853Z "I have heard it said"—this with piteous hesitation—"that Colonel Brand was to be reinstated in his rights—that a great estate in England was going to be offered to him." Faithful Margaret A Novel 2011-06-10T02:00:21.627Z The Poet wept at her so piteous fate, Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z But even more piteous was the fact that none of her companions took the least notice, either by sympathy or complaint, of her aberration. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z Winnie left the room, throwing me a look of piteous appeal as she did so, which I understood to beg me to find out all I could from Cynthia. Witch Winnie's Mystery, or The Old Oak Cabinet The Story of a King's Daughter 2011-06-06T02:00:08.460Z The Might-have-been with tooth accursed Gnaws at the piteous souls of men, The deep foundations suffer first, And all the structure crumbles then Beneath the bitter tooth accursed. The Poems and Prose Poems of Charles Baudelaire with an Introductory Preface by James Huneker 2011-06-01T02:00:22.477Z Then he told the rancher of his finding Hazel struggling furiously in the man's arms, and of her piteous cry for help, and all that followed. The Son of his Father 2011-06-01T02:00:21.287Z H�morrhage followed h�morrhage on successive days, and then came a period of violent fever, with scenes the most piteous and distressing. Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z Another song gives the piteous plaint of an unhappy partridge who was snared and eaten. Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) 2011-05-28T02:00:21.687Z They would gaze sadly at each other, peer at their own denuded bodies, and with an indescribably piteous expression, slink away into corners as if inexpressibly ashamed of their appearance. Sawdust & Spangles Stories & Secrets of the Circus 2011-05-27T02:00:18.113Z Good slaves, Can we assist thy mistress, who appears In such a piteous and hapless plight? Virginia, A Tragedy And Other Poems 2011-05-26T02:00:17.117Z Sitka's beauty is the steel That hath wrought this piteous woe: Yet would I rather die Than recover from the blow! Hoosier Lyrics 2011-05-20T02:00:38.353Z For there was striving, in its piteous tongue, Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z The situation is rendered more piteous even than in the earlier treatment of the motif, because the door which bars his escape also prevents his faithful sister Ygraine from coming to the rescue. Prophets of Dissent : Essays on Maeterlinck, Strindberg, Nietzsche and Tolstoy 2011-05-17T02:00:20.900Z Cond� now began intrigues with the princes whom he had previously betrayed; but his pride dissolved in piteous entreaties when Th�mines, captain of the guard, arrested him in September 1616. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" 2011-05-15T02:00:07.897Z She looked at him plaintively, a strange, piteous expression in her beautiful, shadowed eyes. Love and hatred 2011-05-13T02:00:08.103Z In their distress they thought of Columba, who had always befriended their order, and sent him a piteous message that their ruin was certain unless he would use his influence in their favour. Life of Saint Columba Apostle of Scotland 2011-05-10T02:00:58.153Z But the teeth of the driving wind bit with piteous severity her wan cheek, and she sank down again beneath the shelter of the wall. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z They raise their eyes in languid terror; but The moment passes, and 'tis still again— Save, in some piteous way she moves her throat. Colors of Life Poems and Songs and Sonnets 2011-05-09T02:00:03.610Z The organisers of the congress of Bordeaux held their peace; those of Lyons wrote a piteous address to Versailles, to the effect that they had only intended convoking an assembly of the notables. History of the Commune of 1871 2011-05-07T02:00:33.113Z She felt oppressed, her soul filled with a piteous lassitude and weariness of life, in spite of the coming return home of her only brother. Love and hatred 2011-05-13T02:00:08.103Z For an instant he saw its long, lithe body as the animal leaped upon the trunk of a fallen sycamore, gave a piteous cry and then disappeared again farther down in the ravine. The Cave by the Beech Fork A Story of Kentucky?1815 2011-05-07T02:00:28.747Z The poor, self-tortured