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No, Father; no man shall ever say I failed to respond to the call of my Prince, despisable though I believe him to be.

From The Last of the Vikings by Bowling, John

A basin o' porridge may be,    To some a despisable dish, But it allus comes welcome to me,    If awve nobbut as mich as aw wish.

From Yorkshire Lyrics Poems written in the Dialect as Spoken in the West Riding of Yorkshire. To which are added a Selection of Fugitive Verses not in the Dialect by Hartley, John

Mister, I don't want to hurt your feeling—but cordin' to my way o' thinkin', paintin' as you do it, an't a trade at all—it's nothin' but a darned despisable fine art!'

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 6, June, 1862 Devoted To Literature and National Policy by Various

"I'm sure," said Katy, with a stiff erectness that drew Lawton back in his saddle, "no man shall ever dare to lay hands on bed of mine; it's undecent and despisable conduct."

From The Spy by Cooper, James Fenimore

Them clothes of yourn is plum despisable to look at," he imparted, "so I borrowed an outfit offen a friend of mine that's about your size.

From The Texan A Story of the Cattle Country by Hendryx, James B. (James Beardsley)