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Let her carry out her plan, and in a week she will be the belle of the Island, and my poor cousin will be consoling himself with some indignant beauty only a shade less fair.

From The Conqueror by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn

If so, it will be consoling to him, for I am afraid he will never get equality in life.

From 'That Very Mab' by Kendall, May

If any man feels too gloomy about the degeneracy of our people from the standards of their forefathers, let him read "Martin Chuzzlewit"; it will be consoling.

From A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open by Roosevelt, Theodore