old man sat down on the edge of a chair and lifted his large, wild eyes to the lady's face, waiting for the expected blow with piteous trepidation. Silent Struggles 2011-05-05T02:00:16.850Z There is something pathetic and almost piteous in his perfect complacency and his perfect futility. William Blake A Critical Essay 2011-05-04T02:00:18.110Z He was a piteous, pathetic spectacle in defeat; his execution by hanging in 2006, still on YouTube, was just as bizarre and disturbing. The TV Watch: As Word Spread About Bin Laden?s Death, It Became a TV Moment 2011-05-03T04:19:54Z And she sighed a sigh of rather piteous relief. Love and hatred 2011-05-13T02:00:08.103Z It was the piteous and musical moan of a human creature in pain. The Blue Rose Fairy Book 2011-05-03T02:00:18.777Z The little girl spoke in the Indian tongue, and looked into his face with those dark, piteous eyes. Silent Struggles 2011-05-05T02:00:16.850Z So piteous, indeed, were the lamentations of Claudia, that they forced tears even from the eyes of Roque, where they were seldom or never seen before. The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z She turned suddenly so deadly pale as to startle Mr. Bragg; and looking up at him with piteous, frightened eyes, stammered faintly, "What is the matter?" That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 3 2011-04-26T02:00:25.180Z Could the Naiads forsee what is to befall, how piteous would be their lamentations! A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z It was truly piteous to hear the child calling on her to speak to him. Jovinian A Story of the Early Days of Papal Rome 2011-04-21T02:00:52.107Z When they reached the heart of the town, the old man stopped reluctantly, reaching forth his hand with a piteous smile. Silent Struggles 2011-05-05T02:00:16.850Z After this I was alarmed with piteous howling and crying, which, mixed with lamentable sighs and groans, obliged me to turn about to see whence it proceeded. The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z A piteous cry from Mr Swinton—for it was he—did not hinder him from being dragged out of his hansom, and receiving a chastisement he would remember to his dying day! The Child Wife 2011-04-21T02:00:50.050Z But now he was called upon to append his name to this piteous appeal to his father. The Finger of Fate A Romance 2011-04-21T02:00:43.830Z She had looked excited—almost indignant—as Polly had uttered her piteous protest for time. Heriot's Choice A Tale 2011-04-20T02:00:22.760Z He knew that his freedom was gone, even as he made his last floundering, piteous endeavors. I Conquered 2011-04-15T02:00:19.800Z She was the most piteous thing under the sky. Japanese Fairy Tales 2011-04-15T02:00:14.617Z And she wrung her hands in piteous misery. Aunt Jane?s Nieces on the Ranch 2011-04-14T02:00:48.280Z Scared by his stern look and tone, she shrank back with a little piteous cry: "Father, he is my husband;" as if indeed she would defend him. By Wit of Woman 2011-04-13T02:00:13.247Z Merciful also and piteous she was unto such as was grieved and troubled, and to them that were in poverty or sickness, or any other trouble.'—Fisher, Heriot's Choice A Tale 2011-04-20T02:00:22.760Z Torment great and grievous dole Hath the thankless heart mid you: But the man of piteous soul Finds much honor in our crew; Love for loving is the due That prevents this penitence. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z From that hour she was in a piteous way, and lay in her bed sighing, like a maid lovelorn and forsaken. Japanese Fairy Tales 2011-04-15T02:00:14.617Z No, not quite that!" she cried, in almost piteous appeal, "but I was afraid, from the way he talked—Oh, Charlie, you can't understand! The Hills of Refuge A Novel 2011-04-09T02:00:10.530Z Gareth gave one soft, piteous cry, like a stricken fawn, as I put my arm round her. By Wit of Woman 2011-04-13T02:00:13.247Z They looked up with piteous straining into the gentle face before them. The Way of the Strong 2011-04-07T02:00:21.387Z But what heart could be so hard as not to be pierced with piteous feeling to see that company? The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea Vol. I 2011-04-02T02:00:10.597Z Very piteous and poignant music is used in this passage, broken in upon by the strains of battle. Shakespeare and Music 2011-04-01T02:00:29.867Z And I was ashamed and repentant for the curiosity that had led me into such a piteous place. All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart 2011-03-31T02:00:16.763Z The Dwarf began to tremble, and the Ape Star’d at the Fool, the Fool was all agape, The Princess grasp’d her switch, but just in time The dwarf with piteous face began to rhyme. Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends 2011-03-30T02:00:14.620Z Their ranks were broken by a distracted woman with a shawl over her head, strained tight round her piteous face. The Messenger 2011-03-26T02:00:14.523Z And piteous was the face of the maid, that Flame whom she loved denied her. The Stars in the Pool A Prose Poem for Lovers 2011-03-24T02:00:09.750Z “Hundreds of letters are received at the Botanical Garden, containing almost piteous appeals for help from people whose trees are dying.” City Room: Planting Chestnuts in City Where the Tree's Blight Began 2011-03-23T22:45:57Z The children slept soundly, and Robert and I sat by them, talking in whispers, and praying silently for the poor soul crying out in its piteous extremity. All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart 2011-03-31T02:00:16.763Z Reduced into some sort of order from its original piteous confusion, this is the story that the doctor gathered. The Terror A Mystery 2011-03-22T02:00:24.957Z Lady McIntyre, in her fashionable mourning, more shrunken and piteous than ever, went on addressing to Julian her polite inanities, couched for the most part in that form of acknowledged intellectual poverty, the question. The Messenger 2011-03-26T02:00:14.523Z She was standing by the bedside, half undressed, and she looked at me with the most piteous longing. The Secret Glory 2011-03-22T02:00:17.863Z People said he would have to take a place on his own farm as a labourer; he went about in dreadful misery, piteous to see. The Great Return 2011-03-20T02:00:35.837Z “He is dead!” was Helen’s response, piteous in its intensity. The Spell 2011-03-20T02:00:34.173Z With that bespake the seven brethren, Making most piteous moan: 'You may go kiss your jolly brown bride, And let our sister alone.' The Romantic Scottish Ballads: Their Epoch and Authorship 2011-03-20T02:00:33.903Z The pleasure which history affords is derived from the same source as tragedy, which would languish and become insipid, were it not inspired with strong passions, great events, and piteous misfortunes. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z It was repeated with a sharper cry, a more piteous supplication; it was re-echoed with a bitter utterance, and tears fell faster as the raindrops fell plashing from the weeping tree. The Secret Glory 2011-03-22T02:00:17.863Z Old Grizzly slowly arose, and assuming a sitting posture, growled out his decided disapprobation of such proceedings, while M. T. Pate was writhing and wriggling under his heavy burden, and uttering piteous groans. The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts 2011-03-19T02:00:11.277Z He is asleep now—only under opiates—but an opiate sleep is better than none, is it not?' consulting his face with a piteous appeal. Doctor Cupid 2011-03-13T03:00:23.987Z “O Lord! you know me, then?” groaned Bagsby, with a piteous accent. Tales from Blackwood Volume 5 2011-03-13T03:00:21.980Z But, later in the afternoon, I find him in the bed-room engaged in a piteous game. My Little Boy 2011-03-12T03:00:27.087Z Instantly she raised her eyes and looked at him, a long, piteous look, as if he had struck her. Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir 2011-03-11T03:00:14.423Z Dove was perched on a bough over his head, and I could hear him in piteous tones begging the negro to tie up the dogs. The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts 2011-03-19T02:00:11.277Z And Prue does wait, is waiting long before the appointed hour; waits—it would be piteous to say for how long after that hour—waits in vain, for Freddy comes not. Doctor Cupid 2011-03-13T03:00:23.987Z “You have come,” he said slowly, as he tried to master a piteous sigh. The Haute Noblesse A Novel 2011-03-10T03:00:50.577Z She howled with pain, a piteous cry, almost like that of a dying animal, a long wail that caused Sal to shudder. Settling Day 2011-03-08T03:00:36.623Z