(Jane Austen - Pride and prejudice ) On his quitting the room she sat down, unable to support herself, andlooking so miserably ill, that it was impossible for Darcy to leave her,or to refrain from saying, in a tone of gentleness and commiseration,"Let me call your maid.
( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'Young girls have such spirits,' said Miss Wardle to Mr. Tupman, with anair of gentle commiseration, as if animal spirits were contraband, andtheir possession without a permit a high crime and misdemeanour.
There was a short pause of commiseration.
Cluppins, after a careful survey of Master Bardell's buttons andthe button-holes to which they severally belonged, placed him on thefloor of the court in front of his mother--a commanding position inwhich he could not fail to awaken the full commiseration and sympathy ofboth judge and jury.