All 3 Uses of
compassion
in
Northanger Abbey
- Though his looks did not please her, his name was a passport to her goodwill, and she thought with sincere compassion of his approaching disappointment; for, in spite of what she had believed herself to overhear in the pump-room, his behaviour was so incompatible with a knowledge of Isabella's engagement that she could not, upon reflection, imagine him aware of it.†
Chpt 19
- This was placing her in a very uncomfortable situation, and she felt great compassion for Captain Tilney, without being able to hope for his goodwill.†
Chpt 20 *
- "You are mistaken, indeed," returned Eleanor, looking at her most compassionately; "it is no one from Woodston.†
Chpt 28
Definition:
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(compassion) sympathy for another's suffering and wanting to help