All 17 Uses of
compassion
in
A Tale of Two Cities
- O dear, good, compassionate sir, for the truth!†
Chpt 1.4 *
- And so exactly was the expression repeated on the fair young face of her who had crept along the wall to a point where she could see him, and where she now stood looking at him, with hands which at first had been only raised in frightened compassion, if not even to keep him off and shut out the sight of him, but which were now extending towards him, trembling with eagerness to lay the spectral face upon her warm young breast, and love it back to life and hope—so exactly was the…†
Chpt 1.6
- Her forehead had been strikingly expressive of an engrossing terror and compassion that saw nothing but the peril of the accused.†
Chpt 2.2
- The plaintive tone of her compassion merged into the less musical voice of the Judge, as he said something fiercely: "Answer the questions put to you, and make no remark upon them."†
Chpt 2.3
- Is it worth being tried for one's life, to be the object of such sympathy and compassion, Mr. Darnay?"†
Chpt 2.4
- He had never heard a sound so sweet and dear as the sound of her compassionate voice; he had never seen a face so tenderly beautiful, as hers when it was confronted with his own on the edge of the grave that had been dug for him.†
Chpt 2.10
- God bless you for your sweet compassion!†
Chpt 2.13
- With a sigh of great compassion.†
Chpt 2.16
- "I believe," said the spy, dropping his soft voice to a tone that invited confidence, and expressing an injured revolutionary susceptibility in every muscle of his wicked face: "I believe there is much compassion and anger in this neighbourhood, touching the poor fellow?†
Chpt 2.16
- If one forlorn wanderer then pacing the dark streets, could have heard her innocent disclosure, and could have seen the drops of pity kissed away by her husband from the soft blue eyes so loving of that husband, he might have cried to the night—and the words would not have parted from his lips for the first time— "God bless her for her sweet compassion!"†
Chpt 2.20
- There was a murmur of commiseration as Charles Darnay crossed the room to a grated door where the gaoler awaited him, and many voices—among which, the soft and compassionate voices of women were conspicuous—gave him good wishes and encouragement.†
Chpt 3.1
- Her father, cheering her, showed a compassionate superiority to this woman's weakness, which was wonderful to see.†
Chpt 3.7
- He was quite incapable of any compassionate feeling about the boy, or about his fate.†
Chpt 3.10
- She was a good, compassionate lady, and not happy in her marriage.†
Chpt 3.10
- What I have left to call my own—it is little beyond the worth of a few jewels—I will make it the first charge of his life to bestow, with the compassion and lamenting of his dead mother, on this injured family, if the sister can be discovered.'†
Chpt 3.10
- O, good citizens, if you would have so much compassion for us!†
Chpt 3.11
- Defarge, a weak minority, interposed a few words for the memory of the compassionate wife of the Marquis; but only elicited from his own wife a repetition of her last reply.†
Chpt 3.12
Definition:
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(compassion) sympathy for another's suffering and wanting to help