10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PITIABLENESS»
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pitiableness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
pitiableness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
As an instance of the former, some philosophers, he says, have undertaken to
exalt man by exhibiting his greatness, some to abase him by representing his
pitiableness. Strange as it is, each party uses the other's view differently
interpreted to ...
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The Contemporary Review
As an instance of the former : Some philosophers, he says, have undertaken to
exalt man by exhibiting his greatness, some to abase him by representing his
pitiableness. Strange as it is, each party uses the other's view differently
interpreted ...
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A Dictionary of the Gaelic Language. - London, Bohn 1845
(Тп'иввьд А роог, distressed or wretched creature; a miser: used as a term of
kindness. ' А thruaghaìn.' TRUAGHANTA, diners, adj. (Тгпшв'ъ) Lamentable. ~
TRUAGHANTACHD, s.f. índ.(Truagh anta,) Lamentableness, pitiableness.
TRUAIGHE ...
Norman Macleod, Daniel Dewar,
1845
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English and Chinese pronouncing dictionary
Pithily, (pith'-e-le) ado. fflj. Pithless, (pith '-lea) a. Wanting strength, Pithy, (pith'-e)
a. pithy expressions, -j] jJSjJ. Pitiable, (pit'-e-a-M'» v. Lamentable, "H3«fl!j, WfiW;
doleful fiKW, W wretched, fi^fS'j; truly pitkl-Je, Pitiableness, (pit'-e-a-M-nes) n.
Shang wu yin shu kuan,
1903
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A Dictionary of the Gaelic Language: In Two Parts
(Truasail.) A readiness to pity or to compassionate ; pitiableness. TRUDAIR, -E, -
EAN, ». m. A stammerer. TRUDAIREACHD, «./. ind. Dirtiness, filthiness,
naetiness ; worthleasness ; impurity. TRÜILLEACH, -ich, ». m. and/. A dirty or
base person ...
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What Happens in Holy Communion?
Indeed they are conscious of the poverty and pitiableness of earthly existence
before God. In the Supper, this consciousness of poverty and pitiableness
becomes clear in manifold ways: The action is merely symbolic; the knowledge of
...
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The Vision of Peace: Faith and Hope in Northern Ireland
Let me just quote Vera Brittain: “If I write any more I shall probably cry. . .which
must never be done, for there is so much to cry for here, that one might weep
forever and yet not shed enough tears to wipe away the pitiableness of it all.
Mairead Corrigan Maguire, John Dear,
2010
'pitiableness, occasion for sympathy'. As the object of a somewhat formal and
archaic verb meaning 'see, look upon', it is used as a relational noun in
expressions like the following: mu kini je 'have pity on us' A closely parallel
expression uses ...
William Everett Welmers,
1976
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Richard Wagner's Letters to His Dresden Friends: Theodor ...
When our court actors petitioned His Majesty for a continuation of the present
conditions of the Court theatre, this, on the whole, did not much mislead me : I
only recognized clearly to what pitiableness that state of things which I was
attacking ...
Richard Wagner, Theodor Uhlig, Wilhelm Fischer,
1890
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The Art of the Novelist
mysteries of humanity, but by its profound pitiableness — a pitiableness found
everywhere, in the virtuous and the sinful, in the prosperous as well as in the
unfortunate. And men are thus moved with compassion not as superiors, but as ...
Henry Burrowes Lathrop,
1919
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PITIABLENESS»
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The Moral Relativism Of Serial Television
It was a scene expertly calibrated to convey pitiableness, while reminding the viewer that the subject was beyond pity. The show did not even ... «The Federalist, May 14»
The Best and Worst of Last Night's 'SNL' with Kristen Wiig
None of Wiig's characters evoke such alienation and pitiableness as the woman “on the clock and ready to rock.” She talked about her adult, ... «Flavorwire, May 13»