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Antiquity is a great discourager of the sympathies: the centuries are apt to weigh like lead on an individual human sentiment.

From True and Other Stories by Lathrop, George Parsons

"Well, she didn't," snorted Uncle Andy, the discourager of sentiment.

From Children of the Wild by Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir

"Koku is a good discourager," said Mr. Swift, with a chuckle.

From Tom Swift and His War Tank, or, Doing His Bit for Uncle Sam by Appleton, Victor [pseud.]

Oh, Belford, the virtue of this world is a great discourager of repentance.

From Old Friends, Epistolary Parody by Lang, Andrew

Here, she explained, her part was that of discourager of enthusiasm, but repression was never practised in a more sympathetic and discerning spirit.

From The Collectors by Mather, Frank Jewett