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hold up to ridicule





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Neither does Dryden neglect to hold up to ridicule the slips in Latin and English grammar, which marked the offensive Preface to the "Duke of Lerma."

From The Dramatic Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 With a Life of the Author by Saintsbury, George

I am a believer in cremation, but that is no reason why I should hold up to ridicule the clumsier and more unhealthy churchyard burials about which so much sentiment exists.

From The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 2 by Furniss, Harry

"You shouldn't hold up to ridicule the shepherd of your soul."

From The Undying Past by Sudermann, Hermann

Or did he seek to hold up to ridicule all manifestations of human enthusiasm in general, military heroism in particular?

From The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine by Heine, Heinrich

The very next night, Russell would hold up to ridicule the peculiarity of some one in the neighborhood, much to his victim's chagrin and to the amusement of the listeners.

From Russell H. Conwell by Burr, Agnes Rush




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