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| Hoyt & Roberts, comps. Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations. 1922. |
| Contempt |
| Go—let thy less than woman’s hand Assume the distaff—not the brand. Byron—Bride of Abydos. Canto I. St. 4. | 1 |
| When they talk’d of their Raphaels, Correggios, and stuff, He shifted his trumpet, and only took snuff. Goldsmith—Retaliation. L. 145. | 2 |
| Grown all to all, from no one vice exempt, And most contemptible to shun contempt. Pope—Moral Essays. Pt. III. L. 21. | 3 |
| Call me what instrument you will, though you can fret me, yet you cannot play upon me. Hamlet. Act III. Sc. 2. L. 378. | 4 |
| I had rather chop this hand off at a blow, And with the other fling it at thy face, Than bear so low a sail, to strike to thee. Henry VI. Pt. III. Act V. Sc. 1. L. 49. | 5 |
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