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Definition of Discontents
1. discontent [v] - See also: discontent
Lexicographical Neighbors of Discontents
Literary usage of Discontents
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Burton (1847)
"discontents, cares, crosses, miseries, or whatsoever it is, that shall cause any
molestation of spirits, grief, anguish, and perplexity, may well be reduced ..."
2. History of the Life and Times of James Madison by William Cabell Rives (1859)
"... dissenting — Improvident Decision of Congress — discontents of the Army —
Petition and Address of Officers to Congress — Interview between Deputies of ..."
3. The History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Cæsar, to the Revolution by David Hume (1810)
"discontents in Scotland—Introduction of the canons and liturgy—A tumult at
Edinburgh—The covenant'—A general assembly—Episcopacy abolished—War—A ..."
4. Cleveland Era: A Chronicle of the New Order in Politics by Henry Jones Ford (1919)
"... VII THE PUBLIC discontents WHILE President and Congress were passing the time
in mutual obstruction, the public discontents were becoming hot and bitter ..."
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