solatium
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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
As a solatium he was allowed to rule over the town of Guadix, whither he retired.
From Southern Spain by A. F. (Albert Frederick) Calvert
Onyway, Deacon, ye’d put your ill-gotten gains to a right use; they might come by the wind, but they wouldna gang wi’ the water; and that’s aye a solatium, as we say.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XV by Robert Louis Stevenson
A solatium was also expected on his release from gaol.
From The Diary of a Resurrectionist, 1811-1812 To Which Are Added an Account of the Resurrection Men in London and a Short History of the Passing of the Anatomy Act by James Blake Bailey
The honour of having two men in the eleven was no solatium for the wounded pride of Biffen's, when they considered their great injury.
From Acton's Feud A Public School Story by Frederick Swainson
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
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
