| 单词 | coxcomb |
| 例句 | J “Move along, you coxcomb,” Ignatius belched, the gassy eructations echoing between the walls of the alley. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He told me that Serjeant Clippinger had howled when he had seen it, jeering that the woman had sewn it wrong, and it was a perfect fit for a three-toothed black coxcomb like himself. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Dear Header, Nature has sometimes made a fool; but a coxcomb is always of man’s own making. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Many of the arrangements, which include peppermint geraniums, lemon leaves, thistle and coxcomb, were donated by the florist StoneKelly. Stage Is Set. Ready for Your Part? 2011-03-18T19:00:51Z And here’s Charles Dickens, a preening coxcomb prepared to spend eternity congratulating himself on his own literary reputation. The sparks fly when Tolstoy, Jefferson and Dickens meet in the afterlife 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z Stone, a coxcomb who occasionally texts reporters pictures of outfits he’s particularly proud of, no doubt already has his congressional-testimony suit picked out. Trump’s “Good Job” Call to Roger Stone 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z Johnson had already said of his former friend, “Hawkesworth is grown a coxcomb, and I have done with him”. Lynne Truss: ‘A bad book review can kill you – look at the case of John Hawkesworth’ 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z If you would prove to me that you really esteem me, do not take your tone from those empty coxcombs that flutter through such scenes as these. The Huguenot: (Volumes I-III) A Tale of the French Protestants. 2012-04-25T02:00:59.637Z That silly coxcomb has done more to mar my destiny than scores of real enemies. Barrington Volume II (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:32.490Z And with all this, how was it he was really not a coxcomb? Barrington Volume I (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:31.357Z The spirit of my costume penetrated my very skin, and within ten minutes more I had become something of a coxcomb. One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances One of Cleopatra's Nights?Clarimonde?Arria Marcella?The Mummy's Foot?Omphale: a Rococo Story?King Candaules 2012-04-08T02:00:23.693Z I have appeared in every possible mood here; in that of an inquiring, admiring traveller; a coxcomb; a Frenchman, and yesterday actually as a Peer of France; but not yet as a musician. Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from Italy and Switzerland 2012-04-07T02:00:33.707Z It was the favorite lounge at the time of coxcombs, bullies, adventurers, and cut-purses. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z It is for that reason I always treat fools and coxcombs with great ceremony, true good breeding not being a sufficient barrier against them.” The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society 2012-03-30T02:00:17.867Z But it was a coxcomb who wanted to be something better. Barrington Volume I (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:31.357Z For he that flatters, without designing to take advantage of it, is a fool; and whoever encourages that flattery which he has sense enough to see through, is a vain coxcomb. ?sop's Fables, Embellished with One Hundred and Eleven Emblematical Devices. 2012-03-19T02:00:22.807Z Not a few of the highwaymen of the day were "gentlemen" and "coxcombs." The Last Words of Distinguished Men and Women (Real and Traditional) 2012-02-22T03:00:24.020Z If a bloody coxcomb be a hurt, you have hurt me: I think, you set nothing by a bloody coxcomb. Twelfth Night or, What You Will 2012-02-18T03:00:14.920Z The coxcomb criticises the dress of the clown, as the pedant cavils at the bad grammar of the illiterate. The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society 2012-03-30T02:00:17.867Z He therefore warmly resents Wordsworth's remark about "that cold and false-hearted, frenchified coxcomb, Horace Walpole." The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z The evil consequences of tale-bearing and conceit.—It is a significant fact that Joseph is not a mere coxcomb. The Moral Instruction of Children 2012-02-02T03:04:33.057Z Popinjay, pop′in-jā, n. a parrot: a mark like a parrot, put on a pole to be shot at: a fop or coxcomb. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) 2012-01-30T03:00:13.887Z I am out of all patience—and all temper—did you ever hear of such a compleat impertinent coxcomb? Such Things Are A Play, in Five Acts 2012-01-25T03:00:37.637Z It can't be, though, that Miss Maubray, that handsome creature with so much money, is thinking of marrying that insolent coxcomb. Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z The dude, the swell, the dandy, the fop, the spark, the macaroni, the blade, the popinjay, the coxcomb,—these are butterflies of different summers. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z Frederick was a poor creature, no doubt, a vain and fatuous coxcomb. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z A pinch of philosophy is therefore sprinkled about a wig, and the wearer is not necessarily a coxcomb. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z Oh, my Lord, that insolent coxcomb, the honourable Mr. Twineall— Lord. Such Things Are A Play, in Five Acts 2012-01-25T03:00:37.637Z Bill O’Reilly is either devilishly clever, or he’s such a coxcomb he knows not what he does. What You Missed While Not Watching the Final Iowa Debate 2011-12-16T10:25:00Z I had at first taken him for a mere coxcomb, a vapid and frivolous young man. The Joy of Captain Ribot 2011-12-15T03:00:16.510Z But human beings are constantly the parents of coxcombs without regarding them as vermin. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z I began to be ashamed of myself, to feel that I was a futile coxcomb, only saved from being ridiculous by being one of a crowd of others like me. A Witch of the Hills, v. 1-2 2011-12-15T03:00:15.700Z “You aren’t half such a namby-pamby coxcomb as you were when I first came to London at Christmas.” Paddy-The-Next-Best-Thing 2011-12-08T03:00:28.210Z Will the candidates will be asked to define “coxcomb”? What You Missed While Not Watching the Final Iowa Debate 2011-12-16T10:25:00Z There vivid tints, and an almost metallic lustre, pervade animated beings, from the coral in its submarine abode, to the gallinaceous birds, the coxcombs of the forest. A Treatise on Sheep: The Best Means for their Improvement, General Management, and the Treatment of their Diseases. 