All 14 Uses of
content
in
The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
- I have often been utterly astonished, since I came to the north, to find persons who could speak of the singing, among slaves, as evidence of their contentment and happiness.
Chpt 2 (definition 1) *contentment = satisfaction
- The singing of a man cast away upon a desolate island might be as appropriately considered as evidence of contentment and happiness, as the singing of a slave; the songs of the one and of the other are prompted by the same emotion.
Chpt 2 (definition 1)
- It is partly in consequence of such facts, that slaves, when inquired of as to their condition and the character of their masters, almost universally say they are contented, and that their masters are kind.
Chpt 3 (definition 1)contented = satisfied
- He was ambitious enough to be contented with nothing short of the highest rank of overseers, and persevering enough to reach the height of his ambition.
Chpt 4 (definition 1)
- At this trespass, Mr. Bondly took offence, and with his musket came down to the shore, and blew its deadly contents into the poor old man.†
Chpt 4 (definition 1)
- It would make him discontented and unhappy.
Chpt 6 (definition 1)discontented = not satisfiedstandard prefix: The prefix "dis-" in discontented means not or opposite. It reverses the meaning of contented as seen in words like disagree, disconnect, and disappear.
- As I read and contemplated the subject, behold! that very discontentment which Master Hugh had predicted would follow my learning to read had already come, to torment and sting my soul to unutterable anguish.
Chpt 7 (definition 1)discontentment = dissatisfactionstandard prefix: The prefix "dis-" in discontentment means not or opposite. It reverses the meaning of contentment as seen in words like disagree, disconnect, and disappear.
- I have observed this in my experience of slavery,—that whenever my condition was improved, instead of its increasing my contentment, it only increased my desire to be free, and set me to thinking of plans to gain my freedom.
Chpt 10 (definition 1)contentment = satisfaction
- I have found that, to make a contented slave, it is necessary to make a thoughtless one.
Chpt 10 (definition 1)contented = satisfied
- My discontent grew upon me.
Chpt 11 (definition 1)discontent = dissatisfactionstandard prefix: The prefix "dis-" in discontent means not or opposite. It reverses the meaning of content as seen in words like disagree, disconnect, and disappear.
- He seemed to see fully the pressing necessity of setting aside my intellectual nature, in order to contentment in slavery.
Chpt 11 (definition 1)contentment = satisfaction
Uses with a very common or rare meaning:
- But, by this time, I began to want to live upon free land as well as with freeland; and I was no longer content, therefore, to live with him or any other slaveholder.†
Chpt 10 (definition 2)
- At times we were almost disposed to give up, and try to content ourselves with our wretched lot; at others, we were firm and unbending in our determination to go.†
Chpt 10 (definition 2)
- He exhorted me to content myself, and be obedient.†
Chpt 11 (definition 2) *
Definitions:
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(1) (content as in: content with how things are) satisfied
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(2) (meaning too common or rare to warrant focus) The word forms content and contents are also commonly used to refer to what is inside something else.