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Meanings of pure pity in English

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Usage of pure pity in English
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The words Turnbull spoke broke out of him in pure pity.
The Ball and the Cross
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Una was full of pure pity, Carl of amused wonder, and all of them of curiosity.
Rainbow Valley
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And while he marvelled at it, he saw that now her look was one of pure pity.
The Bells of San Juan
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Actually went back to look after that lonely old rip, out of pure pity and goodness of heart.
Romance
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But the Charity which is Humanity, which is the spirit of pure pity, the Spirit of Christ and of God.
All Saints' Day and Other Sermons
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The triviality, the emptiness of his existence outside of the walls of the mill made her heart beat with pure pity.
Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill
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Vinicius spoke with apparent calmness; but there was such despair in his voice that the heart of Petronius quivered from pure pity.
Quo Vadis: A Narrative of the Time of Nero
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Again Mistress Corbet was silent; and Anthony drew a long sobbing breath of pure pity, and Isabel was crying quietly to herself.
By What Authority?
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And then suddenly to the boy there came an impulse of pure pity for his father's disappointment in having a son like himself.
Michael
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She clutched him so piteously that in pure pity he clutched her, and lifting her bodily out of her peril set her on his knee.
Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard
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"And then, and then?" tried Hilarius breathlessly, tears of pure pity in his eyes.
The Gathering of Brother Hilarius
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