| 单词 | conceited |
| 例句 | He sat, looking conceited and uncomfortable, straight as a broom. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z The group charged that Charles was conceited and vain, having an opinion of himself that exceeded reality. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z "He's conceited, but he's very generous in some things. He really is," I said. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z He drank steadily and watched the others, their mouths opening and closing, rancid jibes and conceited boasts and magnified memories coming out of them. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “Maybe I’m conceited and maybe I’m not, but there still isn’t anybody that can ride him like I can ride him,” he said. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Father always says I’m conceited, but I’m not, I’m merely vain! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z His good looks and popularity had made him so inordinately conceited that they blinded him to that possibility. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z For one can assume too much sometimes, in fits of conceited self-blame. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The staff thought Rumfoord was a hateful old man, conceited and cruel. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z They were not individuals inclined to soft-pedal their views about national politics and national security or, in Neylan’s case, about Robert Oppenheimer, whom Neylan described as “a man so conceited he just shoved God over.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z He can be a difficult man—self-centered and selfish, brash and conceited. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z There was this one boy at Elkton Hills, named James Castle, that wouldn't take back something he said about this very conceited boy, Phil Stabile. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z “Too showy. We don’t want to look conceited when we win.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z And Neylan’s visceral disdain for Robert Oppenheimer—“so conceited that he just shoved God over”—may well have contributed to the bitter break between Lawrence and Oppenheimer that soured their last years. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z There was nothing conceited or braggartly about him. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Now he understood how conceited a delusion this was. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He was handsome and unattractive, a swashbuckling, beefy, conceited man who was putting on fat and was tormented chronically by prolonged seizures of apprehension. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “I wouldn’t mind him if he wasn’t so conceited and didn’t bore me, and bore me, and bore me.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z She told Roberta he was too conceited--and the reason she thought he was conceited was because he happened to mention to her that he was captain of the debating team. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z “I’m just so sick of pedants and conceited little tearer-downers I could scream.” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Overweening, a useful word that we don’t see very often, means “conceited” or “pretentious.” Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Everything about Miss New Jersey is regal, but not in a conceited, uppity, stank way. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z They were in fact very fine ladies; not deficient in good humour when they were pleased, nor in the power of being agreeable where they chose it; but proud and conceited. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z These visits to the zoo holding on to the hand of some conceited spendthrift suitor gave her a lifelong horror of enclosures, walls, cages, and isolation. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “You talk about charm and beauty and sacrificing yourself to make things pleasant for people. I don’t believe you care a bit for that. You’re too conceited and stubborn and selfish...” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z James Castle called him a very conceited guy, and one of Stabile's lousy friends went and squealed on him to Stabile. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z A little thing like that, and she thought he was conceited! The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z Suddenly, she was right there before me, that busy, priggish, conceited little girl, and she was not dead either, for when people tittered appreciatively at “evanesce” my feeble heart—ridiculous vanity!—made a little leap. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z It was a sanctuary where women could be themselves—smelly, wanton, mystic, conceited, truthful, and interested. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He was young and good-looking, and I could see right away he was conceited. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z My gut told me that the Darcys were all conceited, and their sons thought that they were better than us. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z The Guardian's Bradshaw declared it "a tangled and conceited mess" and said, "line by line, scene by scene, it is offensively preposterous and crass." Cannes 2014 reviews: 'Foxcatcher' applauded, 'The Captive' panned 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z James is outrageously supercilious, arrogant, conceited and rude. Film review: Certified Copy 2010-09-02T21:35:00Z “I’m not conceited enough to think she’s speaking directly to me, but I chose to hear it that way.” Book Deal for Pantsuit Nation, Facebook Page Supporting Hillary Clinton 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z Now his family members watch him perform on USA Network's "Monday Night Raw," and they see a David Otunga they don't recognize: a conceited character with delusions of grandeur. David the Goliath gets what he wants 2011-03-22T21:55:00Z Here the tropes include the grouchy chief, the conceited and sexist male surgeon, the sudden and difficult childbirth. Review: In ‘Good Karma Hospital,’ Some Familiar TV Templates 2017-08-20T04:00:00Z On “What a Little Bit of Love Can Do” he brings rakish charm to a chorus that might have seemed conceited and belittling. New Music: The Dude Sings 2011-08-15T22:07:21Z Her concern, for instance, that she might be looked upon "as rather peculiar and quite possibly conceited" for making pictures of herself rings rather quaint in this selfie-saturated moment. Bunny Yeager, a glamour girl and glamour photographer in one 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z He was a little conceited about these supposed special abilities, and that was how the story began. “This Is Pleasure” 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z Damon is well cast as the conceited, whitebread candidate, troubled by an aversion to his own vocation. The Adjustment Bureau ? review 2011-03-03T22:15:01Z A line in which she reveals to Cornelia – en route to a hiphop class - that she likes kids “who don’t speak English” – would have benefited from a yet more earnestly conceited delivery. While We're Young: Ben Stiller has a hipster replacement in brilliant comedy 2014-09-07T04:00:00Z Pinkerton knows that he is a charmer but is not conceited about it. Music Review: Fresh Take on ?Madama Butterfly? at Santa Fe Opera 2010-07-26T22:37:00Z These “Henry V” characters — swaggering English soldiers, conceited French aristocrats and even the clergy — are irresistible, capering clowns, rarely far from fisticuffs or mayhem. Review | Faction of Fools and WSC Avant Bard offer zany Shakespeare 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z It's hardly a match for Music, let alone Like a Prayer – instead it's a wonderfully conceited little pop song. Readers' panel: What we think about Madonna 2012-02-10T15:51:39Z How many pitfalls lie ahead, waiting to shred our conceited molecule-clusters back into unthinking dust? How will the world end? 2012-06-17T19:00:00Z Mr. Fishman, a regular on the modern coffeehouse circuit, frames his tribute with a conceited concept: He plays a doppelgänger of himself, Henry, leading three bandmates through a rehearsal of Converse songs before a gig. Review: A Lost Folk Musician’s Haunted Dreamland in ‘A Star Has Burnt My Eye’ 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z “This was highly orchestrated, there was a conceited effort to conceal here to bring this product in.” said Stephen Maloney, the Customs and Border Patrol’s acting port director for the Port of New York/Newark. 1 million pounds of pork seized at U.S. border amid deadly Chinese outbreak 2019-03-17T04:00:00Z In point of fact, Churchill was – for as long as he dared – a consistent friend of conceited, spoiled, Hitler-sympathising Edward VIII. Why The King's speech is a gross falsification 2011-01-31T20:30:02Z And yet, unlike the conceited creatures who share their fate, there is not even the most perfunctory plan in place to protect them. Never mind endangered animals – it's the thinkers that we need to save 2013-03-10T00:05:44Z You feel it in conversation, where she’s neither unduly humble nor conceited. Irma Thomas, a Soul Queen Far Beyond New Orleans 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z Even when Roy is at his most conceited, readers will keep wishing him a home run. New summer reading will keep kids, teens and young adults cracking the books 2010-06-23T23:39:00Z “I guess some people are conceited enough to care about being waved in,” he added. Beware the Doorman Wielding an iPad 2011-05-18T18:11:27Z Another paper put it this way: “An old maid is one of the most cranky, ill-natured, maggoty, peevish, conceited, disagreeable, hypocritical, fretful, noisy, gibing, canting, censorious, out-of-the-way, never-to-be-pleased, good-for-nothing creatures.” Women of a Certain Age, Gail Collins Has Your Back 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z She called me “ma’am” with a soft drawl, and apologized often when talking about her creative process, worrying that she was being “conceited or indulgent.” Julien Baker Believes in God 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z People didn’t get that I had such a conceited look because I was sending myself up. Burt Reynolds: ‘I dumped a load of manure on the National Enquirer' 2017-01-07T05:00:00Z Even though he's been called Egypt's Indiana Jones, the name that probably describes him best is his very own, Zahi, which means vain or conceited in Arabic. Sacking Zahi Hawass is a sign of Egypt's ongoing revolution 2011-07-22T07:00:00Z I don't want to sound conceited," he says, "but that is surely indicative of British attitudes towards photography in general. Paul Graham: 'The photography I most respect pulls something out of the ether' 2011-04-11T06:00:06Z Speaking on a Gdansk radio station, he said he was uncomfortable that in some scenes the actor who played him "portrayed me as a buffoon, who was a bit conceited." Walesa, Poland's flawed hero, given redemption in film 2013-08-14T16:08:54Z In Unreliable Memoirs, and the volumes that followed, James managed to make much of a confession that he was conceited and pretentious, all the while being entertainingly both. Clive James – a life in writing 2013-07-05T07:45:01Z At the time, this made me laugh: it seemed conceited of him to portray himself as an Everyman. Teaching the People’s Republic 2012-09-03T13:00:00Z “At this time, I think I was more conceited,” he said as he sampled from plates of red velvet waffles, onion rings and a vegetarian Reuben sandwich. For RZA, Hip-Hop Was Just a Prelude to Kung Fu 2012-10-17T12:09:43Z "The film was therapeutic for me," he says, clear-eyed and ever vigilant to the danger of appearing conceited or insensitive. Meet Chicago's Interrupters? 