All 9 Uses of
console
in
Wuthering Heights
- Leaving Joseph to explain matters, I ran to the children's room: their door was ajar, I saw they had never lain down, though it was past midnight; but they were calmer, and did not need me to console them.†
Chpt 5
- They were hungry after their ride, and easily consoled, since no real harm had befallen them.†
Chpt 7 *
- And if you flatter yourself that I don't perceive it, you are a fool; and if you think I can be consoled by sweet words, you are an idiot: and if you fancy I'll suffer unrevenged, I'll convince you of the contrary, in a very little while!†
Chpt 11
- Mr. Edgar's coldness depressed me exceedingly; and all the way from the Grange I puzzled my brains how to put more heart into what he said, when I repeated it; and how to soften his refusal of even a few lines to console Isabella.†
Chpt 14
- He was beyond my skill to quiet or console!†
Chpt 16
- I'll console Mr. Edgar by acquainting him with the turn Heathcliff's humour has taken.†
Chpt 20
- I'd not care one moment for Linton being Heathcliff's son; nor for his taking her from me, if he could console her for my loss.†
Chpt 25
- I relinquished my labour of agony, and turned consoled at once: unspeakably consoled.†
Chpt 29
- I relinquished my labour of agony, and turned consoled at once: unspeakably consoled.†
Chpt 29
Definition:
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(console as in: console her grief) to comfort (emotionally)