"It bears the marks of that superb unconcern which is the characteristic of genius," replied the Ambitious Writer,
contemptuously passing him by.
The outlying villages, they say, are by them called {kappa omega mu alpha iota}, by the Athenians {delta eta mu iota}: and they assume that Comedians were so named not from {kappa omega mu 'alpha zeta epsilon iota nu}, 'to revel,' but because they wandered from village to village (kappa alpha tau alpha / kappa omega mu alpha sigma), being excluded
contemptuously from the city.
"I think that roulette was devised specially for Russians," I retorted; and when the Frenchman smiled
contemptuously at my reply I further remarked that I was sure I was right; also that, speaking of Russians in the capacity of gamblers, I had far more blame for them than praise--of that he could be quite sure.
When he entered, Prince Andrew, his eyes drooping
contemptuouslyI would wrap it up in the cover she had made for the latest Carlyle: she would skin it
contemptuously and again bring it down.
As if I hadn't thought of Hardyman weeks since!" he exclaimed
contemptuously. "Are you really soft enough to suppose that a gentleman in his position would talk about his money affairs to me?
'This is the hend, is it,' said Miss Squeers, tossing her head, and looking
contemptuously at the floor, 'of my taking notice of that rubbishing creature, and demeaning myself to patronise her?'
I remembered her tripping briskly about the dining-room on her high heels, carrying a big trayful of dishes, glancing rather pertly at the spruce travelling men, and
contemptuously at the scrubby ones-- who were so afraid of her that they didn't dare to ask for two kinds of pie.
"Didn't you?" said the farmer rather
contemptuously; "but they do, though, and the best of them will do it, and can't help it sometimes on such roads as these.
"Isn't that shameful, isn't that humiliating?" you will say, perhaps, wagging your heads
contemptuously. "You thirst for life and try to settle the problems of life by a logical tangle.
Can it be that between me and this officer boy there exist, or can exist, any other relations than such as are common with every acquaintance?" She laughed
contemptuously and took up her book again; but now she was definitely unable to follow what she read.
Casson himself, the personal witness to the stranger's visit, pronounced
contemptuously to be nothing better than a bailiff, such as Satchell had been before him.