His entreaties for mercy were so piteous that many people in the crowd began to cry also. More Tales by Polish Authors 2011-03-04T03:01:05.113Z Once more the piteous cry met her ear, and stooping down, she raised the little dark object in her arms. Sharing Her Crime 2011-03-04T03:00:54.907Z Sitting opposite me in the parlor-car, ignoring the papers and fashion magazines I spread beneath her eyes, she lifted on me the piteous face of an angel whom I had beaten and trampled and enslaved. The High Heart 2011-03-04T03:00:52.683Z His piteous, reproachful voice went to the heart of his hearers. The Haute Noblesse A Novel 2011-03-10T03:00:50.577Z She held fast by those few words in a helpless way, which was at once piteous and irritating. A Charming Fellow, Volume I (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:28.240Z And then, as she continued to watch him, there came over his face an expression so infinitely piteous, that the sympathetic tears sprang into her eyes when she saw it. A Charming Fellow, Volume II (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:26.237Z When business is over, visits begin; and when these are at an end, drums, trumpets, bombs, uproar, cries, quarrels, fighting, split one's head in a manner piteous to think of. The Library Magazine of Select Foreign Literature All volumes 2011-03-02T03:00:25.433Z And she came walking in soft wise and slow, And many men with faces piteous. Poems & Ballads (First Series) 2011-02-28T03:00:30.587Z At times her eyes closed, and as she sat there bending forward, it seemed as if she slept; but her lips moved, and a piteous sigh escaped her overladen breast. The Haute Noblesse A Novel 2011-03-10T03:00:50.577Z When Mona looks piteous she is at her best. Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z A tiny, black, piteous face looks out of the shawl, and huskily the man with the red gloves explains that he has been for weeks trying to get his travelling circus out of the danger-zone. A Woman's Experience in the Great War 2011-02-26T03:00:48.257Z The child uttered a piteous cry, and seemed to stare with astonishment at her who held it from her, stunned almost at her position. The Vicar's People 2011-02-25T03:01:16.160Z And thou didst heal us with thy piteous kiss; But see now, Lord; her mouth is lovelier. Poems & Ballads (First Series) 2011-02-28T03:00:30.587Z It was only what he had planned and looked for, but the fruition seemed too horrible to bear, and at last a piteous groan escaped from his breast. The Haute Noblesse A Novel 2011-03-10T03:00:50.577Z There was once more that piteous look upon cousin Kate’s face, seen only by me; but it passed off, and she went on. Friends I Have Made 2011-02-25T03:01:14.587Z She contrived to escape, and sent piteous messages for help to the great Otto, then a widower. A Short History of Italy (476-1900) 2011-02-24T03:01:00.630Z “Oh, father, help!” she cried, in a hoarse, piteous voice, as she threw herself upon her knees by the fire to try and restore life to the little clay-clad form she held. The Vicar's People 2011-02-25T03:01:16.160Z I saw springless farm wagons literally heaped with wounded soldiers with piteous white faces; the bottoms of the wagons leaked, and left a trail of blood behind. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 2 (of 10) From the Battle of Mons to the Fall of Antwerp. 2011-02-19T03:01:10.063Z A piteous sigh escaped from Leslie, and he closed his eyes tightly. The Haute Noblesse A Novel 2011-03-10T03:00:50.577Z She put her hand to her side and leaned against the door—a slender, piteous figure. Louisiana 2011-02-18T03:00:21.217Z You know nothing in your difficulties but a piteous entreaty to the unknown resources of nature to assist you. Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. 2011-02-18T03:00:17.957Z She flushed, then turned deadly pale, and ended by shrinking back with a piteous look, and holding up her hands in a pleading way. The Vicar's People 2011-02-25T03:01:16.160Z Here and there between the pages are gummed little pictures of Madonnas and 'piteous Christs.' Fr?ulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther 2011-02-17T03:00:18.413Z She had sunk back in her chair with the cold, dank dew of suffering gathering upon her forehead, and a piteous look of agony in her eyes. The Haute Noblesse A Novel 2011-03-10T03:00:50.577Z He had us all about his bed to receive his blessing; and 'twas piteous to see father fall upon his face, as Joseph on the face of Jacob, and weep upon him and kiss him. Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. 2011-02-15T03:00:16.383Z His face was haggard, his eyes were bloodshot, he was unkempt and almost piteous to look upon. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z Rhoda looked across at him with rather a piteous face as he went on. The Vicar's People 2011-02-25T03:01:16.160Z "But this tells us nothing," he said hoarsely, looking up at me with piteous eyes. That Affair at Elizabeth 2011-02-14T03:00:36.587Z Marry her and stop up in the churchyard afterwards,” he said with a grim smile full of piteous sadness. The Haute Noblesse A Novel 2011-03-10T03:00:50.577Z All at once, she seemed to comprehend the fatal truth; and throwing back her head, commenced uttering the most piteous cries—at the same time running in circles around the body! Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. 2011-02-15T03:00:16.383Z All strength fled from the murdering hand when its owner beheld those dark fixed eyes of his piteous victim. Menotah A Tale of the Riel Rebellion 2011-02-14T03:00:35.553Z Then there came a strange and piteous stirring of all her long-numbed sensibilities; a powerful, and even terrible, uprising of all her intensest feelings. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z How piteous is the reflection that the slaves made a point of honor of preserving their backs free from scars,—so that the lash inflicted a double wound at every stroke! The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 2011-02-11T03:00:30.570Z Louise drew herself up as a piteous sigh escaped her breast. The Haute Noblesse A Novel 2011-03-10T03:00:50.577Z "Wolf, must I pay this visit?" the doctor asked, in a tone of piteous entreaty. The Alpine Fay A Romance 2011-02-11T03:00:27.700Z For the third time I listened to this piteous appeal. The Guerilla Chief And other Tales 2011-02-10T03:00:53.627Z He could not look at him without being compelled to renew the struggle with Anne; that infinitely cruel, that ineffably piteous struggle which wrung his own heart, and which would be useless in the end. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z Any one listening attentively to its cries might have detected in the piteous tones the slightest commingling of reproach. Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops 2011-02-10T03:00:44.790Z “Oh, I’m not going to be made a scapegoat!” he cried savagely; but as his eyes met hers full of piteous appeal, his whole manner changed, and he caught her hands in his. The Haute Noblesse A Novel 2011-03-10T03:00:50.577Z By the way, just at this moment, you bear a most remarkable resemblance to your sainted cousin, the man of the desert, who used to cast his eyes heavenward, in the same piteous manner. 'Clear the Track' A Story of To-day 2011-02-09T03:00:49.283Z The colored woman came running, and with her Grace, who looked at the wan features of the soldier with piteous eyes. The Courier of the Ozarks 2011-02-09T03:00:43.267Z With piteous words, she wept and begged for freedom, but all in vain; her words only increased the hardness of her captor's heart. Tales from Spenser; Chosen from the Faerie Queene 2011-02-06T03:00:52.580Z The piteous appeals of his pet could not be resisted. Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops 2011-02-10T03:00:44.790Z George Vine turned upon him with a piteous smile, and took the hand resting on his shoulder. The Haute Noblesse A Novel 2011-03-10T03:00:50.577Z "I wonder why my aunt hates me so?" she asked Vand with a piteous look. The Solitary Farm 2011-02-04T03:00:21.943Z She fell down on G, but if every failure was accompanied by the doubting, anxious, piteous, altogether captivating expression which distinguished this one, no culprit would ever hear a word of censure. A Maid of the Kentucky Hills 2011-02-04T03:00:15.877Z The giant was moved by her piteous cry, and strove to wield his weapon in her aid, but all in vain, for the bright shield had sapped his powers. Tales from Spenser; Chosen from the Faerie Queene 2011-02-06T03:00:52.580Z |
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