Scorn'd

Scorn'd the sun's noon-tide splendour? for a pebble

The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 5, May 1810

Scorn'd of course by the beauties, and shunn'd by the wits.

Lucile Owen Meredith 1861

Scorn'd the submissive act, and felt th 'o'erwhelming tide!

Ode, to France 1802

It may be observ'd, That when the Esquire laid down his Pen, tho 'he could not but foresee that several Scriblers would soon snatch it up, which he might, one would think, easily have prevented, he Scorn'd to take any further Care about it, but left the Field fairly open to any

The Present State of Wit (1711) In a Letter to a Friend in the Country John Gay 1708

2756: Scorn'd a faire colour, or exprest it stolne,

All's Well That Ends Well (1623 First Folio Edition) 1623