2011-08-06T22:48:57Z “Alegría” is set in a mysterious kingdom where a character named Mr. Fleur, “a conceited, manipulative and unpredictable character,” says the press kit, “clumsily tries to impose his authority.” At Cirque du Soleil’s ‘Alegría’ at Marymoor Park, less is more 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z Clift perfectly shows how bewildered, earnest, and yet conceited and evasive his character is: Taylor's feline self-possession is troubled by George's extravagant, ingenuous passion. A Place in the Sun – review 2013-01-31T21:45:01Z Sometimes I sensed something a little conceited about Rubber. Rubber ? review 2011-04-07T22:04:00Z Her performance, in The Wife, as the enigmatically reserved wife of the conceited Saul Bellow-style Nobel laureate novelist is a high-IQ treat. Oscar nominations 2019: Roma and The Favourite deserve acclaim, but no female directors is woeful 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z Besides I am so conceited I do not believe the Gods would create so potent a being as myself for so prosaic an ending.' Winston Churchill, war correspondent: His early military years shaped his political ambitions 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z I am conceited enough to think I know what I am doing. Am I boring? 2013-05-31T00:00:00Z “This is going to sound conceited, but I just like the way I look in it.” The Women of Fleet Week Hit the Town 2022-05-28T04:00:00Z One of the ways that it lasted so long because we have a huge fan base, and I don't mean that in a conceited way, but it is that. Charlie Watts shines a light on Stones' 50th plans 2012-07-06T15:04:10Z He is “taciturn, prone to pedantry, conceited and cantankerous”; he is “ridiculous, truculent, old fashioned.” Review: In ‘The Great Swindle,’ Pierre Lemaitre Spins a Dark Postwar Tale 2015-10-04T04:00:00Z To listen to opposing voices, to read the views of Trumpers and uncles, to pierce our conceited, content bubble. Get out of my echo chamber. It's cosy in here 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z A duck rests on a plum branch, looking slightly plump and conceited while a farmer lolls on the ground and a worker paints a torii gate red. Review | Even a year’s worth of Hokusai may not be enough to display his genius 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z They’ve let go of lazy deckhands, stews who lied on their resumes, a conceited boatswain who couldn’t manage his team and a chef whose bland entrees never impressed the guests. Perspective | Here’s to the class-conflicted, workplace-inappropriate ‘Below Deck’ — TV’s ideal mental vacation 2019-06-12T04:00:00Z Also included in the set is "Coast to Coast Big Mouth," where Laura blurts out to an interviewer that Rob's boss, conceited TV star Alan Brady, wears a toupee. Mary Tyler Moore featured in 'Van Dyke Show' set 2014-04-01T13:08:13Z I spent all the energy I had on this kind of thing convincing viewers to accept the complex and distastefully conceited Pfefferman children on “Transparent.” Review | HBO has a real stinker in the dreadfully unrelatable ‘Here and Now’ 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z "Maybe this is conceited, but I don't care," Bruce said. Insane Clown Posse feels qualified to host Fuse show 2013-08-20T13:55:09Z As he lolls affably on a sofa at a Soho hotel, it’s hard to reconcile the humble McBride with characters like West, or the conceited televangelist Jesse Gemstone. Danny McBride: 'Kanye asked me to play him in a movie of his life' 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z The episode don’t set out to examine how awful and conceited people are but instead explore the misunderstandings that happen on the way to human connection. Master of None: Aziz Ansari makes a sitcom with soul 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z “I remember talking to him and thinking he was very conceited,” she said. A Bond That Began With Football 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z I don’t want to sound conceited, but I like myself. Gloria Estefan: 'I have nightmares where I go on stage naked' 2019-06-15T04:00:00Z The chaotic sex scene is rich in disaster for this conceited middle-aged male. Beyond the negroni: Stanley Tucci's 20 best films – ranked! 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z Photograph: Allstar/Millennium Entertainment There are lots of conceited ageing men in cinema who think of themselves as eternally 38. Dirty Grandpa and the return of Viagra Cinema 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z “The French are pretentious and conceited and have the worst character in the world,” she said, noting that there is no place on earth she would rather live than Paris. 19 Things About Betty Catroux 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z I said is that why you think I'm conceited because you think I got a harem? Rap legend Rakim opens up about finding his unique, intellectual sound and transforming hip-hop 2019-11-02T04:00:00Z I remember once a female came up to me and told me I was conceited and asked did I have a harem. Rap legend Rakim opens up about finding his unique, intellectual sound and transforming hip-hop 2019-11-02T04:00:00Z “I will remain committed to my national duty without tolerating any arrogant or conceited behavior.” How New Democracy Surged to Victory in Greece 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z At any small referee decision, a conceited group of Roma players scream for explanation. 'Mourinho feeds Rome with dreams and emotion' 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z “I know that sounds very conceited, cocky,” he said, to which Syl’violet whipped back: “No! It sounds privileged!” I’m a Couples Therapist. Something New Is Happening in Relationships. 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z “It was the wildest experience I’ve ever done as an actor and kind of one of the most rewarding experiences,” says James Marsden, who plays a horribly conceited version of himself as a juror. When a reality TV show about jury duty is a summons to laugh 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z For the episode when Nell confronts a nemesis from high school — guest actor Brittany Snow plays her perfectly as a conceited adult social influencer — the writers started with a past bully. ABC’s ‘Not Dead Yet’ is a comedy with a weekly ghost story 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z A gifted performer hounded by a diva reputation, Wu is not afraid to portray herself as volatile, cruel or conceited in enthralling essays that range from wistful recollections to uncomfortable confessions. Review | Constance Wu meditates on her mistakes in revealing memoir 2022-10-02T04:00:00Z Johnson alludes to a phrase in popular use that describes U.S. citizens as “ugly Americans”: brash, conceited, and ignorant about cultures of other societies and matters of the world. Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z And their legal arguments are spit bubbles blown by conceited airheads. Perspective | LIV Golf sellouts bailed on the PGA Tour. Now they want back in? 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z The first single is “Yeah, I Like You” is a critique of celebrity online culture, with the lyrics “You’re so conceited but you’re insecure/You’re always busy but you look so bored.” New this week: ‘Day Shift’ and ‘Five Days at Memorial’ 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z In his 1963 classic "Anti-Intellectualism in American Life," he argues that intellectuals and experts are viewed as "pretentious, conceited, effeminate, and snobbish; and very likely immoral, dangerous, and subversive" — and un-American. America's heart of darkness: Making sense of the nonsensical allure of MAGA 2022-07-31T04:00:00Z "You get this thing, like, 'You're being egotistical. You're being conceited.' But it's a mystery to me, man. I can't grasp a face and yet I come from such a design/aesthetic point of view." What is prosopagnosia and who gets it? Brad Pitt opens up about his struggle with "face blindness" 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z He has vented anger at the West, depicting the U.S. as arrogant, conceited, treacherous and determined to dominate the world. ‘Minister No’: Lavrov embodies Moscow’s steely posture 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z He includes the need for self-deprecation so the applicant will not seem too conceited. Perspective | Do ultra-selective colleges change lives? I say usually not, but this much richer author says yes. 2022-02-27T05:00:00Z There’s a line between being confident and pompous or conceited. Joe Burrow's special gift gives him and Bengals chance in Super Bowl 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z Mayfield quickly interjects he doesn't want to "sound cocky or conceited." Matured Mayfield leading Browns amid 'Super' expectations 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z Mayfield quickly interjects he doesn’t want to “sound cocky or conceited.” Matured Mayfield leading Browns amid ‘Super’ expectations 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z Like a conceited person staring into a mirror, America’s white-dominated institutions investigate themselves for flaws and find none. Hate crime or not, Atlanta shooter was motivated by racism 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z He never wanted to sound conceited, but in the past, he would have said that school came easily. ‘I Feel Like I’m Just Drowning’: Sophomore Year in a Pandemic 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z We will not allow federal agents to criminally attack citizens in our cities, acting under the illusory authority of a conceited demagogue who prioritizes his self-interest above the national interest. Opinion | Mr. President, stay out of our cities 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z I’m a conceited man, though I am not proud of the bratty child I become in the presence of my family. Family Zoom meetings are gestures of love. Why do they sometimes feel so painful? | Geoffrey Mak 2020-06-20T04:00:00Z In Liar’s Poker, his 1989 Wall Street memoir, Michael Lewis described a newly ascendant, egregiously conceited type of alpha-male bond broker. Big Swinging Brains and fashy trolls: how the world fell into a clickbait death spiral 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z In pop culture, women of color aren’t typically allowed to be confident — and if they are, they’re seen as vain or conceited or anything but just secure in themselves. With ‘Ugly Betty,’ Silvio Horta helped young Latinas see themselves on screen 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z Li apologized for “my arrogant and conceited ways,” adding: “I said irresponsible things and hurt and placed a serious psychological burden on my family, including my husband and daughter.” Rolls-Royces, Porsches and tantrums: How China’s super-rich get noticed — the wrong way 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z “Liberals are unafraid to put their political views out there because they have this indulgent, conceited idea that they always have the moral high ground. They aren’t afraid of offending people,” the author writes. Tomi Lahren’s message: Never play dead 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z “I don’t think of myself as conceited, but I definitely spend a lot of time reading about myself,” he says. Shawn Mendes: ‘I’m 20. I want to have fun’ 2019-04-07T04:00:00Z “I’m starting to get conceited in my head,” she said at the end of the day. Where there’s a will, is there a wage? 2018-07-22T04:00:00Z The police were almost conceited, Jones says, proudly brandishing their weaponry. Alabama, May 1963: how the Observer captured America’s racial tensions 2018-05-12T04:00:00Z I’m also frightened by the conceited small-mindedness of human beings when they consider themselves elect creatures. Elena Ferrante: ‘God didn’t make a good impression on my teenage self’ 2018-04-21T04:00:00Z Tharoor pierces this conceited bubble with facts, arguments, humour, sarcasm and logic. Empire strikes back: why former colonies don't need Britain after Brexit | Griffith Review 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z The prosecution declined requests for an interview, but in court, an Air Force major on the team denounced Lieutenant Piette’s objections, calling them “shameless, disingenuous and conceited.” Many Say He’s the Least Qualified Lawyer Ever to Lead a Guantánamo Case. He Agrees. 