"Depreciative" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... degraded her men and women. They habitually made lewd jokes of everything human and divine, and were noted for their cruelty to animals. If Alessandro became execrated as "The Tyrant and Ravisher of Florence," Lorenzino was scouted as "A monster and a miracle," and his depreciative nickname underwent a new spelling—"Lorenzaccio,"— "Lorenzo ...
— The Tragedies of the Medici • Edgcumbe Staley
... he was neither proud nor depreciative of his people. He was simply modest. Nor did he ever outgrow his sympathy ...
— The Life of Abraham Lincoln • Henry Ketcham
... to girls from which I select the following: Beautiful Autumn, Charming Flower, Jade Pure, Lucky Pearl, Precious Harp, Covet Spring; and the parent's way of speaking of his little girl, when not wishing to be self-depreciative, is to call her his "Thousand ...
— The Chinese Boy and Girl • Isaac Taylor Headland
... am at a loss to understand you," replied Mr. Arnold, who resented any such allusion, being subversive of the honour of his house, almost as much as if it had been depreciative of ...
— David Elginbrod • George MacDonald |
