discomforter

He is a great discomforter of young students, by telling them what travel it has cost him, and how often his brain turned at philosophy, and makes others fear studying as a cause of duncery.

Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters John Earle

He is a great discomforter of young students, by telling them what travail it has cost him, and how often his brain turned at philosophy, and makes others fear studying as

A Book of English Prose Part II, Arranged for Secondary and High Schools Percy Lubbock 1922

Next, the tired captive sat down and was going to take off his buskins, timidly asking leave with his eye, but another silk-and-velvet discomforter went down upon his knees and took the office from him.

The Prince and the Pauper; a tale for young people of all ages 1882

Next the tired captive sat down and was going to take off his buskins, timidly asking leave with his eye, but another silk-and-velvet discomforter went down upon his knees and took the office from him.

The Prince and the Pauper Mark Twain 1872

He forms their arguments, frames their objections, fits their distinctions, shapes their evasions; and this discomforter (aping God's Spirit, the

Good Thoughts in Bad Times and Other Papers. 1608-1661 1863