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Consoled by this self-assurance, he quietly resigned himself to slumber; but before he fell asleep, he was very disagreeably undeceived in his conjecture.

From The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves by Smollett, T. (Tobias)

Consoled and complimented, and crowned by a King, who could look sad?

From The Voyage of Captain Popanilla by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

Consoled by no better clew than this I went to bed in a down-stairs room, and in my strange rising next day I did not see the driver again.

From Red Men and White by Remington, Frederic

Consoled by that, comforted already, he shuffled into the kitchen and consumed the cold veal.

From The Paliser case by Saltus, Edgar

Oh, gentle sleeper, from thy grave I go Consoled though sad, in hope and yet in fear.

From Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant Household Edition by Stoddard, Richard Henry