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z I don’t want to sound conceited, but it was phenomenal.” Classic Hollywood: Rose Marie, still tough and sassy after all these years 2017-11-11T05:00:00Z "Catalonia triumphant shall again be rich and bountiful. Drive away these people who are so conceited and so arrogant," they sang. In Catalonia, a declaration of independence brought dancing and tears of joy, but also worry 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z The footage keeps him from getting conceited about his performance. UCLA's Josh Rosen hopes to erase painful memory of Arizona game 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z Lloyd faces up to five years in prison and $3.5 million in fines if conceited on all charges. North Carolina man faces animal fighting charges 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z Some, such as James Russell Lowell, writing in the Atlantic in 1862, found Thoreau “conceited, egotistical” and “a boor” who blabbed on about retreating from life but “never himself went far from home”. In Thoreau's footsteps: my journey to Walden for the bicentennial of the original de-clutterer 2017-07-12T04:00:00Z And while “The Mandibles” isn’t typical beach reading, what better time to be reminded not to get too comfortable or conceited about your financial status in life? Perspective | A horror story: What would you do if the U.S. economy collapsed? 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z Churchill writes: “I am not sufficiently conceited to think that my sun is the only one with a family of planets.” Winston Churchill’s essay on alien life found 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z “I am not sufficiently conceited,” he writes,” to think that my sun is the only one with a family of planets.” Churchill essay on the possibility of alien life discovered in US college 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z “I’m not trying to sound conceited,” Woodfox told me, “but I seem to be more animated than some of these guys.” How Albert Woodfox Survived Solitary 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z The Trump people would be doing a public service to make it simpler, plainer, more modest, less grand and conceited and dumb. Make Inaugurals Dignified Again 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z One party suffers from a freewheeling conceited, megalomaniac who hurls insults rather than solutions. Politicians Need a Raise 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z They may come across as conceited or pretentious. The Narcissist Next Door 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z According to the diary of Illinois Senator Orville Browning, Lincoln thought Cash was “conceited” and wanted “to control everything—conduct the war on his own plan and run the entire seat of government.” What's in a Name: Meet the Original Cassius Clay 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z “I hope I don’t sound conceited but I see him as an evolution of my game,” Nash said when Redick asked if he thought Curry was a modern version of himself. How Steph Curry borrowed from the best to remain a true original 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z “Xi is conceited and refuses to listen to second opinions,” He said. China’s Xi tells grumbling party cadres: ‘Don’t talk back’ 2015-12-27T05:00:00Z “I don’t want to be conceited about myself in any way, but obviously I think we’re both high-level players,” Decker said. Numbers show Joey Bosa helping Ohio State defense 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z Let’s be clear: there aren’t hordes of insane, conceited, delusional women walking around, thinking: “I’m so hot that I can get any man I want!” Ashley Madison has a stupidity factor – men | Barbara Ellen 2015-08-22T04:00:00Z But this was a player who figured his time at Purdue would mark the end of his football career, who apologizes for sounding conceited when he admits that he now gets recognized around town. Ryan Kerrigan might be the Redskins’ most boring star — and he’s fine with that 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z “She’s not stuck up or conceited or look down on us. I love her. She has a heart of gold.” A Cone, a Ring, Then After 23 Years, a Promise 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z Salk was an interestingly complicated man: idealistic and unconventional, conceited but vulnerable, often described as mild-mannered but just as often as arrogant and combative. A lively biography of Jonas Salk 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z Absolutes lock the writer into a position, sound conceited and close-minded, and often open the door to criticism regarding inaccuracies. 15 Words You Need to Eliminate From Your Vocabulary 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z Research has long suggested that if you’re looking for someone who’s preening, strutting, self-absorbed, arrogant, exhibitionistic, conceited, insensitive and entitled, you’ll find more of them in the boys’ camp than you will in the girls’. Why Men Are More Narcissistic Than Women 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z Observers who roll their eyes at his bad behavior may think the egging is well-deserved, as Bieber recently apologized in a Facebook video for his many antics and for acting “arrogant” and “conceited.” Watch Justin Bieber Get Egged 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z And when Obama charmed his fellow leaders that month at the Summit of the Americas, Castro complained that the young American president seemed “conceited.” Without Washington as its enemy, what will define Cuba? 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z One of its earliest recorded uses appears in T d'Urfey's Madam Fickle from 1677: "Banter him, banter him Toby. 'Tis a conceited old Scarab, and will yield us excellent sport." Should banter be banned? 2014-11-28T05:00:00Z “To think that somehow everything you do needs to be shared online is conceited and false.” We Want Privacy, but Can’t Stop Sharing 2014-10-04T04:00:00Z The brother of his vice president called him “a little, conceited, hypocritical, snivelling, canting, malicious, ambitious, dogged knave and fool.” Book review: ‘Embattled Rebel,’ Jefferson Davis, by James M. McPhersonA Leader in Defeat When, in frustration, she’d remind CNN executives, “You know, I’m the most well-known foreign correspondent in the world,” those factual words struck her bosses as arrogant and conceited. Diane, Katie and Catfights: The Problem With Claws-Out Depictions of Women 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z “Now, I don’t want to sound blasé or conceited …” Brian Clough was charming, disarming and had his own set of rules 2014-09-06T04:00:00Z "Son has a lot of self-confidence, he's even conceited, but his appearance is always one of modesty. He's crazy, but Ma's also crazy. It's very common for crazy people to like each other." Mega-IPO to rekindle the 'bromance' behind Alibaba's rise 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z "Banter him, banter him Toby. 'Tis a conceited old Scarab, and will yield us excellent sport," he wrote. The backlash against banter 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z “I think about the planets a lot. I think Saturn is probably quite conceited, with those rings and unusual colours, its strange beauty.” Noel Fielding: 'Oh God, I've got a Peter Pan complex, haven't I?' 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z He let his huge Weibo following go to his head, he said, making him vain and conceited, but months of “education” and reading in a detention center had brought him to his senses, he said. China launches ‘clear sky’ campaign to purge Internet of porn, rumors, dissent 2014-04-17T13:57:00Z But in the case of this one conceited run-amok franchise, it might actually be good. Boswell: For Washington Redskins, pride always precipitates the fall 2013-12-13T19:46:07Z Kirk was conceited and stubborn, with an impetuosity that frustrated Spock. Yes, Captain Kirk Would Intervene in Syria 2013-04-30T14:23:13Z For his part, Law's Dr Banks is the sinister helpmeet, perfect for bringing out Emily's neuroses: he is bland, conceited, self-congratulatory, more than a little liable to indulge a beautiful young patient. Side Effects – review 2013-03-07T15:30:01Z "It was considered a bad thing to be seen as conceited or full of yourself." Does confidence really breed success? 2013-01-04T00:32:46Z But even their boss, Frank Williams, said when Mansell left for the second time: "Nigel is conceited, he's arrogant and he's brilliant," adding: "We'll miss him as a driver but not as a bloke." F1’s greatest drivers – Nigel Mansell 2012-06-19T05:52:05Z "You start to lose a lot of conceited notions about yourself and your relationships with other people." The craze for lucid dreaming 2012-05-31T09:31:35Z I don't want to sound conceited, but that type of golf was the kind of golf I was best at. Regrets? They've had a few 2012-05-15T04:00:00Z Hegel, like Goethe, felt no patriotic shudder at the national disaster, and in Prussia he saw only a corrupt and conceited bureaucracy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z And this theory is a good one, or at least a wise one; for humanity is so inordinately conceited that it will never take a hint kindly, unless asked for; and not always even then. Ladies on Horseback Learning, Park-Riding, and Hunting, with Hints upon Costume, and Numerous Anecdotes 2012-04-23T02:00:28.843Z Mr. Goldfinch," said daddy, "was very conceited and proud of himself. Daddy's Bedtime Bird Stories 2012-04-21T02:00:27.490Z But I’m not conceited enough to think that a New York girl like Miss Stanwood would ever look at me. Vistas of New York 2012-04-14T02:00:25.810Z No, no, Doodles, I'm not so conceited as all that. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z But with the coming of the conceited and inhuman General Pope, who followed McClellan in command of the Federal army, all that was changed. Historic Fredericksburg The Story of an Old Town 2012-04-11T02:00:30.517Z Nevertheless, as I have heard the ignorant and the conceited declare, that people often do things themselves to bring about a fate that is foretold them, I will neglect nothing that can turn aside mine. The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale 2012-04-06T02:00:27.227Z She was such a conceited and idiotic woman that she would have been flattered even by such imitation. Rich Relatives 2012-04-05T02:00:45.670Z "She's a conceited proud piece of goods, father; and I suspect she would rather give her six hundred pounds to some skauhawn than to a man of substance like me." The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z "You ain't so neat," observed Sally, with grim humor; "but neither of you looks bad, though I don't want to make you conceited." The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z Prissy had induced him to try this method sometimes, but mostly he was afraid to let her know about it afterwards, because it made Prissy so unbearably conceited. The Suprising Adventures of Sir Toady Lion With Those of General Napoleon Smith 2012-04-03T02:00:29.527Z That which I defend is the superiority of nature to us: that which I fight against is the conceited silliness of certain persons. Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z Clymene so often entertained her child with stories of his father’s beauty and power, that at last Phaeton became conceited, and acquired a habit of boasting rather loudly of his divine parentage. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z As good Stoics, they were of all philosophers the most conceited, and took it especially ill that any sect should presume to rival them in their private virtues of obstinacy and endurance. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z He who thinks himself infallible falls the most heavily; the conceited man lays the trap by which he himself is caught; his own vanity trips him up. Held by Chinese Brigands 2012-03-26T02:00:40.573Z But, young though I was, I was not so conceited as to fail to realize that he was right. Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered 2012-03-22T02:00:35.350Z "Don't be so conceited," she replied, "remember you have never been drilled yet." It May Be True, Vol. III (of III) 2012-03-20T02:00:14.013Z If it's a matter of brains I'm conceited enough to believe we have the odds, but there's a lot to consider besides. Settlers and Scouts 2012-03-17T02:01:06.297Z "Who is that conceited fool of an Englishman?" said Nino, who felt cross and liked to show it. The Devourers 2012-03-16T02:00:23.493Z The chaplain was a narrow, and in secret a conceited man; he had been guilty of some things that ill became his cloth. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z Vain and conceited, he fancied that the world laughed at the poor figure he had cut; and the wound in his vanity festered until nothing would serve but to see the downfall of his enemy. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z "I have my wife to be conceited of," he said, fondly; "and now Anne, tell me what news of the child?" It May Be True, Vol. III (of III) 2012-03-20T02:00:14.013Z The a�roplane has been celebrated so enthusiastically in the course of its brief life that it must by now be a most offensively conceited machine. The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces 2012-03-12T03:00:26.180Z Then she added, with a little toss of her head: "And he was not a bit of a conceited fool." The Devourers 2012-03-16T02:00:23.493Z But no; on we go, deeply conceited about the one thing we know and like, and loftily severe as to the ignorance of other persons concerning it. Horace Chase 2012-03-08T03:00:09.693Z He was not entirely without a motive, which in the mind of a brooding, conceited individual, might seem to be adequate for the commission of the crime. Essays In Pastoral Medicine 2012-03-05T03:00:09.993Z A more abominable sight does not exist than the hard-riding whipper-in, he is, for the most part, a useless, conceited lad, who will never do any good in this world or the next. Ladies in the Field: Sketches of Sport 2012-03-03T03:00:17.540Z Oft has it been my lot to mark, A proud, conceited, talking spark, Returning from his finished tour, Grown ten times perter than before. The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews 2012-03-01T03:00:22.883Z He was a little presumptuous, perhaps a trifle conceited; but women like these things in young men, and he had tact. Laid up in Lavender 2012-02-28T03:00:28.157Z Fellows like Walter are conceited enough without that sort of thing. Horace Chase 2012-03-08T03:00:09.693Z On the average, these individuals rank themselves as less conceited, less vulgar and less snobbish than they really are, as judged by the combined opinion of their associates. Vocational Psychology: Its Problems and Methods 2012-02-24T03:00:25.813Z He was beat, as I said, and being well conceited of his skill, he was for a moment vexed. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z He is as horribly conceited of him; and pants, as if a bear were at his heels. Twelfth Night or, What You Will 2012-02-18T03:00:14.920Z If ever two conceited detectives got themselves into a charming muddle, we're those two, at present. Out of a Labyrinth 2012-02-17T03:00:38.887Z And such of them as are conceited as well as stupid, shall even parade, instead of blushing for, the holes in their intellects. The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z Without being conceited, the fact was patent that if one woman fell in love with him without encouragement, another might. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z There were rare moments when I felt my most brilliant and my most conceited.” Yeast Genetics in ?The Marriage Plot? - Scientist Was Fiction, but Not His Work 2012-02-14T00:26:11Z A set o' dull, conceited hashes, Confuse their brains in college classes! The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 3 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:43.960Z They were conceited enough before, heaven knows, and now they expect all Europe to black their shoddy shoes. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z Children often grow up into ill-mannered youths and conceited young ladies. The Unpublishable Memoirs 2012-02-03T03:00:18.447Z Puppy, pup′i, n. a doll: a young dog: a whelp: a conceited young man.—adj. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) 2012-01-30T03:00:13.887Z It is the 5th of October: Dinner of real haggis; meet a conceited schoolmaster. The Life of George Borrow 2012-01-26T03:00:14.707Z It is conceited and fantastical: so are they. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 100, September 27, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-01-25T03:00:37.190Z "Oh, he is just as silly and conceited as ever; but love has softened him." The Honour of the Clintons 2012-01-24T03:00:25.947Z His treatment was intended to be exhaustive, and was able, though cold and conceited. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z The wit that made his eccentricities palatable is illustrated by the story of how he gave to a conceited young minister whose appearance displeased him A Mother’s Catechism dedicated to the young and ignorant. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" 2012-01-22T03:00:24.397Z How ignorant and how conceited must be the Christian professor who supposes all goodness is confined to Christianity, or that it even possesses any great superiority over other religious systems! The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ 2012-01-19T03:00:18.027Z The people," he says, breaking out in anger at the small disposition they show to kill other people, "are conceited, self-indulgent, decadent, and greedy. The Great Illusion A Study of the Relation of Military Power to National Advantage 2012-01-11T03:00:19.077Z What on earth have I got to be conceited of? The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories 2012-01-10T03:00:17.100Z With such a bold, conceited air When such assume the critic's chair, Low in the dust is genius laid, The muses with the man in trade. The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume II (of III) 2012-01-10T03:00:15.980Z Now it is a rare parvenu who is not conceited. The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z My telling you all this sounds, I know, rather conceited, Mr. Noel. The Front Yard 2012-01-09T03:00:23.183Z Satire charges him with Avarice, as it did the Duke of Marlborough his Rival: He is, withal, accused of being too haughty, and too conceited of his Actions, and his Merits. The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume II Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels From Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. 2012-01-07T03:00:17.127Z Heaven knows I at least am not conceited. The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories 2012-01-10T03:00:17.100Z Ralph appears to have been a conceited and helpless character, and made several attempts to get in the way of procuring a livelihood. The Life of Benjamin Franklin Illustrated by Tales, Sketches, and Anecdotes 2012-01-04T03:00:46.617Z When a conceited parvenu goes mad, his conceit is as mad as the rest of him. The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z There was in Cicero's face, he thought, something satirical and conceited which was new and odious; and under Plato's external solemnity he detected a pleasurable and roguish anticipation of the coming scene. Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z Only a couple of old men spoke a few words of Portuguese, of which they were not a little conceited. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-03T03:00:07.630Z What a conceited show he was making of his love for her! The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z Not to do this is, I know, unphilosophic and selfish, conceited and altogether inhuman. Notes of a Son and Brother 2011-12-29T03:00:14.087Z The duke having concluded his archeological monologue, with the perspicacity of the conceited, who know whom they fascinate and whom they do not, then addressed his conversation to Venturita. The Fourth Estate, vol. 2 2011-12-25T03:00:12.817Z It is too bad that an impertinent, conceited man should have caused me all this very real vexation.” Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z Among conceited Kings of recent times, King Ferdinand of Sicily stands out pre-eminently in the minds of philatelists. Peeps at Postage Stamps 2011-12-23T03:00:15.610Z "Yes," returned Violet, "my dear, good mother's atonement for her conceited daughter's failure." Elsie's Widowhood A Sequel to Elsie's Children 2011-12-22T03:00:21.710Z He's very good-looking, but a fool; he's conceited, and I hate conceited men. Fr?d?rique; vol. 1 2011-12-19T03:00:39.830Z He certainly had something to be conceited about. By Desert Ways to Baghdad 2011-12-18T03:00:22.240Z Without being conceited, he had good reason to believe his affection was returned and that she would accept him. The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories 2011-12-17T03:00:15.447Z I suppose I am conceited, but I almost feel a man.” From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New 2011-12-13T03:00:26.557Z "No, no, we don't call it a failure, nor the cook conceited," cried a chorus of voices; "some things are very nice, and others were spoiled by our fault in coming home so late." Elsie's Widowhood A Sequel to Elsie's Children 2011-12-22T03:00:21.710Z I see crowds of young people, hair-brained, conceited, idle, frivolous, presumptuous, and harmful to society. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z “You were the most objectionable, bad-tempered, conceited little beast that ever wore a silly little top hat and Eton suit.” Paddy-The-Next-Best-Thing 2011-12-08T03:00:28.210Z Jerking up first its head, then its tail, it walks with a funny, bobbing, tipping, see-saw gait, as if it were self-conscious and conceited. