It must be remembered that Margaret's self-esteem did not really involve any disesteem of others.
This defect made itself felt outwardly by a certain disesteem of "the vulgar herd," and in an exaggerated worship of great personalities.
He (Pope) nursed in his mind a foolishdisesteem of Kings.
From the passage now quoted the reader will not fail to remark, that the Rambler 'nurses in his mind a foolish disesteem of kings[58].
I have now done, Sir, with the Grounds of that Disesteem that many of the Clergy lie under, both by the Ignorance of some, and the extreme Poverty of others.
Anyhow, for some reason, I never hear you speak well of newspaper men and politicians, though in the shadow of yourdisesteem they get an occasional gleam of consolation by speaking fairly well of one another.
There results not only a habit of disesteem of useful occupations, but there results also what is of more decisive consequence in guiding the action of any organized body of people that lays claim to social good repute.
This does not save them from disesteem and deprecation, for they fall short under the test of honorific waste.
Only individuals with an aberrant temperament can in the long run retain their self-esteem in the face of the disesteem of their fellows.
