treat with contempt
Example Sentences
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To "lightlie" is to despise or treat with contempt.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander
But it will be seen hereafter, that it is a very dangerous thing to treat with contempt the hostility of an enemy, however weak that enemy may be.
From Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 3 by Hunt, Henry
It is easy for us, who are so powerless, to call this falsehood, and, proud of our timid honesty, to treat with contempt the heroes who have accepted the battle of life under other conditions.
From The Life of Jesus by Renan, Ernest
They can cease to laugh at the wretched little jokes, and treat with contempt the vulgar spirit that repeats them.
From Maids Wives and Bachelors by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
They treat with contempt all writers who are unfortunately nec ponere lucum Artifices, nec rus saturum laudare.
From Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 1 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron
