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Would he not have been ashamed before her, and so before himself, seeing in the glass of her dignity his own contemptibleness?

From Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood by MacDonald, George

The contemptibleness of the assailant made him the more dreaded.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 36, October, 1860 by Various

And the great fact of all is the contemptibleness of average humanity.

From Thyrza by Gissing, George

His chin is sharp, his eyes are blank blue, his short black hair curls over his ears, and his beard is of a prickly black, with a moustache which does not help his general contemptibleness.

From The Life, Crime, and Capture of John Wilkes Booth by Townsend, George Alfred

But if Demosthenes, after all his Philippies, throws away his shield and runs, we feel the contemptibleness of the contradiction.

From Among My Books First Series by Lowell, James Russell