wretchedness

Example Sentences

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The further history of Lucien de Rubempre belongs to the Splendour and Wretchedness of Courtezans.

From Balzac by Lawton, Frederick

Wretchedness is everywhere; a new wretchedness, which has no past, no future, and which cannot take root anywhere.

From The Memoirs of Victor Hugo by Hugo, Victor

Th' appeals of Wretchedness had weight with him, And Sympathy would warm him every limb; The Child becomes one of the Family.

From Rural Tales, Ballads, and Songs by Bloomfield, Robert

Wretchedness and ruin came on me—came on me.

From Dombey and Son by Dickens, Charles

Wretchedness, mental and bodily, took hold of him.

From Stella Fregelius by Haggard, Henry Rider