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z He was so certain of success, so conceited as not to ask himself if any of the Bar-20 or H2 outfits were not his equal or superior in intelligence. Hopalong Cassidy 2011-12-08T03:00:21.663Z He had something of Addison's tendency, exhibited in a much more remarkable and much less agreeable form by Mr. Froude, to draw out rather than to repress the sallies of conceited ignorance. Letters of Lord Acton To Mary, Daughter of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone 2011-12-06T03:00:20.687Z Years after he said of himself— “I was the most conceited artist of the day.” The Boyhood of Great Inventors 2011-12-05T03:00:46.233Z Up to any fun, full of life, and not the least bit conceited, though half Calcutta is at her feet.” Paddy-The-Next-Best-Thing 2011-12-08T03:00:28.210Z And it ought to be as incredible to find any one so conceited, as not to be greatly moved by the witness and consent of Christian antiquity. St. Peter, His Name and His Office As set forth in holy scripture 2011-11-28T03:00:25.013Z The first thing is to start the medical profession out of its idiotically conceited ignorance of all such matters—matters which have everywhere and at all times played a vital part in human history. The Letters of William James, Vol. II 2011-11-24T03:00:48.427Z He was the swiftest flyer amongst them, and had won so many races that he had grown conceited. The Sun's Babies 2011-11-21T03:00:12.963Z You will understand that I, being a conceited and self-centred author, the matter of my play bulges out until it assumes for me what you will probably, and correctly, consider exaggerated proportions. A Duel 2011-11-20T03:00:13.840Z “I wouldn’t be a Londoner for all the world—grasping, conceited, money-grubbing lot.” Paddy-The-Next-Best-Thing 2011-12-08T03:00:28.210Z There was also an absurdly conceited man who wrote me one letter a year for several years, always in the same vein. Memoirs of an American Prima Donna 2011-11-17T03:00:32.600Z That will keep you from flattering me and making me conceited,” cried Eleanor, when the laugh ended. Three Little Women A Story for Girls 2011-11-17T03:00:30.707Z Upon his return to Seville, the young man was so conceited and affected in his painting that he failed to produce any fine work. The Story of Seville 2011-11-15T03:00:17.143Z The least talented of the numerous females pretending to authorship, are generally the most conceited and the most obtrusive. The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book 2011-11-13T03:00:12.183Z “I was conceited enough to suspect it as soon as I saw the reviews in the papers.” The Gray Phantom 2011-11-04T02:00:21.427Z These conceited colonials!" he muttered to himself; "these trading cads, putting on the airs of gentlemen! A Humble Enterprise 2011-10-29T02:00:12.483Z Don’t think me conceited, but I want people to know that the candy is made and sold by a school-girl, who cannot be there to look after her counter, and must trust to their honesty. Three Little Women A Story for Girls 2011-11-17T03:00:30.707Z They are often unpleasant, conceited, or cross-grained men, but almost always prodigies to a certain extent. Human, All-Too-Human, Part II 2011-10-26T02:00:29.773Z Gustav and his friend cast a meaning glance at each other, and both smiled, I interpreted the smile into this, 'He is a vain, conceited puppy; the regulation is the coinage of his own brain.' The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. I (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:28.357Z Consequently they are too liable to become conceited and over-bearing and forgetful of the fact that courtesy is a ladylike quality. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z The importation of Western knowledge has imbued him with new fangled ideas, and shallow draughts have made him conceited and supercilious, disdaining almost everything Indian, and affecting a love of European �sthetics. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z It was good to see also the devils of conceited men. Flemish Legends 2011-10-10T02:00:21.467Z Honest towards Honesty.—One who is openly honest towards himself ends by being rather conceited about this honesty. Human, All-Too-Human, Part II 2011-10-26T02:00:29.773Z He had a crusty, and rather conceited look. Wild Wales The People, Laguage & Scenery 2011-10-09T02:00:29.740Z Besides, Sir Martin Mar-all is a more contemptible character than Lelie, who is less conceited and foolish, than thoughtless and inconsequential. Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love 2011-10-08T02:00:22.420Z In fact, those officers who associate entirely among themselves see and know no more of the world than their messman, and get conceited and disagreeable by neglecting the opportunities offered for enlarging their understanding. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 6 2011-10-07T02:00:22.270Z Sulkowski is very proud and too conceited; he thinks that he can do anything he likes with the Prince. Count Br?hl 2011-10-06T02:00:41.430Z Without being conceited, he was perhaps more aware of his own possibilities than of his limitations. Servants of the Guns 2011-10-06T02:00:39.987Z He was crusty and conceited, but I ought to have humoured him, and then I might have got out of him anything he knew, always supposing that he knew anything. Wild Wales The People, Laguage & Scenery 2011-10-09T02:00:29.740Z He was not conceited; he was only misinformed—misinformed, I mean, about himself. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z To write for low, ill-informed, and conceited actors, whom you must please, for your success is necessarily at their mercy, I cannot away with. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 6 2011-10-07T02:00:22.270Z Basil Gregory and Emile Deschamps were not in the least conceited, but each knew in his heart of hearts that already they approached those heights upon which Tesla and Edison dwelt. Chance in Chains A Story of Monte Carlo 2011-10-03T02:00:32.613Z Strong men fancied themselves somewhat at it, and conceited themselves, after the fashion of men, that it was they who wrought this marvel or that. A Crooked Mile 2011-10-03T02:00:26.870Z Mr. Jenkins was a shallow, conceited, over-dressed young man, and, moreover, extremely ugly, though of this misfortune he was not in the least aware. Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners 2011-10-01T02:00:32.597Z A witty Woman conceited, looks like a handsome Woman set out with Frippery: Aw'dw. The Female Wits 2011-09-28T02:00:23.247Z Sometimes, too, they wandered about in solitude, occupied apparently with their own reflections; some of them with a worn-out, pathetic look, others with a conceited air of superiority. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z From all accounts he was a man of very disagreeable character, conceited and quarrelsome. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" 2011-09-26T02:00:25.313Z No—how quaint, how amusing—one unexpected thing after another!—he wasn't a bit conceited about what he'd done—how funny that he was embarrassed and shy! Rough-Hewn 2011-09-20T02:00:15.147Z "And if they are conceited, and prating, and ungenteel," added Caroline. Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners 2011-10-01T02:00:32.597Z I find Poets had need be a little conceited, for they meet with many a Bauk. The Female Wits 2011-09-28T02:00:23.247Z The other is tall, thin, conceited, with an immense nose, which always seems to have a cold, and little blue eyes fixed upon the ground. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z "A very fine lady ... but proud and conceited." Pride and Predjudice, a play 2011-09-17T02:00:30.190Z The genius with which Miss Sycamore was endowed for music, was unallied to any soft harmonies of temper, or of character: she was presumptuous, conceited, and gaily unfeeling. The Wanderer (Volume 2 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:26.867Z She became more and more conceited and foolish; she was ashamed of her husband; and one day she had visiting cards engraved with 'Madame Eichelkatz, n�e B�hm.' Simon Eichelkatz; The Patriarch Two Stories of Jewish Life 2011-09-15T02:00:12.970Z I never met a man quite as naturally and unconsciously conceited, excepting perhaps a certain Orientalist, who was as learned as he was celebrated. My Memoirs 2011-09-13T02:00:28.713Z He was so vain, so innocently conceited, that this general curiosity flattered him immensely. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z The doctor, in truth, was a vain, conceited little gentleman; but, withal, a pleasant sort of person, and very generally liked. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 21 2011-09-09T02:01:06.280Z Well, you've just got to keep me in it now; and I'm conceited enough to believe I shall be worth my place. The Crime Doctor 2011-09-09T02:01:05.570Z Five feet tall he was, and a more conceited old fop of a fellow I never did see. O'er Many Lands, on Many Seas 2011-09-08T02:00:19.987Z With this Machiavellian bent it is not surprising that he sometimes indulges himself in playing off the conceited or the obtuse for the benefit of the bystanders. Music-Study in Germany from the Home Correspondence of Amy Fay 2011-09-07T02:00:17.597Z Now call me conceited or anything you like. Tiny Luttrell 2011-09-07T02:00:16.757Z But suddenly the King changed the subject, and ses: ‘Tell me,’ ses he, ‘are the schoolmasters as ignorant, as conceited, and as pompous as ever?’ The Whale and the Grasshopper And other Fables 2011-09-05T02:00:18.250Z He is conceited, stupid, and thinks, because he is tall, stout, and strong, that he may do anything. The Gentleman Cadet His Career and Adventures at the Royal Military Academy Woolwich 2011-08-31T02:01:40.423Z He is the antithesis of a conceited person. Coelebs The Love Story of a Bachelor 2011-08-31T02:01:28.960Z Eight months had now elapsed since my enlistment, and I was much more reconciled to my soldier’s life; and now that I was a full-fledged hussar, I began to grow conceited. The Young Dragoon Every Day Life of a Soldier 2011-08-31T02:01:26.737Z “Don’t you think that you’re a little—a little—well, conceited to be so premature?” The Triumph of Jill 2011-08-31T02:01:25.060Z I curse my conceited incredulity, my despicable affectation of superiority, my blindness, my obstinacy—all—too late. In a Glass Darkly, v. 3/3 2011-08-25T02:00:28.717Z They were both bullies; they excelled in nothing, were low down in their class, and in spite of this were both very conceited. The Gentleman Cadet His Career and Adventures at the Royal Military Academy Woolwich 2011-08-31T02:01:40.423Z “I don’t think he is nearly so conceited,” Sophy contended, “as the pompous person you delight in encouraging to make a fool of himself.” Coelebs The Love Story of a Bachelor 2011-08-31T02:01:28.960Z Impudent and conceited though I had become, this allusion to my mother broke through a little of my fortitude. The Young Dragoon Every Day Life of a Soldier 2011-08-31T02:01:26.737Z Her resolve to attend here is, I am conceited enough to believe, more on account of my doing so than any wish to obligate you. The Triumph of Jill 2011-08-31T02:01:25.060Z I did go out once, and the Collinson girls, proud, conceited things, cut me dead, though I went to school with them. Masterman and Son 2011-08-23T02:00:35.033Z I replied that I had, and added, “You won’t think me conceited, I hope, if I say I am tolerably sure I can beat Horsford even.” The Gentleman Cadet His Career and Adventures at the Royal Military Academy Woolwich 2011-08-31T02:01:40.423Z The Dean deaf and fretting; the lady’s maid awkward and clumsy; Robert lazy and forgetful; William a pragmatical, ignorant, and conceited puppy; Robin and nurse the two great and only supports of the family. Ireland in the Days of Dean Swift Irish Tracts, 1720 to 1734 2011-08-23T02:00:30.217Z For the pleasure of a rounded phrase, or to augment the prattle of conceited ignorance in a drawing-room. The Gospel According to St. Mark 2011-08-20T02:00:14.427Z “You don’t think me quite such a conceited fool, I hope,” he said somewhat deprecatingly, though he still looked a little dissatisfied and aggrieved. The Triumph of Jill 2011-08-31T02:01:25.060Z "Know ye, one and all, there is a conceited comedy this night—" His hair is always tousled. Hints to Pilgrims 2011-08-18T02:00:23.727Z These men are usually ungenerous and conceited, without the slightest cause for being so. The Gentleman Cadet His Career and Adventures at the Royal Military Academy Woolwich 2011-08-31T02:01:40.423Z That was natural in Fulk; the proverb says that little men are often conceited. