wretchedness
- a word derived from wretched.
Example Sentences
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I would not change this Wretchedness, for the Fortune of a King.
From Colloquies of Erasmus, Volume I. by Erasmus, Desiderius
Besides his continuation of Lucien de Rubempre's story in the Splendour and Wretchedness of Courtezans, Balzac published, in the year 1843, two complete novels, viz.
From Balzac by Lawton, Frederick
Article IV was headed "Our Wretchedness in Consequence of the Colonizing Plan."
From A Social History of the American Negro Being a History of the Negro Problem in the United States. Including A History and Study of the Republic of Liberia by Brawley, Benjamin Griffith
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 in the extreme was visible in her dress, her attitude, her aspect.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 by Various
