His inmost soul he will unlock, And if he may your secrets scan, Your confidence he scorns to mock, For faithful is an Irishman.
From the lofty height of her genius she scorns every womanly duty, and she is always trying to make a man of herself after the fashion of Mlle.
But he bestows more grace, wherefore he says, God scorns the proud, but doth the humble raise.
Custom and nature so privilege it that though the guilty head turn the world awry, alone it goes right and scorns the evil road.
See how hescorns human means, so that he wills not oar, or other sail than his own wings between such distant shores.
And as Jealousy thus arises from an extraordinary Love, it is of so delicate a Nature, that it scorns to take up with any thing less than an equal Return of Love.
Here pleas'd the Land of Freedom to survey, He greatly scorns the Thirst of boundless Sway.
For this she first scorns the narrow capacities of the tailor, and then smiles at herself.
At present, I am aware, an audience impatient for blood and glory scorns the stress I am putting on incidents so minute, a picture so little imposing.
She has a keen sense of humour, she goes straight to the point, she scorns padding in purple patches, and yet so vivid is her style that she at once interests the reader in her subject.
More often the bird scorns such luxuries, and is content with the hard bare wood.
Stanton scorns the slander concerning his alliance with Seward and Weed.
So, then, Sathanas Seward remains, and Mr. Lincoln scorns the advice of the wisest and most patriotic Senators.
But I am a man of principle; I loves to do things above board, and scorns to extort a shilling from any man.
You say your business calls you another way, and as how you are in haste: I scorns to cross any man in his concerns, if I can help it.
Eve's burden is anyway enormous; and the generous heart scorns a grudging foresight.
With her love as a certainty, she scorns the past and sees perfection in the future.
The smiling pride that calmly scorns Those foolish fingers, crimson dyed In laboring on thy crown of thorns!
I marvel not at him who scorns his kind And thinks not sadly of the time foretold When the old hulk we tread shall be a wreck, A slag, a cinder drifting through the sky Without its crew of fools!
The paynim, safe in buckler lifted high, Scornsnot the wall alone, but braves the sky.
Rodomont only scorns by any way To wend, except by what is least secure; And in that desperate case, where others made Their offerings, cursed the god to whom they prayed.
Jove mark’d for man A scanty span, But lent him wings to fly his doom; Wit scorns the grave; To wit he gave The life of gods!
What time she skims along the field with speed, (32)She scorns the rider, and pursuing steed.
Brunetta’s wise in actions great, and rare; But scorns on trifles to bestow her care.
That done, he stays, and all his knights recalls, And scorns to strike his foe that flies or falls.
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