Said keeper overhears his refugees Solacing their evenings by telling the story of their experiences, and finally acts as editor of their autobiographies.
"George Eliot"
Mathilde Blind
As I pressed nearer, to discover the cause of the mirth, which every moment seemed to augment, guess my surprise to perceive among the foremost rank of the players, my acquaintance, Mr. O'Leary, whom I at that moment believed to be Solacing himself with his meershaum at Meurice.
"The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer, Complete"
Charles James Lever (1806-1872)
Daring our silent sitting together, I was comforted in contemplating the many encouraging passages we have left on sacred record; two of which, spoken by one of large experience, were particularly Solacing to my exercised feelings: "Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivereth him out of them all;" and "The young lions do lack and suffer hunger, but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing."
"Memoir and Diary of John Yeardley, Minister of the Gospel"
John Yeardley