consolement
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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But methinks the consolement thou wouldst offer to enamoured maids is far more dangerous than lasting!
From Ardath by Corelli, Marie
To use and expend whatever force was in him for the good, the help, the consolement, and the love of others, … NOT to benefit himself!
From Ardath by Corelli, Marie
We could see thus when our Messiah will come; that would be a mighty consolement to us.
From The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere by Coster, Charles Th?odore Henri de
So we sailed away again laughing at this easy consolement, and my lord was very gay at the pleasure of the sea.
From The Sentimental Vikings by Risley, Richard Voorhees
He has not yet learnt the bitter lesson that, unless we despise a woman when we cease to love her, we are still a slave, without the consolement of intoxication.
From The Young Duke by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield
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