look down upon

“I used rather to look down upon Europe as a place where people knew nothing at all,” said he.

Far away from the earth, you shall look down upon this lower world, you shall contemplate the great universe in its grandeur.

Doubtless we are all clowns in the eyes of the angels, yet we have the habit of supposing that they sometimes look down upon us.

Doing so he saw an old woman draw back the curtain and look down upon him as if searching for him with a purpose.

Across Deep Run are the head-quarters of Lee, who can stand by his tent and look down upon the battle-field.