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Unbending, unpitiful, does the universe seem to be when the idea of law and Nemesis is so strongly presented, and with no relief from it in the theory of man's free will.

From George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy by Cooke, George Willis

There might be other causes: some men say he was proud, and covetous, and unpitiful.

From In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers by Irwin, M. (Madelaine)

Fell year unpitiful, slow days of scorn, Your kind shall die, and sweeter days be born.

From A Treasury of War Poetry British and American Poems of the World War 1914-1917 by Clarke, George Herbert

"Let everybody be civil!" cried Mr Hobson, "that's my notion; and then I shall be as much above being unpitiful as anybody else."

From Cecilia; Or, Memoirs of an Heiress — Volume 2 by Burney, Fanny