One hope alone remained to him, in this battle between his conscience and his prejudices--the hope that, on some pretext or other, he might pick a quarrel with one of the lawyer's sons, and fight a duel with him.

The idea of killing the young man, either by a bullet or a sword-thrust reconciled his French and Corsican ideas.

This expedient adopted, he began to meditate means for its execution, and was feeling relieved already of a heavy burden, when other and gentler thoughts contributed still further to calm his feverish agitation.

Cicero, in his despair at the death of his daughter Tullia, forgot his sorrow when he mused over all the fine things he might say about it.

Mr.Shandy consoled himself by discourses of the same nature for the loss of his son.