The king asked, "What is the story of the merchant and how was his luck changed upon him by the sorriness of his doom?"
"Supplemental Nights, Volume 1"
Richard F. Burton
I had given thee this but, of the sorriness of thy doom and thy fortune, thou hast done this deed, O oppressor of thine own self!
"Supplemental Nights, Volume 1"
Richard F. Burton
Moreover, the figure near at hand suffers on such occasion, because it shows up its sorriness without shade; while vague figures afar off are honoured, in that their distance makes artistic virtues of their stains.
"Tess of the d'Urbervilles A Pure Woman"
Thomas Hardy