What is "look down upon"

Usage examples of "look down upon".

And sometimes at sunset i would climb the long hilly street to the citadel and the open place, and look down upon Aira, the magic city of marble and beryl, splendid in a robe of golden flame.

Here the pious artisan, kneeling before the cross, and lifting up his hands to heaven, humbly besought his Creator that he would compassionately look down upon earth, and for the glory and excellence of his name, as well as for the support and confirmation of the Christian faith, would lend assistance to his people in the accomplishment of the task imposed upon them, and thus manifest his power to the revilers of his law.

I look down upon shaking hands, flaccid muscles, and shrunken limbs.

Angelo, from which he could look down upon the piano of Sorrento, where the little Fiammetta was.

Brandark, who had never had the misfortune to encounter a quarterstaff in skilled hands and so tended to look down upon the weapon, made the mistake of chuckling over her antics with it one morning.

In the same way I know plenty of English friends who speak with bated breath of fox-hunting but look down upon riding to drag- hounds.

The twice-born look down upon the rectilinear consciousness of life of the once-born as being 'mere morality,' and not properly religion.

He heaved the body over and pulled it free of the aisle between tables to look down upon the face of one he was sure was a Kolder.

Not one human-built satellite survived in space to look down upon the enemy.

The prayer of their song was, that Kigi Manito, who had brought back Ke-sus, the sun,--melting the snow and unlocking the ice-bound lakes and streams,--would look down upon his dependent children with love and compassion, and give them peace and plenty through another year.

Now that I could look down upon it I saw that the area was larger than I had thought.

It made Tarzan sick and dizzy to look down upon it from so great a height, so he closed his eyes tight and held his breath.