2011-12-04T03:00:03.890Z We must admit then that he was born and bred a coxcomb, like his son. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z I shall arrive in a very bad humour, and very much disposed to box my son's ears, in case his fits of melancholy and coxcomb airs are not at an end. The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence 2011-11-28T03:00:23.427Z Nothing of the coxcomb about this young fellow! Mighty Mikko A Book of Finnish Fairy Tales and Folk Tales 2011-11-25T03:00:15.030Z "This old coxcomb insults the people!"—"He's a crazy fool!"—"It's a shame for the people to be so insulted!"—"Why don't you kill this knave!"—"Kill him, yes, kill him!"—"Kill him!"—"Kill him!" The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z At one table sits Mr. Insipid, foppling and fluttering, spinning his whirligig, or playing with his fingers, as gayly and wittily as any Frenchified coxcomb brandishes his cane or rattles his snuff-box. Homes of American Statesmen With Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches 2011-11-04T02:00:19.293Z Insolent coxcomb!—I wish I had been there.' Adeline Mowbray or, The Mother and Daughter 2011-11-04T02:00:17.120Z There's ——, an impudent knave!—has just sent me his ——: you will find it pleasant to flagellate him, or ——, a Cockney coxcomb! Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 2011-10-21T02:00:17.417Z This was the too great individualizing of one point in a character, and the making the man or woman nothing but a blunderer, a lover, a coxcomb, a tyrant and the like. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z For instance, the Bishop says, "Moses you term a coxcomb, etc." The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England 2011-10-12T02:00:47.957Z Nokes, who acted this unfortunate coxcomb with inimitable humour, is said to have contributed much to this uncommon success. 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 This insolent coxcomb was seated at table in a dressing-gown, with a cigar in his mouth. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z I did not answer, but my face flushed as red as a coxcomb. The Strand Magazine, Volume XXVII, Issue 160, April, 1904 2011-09-21T02:00:33.023Z This insolent mode of speech was then so much in fashion, that she remained silent, in place of putting the chevalier out, as would be done now to a coxcomb who behaved like Chaudoreille. The Barber of Paris 2011-09-18T02:00:25.547Z Forsyth was too modest, too little of a coxcomb, for it to occur to him that violence could result from a misplaced passion for himself. The Duke Decides 2011-09-14T02:00:47.307Z This 'tis to serve a coxcomb, one that has no more brains than just those I carry for him. 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 It dominated his life, for though a man of pleasure, and, to speak plainly, a good bit of a coxcomb, he had always the cadences of the Decline and Fall in his ears. Res Judicat? Papers and Essays 2011-08-24T02:00:18.157Z If you go to that, behold me as obsequious, as thoughtful, and as constant a coxcomb, as your worship. The Recruiting Officer 2011-08-10T02:00:18.323Z That wicked coxcomb, trying to play the spark, with his old threadbare mantle, with his old feather that I wouldn't take to dust my shelves! The Barber of Paris 2011-09-18T02:00:25.547Z But, oh, heavens! is not a genial friseur, according to the principles of his character and profession, a privileged fool and coxcomb? The Devil's Elixir Vol. II (of 2) 2011-08-09T02:00:28.197Z O you young coxcomb, to be drawn in thus! 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 The general philosophical truth comprised in these few words is not less admirable than the acuteness of the remark, as applied to Kneller—a professed sceptic, and the most self-sufficient coxcomb of his time. Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. II (of 3) 2011-07-24T02:00:08.803Z Come, I must out with it.——Your once gay, roving friend, is dwindled into an obsequious, thoughtful, romantic, constant coxcomb. The Recruiting Officer 2011-08-10T02:00:18.323Z And so he became a priest, a fribble, and a coxcomb, but a man of truth. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z “She is a deal more likely to be courting some coxcomb or another in a shady walk, and they have forgotten all about the time.” One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z "I am a coxcomb for having ever hoped for more," said Charles, leaving the room with cheeks painfully glowing and a heart indignantly throbbing. The Vicar of Wrexhill 2011-07-13T02:00:20.177Z Flee, miserable coxcomb!" he muttered, "and find a shelter now where thou canst! The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z What signifies his affection to me, or how can I be proud of a place in a heart where every sharper and coxcomb find an easy entrance? Dramatic Technique 2011-07-04T02:00:19.763Z And b after m is silent, as lamb, jamb, climb, tomb, womb, numb, thumb, crumb, dumb, plumb, comb, hecatomb, catacomb, currycomb, coxcomb, succumb. Guide to the Kindergarten and Intermediate Class and Moral Culture of Infancy. 2011-06-30T02:00:25.950Z "I thought so," said the woman, "for sure bachelors of arts are very coxcombs." Amusing Prose Chap Books 2011-06-27T02:01:05.043Z He is a coxcomb quite of his own kind, this Fairfield! The Devil's Elixir Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-23T02:00:27.103Z "No," said Albano, "so soon as a man once pursues and desires anything right earnestly and exclusively, then he is called a coxcomb or a pedant." Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) 2011-06-14T02:00:26.670Z Thou must know that, with all my levities and backslidings, I am no coxcomb. Mercedes of Castile The Voyage to Cathay 2011-06-14T02:00:24.670Z I shall end by being able to do without you, young coxcomb that the whole town adores, and from whom no woman can draw tears. Ancient Manners Also Known As Aphrodite 2011-06-13T02:00:23.863Z The coxcomb hit, or fearing to be hit; Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z A coxcomb Carlton had never been; he had no suspicion of the kind of impression he had made upon Gwynneth; his sole concern was the impression which she had made on him. Peccavi 2011-05-17T02:00:22.620Z The coxcomb bit his lips, but immediately relapsed into his former persiflage. Trevethlan: (Vol 2 of 3) A Cornish Story. 2011-05-16T02:00:19.270Z A hundred times is the wise man silent before the coxcomb, because he needs twenty-three sheets to express his opinion. Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. I. A Biography 2011-05-11T02:00:19.453Z Such sections of the public as took pleasure in it thought Wilde a peculiarly arrogant coxcomb, a disconcerting and polished reply to the Victorian tradition of muscular manhood in which they had long been secure. Oscar Wilde A Critical Study 2011-05-04T02:00:14.580Z If persons of honour, knights, lords, gentlemen, or men of any birth, should take me for a fool or a coxcomb, I should think it an irreparable affront. The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z And pray, Sir, in what, does any of our modern coxcombs appear like a man? and yet they don't scruple to call themselves men. The Widow's Vow A Farce, in Two Acts 2011-04-27T02:00:23.207Z But why will you trouble yourself with that coxcomb? The Inconstant 2011-04-27T02:00:21.193Z You are pampering a coxcomb’s vanity, and breaking a noble heart. Tales from Blackwood Volume 9 2011-04-15T02:00:18.057Z A boy held a lantern to a crumpled paper, from which the unlettered coxcomb pretended to sing. She's All the World to Me 2011-04-09T02:00:16.923Z This part is so contrived, that nothing could have more happily tended to make him appear ridiculous though he says nothing extravagant, or beyond what might naturally be expected from the mouth of a coxcomb. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z Lord W. The impiety was mine, my love! to rob Heaven of an angel—But how unlucky! here, my dear, you've got into the house of this Lapoche—the most busy little coxcomb! Fontainbleau 2011-03-30T02:00:17.797Z We do not wish it to intercept our view of the solid structure, which alone was intended by the artist—if he was building for others, and was not a coxcomb. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z “You then actually think her worth the attentions of a Prince of the Empire?” said the handsome coxcomb, as, with one finger curling his mustaches, he again, and more deliberately, surveyed himself in the mirror. Tales from Blackwood Volume 9 2011-04-15T02:00:18.057Z To hear you talk, Th�r�se, one would suppose Edgar to be the most self-conceited coxcomb under the sun,--a man who spent his life in defending himself from the attacks of matrimonially-inclined ladies. Erlach Court 2011-03-12T03:00:24.407Z “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 When Emma, with burning cheeks, and trembling to her finger-tips with emotion, repeated to her the Pole's exaggerated expressions of devotion, the elder woman rejoined, coldly, "And you believe the coxcomb?" Countess Erika's Apprenticeship 2011-03-10T03:00:46.973Z But George was by no means a coxcomb, and didn't particularly admire Miss Burdock, whose eyelashes were a good deal paler than her hair, and whose eyebrows were only visible in a strong light. The Doctor's Wife 2011-03-06T03:00:18.770Z Tell me something, my dear Colonel, for I am dying of ennui,” said the showy Prince Charles of Buntzlau, one of the handsomest men about the court, and incomparably the greatest coxcomb. Tales from Blackwood Volume 9 2011-04-15T02:00:18.057Z I can't endure the thought of having you whirled about by all the young coxcombs of Prague and then criticised afterwards. 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z If he had been self-deceived, it had not been from the complacency of the coxcomb. Mr. Claghorn's Daughter 2011-03-03T03:00:53.083Z How pusillanimous, to doubt gaining the victory over that young coxcomb with his smooth face! 'Clear the Track' A Story of To-day 2011-02-09T03:00:49.283Z In the gallery are seen more beaux than women, the élégantes and coxcombs, who are still termed macaronis, although the word is beginning to pass out of vogue. Garrick's Pupil 2011-01-22T03:00:14.780Z The fair-haired coxcomb gave a listless ear to my words, looked at me between his eyelids, and asked with his lips: "Why did not this person come round for medical advice?" Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z Flattery is his special profession, his means for supporting his idle, coxcomb existence,--flattery and its sister art, slander. 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z "Nay," said the old lady, "if you choose to apply the character to yourself, with all my heart, settle it as you please; but, I suppose, all red coats are not mere coxcombs." Mystery and Confidence, Vol. 2 A Tale 2011-01-17T03:00:56.773Z Tell me not, thou inconceivable coxcomb of a Goethe, that the universe can not spare thee and thy immortality, so long as—like a hired waiter—thou makest thyself 'generally useful.' Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z The society of every idle coxcomb was preferred to mine: my remonstrances, and those of my respectable aunt, nay, even of her own father, were unheeded. Mystery and Confidence (vols. 3 of 3) A Tale 2011-01-15T03:00:31.910Z My language has been incautious; not to say that of a coxcomb. The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts 2011-01-13T03:01:05.707Z Only a few love letters to a heartless coxcomb. Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind 2011-01-12T03:00:29.853Z I saw a type of what would be described as a coxcomb, with regular features, a dark, fan-shaped beard and a broad smile which displayed his teeth. The Three Eyes 2010-12-20T17:11:46.430Z A sane political movement would keep a prating coxcomb like Gingrich off television. No, GOP, you can't have the car keys back 2010-05-20T00:20:00Z And he was no weak boy, ready to be led away by a fresh face—no empty-headed coxcomb, but a man of sterling worth. By Birth a Lady 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 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 But, when my uncle brought me to the station, I saw her, not far from the Lodge, talking with that confounded coxcomb whom she pretended not to know. The Three Eyes 2010-12-20T17:11:46.430Z Lionel cursed himself for a coxcomb and hastened to make his peace. The Gay Adventure A Romance Footnote 31: Geek is the German for coxcomb. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. I. Though gentleman, coxcomb, clown or churl, Master or menial of passion's whirl. Impertinent Poems Our fathers' fathers baked Beigels with holes, the whole world eats Beigels with holes, and here comes a bold coxcomb of a fellow, upsets the order of the universe, and bakes Beigels without holes! Yiddish Tales Was there ever a time, my perfumed coxcomb, when I did not hate you? Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir The coxcomb will have no time to plead his cause. Marguerite de Valois In this inclosure, also, the hollyhock and sunflower, rival coxcombs of the vegetable community, gave their broad and garish tribute to the beautifying of the spot. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency Let a man be ever so little of a coxcomb, the chances are that he will always explain a refusal of this kind on any ground rather than upon that of his own unworthiness. Roland Cashel Volume II (of II) Young travell'd coxcombs mighty knowledge boast, With superficial Smatterings at Most. The Man of Taste Every one thinks of himself, said an inner voice, and this coxcomb is now thinking of his daubs. On the Heights A Novel "Nevertheless," added Charles, "you are willing to be rid of this coxcomb, are you not?" Marguerite de Valois Secundo, he said he would go straight from me to that coxcomb Harrison, were I to refuse to serve him in the matter. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 99, January, 1866 Or were the writers of modern fiction right when they depicted the men of to-day as fortune-hunters, egotistical coxcombs, conscienceless libertines, deliberate destroyers of women's virtue? By Right of Conquest A Novel This is True Taste, and whoso likes it not, Is blockhead, coxcomb, puppy, fool, and sot. The Man of Taste We seem to see a profusion, a confused mass of bobbins and bone lace, mourning hatbands, silk garters, amber canes correctly conducted, country men in red coats, coxcombs, brass and looking-glass snuff-boxes. English Costume He was the figure of stabbed vanity, the bleeding coxcomb. Ewing\\'s Lady Randolph recollected the man he had seen at the opera, disliked what he fancied was a singular familiarity, and wondered what was the coxcomb's position in the family. Trevethlan: Volume 1 A Cornish Story. Very puzzling and embarrassing question this, and especially to a man who had nothing of the coxcomb in his nature, none of that prompting of self-love that would suggest a vain reply. A Day's Ride A Life's Romance Gibbon notes that the more pious coxcombs substituted the figure of some favorite saint. Women of Early Christianity Cockscomb! there’s food for discussion in that—fops, beaux, dandies, coxcombs—surely. English Costume He is a coarse fellow; rude, vulgar, a coxcomb, or, worst of all, a bore. Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day "It is by Mrs. Pendarrel's leave that I venture," said the coxcomb in his softest manner. Trevethlan: Volume 1 A Cornish Story. Never will I bow my head to that young coxcomb! A Struggle for Rome, Vol. 2 (of 3) He is not sure whether the idea diverts or irritates him, but he knows that he has always detested Gervase, such a coxcomb and such a humbug as the fellow is! A House-Party Don Gesualdo and A Rainy June A pretty fame," says Dennis, "when the very smartest of these coxcombs is sure to have his name rotten before his carcase. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition “Were you ever wounded, Mr Roper?” said I. “Once—in the heart, and incurably,” replied the coxcomb, with a glance at Edith. Tales from "Blackwood," Volume 2 The coxcomb was nearly a daily visitor at her house, and always admitted. Trevethlan: Volume 1 A Cornish Story. Others, again, consider the phrase as equivalent to coxcomb. Folk-lore of Shakespeare He was not a coxcomb, but he believed what Flossy had said. A Life Sentence A Novel Pleas'd with himself, the coxcomb rears his head, And scorns the dunghill where he first was bred. Sound Mind or, Contributions to the natural history and physiology of the human intellect An old bachelor, with all the faults of his class--vain, trying to be young, in love, and a coxcomb. The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II "Nay," urged the coxcomb, "may I not hope from the position which Miss Pendarrel has permitted me to assume...." Trevethlan: Volume 1 A Cornish Story. Dulness and barrenness of thought is the original of it in both these sects, and they differ only in constitution: the low is generally a phlegmatic, and the high a choleric coxcomb. The Tatler, Volume 3 He was an excellent actor, especially in the r�le of the fashionable coxcomb. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" He would have thought himself a coxcomb to imagine that she cared for him more than as a friend. Under False Pretences A Novel From amidst the players, lords and coxcombs crowded on the stage stepped forth Nell Gwyn–the prettiest rogue in merry England. Mistress Nell A Merry Tale of a Merry Time Young men are his aversion; they are such coxcombs, he says, nowadays. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, September, 1850 One was a coxcomb not to die in it. The Monster and Other Stories There are thousands upon thousands of coxcombs and charlatans in the world, made up of just such a jumble of worn-out, forgotten, and good-for-nothing trash, as he was! The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 3, March, 1852 It creeps into the hearts of the wise man as well as that of the coxcomb. Talkers With Illustrations “Vain coxcomb!” cried Portsmouth, reprovingly, though she was highly amused and even pleased with the strange youth’s conceit. Mistress Nell A Merry Tale of a Merry Time Hite thought, a certain hope springing up with the joy of the very recollection of the simulacrum of the brilliant rural coxcomb adorning the page. The Mystery of Witch-Face Mountain and Other Stories It was so likely that Chatty would go on waiting for him, thinking of him, for years perhaps, the coxcomb that he was! A Country Gentleman and his Family He declares he could not have “given the world so finished a coxcomb as Lord Foppington, if he had not found a good deal of the same stuff in himself to make him with.” Calamities and Quarrels of Authors But then, the weak will cannot hide Th' inherent vanity and pride; And thus he acts the coxcomb's part, As dearer to his poor vain heart: Nature's born fop! a saint by art!! My Schools and Schoolmasters or The Story of my Education. Women went out of their senses over him; men called him a coxcomb, and were secretly jealous of him. Fathers and Children George,” he concluded ruefully, “I’ve toted around enough touch-me-nots and coxcomb seeds this spring for that girl to paint South Harvey ringed, streaked and striped.” In the Heart of a Fool Without being more of a coxcomb than was inevitable, he was aware that he had a way of pleasing women. A Country Gentleman and his Family “Bring down the coxcomb, before us women, in an even match!” The Continental Dragoon A Love Story of Philipse Manor-House in 1778 I recollect seeing him before, and thinking him a coxcomb, but a few years have mellowed all that into a very fine young man. Before and after Waterloo Letters from Edward Stanley, sometime Bishop of Norwich (1802; 1814; 1816) But a man, unless he is the weakest of all coxcombs, and unworthy to wear his beard, does not trouble himself because a woman admires another man's person more than his own. The Galaxy Vol. 23, No. 1 It enables intellectual coxcombs to brand men with an offensive epithet for being a degree more manly than themselves. