Which preposition to use with solaces

of Occurrences 95%

But she dared not question, lest questioning should confirm, where she now at least had the miserable solace of doubt.

in Occurrences 54%

Garrick's widow sought relief and solace in Hannah's company, and for many years a close friendship was kept up between the two ladies, although there could be but little intercourse on religious matters, Mrs. Garrick being a Roman Catholic.

to Occurrences 34%

The runaway race which New York made up to the Fourth of July gave abundant satisfaction to those who said they would win, and the setback which the team received after the Fourth of July until the latter part of August afforded solace to those who were certain in their own minds that the New Yorks would have much trouble to repeat their victory of 1911.

for Occurrences 18%

The reader may be ready to believe that mercy had dictated some slight solace for the miserable in this arrangement.

from Occurrences 10%

Zadok had bought an evening paper, and was seeking solace from its columns.

with Occurrences 9%

Some he solaced with a gun, a pistol, or such object as he knew was dear to the country boy's heart.

on Occurrences 3%

and law-breathingBacon has left the impress of his foot upon their gravel walkstaking my afternoon solace on a summer day upon the aforesaid terrace, a comely sad personage came towards me, whom, from his grave air and deportment, I judged to be one of the old Benchers of the Inn.

by Occurrences 2%

While I gazed, I insensibly approached the still group; and while musing what manner of grief it might be, which could solace by perpetuating its mere image, I observed two other persons, whose entrance I had not been aware of, but whose attention was evidently directed to what had attracted mine.

amid Occurrences 2%

With the men of his acquaintance he could relieve his sense of awkwardness and deficiency by becoming aggressive; in fact, he had a reputation for cantankerousness, for pugnacity, which kept most of his equals in some awe of him, and to perceive this was one solace amid many discontents.

at Occurrences 2%

He found a cordial solace at that gentleman's seat at Beckenham, in Kent, which is indeed one of the finest places at which I ever was a guest; and where I find more and more a hospitable welcome.

within Occurrences 1%

It had been the wish of his parents to have taken all their children with them; but a sense of duty had kept the young clergyman in the exercise of his holy office, until a request of his dying brother, and the directions of his father, caused him to hasten abroad to witness the decease of the one, and to afford all the solace within his power to the others.

against Occurrences 1%

We simply seemed to have drifted together because we were both miserable, and then, as the time passed onwell, you came to be my only solace against the wretchedness of that life.

into Occurrences 1%

Her letters to him, written at this time, are full of the tender love and sympathy that infuse solace into sorrow-stricken hearts.

than Occurrences 1%

He could devise no means to rescue the sufferer; and with an aching heart he was compelled to see him carried off into slavery, without being able to offer any other solace than an affectionate farewell.

under Occurrences 1%

Her beloved husband, who had been her comfort and solace under previous bereavements, was now himself too evidently passing away.

unto Occurrences 1%

Then, half in fury, half in dread, The fiends drew closer down, and said: "Nay, thou stubborn fond old man, Hearken awhile! Thorn, and dust, and ice and heat, Tarry now, sit down and eat: Heat, and ice, and dust and thorn; Stricken, footsore, parched, forlorn Juice of purple grape shall be Youth and solace unto thee.

after Occurrences 1%

His eyes lighted upon Rihana, a beautiful Jewess, and he desired her as solace after this ruthless but necessary punishment.

Which preposition to use with  solaces