Word: contempts
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...have the greatest contempt for the way they teach at Oxford. The only things of any value there are the games that are played. The modern young man has no mental discipline. He thinks he can learn all about everything from casual conversation instead of from books. That is impossible. My advice to him is to read, read, read...
That word "contempt" is one that gives a maximum of satisfaction when spat out by old British lips and it usually exaggerates the feeling of the speaker. But there was little exaggeration in this case for the speaker was old Sir Edmund Gosse, poet and critic, onetime (1904-14) Librarian to the House of Lords, who at 76 styles himself "the last of the Pre-Raphaelites...
...bluff the judge into admitting expert evidence upon the soundness of the theory of evolution. And upon refusal he became abusive, highly disrespectful and contemptuous in his conduct toward the court. He had no purpose or motive except publicity and notoriety. After he had been cited for contempt and when faced with the probability of paying a fine, he made the most humble and abject apology. The character of Darrow is again shown by a recent public statement made by him that 'courts are cockpits in which lawyers may fight...
Those near the sacred steps saw the figure accept papers from the law officers, pretend to read them, mutter: "I, Bishop Adam Phillipovsky, am found guilty of contempt of court. I shall go with...
...Light of the Western Stars, by Zane Grey, gives Mr. Noah Beery an opportunity to express, by flexing his facial muscles, lust, anger, confidence, contempt for his enemies as one Brand, who always gives his victims the choice between paying him $10,000 down or taking the walk of death, haha. He has designs upon a girl. Her true love, a surefooted, sound-toothed Benedict bowls Brand over...