The accusation he had introduced from the prophets, but the allayment he makes come from himself. From LearnThat.org. [http://www.bible.ca/history/fathers/NPNF1-11/npnf1-11-83.htm]
MY DEAREST LITTLE BARBARA, — I am sending you a few grapes, which are good for a convalescent person, and strongly recommended by doctors for the allayment of fever. From Wordnik.com. [Poor Folk] Reference
When they wearied of the sport, she would approach their servants, perhaps thirty in number, and fight a duel with each of these; and even thus found no allayment of her craving. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-07-31] Reference
The capricious course which he at all times pursued respecting diet, -- his long fastings, his expedients for the allayment of hunger, his occasional excesses in the most unwholesome food, and, during the latter part of his residence in. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 6 (of 6) With His Letters and Journals] Reference
I turn round thee, soliciting allayment of that which devours me! ". From Wordnik.com. [Tentation de saint Antoine. English] Reference
For that secret sorrow beyond allayment. From Wordnik.com. [Hippolytus/The Bacchae] Reference
The like allayment could I give my grief. From Wordnik.com. [Troilus and Cressida] Reference
The like allayment could I give my grief. From Wordnik.com. [Act IV. Scene IV. Troilus and Cressida] Reference
The capricious course which he at all times pursued respecting diet -- his long fastings, his expedients for the allayment of hunger, his occasional excesses in the most unwholesome food, and, during the latter part of his residence in Italy, his indulgence in the use of spirituous beverages -- all this could not be otherwise than hurtful and undermining to his health; while his constant recourse to medicine -- daily, as it appears, and in large quantities -- both evinced, and, no doubt, increased the derangement of his digestion. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 475, February 5, 1831] Reference
The capricious course which he at all times pursued respecting diet, ” his long fastings, his expedients for the allayment of hunger, his occasional excesses in the most unwholesome food, and, during the latter part of his residence in Italy, his indulgence in the use of spirituous beverages, ” all this could not be otherwise than hurtful and undermining to his health; while his constant recourse to medicine, ” daily, as it appears, and in large quantities, ” both evinced and, no doubt, increased the derangement of his digestion. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Lord Byron]
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