Example Sentences

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Leal heart never lee'd, well expresses that an honest loyal disposition will scorn, under all circumstances, to tell a falsehood.

From Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character by Ramsay, Edward Bannerman

Everybody will love you; no woman will scorn you.

From Bart Ridgeley A Story of Northern Ohio by Riddle, A. G.

And I will smile when critics chide, And I will scorn the fume of pride Which mantles o'er the pendant fool, Like vapor round some stagnant pool!

From The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes by Rossetti, William Michael

I shall love no man who will scorn me," she continued in her mellow voice; "but if I did I would be burned alive at the stake before I would open my lips about it.

From His Grace of Osmonde Being the Portions of That Nobleman's Life Omitted in the Relation of His Lady's Story Presented to the World of Fashion under the Title of A Lady of Quality by Burnett, Frances Hodgson

To behold a dome from a distance, portends that you will never reach the height of your ambition, and if you are in love, the object of your desires will scorn your attention.

From Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition by Miller, Gustavus Hindman