misere

Any one who is acquainted with the state of the population of all great industrial centres, whether in this or other countries, is aware that amidst a large and increasing body of that population there reigns supreme ... that condition which the French call la misere, a word for which I do not think there is any exact English equivalent.

THE CHILDREN 2010

Santus fortis Santus Deus de profundis oro te, misere iudex meus, parce mihi Domine.

DesignerBlog Will 2008

Marie Charlotte was a skilled practioner of cuisine de misere, or says Ms. Kamman, the art of making "something from nothing"!

meme Lindy 2008

Marie Charlotte was a skilled practioner of cuisine de misere, or says Ms. Kamman, the art of making "something from nothing"!

Something Out of Nothing: Roundup Lindy 2006

Whilst they give their wives too much liberty to gad abroad, and bountiful allowance, they are accessory to their own miseries; animae uxorum pessime olent, as Plautus jibes, they have deformed souls, and by their painting and colours procure odium mariti, their husband's hate, especially, — [6280] cum misere viscantur labra mariti.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

Ob id genus observatiunculas videmus homines misere affligi, et denique mori, et sibi ipsis Christianos videri quum revera sint Judaei.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

Alios misere castigat plena scrupulis conscientia, nodum in scirpo quaerunt, et ubi nulla causa subest, misericordiae divinae diffidentes, se Oreo destinant.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

Gasper Ens. puellam misere deperiens, per jocum ab ea in

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

Diana with his other gods (see more in Labanius his Diana), she sent a wild boar, insolitae magnitudinis, qui terras et homines misere depascebatur, to spoil both men and country, which was afterwards killed by

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

Et hoc plerumque victu quum se ganeones infarciant, [4793] ut ille ob Chreseida suam, se bulbis et cochleis curavit; etiam ad Venerem se parent, et ad hanc palestram se exerceant, qui fieri possit, ut non misere depereant,

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007