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Definition of Displeases
1. displease [v] - See also: displease
Lexicographical Neighbors of Displeases
Literary usage of Displeases
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1837)
"I have received no letters this three weeks, which does not surprize me though
it displeases me very much, hearing the same complaint made by every body. ..."
2. The Works of Hannah More by Hannah More (1835)
"We certainly can refuse to indulge ourselves in what pleases us, when we know it
displeases God. We can obey his commandments with the aid of the infused ..."
3. History of Central America by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1887)
"... HIM—His LIBERAL POLICY—HE is BESET BY THE CONSERVATIVES—His FORMER SUPPORTERS
DEPOSE HIM—PONCIANO LEIVA BECOMES PRESIDENT—His COURSE displeases BARRIOS, ..."
4. A Concordance to the Works of Alexander Popeby Edwin Abbott by Edwin Abbott (1875)
"27 Ev'n s. displeases, when she shines not here (rep.} Sß.Bj Thyrsis, the music
of that murm'ring s. W. i The Nymphs, forsaking ev'ry cave and s. Su. ..."
5. Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions by Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers (1853)
"... at him when I compare him with myself, yet if I were discoursing of my nation
abroad, I would be glad of that merit in him which now displeases me. ..."
6. Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte by [Louis Antoine Fauvelet] de Bourrienne (1846)
"... King of Holland—displeases Napoleon—abdicates in Favour of his Son— Holland
united to France. PREVIOUS to the interview at Erfurt, an event took place ..."
7. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott (1856)
"... but the coarse rancour of his modern accuser displeases them, and they are
not prepared, on such evidence as he lays before them, to paint-out the ..."
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