And then, having finished this Pathetical little story of his misfortune, Mr. Mollett senior finished his glass of toddy.
"Castle Richmond"
Anthony Trollope
We both of us grew rather Pathetical on leaving our Sienese villa, and shrank from parting with the pig.
"The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2)"
Frederic G. Kenyon
I never seen nothin' more Pathetical than that there boy when he was no more than three years old, a-tryin' to feed hisself outer the garbage can, an' her a comin an' a goin' in the alley all these years with her nose in the air, too good to speak to anybody.
"Calvary Alley"
Alice Hegan Rice