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  • I hope till every one forgets to call her Discontented Polly, and learns to call her Darling Polly instead.

    St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, May, 1878, No. 7. Scribner's Illustrated Various 1868

  • Discontented youth bespeak societies in need of changes promised but not delivered.

    Bernard Rowan: And the Bands Played On Bernard Rowan 2011

  • Discontented youth bespeak societies in need of changes promised but not delivered.

    Bernard Rowan: And the Bands Played On Bernard Rowan 2011

  • Discontented youth bespeak societies in need of changes promised but not delivered.

    Bernard Rowan: And the Bands Played On Bernard Rowan 2011

  • Discontented soldiers and their families effectively pressured the federal government to speed up discharges and shorten the training period for replacements, precipitously reducing the Army's combat effectiveness and threatening the nation's foreign policy objectives. 20 Rebellious though they were, the nation's soldiers proved to be model postwar citizens.

    Miss Yourlovin: GIs, Gender, and Domesticity during World War II 2008

  • Discontented people might talk of corruption in the Commons, closeness in the Commons, and the necessity of reforming the Commons, said Mr. Spenlow solemnly, in conclusion; but when the price of wheat per bushel had been highest, the Commons had been busiest; and a man might lay his hand upon his heart, and say this to the whole world, — ‘Touch the Commons, and down comes the country!’

    David Copperfield 2007

  • Discontented with the government, which had failed to appreciate his talents, and with Petersburg society, which had shown him little sympathy, and did not share his indignation, he determined to settle in the country, and devote himself to the management of his property.

    The Jew and other stories 2006

  • Discontented with this inhuman social system and the hypocrisy of the rulers he was dedicated to the cause of the poor and oppressed since his student days.

    Archive 2006-06-01 Abhay N 2006

  • Discontented Cows by rabblerowzer on Thursday, Dec 14, 2006 at 12: 19: 55 PM

    The Cash Cows of Personal Debt 2006

  • Discontented federalists and soft nationalists in Quebec who are tired of the 40-year war and polarisation between sovereignists and the status-quo federalists.

    Why I Want the Job of Being your Next Prime Minister 2000

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