Citations:pitiful


 * 1678 — John Bunyan. The Pilgrim's Progress.
 * ...why, he objected against religion itself; he said it was a pitiful, low, sneaking business for a man to mind religion; he said that a tender conscience was an unmanly thing; and that for a man to watch over his words and ways, so as to tie up himself from that hectoring liberty that the brave spirits of the times accustom themselves unto, would make him the ridicule of the times.
 * They see that those fears tend to take away from them their pitiful old self-holiness, and therefore they resist them with all their might.


 * 1813 — Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
 * "Already arisen?" repeated Mr. Bennet. "What, has she frightened away some of your lovers? Poor little Lizzy! But do not be cast down. Such squeamish youths as cannot bear to be connected with a little absurdity are not worth a regret. Come, let me see the list of pitiful fellows who have been kept aloof by Lydia's folly."