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z If he saw a rosy vision of Miss Ponsonby reconciled to him and forgiving, he was not altogether conceited. The Locusts' Years 2011-08-16T02:00:41.777Z Those who affect to be thought to know everything, and so undertake to explain everything often remain long ignorant of many things that others could and would instruct them in, if they appeared less conceited. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:39.793Z But Rizzio was in truth far from being of that officious, conceited, and encroaching disposition, which Buchanan has ascribed to him. Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume I (of 2) 2011-08-14T02:00:25.307Z He had a conceited look about him, and a pale, drawn face, very different from that of Holms. The Gentleman Cadet His Career and Adventures at the Royal Military Academy Woolwich 2011-08-31T02:01:40.423Z I don't think I'm exaggerating when I maintain that the Swedish nation is a stupid, conceited, slavish, envious, and uncouth nation. The Red Room 2011-08-13T02:00:26.943Z Religious conviction has a definite efficacy in making people humble instead of conceited, and this is an excellent factor for preventing the tendency to insanity. Religion And Health 2011-08-12T02:00:18.323Z The scientific and speculative culture of the mind on the part of man, has often been regarded as a proud or conceited refinement. Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State 2011-08-10T02:00:16.913Z You would have called me a conceited idiot. Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z But the whole tribe of cooks are conceited and arrogant, as Hegesander says in his Brothers. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z Her memory was soon refreshed in a way that drove the color from her cheeks and took away her greatest prop, conceited self-assurance. Marjorie Dean, College Senior 2011-08-01T02:00:12.720Z It is the conceited man who is confident that he can accomplish anything that he wants out of his own strength and often fails. Religion And Health 2011-08-12T02:00:18.323Z One is that he should be led on to think more and more of froth and less of fact; another, that he should grow conceited over his eloquence and neglect his business. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 5, October 1893 2011-07-30T02:00:16.467Z Of course, but actors are so superbly conceited. Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z I may be conceited, I daresay I am, about other matters, but not about my knowledge of the love and mercy of our Saviour. Niece Catherine 2011-07-30T02:00:13.927Z He emptied my cask, and went off with a conceited strut. The Pl?biscite or, A Miller's Story of the War 2011-07-27T02:00:38.240Z It is conceited, perhaps, to say that we 195 know the game better than they, but if that is a sample of their work, we are stars compared with them. Marjorie Dean College Freshman 2011-07-27T02:00:32.033Z “Why I’m attracted to him is, to be honest, I don’t want to sound too conceited, but I’m a good guy and he’s a good guy,” Snyder said. Succeeding Blankfein at Goldman May Be Hurdle Too High for Cohn 2011-07-24T23:22:06Z Of the two operas, Bellini's is the most effective, from the number of the conceited pieces, without containing a single air which can be placed in comparison with five or six in Zingarelli's opera. Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. II (of 3) 2011-07-24T02:00:08.803Z There is no other land in which the contrast between rich and poor is so sharp and terrible; none in which millions are thrown away with more frightful indifference and conceited display. Critical Studies 2011-07-21T02:00:20.463Z I am not conceited about them; other people say they are good. Treading the Narrow Way 2011-07-21T02:00:18.563Z He sometimes writes, and clearly in good faith, what seems to us bombastic or ‘conceited.’ Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z I was conceited enough to think that, though she might trifle with others, I was her one special choice. One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z It sounds conceited of me to say so, but I believe it was the case. Dutch the Diver A Man's Mistake 2011-07-15T02:00:21.010Z Don’t tell me anything about upper-class girls—conceited snobs! Molly Brown's Junior Days 2011-07-14T02:00:11.180Z I was never conceited this way, in fact I think somebody else got nearly all the gall that should have been mine. Treading the Narrow Way 2011-07-21T02:00:18.563Z If he were not so conceited, I certainly would do so. Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. 2011-07-13T02:00:14.230Z I might have known that I should be, but I was conceited enough to think that I had thoroughly won her heart.” One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z I’m afraid to be sure; it seems so conceited, for I’m not much of a fellow, you see.” Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family 2011-07-08T02:00:20.557Z The forces under Lee were ordered to join the retreating army, but that vain and conceited officer, who had visions of becoming commander-in-chief as soon as Washington was eliminated, refused to obey orders. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z “And desperately conceited,” put in the younger, acidly. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z “I’m afraid you’ll make me very conceited, Mr Wagram,” laughed the girl rather deprecatingly. The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z I believe you are right; but I was such a vain, conceited idiot, I thought myself far above you all. One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z Yes, yes," he went on, with a conceited smile, "you may well be proud of your little sister, and of her advantages. A Noble Name or D?nninghausen 2011-07-04T02:00:22.783Z I had to have this chap a bumptious, conceited sort of youth so as to have the contrast stronger when he met the hard knocks that were to come to him in the city. Dramatic Technique 2011-07-04T02:00:19.763Z “And this young Orlebar is the most empty-headed and conceited of them all,” rejoined the elder. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z This they did pretty frequently, and the burden of their remarks ought to have rendered the absent man uncomfortably conceited could he have heard them. The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z I don’t think I am a conceited man, but I know I am strong, and have a will. One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z We bagged our friend, who looked every wit as conceited in death as he did when alive, and recommenced our descent. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851 2011-07-02T02:00:11.323Z Baird was not any more conceited than the average man, but the certainty that Judith loved him about as completely as a woman could love a man was his unalterable conviction. Nobody's Child 2011-06-29T02:00:24.827Z Two prominent ones at this moment recur to us—a prying, conceited American, and a clever but impertinent German prinzlein. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z Of a merry conceited Jest brought to Town by Tom. Amusing Prose Chap Books 2011-06-27T02:01:05.043Z "As between one fortune-hunter and another," he said gloomily, "I'm conceited enough to think myself the safer bet." Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z One cannot earn the appellation of the Barber of London without talent; and it is the consciousness of this talent that lends to Mr. Trigge's features their apparently conceited expression. Auriol or, The Elixir of Life 2011-06-24T02:00:23.867Z He was intensely proud of the number and variety of his ills, and he was perhaps conceited about the curious ways in which some of them had been cured. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z Such paltry contests as they looked to her now! such an insignificant opponent was this brainless, conceited creature before her! Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z For the life of you, you could not lead or drive such divine counsel into this conceited noddle of mine. The Life of Benjamin Franklin With Many Choice Anecdotes and admirable sayings of this great man never before published by any of his biographers 2011-06-15T02:00:17.903Z She wasn't going to let any man think he could make a fool of her, much less that conceited little whippersnapper. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z Thus, without being in any way conceited, he felt instinctively that he was superior to the generality of those he met. Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert 2011-06-15T02:00:16.390Z He was a master painter and a house decorator, and was monstrously conceited, thinking himself right and everybody else wrong. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z He was still at the mercy of this conceited braggart and the invisible power behind him—whoever or whatever it might be. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z The conceited Englishmen behaved no better than wild turkies; while the despised "Virginia short rumps" fought like lions, and had the glory of saving the wreck of the British army. The Life of Benjamin Franklin With Many Choice Anecdotes and admirable sayings of this great man never before published by any of his biographers 2011-06-15T02:00:17.903Z Widows’ sons are only too often intolerably conceited, spoilt with indulgence, and apt to repay their mother’s tenderness by breaking her heart. A Word to Women 2011-06-08T02:00:18.457Z The most ignorant and conceited of the Scribes and Pharisees denounced me bitterly as teaching doctrines utterly at variance with Scripture and subversive of the interests of vital religion. In Both Worlds 2011-06-08T02:00:17.360Z And then you are really so conceited that you hate to admit you are wrong, with the result that you leave people with a wrong impression of you. Dawson Black: Retail Merchant 2011-06-04T02:00:16.620Z When this conceited young gentleman reached his own room, he was, I grieve to say, to some extent mentally, and, if I may use the word, morally exalted by the interview. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z But he could never away with those who neglected justice, mercy, and truth, and yet affected great familiarities with the Deity, from certain conceited wonders that Christ had wrought in them. The Life of Benjamin Franklin With Many Choice Anecdotes and admirable sayings of this great man never before published by any of his biographers 2011-06-15T02:00:17.903Z You need not fear the "splendid weight" expression, and so forth—there is nothing "conceited" in the poem. The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling 2011-05-26T02:00:19.673Z They are intensely conceited and abominably selfish, and regard an impresario as their natural prey. The Mapleson Memoirs, vol II 1848-1888 2011-05-26T02:00:18.807Z That which is in me is very imperfect, faulty, uncertain, preoccupied, precipitate, subject to aberration, changing, conceited, ignorant, and limited; in fine, it possesses nothing but what it borrows. Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good 2011-05-25T02:00:17.943Z Vincente, who, happily for Victor, had not heard the epithet of his friend, shook his head and laughed a conceited drunken laugh. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z What made it even more unbearable, she was conceited with the supreme conceit of absolute ignorance that scorns all that is unknown to itself. The Mystery of The Barranca 2011-05-25T02:00:16.720Z You have thought she was conceited about her music, but it's no such thing; she has not an atom of conceit in her; indeed, she thinks too humbly of herself. Boston Neighbours In Town and Out 2011-05-24T02:00:13.567Z But Pegasus, a knowing horse, Perceived that Park's conceited verse Was only suited to the stews Of hell, whence emanates his muse. The Spawn of Ixion, Or The 'Biter Bit', An Allegory 2011-05-20T02:00:40.170Z But, seeing this did not comfort me, she added— "I have a great mind to tell you something; but no, I will not on reflection, it would make you conceited." Daisy Burns (Volume 1) 2011-05-20T02:00:34.097Z "Well, that is amusing!" exclaimed Margaret, pertly, and bursting into a short, conceited laugh. Amy Herbert 2011-05-20T02:00:31.467Z How I hated them—the conceited lackeys of masters as much as the bullocks of boys and their ox-like fathers. The Mystery of The Barranca 2011-05-25T02:00:16.720Z Jeanne, however, was not a vain little girl, nor a conceited one. The Cinder Pond 2011-05-17T02:00:20.320Z Let Satan bind, with chains of fire, This vain, conceited, bestial liar; Whom gods, and men, and angels spurn, And call on hell his soul to burn! The Spawn of Ixion, Or The 'Biter Bit', An Allegory 2011-05-20T02:00:40.170Z You are the most conceited, meddling, unladylike girl I ever met! Hope Benham A Story for Girls 2011-05-16T02:00:18.193Z A proud, conceited, forward thing, who thinks she may give herself any airs she pleases. Amy Herbert 2011-05-20T02:00:31.467Z I’m not so conceited as to think that she feels the slightest personal interest in me.” The Mystery of The Barranca 2011-05-25T02:00:16.720Z It would make you conceited, as you say. On Guard Mark Mallory's Celebration 2011-05-15T02:00:09.877Z Having seen their actions in the stormy hours of the Revolution, he despised them and looked upon them as incapable of disinterested conduct, conceited, and obsessed by the notion of equality. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" 2011-05-15T02:00:07.897Z Your worst enemy couldn't say that you were conceited. Hope Benham A Story for Girls 2011-05-16T02:00:18.193Z There were the ripest scholars, men and women of the most �sthetic culture and accomplishment, young farmers, seamstresses, mechanics, preachers, the industrious, the lazy, the conceited, the sentimental. From the Easy Chair, series 3 2011-05-14T02:00:12.237Z I can’t stay any longer in Europe; I shall get too conceited if I do.’ Cities of the Dawn 2011-05-13T02:00:10.047Z Merle was a capital little actress, and she took off the ways of a conceited pianist in a most amusing fashion. A Fortunate Term 2011-05-12T02:00:10.623Z From the conceited and cruel oligarchy of the South, we could look for nothing less. The Impending Crisis of the South How to Meet It 2011-05-10T02:00:59.100Z Those who are the reverse of this may be set down either as selfish, foolish, or conceited. Martine's Hand-book of Etiquette, and Guide to True Politeness 2011-05-08T02:00:05.770Z And now hear the reason: He conversed with Angels who are all religious and conversed not with Devils who all hate religion; for he was incapable, through his conceited notions. William Blake A Critical Essay 2011-05-04T02:00:18.110Z I, too, feel conceited as I skirt along that romantic coast, which you sight in a few hours after leaving Plymouth. Cities of the Dawn 2011-05-13T02:00:10.047Z "Why are those Williams girls so dreadfully conceited?" A Fortunate Term 2011-05-12T02:00:10.623Z When 4 obtains too much authority, he is likely to be a type of bully and conceited person. Manual of the Enumeration A Text Book on the Sciences of the Enumeration 2011-05-02T02:00:20.220Z He argued that rising to one’s feet at such a time tended to make the choir-boys conceited. The Story of Lewis Carroll Told for Young People by the Real Alice in Wonderland 2011-04-30T02:00:12.447Z "Oh, he's not really conceited," replied Amy, "and I dare say that he would liven us up a little; but on the whole things are best as they are." Amy in Acadia A Story for Girls 2011-04-29T02:00:08.307Z Or if you cannot forget, tell yourself that it is better to be reserved and modest than to be conceited and aggressive. Book of Etiquette Volume I 2011-04-28T02:00:13.993Z And then to hear the outrageous, conceited nonsense she talks——! That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 2 2011-04-26T02:00:28.200Z These things being so, I do not wonder that Fearloe was a little conceited on one point—his success in impressing the female heart. True and Other Stories 2011-04-26T02:00:27.117Z "You will make me conceited, if you don't take care, old lady!" he protested. The Girl from Alsace A Romance of the Great War, Originally Published under the Title of Little Comrade 2011-04-23T02:00:05.477Z The dictionary maker was probably a prim, conceited fellow, who deserved to be laughed at. Amy in Acadia A Story for Girls 2011-04-29T02:00:08.307Z Poor, conceited Southey, who believed himself superior to Byron! The Child Wife 2011-04-21T02:00:50.050Z And she is not so outrageously conceited—for an amateur. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 2 2011-04-26T02:00:28.200Z Any other woman would have been afraid to say that—afraid of being thought conceited. By Wit of Woman 2011-04-13T02:00:13.247Z He had heard that Porler was a very conceited man who had been in the business for a dozen years or more. Leo the Circus Boy 2011-04-12T02:00:28.110Z It is this absence of visible effort, of worldly trick, and of conceited affectation which makes the greatest works so unapproachable. Autobiographical Reminiscences with Family Letters and Notes on Music 2011-04-12T02:00:25.667Z What could be meaner or less appropriate than to compare the revolution of the starry firmament as it proceeded from its Creator's hand with the strut of a conceited bird in a poultry-yard? Aspects and Impressions 2011-04-12T02:00:22.073Z It was Maynard's fault; he was conceited, and a gasbag, and talked about the wrong things. Non-combatants and Others 2011-04-11T02:00:11.563Z If that isn't like your conceited British ignorance! I Walked in Arden 2011-04-10T02:00:06.137Z His vanity was tickled, but the conceited grin my words had called to his lips quickly faded into a look of anxiety. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z Altogether the costume of the woodman was not inelegant; and the wearer affected a certain air of rustic dandyism, which showed him conceited of his personal appearance. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z “Then he’s not the conceited Cavalier of twelve months ago?” No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z “Nonsense,” replied the dandy with a conceited smirk. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z Dad, Ted's recovering a sense of humour—it's a little clumsy and conceited still, but it's coming back! I Walked in Arden 2011-04-10T02:00:06.137Z He would become unbearably conceited were he even to guess how much he has already become to me. The Spell 2011-03-20T02:00:34.173Z Holtspur was between two of the troopers, about three or four files from the rear; while the cornet—somewhat conceited in the exercise of his conspicuous command—rode swaggeringly at the head. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z He always talked a good deal about himself and his own poems, and I have a sense of his being not vain, but conceited. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z A proud man is a conceited fellow, such as Shakespeare would introduce in his plays. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z She got out of it at last by telling me that some of the things she had said about me would make me too conceited. I Walked in Arden 2011-04-10T02:00:06.137Z They are "conceited all the forenoon of life, and stupid all its afternoon." How to be Happy Though Married Being a Handbook to Marriage 2011-03-11T03:00:13.410Z These conceited satellites of royalty—‘cavaliers,’ as they affectedly call themselves—are the veriest poltroons: brave only in words. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z At this time I was very conceited about it, thought my drawings beautiful, and, as an inevitable consequence, fell violently into "the black stage," in which they were—abominable! Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z “You can knock me down for a conceited coxcomb, only take me with you.” Joscelyn Cheshire A Story of Revolutionary Days in the Carolinas 2011-03-10T03:00:48.177Z But hearing those words and looking at his broad, conceited face, it came to me that these were true. The Black Eagle Mystery 2011-03-07T03:00:12.497Z Does the conceited Austrian really remark how charming his little girl is? Boris Lensky 2011-03-07T03:00:10.233Z For which of the two are you setting your snare, little Lora—the conceited captain, or his stupid subaltern?” The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z But these various sorts of pretentious eloquence have little or nothing in common with the balanced and conceited style of Euphues. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z He is conceited—affecting indifference, he loves admiration. The Tenants of Malory Volume 1 of 3 2011-03-04T03:01:04.443Z I did what I could to prevent it, but men are so conceited and headstrong. 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z The conceited Austrian notices it only too well. Boris Lensky 2011-03-07T03:00:10.233Z He was, as we know, pompous, conceited, obstinate, also weak and dry. The Tenants of Malory Volume 2 of 3 2011-03-04T03:00:56.067Z Because—I beg you will not think me conceited, dearest—she fancies she loves me, and is jealous of you. Sharing Her Crime 2011-03-04T03:00:54.907Z It is filled with musty professors, their musty wives and awkward and conceited boys, in training to become awkward and conceited men. Mr. Claghorn's Daughter 2011-03-03T03:00:53.083Z He is a conceited, trifling fellow, without the slightest truth or principle in him. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z He is not a hard man at heart, but nature has made him conceited, and habit has made him a tyrant. A Charming Fellow, Volume I (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:28.240Z Of course he has known her from his childhood, and all that; but he said to me only yesterday that she was conceited, and too fond of preaching. A Charming Fellow, Volume III (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:27.467Z Think of our rustics in a village church!" said Miss Vavasour, "the conceited choir, the sleeping labourers, the giggling school children, where do you ever see anything like what we have witnessed to-day? A Modern Buccaneer 2011-03-02T03:00:23.990Z He contended that the rising of the congregation made the choir-boys conceited. Lewis Carroll in Wonderland and at Home The Story of His Life 2011-03-01T03:00:47.317Z But his amiableness could be traced to the fact of his being conceited of the swinish selfishness of which he had been guilty. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z She was quiet and gentle, without being dull or moody; light-hearted and cheery, without being frivolous; and witty, without being pert or conceited. My Unknown Chum 2011-03-01T03:00:38.307Z From what has been said, we should expect that naturalists would at length renounce the facial angle of Camper; but the most ignorant are generally the most conceited. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z North Carolina, Missouri, Florida, and Texas, will be there represented; and are we too exalted or conceited to meet them at the same council board? Presidential Candidates: containing Sketches, Biographical, Personal and Political, of Prominent Candidates for the Presidency in 1860 2011-02-27T03:00:34.390Z You are about the most conceited man I ever knew. Why Marry? 2011-02-26T03:00:44.307Z She is nothing but an ugly silly fool; and too conceited to know it. