contemn
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"Did not William Blake contemn reason and paint the ghost of a flea?"
From Time Magazine Archive
If we contemn what others admire, we make ourselves odious; if we admire what they despise, we are equally ridiculous.
From Winterslow Essays and Characters Written There by William Hazlitt
The King does not believe that I would contemn his commands--in his heart he does not, I am sure!
From Agincourt The Works of G. P. R. James, Volume XX by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James
I would fain have persuaded him that it was a wild scheme; but he was a soldier, gentlemen, and accustomed to contemn all dangers.
From The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James
Young man, there is a mysterious system of ethics which the world understands not—the reputed wise, subtleize it, and the vainly wicked contemn and despise it.
From The Cavaliers of Virginia or, The Recluse of Jamestown. Vol. II by William A. (Alexander) Caruthers
