Citations:wretchedness


 * 1678 — John Bunyan. The Pilgrim's Progress.
 * Be awakened, then, see thine own wretchedness, and fly to the Lord Jesus; and by his righteousness, which is the righteousness of God, for he himself is God, thou shalt be delivered from condemnation.


 * 1813 — Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
 * "The first wish of my heart," said she to herself, "is never more to be in company with either of them. Their society can afford no pleasure that will atone for such wretchedness as this! Let me never see either one or the other again!"