This fact has been a great discouragement to the production of authors.

Archie confided his great discouragement of ill-health, his inability to attend school.

But is not deferring to answer prayer a great discouragement to praying?-A.

At this point in my life, I suffered from great discouragement of mind.

This was a time of great discouragement to the young artist.

A great discouragement, the result of fatigue, came upon Mr Verloc.

Pearl continued her preparations in the face of great discouragement.

She shrugged her shoulders with an air of great discouragement.

He thought it would be a " great discouragement to agriculture."

The elections of 1862 had gone against the government, and there was great discouragement throughout the North.

But a great discouragement was upon him.

After news came of the retreat of the Army of the Loire, great discouragement crept over the garrison.

It was performed, formed, though under such great discouragement; and was revived afterwards at the theatre in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields.

A great discouragement fell on me.

This sight gave great discouragement to our hopes of advancing much farther northward this year, than we had done the preceding.

The complete failure of the expeditions of Hoogstraeten and of Lewis of Nassau was a great discouragement to the Prince of Orange.