pity-in

Updated: May 1, 2025

Thunderstruck by a command so unexpected, I stood still and speechless, and doubted whether my own ears did not deceive me. "Oh go, go!" cried he, passionately; "in pity-in compassion,-if thou valuest my senses, leave me,-and for ever!"

Fanny Burney - Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World