All 16 Uses of
compassion
in
Pride and Prejudice
- You have no compassion for my poor nerves.†
Chpt 1 *
- Have a little compassion on my nerves.†
Chpt 2
- "If he had had any compassion for me," cried her husband impatiently, "he would not have danced half so much!†
Chpt 3
- "MY DEAR FRIEND,— "If you are not so compassionate as to dine to-day with Louisa and me, we shall be in danger of hating each other for the rest of our lives, for a whole day's tete-a-tete between two women can never end without a quarrel.†
Chpt 7
- Charlotte hardly had time to answer, before they were joined by Kitty, who came to tell the same news; and no sooner had they entered the breakfast-room, where Mrs. Bennet was alone, than she likewise began on the subject, calling on Miss Lucas for her compassion, and entreating her to persuade her friend Lizzy to comply with the wishes of all her family.†
Chpt 20
- I did not think you would; and that being the case, I cannot consider your situation with much compassion.†
Chpt 21
- Mrs. Gardiner, to whom the chief of this news had been given before, in the course of Jane and Elizabeth's correspondence with her, made her sister a slight answer, and, in compassion to her nieces, turned the conversation.†
Chpt 25
- In spite of her deeply-rooted dislike, she could not be insensible to the compliment of such a man's affection, and though her intentions did not vary for an instant, she was at first sorry for the pain he was to receive; till, roused to resentment by his subsequent language, she lost all compassion in anger.†
Chpt 34
- When she remembered the style of his address, she was still full of indignation; but when she considered how unjustly she had condemned and upbraided him, her anger was turned against herself; and his disappointed feelings became the object of compassion.†
Chpt 37
- In truth I must acknowledge that, with all the disadvantages of this humble parsonage, I should not think anyone abiding in it an object of compassion, while they are sharers of our intimacy at Rosings.†
Chpt 38
- But she had chosen it with her eyes open; and though evidently regretting that her visitors were to go, she did not seem to ask for compassion.†
Chpt 38
- Oh! no, my regret and compassion are all done away by seeing you so full of both.†
Chpt 40
- Darcy, in wretched suspense, could only say something indistinctly of his concern, and observe her in compassionate silence.†
Chpt 46
- …bringing on them all, soon swallowed up every private care; and covering her face with her handkerchief, Elizabeth was soon lost to everything else; and, after a pause of several minutes, was only recalled to a sense of her situation by the voice of her companion, who, in a manner which, though it spoke compassion, spoke likewise restraint, said, "I am afraid you have been long desiring my absence, nor have I anything to plead in excuse of my stay, but real, though unavailing concern.†
Chpt 46
- Proud that in a cause of compassion and honour, he had been able to get the better of himself.†
Chpt 52
- Let me thank you again and again, in the name of all my family, for that generous compassion which induced you to take so much trouble, and bear so many mortifications, for the sake of discovering them.†
Chpt 58
Definition:
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(compassion) sympathy for another's suffering and wanting to help