consolations

"And that is what you call the consolations of religion, is it?" asked the Preceptress with an expression that rather disconcerted me; as though my zeal and earnestness entirely lacked the light of knowledge with which she viewed it.

Mizora: A Prophecy A MSS. Found Among the Private Papers of the Princess Vera Zarovitch Mary E. Bradley Lane

But then stole in consolations not human, nor of man's devising – the words that were written upon her mother's tombstone –

Queechy 1854

If you've been trudging through January with Chicago summer events as the light at the end of your tunnel, now may be the time to find yourself some short-term consolations.

The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Lizzie Schiffman 2012

The bright flowers of the edelweiss waiting to be gathered among the rough rocks of difficult circumstances -- we may call the consolations of God what we will -- who are we that we should find such comforts anywhere?

Archive 2009-09-01 Gumbo Lily 2009

The bright flowers of the edelweiss waiting to be gathered among the rough rocks of difficult circumstances -- we may call the consolations of God what we will -- who are we that we should find such comforts anywhere?

I am with you always.... Gumbo Lily 2009

On the whole the consolations were the more vivid of the two.

Barchester Towers 2004

We do not ask to forget; we do not want the so-called consolations which time brings.

Friendship Hugh Black

On the whole the consolations were the more vivid of the two.

Barchester Towers Anthony Trollope 1848

Among the consolations is a wonderful painting from just after Rubens 'time,

Broward-Palm Beach New Times | Complete Issue 2010

The so called consolations of our society are a lie; it’s kitsch, nothing more; there is no truth in it – and we know.

The Elegant Variation: TEV 2008