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z Trethick, you are quite conceited puppy enough, I know, but that girl is fretting about you.” The Vicar's People 2011-02-25T03:01:16.160Z “That is, with me to help,” I added, for I should be sorry if Dolly were to grow conceited. The Dreamers A Club 2011-02-25T03:01:06.720Z "Are you conceited enough," he inquired, "to imagine that I should have chosen you instead of Meg, if you had been there?" The Wicked Marquis 2011-02-24T03:01:06.123Z This society, no doubt, is a little affected, stilted, and conceited, but it is dignified, well-behaved, and high-minded. A Short History of Italy (476-1900) 2011-02-24T03:01:00.630Z I only got two months for giving the conceited snob his lesson, which I didn’t much regret, for I was just as well off in the gaol as anywhere else. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z Let us not be conceited and harp only on the strings provided to our fingers in the nineteenth century. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 2011-02-23T03:00:33.760Z O, that will I, my lords; make no doubt of it; I'll play the murderer, I warrant you; For I already have conceited that. The Spanish Tragedy 2011-02-21T03:00:10.373Z But," added he, "you shall think me vain, conceited,—a puppy, if you will,—but you shall not believe me false. Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume II. 2011-02-18T03:00:19.343Z In her own little conceited heart she believed that no one could manage Sidney Hinchford save herself. Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 3 of 3) 2011-02-16T03:00:37.273Z She had acted ungrateful to me—by giving her preference to a conceited swell—who took her about to places of amusement, where men do not take young girls, whom they intend afterwards to marry. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z I saw that I should have to revise my opinion of him—certainly he was not conceited. That Affair at Elizabeth 2011-02-14T03:00:36.587Z Soon after, he found the paper in his jacket pocket; and at the foot was written, "Corrected by a conceited fellow." Arne; A Sketch of Norwegian Country Life 2011-02-14T03:00:32.700Z Then, she smirked at her own graceful image in Taffy's glass, and made all sorts of conceited remarks about her personal appearance, and then she said she hoped to subjugate "him." Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z Ivy saw a little smile cross the clever and conceited face of Mr. Amherst as it was given out. What Not A Prophetic Comedy 2011-02-09T03:00:50.423Z I had no flattery for the conceited septuagenarian who at this crisis commanded the American army. The Bandolero A Marriage among the Mountains 2011-02-09T03:00:48.583Z He was inordinately vain and conceited, and was continually boasting of his prowess. The Courier of the Ozarks 2011-02-09T03:00:43.267Z The jolly, genial, conceited, whimsical, but reliable, habitant. In the Van; or, The Builders 2011-02-09T03:00:42.387Z Have you got flowers and 'Be mine' inside, you conceited thing? A Round Dozen 2011-02-07T03:00:26.887Z You know, I'm frightfully conceited at your liking me—I can't get used to it yet; you're so important and superior. What Not A Prophetic Comedy 2011-02-09T03:00:50.423Z I have never been conceited, nor puffed up. A Maid of the Kentucky Hills 2011-02-04T03:00:15.877Z Vera, however, had said that he was a conceited little monkey, and she was coming. Abington Abbey A Novel 2011-01-30T03:00:14.557Z One Hurlebusch, of Brunswick,206 a conceited and arrogant Clavier player, once visited Bach at Leipzig, not to hear him play, but to play to him. Johann Sebastian Bach 2011-01-26T03:00:27.060Z What wonder, then, that he thought of them as conceited, vain, full of pride, without merit? A Pasteboard Crown A Story of the New York Stage 2011-01-26T03:00:25.590Z Vosh was not a conceited young fellow, but he had a fair degree of self-confidence. Winter Fun 2011-01-25T03:00:22.297Z But Cuthbert had grown wiser and less conceited, and he told Marian that he had changed his mind. Half-Past Bedtime 2011-01-23T03:00:13.247Z I know that I am not ill-looking, but I am not so conceited as to compare myself with you. Too Rich A Romance 2011-01-19T03:00:22.440Z We shuddered at the mere sight of them, a bantering, conceited, happy mob. Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z They are a dull, envious, greedy, cunning, vulgar, interfering, and intolerably conceited people. Boon, The Mind of the Race, The Wild Asses of the Devil, and The Last Trump; Being a First Selection from the Literary Remains of George Boon, Appropriate to the Times 2011-01-16T03:00:20.530Z "Well, she is awfully conceited about her clothes, and sometimes she does look so queer." Brenda, Her School and Her Club 2011-01-15T03:00:31.087Z Most of the other boys thought him conceited, and so did Cuthbert, and so he was. Half-Past Bedtime 2011-01-23T03:00:13.247Z It is curious indeed to find that the very first bit of instruction given to his son by this wise father is, not to be conceited about what he knows. Education: How Old The New 2011-01-14T03:00:54.370Z The young fellow was delighted—conceited—triumphant—and, in one word, a spoony. A History of Pendennis, Volume 1 His fortunes and misfortunes, his friends and his greatest enemy 2011-01-13T03:01:13.027Z Shall I own what a miserably conceited coxcomb I was for a single moment? The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts 2011-01-13T03:01:05.707Z Marise didn't think it conceited to face facts, and admit that this description fitted her like a glove. Vision House 2011-01-13T03:01:00.407Z But Cuthbert had once been conceited himself, and so he was able to sympathize with him. Half-Past Bedtime 2011-01-23T03:00:13.247Z During the second war with Great Britain in 1812 New England was the most recalcitrant portion of the Union, and another conceited Governor of the State hampered the nation in every way. Education: How Old The New 2011-01-14T03:00:54.370Z Henry Shaw, One Hundred and Second New York: a little, white-headed Harlemite, a little conceited; talks a little better English than the rest of them; shot in back; recovering. History of the Second Massachusetts Regiment of Infantry: A prisoner's diary A paper read at the officers' reunion in Boston, May 11, 1877 2011-01-11T03:00:31.687Z He was so rash, conceited, and brutish that Napoleon once exclaimed in sheer desperation: "If there were two Vandammes in my army, nothing could be done until one had killed the other." The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. IV. (of IV.) 2011-01-05T03:00:52.520Z I could have thrown something at them!—not the clothes, but the Sorels—and Severance, the conceited Greek snob! Vision House 2011-01-13T03:01:00.407Z It was conceited and selfish of me to display the trophy here. Guilt of the Brass Thieves 2011-01-04T03:01:18.213Z This was neither more nor less than a new play, written as was then said, by "a right pleasant and merry conceited companion," named William Shakespeare. William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z He is somewhat spoiled, like all very handsome men; somewhat conceited, if you like; but at bottom very modest, easily led, good as gold. Quisisana, or Rest at Last 2010-12-29T03:00:30.857Z You think the baroness, what she really is, an ambitious, proud, avaricious person, stupid in spite of her reading; the baroness thinks you, what you are not, an immensely conceited, supercilious fool. Problematic Characters A Novel 2010-12-26T03:00:15.780Z And if you are not careful you will make me frightfully conceited. Lola 2010-12-24T03:00:35.720Z If Assange sincerely believes that he needs to blackmail the U.S. government into refraining from assassinating him, he is delusional as well as conceited. Yes, Julian Assange actually is a criminal 2010-12-22T18:01:00Z He’s smart as can be and gets along in Latin better than I do, but there’s something tricky about him once in awhile and he’s so terribly conceited. Betty Lee, Freshman 2010-12-20T17:12:25.800Z And, above all, that conceited amorous old pedant should suffer for it, for he, of course, had set the whole train going against him! Quisisana, or Rest at Last 2010-12-29T03:00:30.857Z I dare say; but I shall refrain from telling you--you men are quite conceited enough. The Breaking of the Storm, Vol. I. 2010-12-20T17:12:22.067Z There was nothing manly in his face—it was narrow, selfish, conceited. Willing to Die 2010-12-20T17:12:00.040Z If it doesn't sound most awfully conceited, I was rather a nice sort of fellow at eighteen. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z They have energy, vigor, forecast, and a certain generosity, but as a class, are narrow, vulgar, and conceited. Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 3 (of 3) 2010-12-20T17:11:42.357Z He wasn't conceited; he was sure of himself. Ron Santo's Seattle roots 2010-12-03T23:44:00Z He was voted most athletic, most popular and runner-up for most conceited. Dan Rostenkowski, 82; powerful committee chairman in U.S. House 2010-08-12T04:00:00Z Some showed themselves as conceited pipes; some were light and sparkish, others ponderous and clumsy. A Cursory History of Swearing Although in nowise conceited, he yielded not to another’s opinion without first being convinced by a process of reasoning satisfactory to himself. Zula Dear Agnes," she said, "I hate making you conceited, but truth compels me to admit that for once you are right. Capricious Caroline He was a very confident guy, anything but conceited. Ron Santo's Seattle roots 2010-12-03T23:44:00Z He was vain, irascible, conceited, and cruel; brutal and overbearing in his manners; and coarse and utterly regardless of the feelings of others in his language. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 16 Not much fear, though: he’ll be too busy for a couple of hours restoring his damaged plumes—a conceited popinjay!” By Birth a Lady Now, wasn’t I right when I called you a conceited man? A Double Knot Bradbury retains his anxiety, and his plaintive, angry manner; David Sewall his softness and conceited modesty. Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams But one of his tutors is conceited and idle. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius You thought me so conceited and greedy that I would jump at the chance to become a puppet, a manager in name only, without any real authority or control. Lefty Locke Pitcher-Manager "Don't you talk a lot of conceited nonsense," retorted Gage, keeping down his fury with an effort. A Poached Peerage Oh, you conceited man! how dare you say so? A Double Knot It too often happens, that one puffed up with self importance, and possessing a conceited and heated imagination, will form wild conjectures as to men and things. The Settlement of Illinois, 1778-1830 This nurse was one of those conceited people whose aid, after all, is worth very little. Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged Physician And all the alarm has been occasioned by a conceited, and it may be clever, coxcomb, who, descending from his drawing-room, has asked the first passenger in the street where-abouts the People lived. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 368, June 1846 I had conceited to find Shallow Moat Grange, and lo! the name was no misnomer. Deep Moat Grange But he was right, and it seems like a lesson to me not to be too conceited. A Double Knot But he was conceited, prone to sarcasm, sometimes cynical, and perhaps sometimes affected. Rachel Ray I wanted to wire you; but to do that seemed to be conceited, as if I took your personal interest in me very much for granted. Where the Path Breaks Married men are horribly tedious when they are good husbands and abominably conceited when they are not. Miscellaneous Aphorisms; The Soul of Man He is conceited, to be sure, but I do not believe he would be so much liked by—by those who are his friends, if he were not rather nice. Beatrice Boville and Other Stories "How conceited we are of our new clothes!" he said banteringly. Regina or the Sins of the Fathers |
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