Saramago's sympathy with the two sisters whose sexual desire can find no outlet is deep and subtle, as is his respect for Lidia, the kept woman who, while despising her keeper, respects her own professionalism in the most despised of professions.
Most of the Democratic Left's members of parliament do not want to support him, despising what they see as his cold disregard for the working Pole.
The people are not ethnic Chinese at all, but from the Li minority the original settlers of Hainan.The early Chinese conquerors called them barbarians, for they drilled their teeth and went barefoot; a poet, despising their sharp voices, dubbed them shrike-tongued.
Rather than despising Western freedom, many Muslims admire it, but they scoff at Western claims to be promoting democracy.
Condorcet, utterly despising the English constitution, pioneered the idea of proportional representation, championed sexual equality, and voted both for the conviction of Louis XVI and for war against Pitt.
Finally he also for once comes to the lofty feeling of despising a being as someone "beneath him," as someone he is entitled to mistreat or at least, in the event that the real force of punishment, of executing punishment, has already been transferred to the "authorities," the feeling of seeing the debtor despised and mistreated.
It makes no secret of despising Mr Sharif's enthusiasm for a rapid normalisation of relations, and opposes a crucial free-trade deal.
Despising the "drab uniformity of the modern world", Sir Wilfred slogged across Africa and Asia, especially Arabia, on animals and on foot, immersing himself in tribal societies.
There are good reasons for despising each of them.In recent months, however, it is the dollar that has suffered the most.
Despising "yellow [sensational] journalism," he emphasized comprehensive and trustworthy news gathering.
