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Spinsters were consoled by the proverb Better lang lowse daa ill teddered , and a grieving jilted girl was advised by the motto, Better ee hert braks dan aa da wirld winders , warning her not to show her feelings too strongly.
Walcott twins Clare--who was driven mad by social injustice and consoled by the smallest beings in nature--with mad Tom, Edgar's disguise in King Lear , who, like Clare, wanders the English countryside praising frogs and gnats: "I am moved like you, mad Tom, by a line of ants;/ I behold their industry and they are giants."
Conservatives consoled themselves with the prospect that an independent counsel will be appointed in the Asian money scandal.
Analysts expressed regret at voting "irregularities" and at Tudjman's autocratic nationalism, but consoled themselves with reports that he is dying of cancer.
Reformers consoled themselves with the hope that regulators will likewise throw Hoffa off the ballot for campaign violations.