contemptible
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Contemptible as Charles was and doubtless deserving of his impending punishment, she would not aid in his apprehension.
From Otherwise Phyllis by Gibson, Charles Dana
Contemptible as a regard founded only on compassion must make them both in my eyes, I felt by no means assured that such might not be the consequence.
From Lady Susan by Austen, Jane
Contemptible as was Gustavus of Sweden, he was in Pomerania with an Anglo-Hanoverian army of ten thousand men.
From The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. III. (of IV.) by Sloane, William Milligan
Contemptible as are both the journeyman writer and his poor day’s work, they have been found worth tracking down on account of the game flown at.
From William Blake A Critical Essay by Swinburne, Algernon Charles
Contemptible quarrels will cease to disturb the tranquility of states, when we blush at having considered them important.
From Good Sense by Holbach, Paul Henri Thiry, baron d'
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