All 5 Uses of
console
in
Candide
- Some, whom they had succoured, gave them as good a dinner as they could in such disastrous circumstances; true, the repast was mournful, and the company moistened their bread with tears; but Pangloss consoled them, assuring them that things could not be otherwise.†
Chpt 5 *
- He carried me to a neighbouring house, put me to bed, gave me food, waited upon me, consoled me, flattered me; he told me that he had never seen any one so beautiful as I, and that he never so much regretted the loss of what it was impossible to recover.†
Chpt 12
- But, however, they chatted, they communicated ideas, they consoled each other.†
Chpt 20
- Martin was not consoling.†
Chpt 24
- "Let that be as it may," said Candide, "but one thing consoles me.†
Chpt 24
Definition:
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(console as in: console her grief) to comfort (emotionally)