contemn

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"Did not William Blake contemn reason and paint the ghost of a flea?"

From Time Magazine Archive

"I do not contemn them," said he, with growing emphasis; "but for such favor I wish to perform true and enduring service, and I only beg you to accept me for that service."

From With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk

Speaking contemptuously of him, I but contemn nothing.

From Satires And Profanities by Foote, G. W. (George William)

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 Hazlitt, William

As Æneas says, “Capistrano had despised the pomps of the world, he had fled from its delights, he had trampled down avarice, he had overcome lust, but he could not contemn glory.”

From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Lea, Henry Charles