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His reasoning was a slight variation of Falstaff's logical misprisal of honour.
Temporal Power Marie Corelli 1889
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Let them sing if they choose, and we will hear them in our idle hours, -- we will give them a little of our gold, -- a little of our grudging praise, together with much of our private practical contempt and misprisal!
Ardath Marie Corelli 1889
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-- In truth there is only one thing in that pictured character of his, I can for the present judge myself free from, -- namely, the careless rejection of true love for false, -- the wanton misprisal of a faithful heart, such as Niphrata's, whose fair child-face even now often flits before my remorseful memory, -- and the evil, sensual passion for a woman whose wickedness was as evident as her beauty was paramount!
Ardath Marie Corelli 1889
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"Yet, -- has not the misprisal and miscomprehension been merited?
Temporal Power Marie Corelli 1889
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