All 8 Uses of
console
in
David Copperfield
- It is curious to me how I could ever have consoled myself under my small troubles (which were great troubles to me), by impersonating my favourite characters in them — as I did — and by putting Mr. and Miss Murdstone into all the bad ones — which I did too.†
Chpt 4-6
- She fainted when she saw me return, and made a little jug of egg-hot afterwards to console us while we talked it over.†
Chpt 10-12 *
- I am imperfectly consoled for this disappointment by the sacred pledge, the perished flower.†
Chpt 16-18
- It's so consoling!†
Chpt 19-21
- How it made me restless to think of her weeping to others, or being consoled by others.†
Chpt 37-39
- No J. D. weeping bitterly, and inconsolable.†
Chpt 37-39
- Also to tell you, that you had best seek that home of yours, with all speed, and hide your head among those excellent people who are expecting you, and whom your money will console.†
Chpt 49-51
- I have tried to resign myself, and to console myself; and that, I hope, I may have done imperfectly; but what I cannot firmly settle in my mind is, that the end will absolutely come.†
Chpt 52-54
Definition:
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(console as in: console her grief) to comfort (emotionally)