wofulness

Still she kept bravely and quietly about her duties, and it was only when she was alone in her chamber at night that she gave way to the terrible wofulness that oppressed her, and prayed, and wept, and wrestled with her sorrow.

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 2, February, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various

"Look at her feet," were the words that changed Tessibel's frankness to embarrassment, her eager pathos to wofulness.

Tess of the Storm Country Grace Miller White 1912

Or is it the lamenting elegiac, which in a kind heart would move rather pity than blame; who bewaileth, with the great philosopher Heraclitus, the weakness of mankind and the wretchedness of the world; who surely is to be praised, either for compassionate accompanying just causes of lamentation, or for rightly painting out how weak be the passions of wofulness?

The Defense of Poesy 1909

She was only aware that she herself felt that this was a heart-breaking thing, and that she must not -- must not let it be seen how much she recognised its wofulness.

The Shuttle 1907

She turned to take a long, last look at him; but the wofulness of herself was what she saw.

Tommy and Grizel 1898

Yes, I agree with you -- there is an element of wofulness in this meeting; it is not altogether without pathos.

The Gay Lord Quex A Comedy in Four Acts Arthur Wing Pinero 1894

Fauncey Court much of the wofulness of your position will evaporate.

The Gay Lord Quex A Comedy in Four Acts Arthur Wing Pinero 1894

And now shall I tell you where the wofulness and the pathos most conspicuously display themselves on this occasion?

The Gay Lord Quex A Comedy in Four Acts Arthur Wing Pinero 1894

But when the captain's servant let the three of us in at the front door (Tom and I had waited while Falconer briefly reported our fiasco to General Clinton) and we found her waiting for us upon the stairs, her face was pale with a set and tragic wofulness, as if tidings of our failure had preceded us.

Philip Winwood A Sketch of the Domestic History of an American Captain in the War of Independence; Embracing Events that Occurred between and during the Years 1763 and 1786, in New York and London: written by His Enemy in War, Herbert Russell, Lieutenant in the Loyalist Forces. Robert Neilson Stephens 1886

"Poor me!" says she, with a sigh of comic wofulness.

Philip Winwood A Sketch of the Domestic History of an American Captain in the War of Independence; Embracing Events that Occurred between and during the Years 1763 and 1786, in New York and London: written by His Enemy in War, Herbert Russell, Lieutenant in the Loyalist Forces. Robert Neilson Stephens 1886