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But she had solaced herself with a swift recovery and a new lover, and had he been guilty she could not have abandoned him more cavalierly.

From The Law of Hemlock Mountain by Lundsford, Hugh

Through the long, weary months this brave soldier had solaced his heart by taking at times from his bosom a little flag,—the stars and stripes,—adoring it as the most sacred of all earthly things.

From The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy by Coffin, Charles Carleton

This was partially owing to the circumstance that I had solaced the many lonely hours of my bachelorhood in acquiring by memory and rehearsing many scraps of poetry.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various

In many a solitary hour he had solaced himself by imagining what his child would be like, and now his fondest expectations were realised.

From Amy Herbert by Sewell, Elizabeth

The victim broke in pieces the musical instruments with which he had solaced the hours of captivity.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah