He was also the author of the story of "Rasselas,"--that notable satire on discontent and the search after happiness.
Such a system of extortion was destructive to those who tilled the soil, and if it brought in more money for the landlord, it produced nothing but misery and discontent for his tenant.
Yet the expense and taxation incurred in erecting the great minster must be reckoned among the causes that bred discontent and led to civil war (S212).
The discontent finally led to the organization of an association called the "Society of United Irishmen.
Cade's rebellion was the sign of politicaldiscontent and the forerunner of civil war (S298).
Having admitted that they had boxed the compass during a six months' residence in this down-trodden country, he went on to say, "The only way ye could cure the discontent is to make no attempt at it.
And so they will continue to be as long as discontent pays.
The Assyrians doubtless soon became jealous of the favour shown by their princes to their ancient enemy, and their discontent must have doubtless conduced to their decision to raise a new monarch to the throne.
The discontent and disaffection of his people, which had been strong and universal before, though suppressed and concealed, broke out now into open violence.
All these things produced great discontent and disaffection among Caesar's friends and throughout the Roman army.
All this time the negro, the contemporary of the Indian, kept muttering his discontent at seeing so many redskins in his presence, unheeded and indeed unheard by his friend.
To be sure, demonstrations of applause at a good bit, or of discontent with a prosy speaker, are common, but anything approaching disorder is of rare occurrence.
These specimens of the fierceness of abuse with which the Government was assailed may perhaps prepare the reader for that last resort of indignant discontent on the part of the governed,--the threat of secession!
But if our friend is very long, or threatens to be tedious, I fear that unequivocal and increasing indications of discontent will oblige him to resume his seat in undignified haste.
To the manifest discontent of the House, the Speaker decided that the Honorable Secretary for Foreign Affairs was entitled to the floor.
Some of the people, who feared the Immortals, were dismayed and indignant at this backwardness; and the discontent at last grew universal.
Frequent election of representatives and of civil officers in the subordinate employments would remove most causes of discontent in the people, and of instability in kingly power.
What strikes one most in Terrae Filius is the religious discontent of the bilious author.
The present result of the last forty years in Oxford is a discontent which is constantly trying to improve the working, and to widen the intellectual influence, of the University.
Discontent in the mind sometimes putsdiscontent into the mouth; and discontent in the mouth doth sometimes also put a halter about thy neck.
For as a man speaking a word in jest may for that be hanged in earnest, so he that speaks in discontent may die for it in sober sadness.
Becoming aware, at length, that these signs of friendship were the cause of mutterings of discontent in the camps both of Islam and of the Crusaders, they at length agreed upon a truce of ten years on the following conditions.
This was the occasion of great discontentamong the Crusaders.
I fancy no one has just in the same way treated it with her grace before; however, she took all in good part, though to have found me retired in discontent had perhaps been more congenial to her.
From "reveille" to "lights out" it was a case of countering the actions of those in authority which constantly tended to create discontent and ill-feeling in our ranks.
The causes of their discontent are much deeper than delay of Demobilization.
Now he saw that the discontent of the provinces conquered by Montezuma might be turned to his own advantage, and that by their aid he might hope to succeed in his cherished scheme of subduing the emperor himself.
But when later on there arose discontent over the distribution of lands and offices, the malcontents fixed upon Cortés as the most suitable person to go back to Hispaniola, and lay their grievances before the higher authorities.
But one chance, therefore, remained to the Royalists, both at home and abroad: and that was the possibility that Anabaptist fanaticism and army discontent might unite together against the Protector.
All this discontent was excited by her protecting the Prince of Soubise; and the Lieutenant of Police had great difficulty in allaying the ferment of the people.
It was during the same interval of Her Highness's stay in England, that the discontent ran so high between the people and the clergy.
Her discontent arose from the circumstance of no longer having to take her orders from the Queen direct, but from her superintendent.
These documents, and especially that of Virginia, pointed very emphatically to the source of that discontent with the Constitution which so extensively prevailed in the old Anti-Federal ranks.
The unperceived workings of the discontent of the people follow exactly the same course.
The elements of discontent and wrath were slowly beginning to collect for bursting forth one hundred years later, in that most sublime of moral tempests, the French Revolution.
And with such discontent at home, what vengeance could be taken?
After the breaking of Parliament the deepdiscontent of the nation burst forth in riots and in a flood of scandalous pamphlets directed against unpopular characters.
These two separately conceived the idea of turning the discontent of the army, whose wages had not been paid, to the profit of the King.
Already the faint grumblings of discontent could be heard, which became articulate a few years later in the rebellions of the Fronde.
Signior Alphonso, I hope no discontent from my Will given, Has made ye shun my house: [I ever lov'd ye.
I have known of a number of cases where wives came to my office with a woeful tale of discontent on the part of their husbands, who did not want an “increase.
The main reason of this intellectual indifference was the social condition under which the philosophical theory found no strong current of political discontent with which to form an alliance.
At the beginning of our period, Pope's authority was still generally admitted, although many symptoms of discontent had appeared, and Warton was proposing to lower him from the first to the second rank.
The general sentiments of discontent which had been raised by Walpole was therefore beginning to widen and deepen and to take a different form.
The Ossian craze illustrates the extension of historical interest, of which I have spoken, and the vague discontent of Wertherism.
But he was still interpreting the general sentiment and expressing the general discontent caused by the Walpole system.
But the creation of this new office did not put an end to the discontent of the multitude.
It was not enough to prepare attacks against Caesar's command; the discontent of the army was also to be feared; and, in order to avert or weaken its effect, M.
