disdained

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Disdained at home, they turned their faces to the future.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 17, 2021

The generous blood that flowed from thee Disdained to sink beneath; Within our veins its currents be, Thy spirit on our breath.

From Studies in Literature and History by Miller, John O.

Disdained by one whom she must feel compelled To venerate and to esteem so highly.

From Nathan the Wise; a dramatic poem in five acts by Taylor, William

In August 1593 there appeared a posthumous collection of sixty-one sonnets by Thomas Watson, entitled ‘The Tears of Fancie, or Love Disdained.’

From A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles by Lee, Sidney, Sir

And ere the word upon the echo died, Two fell; the rest assailed the rock's rough side, And, furious at the madness of their foes, Disdained all further efforts, save to close.

From The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry by Coleridge, Ernest Hartley