solatium
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Messrs. Fanning and Purvis received the inadequate solatium in a due spirit of protest.
From A Poached Peerage by William Magnay
He tossed off a bumper of wine and added, "Or a solatium, Master Wheatman, a solatium."
From The Yeoman Adventurer by George W. Gough
Both acres and solatium shall be mine in any event.
From The Yeoman Adventurer by George W. Gough
We have seen that the restoration of Velasquez to the Governorship of Cuba came as a sort of solatium for his loss and humiliation with respect to Mexico.
From The History of Cuba, vol. 1 by Willis Fletcher Johnson
The Orange Free State had been kicked outside the British line of empire, with a solatium in money, in the manner that an angry father bids adieu to a ne'er-do-well son.
From The Romance of a Pro-Consul Being The Personal Life And Memoirs Of The Right Hon. Sir George Grey, K.C.B. by James Milne
You ought to have brought the matter before us yourselves: at least, now, support him with the necessary "solatia."
From The Letters of Cassiodorus Being A Condensed Translation Of The Variae Epistolae Of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator by Thomas Hodgkin
Petau tells us that he wrote verses to solace the evils of old age— —— Petavius æger Cantabat veteris quærens solatia morbi.
From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 by Isaac Disraeli
