If the crowns of all the kingdoms of the empire were laid down at my feet in exchange for my books and my love of reading, I would spurn them all. From LearnThat.org. [Francois Fenelon (1651-1715)]
Readdy did not "spurn" the offer for imagery - he simply did not pursue it. From Wordnik.com. [NASA Watch: Keith Cowing: December 2003 Archives] Reference
Committee lowered the Federal Reserve Interest Rate during the early '90's to "spurn" the economy out of the then post Gulf War recession. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion] Reference
And taught the knight in arms to spurn the ground. From Wordnik.com. [The Georgics] Reference
And she shall have them, since my gifts you spurn. From Wordnik.com. [The Bucolics and Eclogues] Reference
Disport themselves in heaven and spurn their cells. From Wordnik.com. [The Georgics] Reference
Twirl her light limbs that spurn the needless veil. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Volume I, Number 1] Reference
Her son-in-law will spend her money and spurn her. '. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Yes! strike me at your foot; spurn, trample, crush me!. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 5, May 1810] Reference
Every woman should spurn the compliment as slanderous. From Wordnik.com. [Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women On the Various Duties of Life, Physical, Intellectual, And Moral Development; Self-Culture, Improvement, Dress, Beauty, Fashion, Employment, Education, The Home Relations, Their Duties To Young Men, Marriage, Womanhood And Happiness.] Reference
Spit upon him as you see; spurn and spit at him like me. From Wordnik.com. [Mosaics of Grecian History] Reference
While our coursers spurn earth, and our hawks sail in air. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 6, June 1810] Reference
And I could spurn a 'earthly wealth -- a palace and a queen. From Wordnik.com. [The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume IV. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century] Reference
Fear not the world's frown: though it spurn the down-falling. From Wordnik.com. [The Death of Saul and other Eisteddfod Prize Poems and Miscellaneous Verses] Reference
To subvert means to overturn shorten sling sojourn spurn 74 75. From Wordnik.com. [Stanford Achievement Test, Ed. 1922 Advanced Examination, Form A, for Grades 4-8] Reference
Would he spurn me, and restrain her with his wily golden charm?. From Wordnik.com. [Stories in Verse] Reference
You must not only deny the allegation, but 'spurn the allegator.'. From Wordnik.com. [Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology] Reference
This was the hontynge off the Cheviat, that tear begane this spurn. From Wordnik.com. [Ballads of Scottish Tradition and Romance Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Third Series] Reference
There's a reason 63 percent of those you purport to empower spurn you. From Wordnik.com. [Stop Whining!] Reference
What thou desirest, Trojan, shall be given; nor do I spurn your gifts. From Wordnik.com. [The Aeneid of Virgil] Reference
And spurn thee in the bitterest tones my scorn-strung voice can raise. From Wordnik.com. [Home Lyrics] Reference
Dog, tread thee to Earth, and spurn thee like a Slave, base as thou art. From Wordnik.com. [The City Bride (1696) Or The Merry Cuckold] Reference
With a contemptuous gesture, as if to spurn her from his sight, he said. From Wordnik.com. [Adrien Leroy] Reference
Zounds take her from the Door, or I'll spurn her from it, and break your. From Wordnik.com. [The Busie Body] Reference
Thou would'st not spurn this aching breast, nor crush this breaking heart. From Wordnik.com. [The Minstrel A Collection of Poems] Reference
"Because, did you know the depth of his infamy, you would spurn him from you!". From Wordnik.com. [Edmond Dantès] Reference
He only courted success; if anyone were down he would be the first to spurn him. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Jolliffe's Boys] Reference
And foot me as you spurn a stranger cur over your threshold: moneys is your suit. From Wordnik.com. ['Playing Shakespeare' The Way The Pros Do It] Reference
German politicians, except on the far-right fringe, tend to spurn such arguments. From Wordnik.com. [German Central Bank Seeks Sarrazin's Ouster] Reference
But kids who choose to pledge are arguably different from kids who spurn the very idea. From Wordnik.com. [Just Say No—To Bad Science] Reference
Most of them spurn popularity, asserting that they are too worthwhile to be appreciated. From Wordnik.com. [The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poet as interpreted in English verse of the last one hundred and fifty years] Reference
The Master said, To govern men we must honour five fair things and spurn four evil things. From Wordnik.com. [The Sayings Of Confucius] Reference
The captive of my sword and spear, you will spurn my love no longer; for, in truth, you cannot. From Wordnik.com. [Nick of the Woods] Reference
The Master said, A gentleman does not raise a man for his words, nor spurn the speech for the man. From Wordnik.com. [The Sayings Of Confucius] Reference
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