sorrow for someone else
to act without thinking it through
Feeling uneasy
Wise
Alternately
Very beautiful
a feeling of having committed wrong
to be mocking in tone
Elevated and elaborate descriptions of art within a story. Seen in the Preface, when the painting is described, and Book 4.
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