Which preposition to use with disdain
Disdain of her and love of thee Now rule my soul in company.
Your cool disdain for me A bitter anguish hath.
With father's death, and mother's guilty shame, With Jove's disdain at such a rival's feed: The wretch compel'd, a runegate became, And learn'd what ill, a miser-state did breed, To lye, to steal, to prie, and to accuse, Nought in himself, each other to abuse.
Faith, pretty Marian, I shall meet with you, And with your lovely sweetheart Robert too: For when we come unto a baiting-place, If with like love my love he do not grace, Of treason capital I will accuse him, For trait'rous forcing me out of the court, And guerdon his disdain with guilty death, That of a prince's love so lightly weighs.
Since Sundays have no balls, the well-dressed belle Shines in the pew, but smiles to hear of Hell; And casts an eye of sweet disdain on all Who listen less to Collins than St. Paul.
Neither was Perkin, for his part, wanting to himself, either in gracious or princely behavior, or in ready or apposite answers, or in contenting and caressing those that did apply themselves unto him, or in petty scorn and disdain to those that seemed to doubt of him; but in all things did notably acquit himself, insomuch as it was generally believed, as well among great persons as among the vulgar, that he was indeed Duke Richard.
And, sirrah, see they stay not over-long; For he that erst hath conquer'd kingdoms many, Disdains in death to be subdu'd by any.
Nevertheless, when it came to reflection, a son of the big farmer of Chantebled was not to be disdained as a son-in-law.
He fought their perilous battle; but he turned away with disdain from their insolent triumph.
Them two's crazy or white slavers or somethin'!" Expressing their scorn and disdain by the angry flirt of their skirts, the woman and girl whirled and walked briskly away toward the garage at the end of the street.
This she took in high disdain beyond her slavery, and this was the cause of her grief.
This Accident roused me into a Disdain against all Libertine Women, under what Appearance soever they hid their Insincerity, and I resolved after that Time to converse with none but those who lived within the Rules of Decency and Honour.
That, however, was greatly due to this fellow Quinby, whose determined offices one could hardly disdain after once accepting favours from him.
Her companions sat staring at the ladies at the railing, dark eyes peering with disdain above the veils which hid their faces.