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Well, well; I no more will be a derider, I did not look for such things from a spider.

From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 by Bunyan, John

Captain —— was the first man who found it necessary to take the dose, and he had been the loudest derider of the organization.

From Life on the Mississippi, Part 3. by Twain, Mark

And he himself spoke as a man completely disillusioned, a derider and a mocker, whose dominant temper was ironic pity.

From Masterman and Son by Dawson, W. J. (William James)

In Abraham's family was a derider I' th' palace of a king will be the spider.

From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 by Bunyan, John

Therefore disregarding their entreaties he prayed unto God for the soul of the derider, and went on his way.

From The Most Ancient Lives of Saint Patrick Including the Life by Jocelin, Hitherto Unpublished in America, and His Extant Writings by O'Leary, James