2. Verb. (third-person singular of solace) ¹
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Definition of Solaces
1. solace [v] - See also: solace
Lexicographical Neighbors of Solaces
Literary usage of Solaces
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Original Letters Illustrative of English History: Including Numerous Royal by Henry Ellis (1846)
"LETTER CCCXXXV. Richard Cromwell to his Uncle, the Lord Privy Seal. The King,
after the despatch of business, solaces the day with the little Prince. ..."
2. Journal of Marie Bashkirtseff by Marie Bashkirtseff, Arthur D. Hall (1913)
"It solaces the pain if I can at least write it. On the Promenade I saw a livery
carriage containing a dark- complexioned young man, tall and slender. ..."
3. Letters from Abroad to Kindred at Home by Catharine Maria Sedgwick (1841)
"These little patriotic vanities are pleasant solaces when one is three thousand
miles from home—but truth is better. Braubach.—WE arrived here at half past ..."
4. The True Intellectual System of the Universe: Wherein All the Reason and by Ralph Cudworth, Johann Lorenz Mosheim (1845)
"... death will unavoidably follow thereupon, perpetually embittering all the
solaces of Ufe, and never suffering men to have the least sincere enjoyment. ..."
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