I was much gratified with your note of condolence appended to the communication.
Silence, I thought, seemed like a want of pity for this unfortunate creature: on the other hand, verbal condolencewas a mockery of so mighty a grief.
When the writer of the condolence makes the customary call afterward, the family usually makes a verbal acknowledgment and no written reply is required.
Of course, at best, writing a condolenceis a nice problem.
I hardly know what words of sympathy and condolence I uttered as I held her small hand in mine.
Please express my most sincerecondolence with Miss Seymour," I said.
After a death in the family of an acquaintance, a card with the word Condolence written on it should be left in person or by messenger.
When making a condolence call upon a very intimate friend, cut flowers may be left in person or sent, together with a card, unless request has been made to send none.
When unable to leave in person a card with Condolence written on it, send it to intimate friends only with a note of apology.
Her mother and Mrs. Megilp had written letters to her overflowing with a mixture of sentiment and congratulation, condolence and delight.
Lord Conyngham, whom I charged to express my feelings of condolence and sorrow to the poor Queen, returned directly to Windsor.
The circumstances connected with his accession are indeed fitter matter for condolence than for congratulation, and he would probably be better pleased by the restoration of his fleet than by the arrival of Ambassadors Extraordinary.
He then moved an Address of Condolence and Congratulation, which was seconded by Sir Robert Peel.
Many people came to comfort him, and to offer him deep condolence and the truest of true sympathy, and every thing that could be thought of, unless it were a loan of money.
In that letter the Major mingled a pennyweight of condolence with more congratulation than the post could carry for the largest stamp yet invented.
JULY 10—Addresses voted to the Queen Dowager (of condolence for her bereavement), and to the Queen Regnant on her accession.
An address of condolence was sent to Lord Somers from the Mayor, magistrates, and citizens of Worcester.
It is said that when the Lord Admiral paid her his formal visit of condolence she not only received him in private, but candidly confessed how slight was her reason to regret a man who had done her the wrong of appropriating her youth.
He begs you at the same time to be kind enough to have Mr Thomson's letter of condolence copied and to send him the copy.
After this there is little of interest to note in the correspondence, unless it be a very "previous" letter of condolence which Thomson sent to Vienna.
This Condolence Card conveyed the sympathy of the Commander to the friends of the fallen.
Another matter about which we had to speak very strongly was the wording of the Tycoon's reply to the Queen's letter, conveying the usual expressions of condolence on the death of the late Mikado.
This was a letter of condolence on hearing of the death of the late Emperor.
He might glide from condolence into gossip without offence, and the temptation of having Mrs. Hackit's ear was irresistible.
Visits of condolence are exchanged in times of bereavement between the chiefs; and presents are conveyed from one to another.
Visits of condolence were paid to Gorai by Tomimas and Kurra-kurra, the two Faro chiefs; and parties of the women of Faro went to display in person their sympathy with the Alu chief on the occasion of his bereavement.
The Duchess paid him daily visits, and brought him letters of condolence from her aunt Eleanor, who wrote that she wished she were still in Flanders to nurse her old friend.
The Constable wrote letters of condolence to his widow, and Charles and Ferdinand came in person to visit Madame Nicole, but found this excellent woman too much overcome with grief to be able to speak.
Their grand cabinet was hung with black cloth, with an alcove, a canopy, and a throne, on which they received compliments of condolence after the first period of the deep mourning.
From my den I return you condolencefor your decaying sight,--not for anything there is to see in the country, but for the miss of the pleasure of reading a London newspaper.
I paid a solemn visit of condolence to his brother, accompanied by George Dyer, of burlesque memory.
