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  • Maladies seize thee, 'till thou be scorn'd and loath'd by all the World; may all Misery and Misfortune accompany thee, the Devils and Despair pursue and overtake thee, Hell and Damnation meet thee, and a thousand other Curses attend thee to all Eternity.

    Exilius 2008

  • I thought, much below my acceptance; I scorn'd an old − fashion'd Country

    The Lining of the Patch-Work Screen 2008

  • My Time and Thoughts were taken up in Harvey, Willis, and such-like Authors, which my Brother help'd me to understand and relish, which otherwise might have seemed harsh or insipid: And these serv'd to make me unfit Company for every body; for the Unlearned fear'd, and the Learned scorn'd my Conversation; at least, I fancy'd so: A Learned

    A Patch-Work Screen for the Ladies 2008

  • Methought I scorn'd of Nymphs and Knights to dream,

    The Amours of Bosvil and Galesia 2008

  • Methought I scorn'd of Nymphs and Knights to dream,

    The Amours of Bosvil and Galesia 2008

  • Power, there wanted not Pretenders to my Person; so that now was the Time to act the Coquet, if I had lik'd the Scene; but that never was my Inclination; for as I never affected the formal Prude, so I ever scorn'd the impertinent Coquet.

    A Patch-Work Screen for the Ladies 2008

  • I thought, much below my acceptance; I scorn'd an old − fashion'd Country

    The Lining of the Patch-Work Screen 2008

  • Heav'n hath no rage like love to hatred turn'd, nor Hell a fury, like a woman scorn'd.

    misstress Diary Entry misstress 2003

  • Of those who fell bravely, who scorn'd to be slaves!

    The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Various

  • I scornd hys present vile, and scorn'd hys treason more.

    The Rowley Poems Thomas Chatterton

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