The man talked until he was literally forced to stop for lack of breath, and Teddy had not so much as spoken; but proved a good listener, which was all his Condoler appeared to expect of him.
"The Adventures of a Country Boy at a Country Fair"
James Otis
"I live," he said, "a banished man within the bounds of my native soil, a spectator of others enriched by my birthright, an object of condoling to my relations and friends, and a Condoler of their miseries."
"Irish Nationality"
Alice Stopford Green
