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She apparently authored a devotional work, entitled The Consolation of the Soul Sielinna Tröst, drawing heavily upon Scripture and early religious writings.
St. Catherine of Sweden Matterhorn 2009
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She apparently authored a devotional work, entitled The Consolation of the Soul Sielinna Tröst, drawing heavily upon Scripture and early religious writings.
Archive 2009-05-01 Matterhorn 2009
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"Consolation" of Boethius, and the meditations of "that noble senatoure" who had also known great reverses, occupied his thoughts while the night hours glided on.
A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance Jean Jules Jusserand
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He teaches laymen their duties with the "Consolation" of
A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance Jean Jules Jusserand
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'Twas the "Consolation" of Malherbe, and, as Calvert sang, the tenderness and melancholy beauty of both words and music struck the whole company into silence:
Calvert of Strathore Carter Goodloe
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Consolamentum or "Consolation", an imposition of hands by one of the
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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They were the only things that moved in the room, and the chords and bars of Mendelssohn's "Consolation" seemed, as he played, to flow, not from the instrument, but, like some invisible ether, from his finger-tips themselves.
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His "Consolation" was almost unknown in the early Middle Age, his popularity resting on his translations of Aristotle and his treatises on Music and Arithmetic, the latter being a very important work in the history of the science.
Mediaeval Lore from Bartholomew Anglicus Robert Steele 1902
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Be that as it might, nothing could persuade Susan Josselyn to sit again, and "Consolation" could not be repeated.
The Junior Classics — Volume 6 Old-Fashioned Tales William Patten 1902
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"Consolation," the dedication of which is very acceptable to me.
Letters Liszt, Franz 1893
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