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) I am glad to learn that, for I have dreamed that you sold me to this coxcomb for a share of the spoils.” Beyond the Frontier A Romance of Early Days in the Middle West “Half a dozen, if you like,” I replied warmly, for I was greatly taken with the frank manly tone of the young man, whom I had last known as a conceited frivolous coxcomb. Tales from Blackwood, Volume 7 "Though cold the coxcomb, and though coarse the boor, Though dulness haunts the rich and pain the poor, In this colossal city, Yet London is not Rome, O Shade!" Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 98, March 1, 1890 Though something of a coxcomb himself, he has no mercy on the fop turned politician and theologian. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 2 August 1848 What were these two figures doing together upon the road? why did Nettie lean on the arm of that handsome young clerical coxcomb? The Doctor's Family None such were perceptible; nor could the most egregious coxcomb have fancied that they were. Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 365, March, 1846 Taking the conceit out of a coxcomb," said I. "Bravo!" he shouted, "your blood is already in circulation, and there are hopes of you. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 1 July 1848 Well, life is measured by pleasures, not by years, and I was the prince of coxcombs. The Strollers Lewis was a coxcomb, a fribble, and the least bit in the world of a snob: his Monk is not very clean fustian, and most of his other work rubbish. Sir Walter Scott Famous Scots Series He was a dunce, a parasite, a coxcomb, a Paul Pry, had a quick observation, a retentive memory, and accordingly—he has become immortal! James Boswell Famous Scots Series "I wish I had one of my waistcoats here," said our little coxcomb. A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties They wear fine epaulettes, for which I think them great coxcombs. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 350, December 1844 His character may be despatched in a few words—he was a vain coxcomb, his whole soul lay in his gorgeous uniform, and he had a mortal antipathy to any thing like duty. An Old Sailor's Yarns My name is Loveyet, sir.—With what solemnity the coxcomb talks! The Politician Out-Witted Yet, as we are afterwards to learn, he is anything but the idle, effeminate coxcomb, whose appearance he so assiduously cultivates. Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand She looked at him in his corner—he had taken the best corner, without consulting her inclinations—and thought him a vulgar coxcomb, which perhaps he was. Phoebe, Junior Ivan is a conceited coxcomb, but he has no particular learning ... nor education either. The Brothers Karamazov Why, somewhat heartless; for, suppose Jules45 a coxcomb as much as you choose, still, for this mere coxcombry, you will have brushed off—what do folks style it?—the bloom of his life. Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning When Bayes thou play'st, thyself thou art; For that by nature fit, No blockhead better suits the part, Than such a coxcomb wit. The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 But this fact remained—he was a coxcomb, and, whenever he owned himself puzzled, it was on a single ground only—how seriously was the lady at stake affected by his charms? Robert Orange Being a Continuation of the History of Robert Orange For Bertin is a selfish coxcomb, and does, at least half, allow himself to be "snuffed out by an article." A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century Then he called himself a coxcomb and a self-deceiver, and made a grasp at the good resolutions that had almost escaped him. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 In each she marks her image full exprest, But chief in Bayes's monster-breeding breast; Bayes, form'd by Nature's Stage and Town to bless, And act, and be, a coxcomb with success. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845 Educational Reform in England.—Education, writes James Payn in the Independent, has for a long time, as regards the upper classes, been in the hands of impostors and coxcombs. Buchanan's Journal of Man, November 1887 Volume 1, Number 10 The Prince was glad when he took his departure, and he exhausted his stock of malice in wishing the young coxcomb to the devil. Robert Orange Being a Continuation of the History of Robert Orange The young cavalier, the coxcomb, the debauchee, mocked the priest; the priest held the dissipations of the gallant in horror. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century What! had she no more regard for him than for any of these senseless coxcombs? The Flower Basket A Fairy Tale Or, if to wit a coxcomb make pretence, Guard the sure barrier between that and sense; Or quite unravel all the reas'ning thread, And hang some curious cobweb in its stead! Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845 But let not the reader suppose that he was either a superannuated coxcomb or a driveling dotard. City Crimes or Life in New York and Boston No one could call him a coxcomb, yet he, not aware of the real cause of your interest, might be over-flattered. Robert Orange Being a Continuation of the History of Robert Orange And then, without being in the least a coxcomb, it occurred to him that her excessive blushing told on the hopeful side of the account. The End of a Coil Nelson, then a captain, was at this time by no means favourably impressed by his future friend and comrade, and spoke of him as a "great coxcomb." Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" But Howell was not only much more of a gossip than Izaak; he was also a good deal of a coxcomb, while Walton was destitute of even a trace of coxcombry. A History of Elizabethan Literature Nab, a hat, cap, or head; also a coxcomb. The Surprising Adventures of Bampfylde Moore Carew King of the Beggars; containing his Life, a Dictionary of the Cant Language, and many Entertaining Particulars of that Extraordinary Man To bear the coxcomb's sneer, the minion's fawning, And see fools sweetly smile at my good fortune, Who, when my death was signed, smiled full as sweetly? The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 5, May 1810 St. Leger was a nice fellow; he was neither a fool nor a coxcomb; but the sight of him was very disagreeable to Dolly just then. The End of a Coil Was there no one to give a slap in the face to this coxcomb from the prison? The Dead Command From the Spanish Los Muertos Mandan With inconceivable caprice, she was fixing her affections upon a worthless adventurer, a miserable coxcomb, the Duke de Lauzun, who was then disgracing by his presence the court of the Louvre. Louis XIV. Makers of History Series They marched along, these coxcombs, daintily picking their way over the smoothest roads, and too genteel to be burdened with any thing but their clean muskets and tidy knapsacks. The Farmer Boy, and How He Became Commander-In-Chief "I'm not such a coxcomb, mother, as to believe any girl could fall in love with me—Helen above all others." Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878 I hope all this will not make me a coxcomb. Stories of Authors, British and American I am not such a coxcomb as to include victor in the quotation. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 I will rather Die than be subject to that coxcomb there, Die rather than be wife to that proud boy. Turandot, Princess of China A Chinoiserie in Three Acts Emilius pusht the coxcomb indignantly away, and cried: "Here, take this!" tossing a hundred ducats, which he had received that morning, into the hands of the amazed bridegroom. The Old Man of the Mountain, The Lovecharm and Pietro of Abano Tales from the German of Tieck "You lion cub," he said, "your bray Proclaims where you pass night and day,— 'Midst coxcombs who, with shameless face, Blush not proclaiming their disgrace." Fables of John Gay (Somewhat Altered) Why had not that coxcomb told him what had occurred? A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time Mr Lamont is a young man of about twenty-five years of age, of an agreeable person, and lively understanding; both perhaps have concurred to render him a coxcomb. A Description of Millenium Hall And the Country Adjacent Together with the Characters of the Inhabitants and Such Historical Anecdotes and Reflections As May Excite in the Reader Proper Sentiments of Humanity, and Lead the Mind to the Love of Virtue "And angling, too, that solitary vice, Whatever Izaak Walton sings or says: The quaint, old, cruel coxcomb, in his gullet Should have a hook, and a small trout to pull it." My Recollections of Lord Byron It serves him right," cried one of the broad-shouldered journeymen, "the vapouring coxcomb! The Old Man of the Mountain, The Lovecharm and Pietro of Abano Tales from the German of Tieck Not to one age or sex confined Are coxcombs, but of rank and kind; Pervading all ranks, great and small, Who take and never give the wall. Fables of John Gay (Somewhat Altered) He could have borne even this hard saying so far as it concerned the woman's suffering, but for the reflection that it made the man something worse than a coxcomb in his own eyes. A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time The little time she was at home was employed in dressing and a multitude of coxcombs attended her toilet. A Description of Millenium Hall And the Country Adjacent Together with the Characters of the Inhabitants and Such Historical Anecdotes and Reflections As May Excite in the Reader Proper Sentiments of Humanity, and Lead the Mind to the Love of Virtue This public man, of inflexible probity, is in his drawing-room an intolerable coxcomb. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VIII (of X) - Continental Europe II. In this mood, he joined the family at dinner; after which meal, a few glasses of brandy added fire to the smouldering element within him, and straightway he blazed forth: a gallant, a coxcomb. The Diamond Coterie To aid the search for pride's eviction, A coxcomb claims a high distinction. Fables of John Gay (Somewhat Altered) Yes, there were swells here, ball-room coxcombs in fustian and felt. Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis Had he been a stranger to you, I should, of course, have insinuated an opinion that he was a fool, a coxcomb, and the very plainest young man I had ever seen. Ralph the Heir They understand this strutting coxcomb, and quietly turning their backs on him, leave him to parade alone. Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes Try the experiment upon the first coxcomb who fancies that you are his inferior; charge first, and give him to understand at once that he is yours. The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, June 1844 Volume 23, Number 6 Yet coxcombs do not, all alike, Our ridicule and laughter strike. Fables of John Gay (Somewhat Altered) That coxcombs were and are, I need not give, Nor take the trouble, now, to prove; Nor that those dead, like many, now, who live, Have thought a Lady’s condescension, love. Broad Grins Comprising, With New Additional Tales in Verse, Those Formerly Publish'd Under the Title "My Night-Gown and Slippers." That passage, no doubt, had been read by thousands, and so it had gone forth to the world that Mr. Whistler was an ill-educated man, an impostor, a cockney pretender, and an impudent coxcomb. The Gentle Art of Making Enemies This young lady has no fewer than three suitors, one of whom, a rich young coxcomb enters to order a drug. The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas But however the consulting a looking-glass gives to men, in general, the air of fops or coxcombs; it is to those who would make a figure in dancing a point of necessity. A Treatise on the Art of Dancing Such coxcombs are of private station: Ambition soars to rule the nation. Fables of John Gay (Somewhat Altered) She, like the coxcomb, may expect no mercy from others. The Young Maiden Pray take great care of them, as I am a coxcomb about my books, and hate specks or spots. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume V (of 10) Fluth persuades Falstaff to give him a rendezvous, swearing inwardly to punish the old coxcomb for his impudence. The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas Parr was an arrogant old coxcomb, who abused the respectful kindness he received, and took his pipe into drawing-rooms. Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce Full many a joyous moment have I sat by you Hearing the girls tattle, the old maids talk scandal, And the spruce coxcomb laugh—at maybe nothing. Tea Leaves Being a Collection of Letters and Documents relating to the shipment of Tea to the American Colonies in the year 1773, by the East India Tea Company. (With an introduction, notes, and biographical notices of the Boston Tea Party) The publick is not to be treated as the coxcomb treats his mistress; to be threatened with desertion, in order to increase fondness. The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II I know that he is very gentlemanlike, and is neither a coxcomb nor a pedant, which is refreshing in these days.” Valerie However, our fair pensive warbler well knew, Some sacrifice still to politeness was due; She, therefore, soon hasten’d the coxcombs to meet; And welcom’d them both to her rural retreat. The Peacock and Parrot, on their Tour to Discover the Author of "The Peacock At Home" This impertinent, disagreeable little coxcomb of a New Yorker, without a warning sound to announce his coming, had suddenly stepped between him and Stumpy, who held the hidden treasure in his hand. The Coming Wave The Hidden Treasure of High Rock And he said, 'If you set foot in Boden you will receive the thrashing which such a coxcomb deserves.' Viking Boys We cannot help smiling at the little coxcomb, although at the same time we pity him. The Royal Picture Alphabet When I meet him again the young coxcomb shall have a piece of my mind.” Wrecked but not Ruined A commentator on the above prescription observed that few coxcombs, dandies, and heads filled with bitter conceits, would like to be anointed with this cure of self-sufficiency. Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery "Even for me—me, the prince of wits, and coryph�us of coxcombs: yes, yes!" The Youth of Jefferson A Chronicle of College Scrapes at Williamsburg, in Virginia, A.D. 1764 Am I ridden with a Welsh goat too? shall I have a coxcomb of frize? The Merry Wives of Windsor The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] The spirit of my costume penetrated my very skin and within ten minutes more I had become something of a coxcomb. Clarimonde The entire couplet is— "Truth's sacred fort th' exploded laugh shall win, And coxcombs vanquish Berkeley by a grin." Notes and Queries, Number 67, February 8, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. One feels, while reading the book, that Lyly was himself conscious that his hero was an insufferable coxcomb, and that he only created him because he wished to comply with the public taste. John Lyly My dear fellow, at the risk of seeming a coxcomb, I will say that I look upon my happiness as a kind of miracle, something abnormal and exceptional. Artists' Wives From this to a very dashing coxcomb is but half a step, and, to be rid of the coxcombry and retain a look of fashion, is still within the easy limits of imitation. Stories by American Authors (Volume 4) He was not coxcomb enough to conceive himself likely to be dangerous to a witty and experienced woman of the world, and as to what might happen to himself he did not care. Despair's Last Journey I merely hinted I thought him a conceited coxcomb; and so I do. Molly Bawn Define the following words and use them in sentences: railed, maundered, coxcomb, parasite, conclave, turgid, folio, overture. Teachers' Outlines for Studies in English Based on the Requirements for Admission to College "No sister," cried Lucy, "you are mistaken there, our favourite beaux are not great coxcombs." Sense and Sensibility To be sure, it's fair—and more particularly when the conceited coxcomb has been telling us how he'll astonish with his plans the poor ignorant Irish, whom he holds in such contempt. Handy Andy, Volume One A Tale of Irish Life, in Two Volumes A man would have to be a rare coxcomb,' he went on, 'to think it needful that he should make public proclamation of a fact like that. Despair's Last Journey Again thou'lt smile, and blushing shun Some coxcomb's raillery; Nor own for once thou thought'st on one, Who ever thinks on thee. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 Nevertheless there was nothing of the coxcomb about Queeker—no self-assertion; nothing but amiableness, self-satisfaction, and enthusiasm. The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands "A great coxcomb!" repeated Miss Steele, whose ear had caught those words by a sudden pause in Marianne's music. Sense and Sensibility Fondly the wheeling fire-flies flew around her, Those little glitterers of the London night; But none of these possess'd a sting to wound her— She was a pitch beyond a coxcomb's flight. Don Juan The Irishman soon discovered that the Moor was a conceited coxcomb and a barefaced boaster, and ere long began to suspect that he was an arrant coward. The Pirate City An Algerine Tale To tell thee truly, I saw such a tribe of fashionable young fluttering coxcombs shot up, that I did not think my post of an homme de ruelle any longer tenable. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume III (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland I Horace Walpole, the coxcomb of literature, smiled at him contemptuously from his gilded carriage. Architects of Fate or, Steps to Success and Power It was in the reign of the “bloods” and the “ruffians,” more ferocious species of coxcombs than our dandies, and much more annoying. Rattlin the Reefer Now Juan, though no coxcomb in pretence, Was not exactly pleased to be so caught; Like a good ship entangled among ice, And after so much excellent advice. Don Juan I never did see such a vain coxcomb of a fellow.” In Honour's Cause A Tale of the Days of George the First “And I think you are an impertinent young coxcomb, sir,” cried the doctor indignantly. Blue Jackets The Log of the Teaser Monsieur at length made his appearance; a little, mean-looking man, with a very dirty shirt, a well-powdered head, a smirking, bowing coxcomb. Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808 Useless to call him a conceited coxcomb, from disgust that he did not conform to a sentimentally idealistic standard! Clayhanger He did his formal duties, and was equally diligent "at his post where beauty and fashion rule"—a fribble and a coxcomb, in short, as he described himself to the judges at the murder-trial. . . . Browning's Heroines “But I thought it was the weak, vain, young coxcomb making believe so as to pose as a hero who was suffering horribly.” In Honour's Cause A Tale of the Days of George the First He appears to have been one of those professional coxcombs, whose pretensions, founded on unmerited vogue, throws ridicule on the gravest calling. Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art, (Vol. 2 of 3) Shall I confess that my vanity was gratified, but I will defy any one to travel through France, without becoming something of a coxcomb. Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808 The crest-fall'n coxcomb homeward sneaks, And his forsaken comrades seeks; Where'er he comes, with scorn they leave him, And not a jackdaw will receive him. Aesop, in Rhyme Old Friends in a New Dress He is a half-witted spark, a fugitive from justice, and, to boot, an impudent coxcomb whom I have had ten minds already to pitch over the ship’s side. Sir Ludar A Story of the Days of the Great Queen Bess The Neapolitan character was handled more unmercifully in the part of a guttling, fulsome old coxcomb, as cowardly as the Dane was quarrelsome. Itinerary of Provence and the Rhone Made During the Year 1819 The next day all the literary coxcombs of Rome crowded to the levee of the hypercritical prelate to learn his opinion of the poet, whose style was without precedent. Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art, (Vol. 2 of 3) Surely the most inconclusive answer since coxcombs vanquished Berkeley with a grin. Critical Miscellanies, Vol. I Essay 2: Carlyle To coxcombs averse, yet most civilly steering, When they judged without skill he was still hard of hearing; When they talked of their Raphaels, Corregios, and stuff, He shifted his trumpet, and only took snuff. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 I was a vain coxcomb those days, and thought, no. Sir Ludar A Story of the Days of the Great Queen Bess Whoever be the philosopher, the coxcomb nowadays will answer him not merely with a grin, but with a joke which he has still in lavender from Dickens or his imitators. An Estimate of the Value and Influence of Works of Fiction in Modern Times He was, in short, one of those respectable links that connect the coxcombs of the present day with those of the last age, and could compare, in his own experience, the follies of both. St. Ronan's Well But the children, I'm sure they're not little coxcombs, but would be very fond of their old granny. The Nabob, Volume 1 A coxcomb in a coffee-house boasted that he had written a certain popular song, just as the true author entered the room. The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings And thou, my young coxcomb of Orleans," he continued, addressing that dissolute Prince: "How dare you, sir, lead such a throng of revellers into the King's own gardens? The Black Wolf's Breed A Story of France in the Old World and the New, happening in the Reign of Louis XIV For, whatever his faults, he was no coxcomb, and the knee breeches and finery had only been assumed for that one occasion, at the “special request” of charity’s fair committee. The Arena Volume 4, No. 21, August, 1891 I could have struck the coxcomb; but held myself in, and asked to see La Valentinois, adding that my affair was of vital import. Orrain A Romance "If I thought her feelings were really interested," he would say to himself at other times—"but nonsense—how can I be such a coxcomb—all she can feel for me is gratitude." Evenings at Donaldson Manor Or, The Christmas Guest Says the courtier, "I do not use to give every coxcomb the wall." The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings The miracles of creation have long agreed that body without soul will not do; and even a coxcomb in these days must be original, or he is a bore. The Young Duke Ye innocent fair, Of coxcombs beware, To flattery never give ear; Try well each pretense, And keep to plain sense, And then you have little to fear. Childhood's Favorites and Fairy Stories The Young Folks Treasury, Volume 1 Part of this was owing to her education, part to the necessity of repelling sometimes the advances of conceited coxcombs. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Jerusalem called Goethe a Geck, a coxcomb, a description which, as we have seen, was not inapplicable to him in his Leipzig days. The Youth of Goethe A coxcomb, teasing Dr. Parr with an account of his petty ailments, complained that he could never go out without catching cold in his head. The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings In fact, he was a sublime coxcomb; one of those rare characters whose finished manner and shrewd sense combined prevent their conceit from being contemptible. The Young Duke He was a simpering coxcomb of the first water, and the "loudest" dressed man in the State. Editorial Wild Oats The various characters of this play are admirably designed, but not so happily finished as the author meant them to be—witness, Bob Handy, who begins a self-conceited coxcomb, and ends a tragedy confidant. Speed the Plough A Comedy, In Five Acts; As Performed At The Theatre Royal, Covent Garden She would not wear out the talents a generous man had admired on a mass of knaves and villains, coxcombs and butterflies; she would not expose her poor mind and heart to further deterioration. Girlhood and Womanhood The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes A friend of his pointed to the coxcomb: "See, sir, the real author of your favorite song." The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings Of such sort are the coxcombs who boast about wooing and winning their wives. Damn! A Book of Calumny Keep your impertinent repartees and impudent behaviour for the coxcombs that swarm round your bar, and make you so vain of your blown carcass.' History of English Humour, Vol. 2 What numbers, here, would into fame advance, Conscious of merit, in the coxcomb's dance; The tavern! park! assembly! mask! and play! The Poetical Works of Edward Young, Volume 2 Fondly the wheeling fire-flies flew around her, Those little glitterers of the London night; But none of these possessed a sting to wound her— She was a pitch beyond a coxcomb's flight. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 6 Even when he was quite a young man this King cared as much about dress as any young coxcomb. Hawthorne (English Men of Letters Series) I see her wave thy towering plumes afar, And call each coxcomb to the wordy war. The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham In vain to the town I retreat for relief, In vain to the groves I complain; Belles, coxcombs, and uproar, can ne'er soothe my grief, And solitude nurses my pain. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century For what will Artimis, the rich and gay, What will the wits, that is, the coxcombs say? The Poetical Works of Edward Young, Volume 2 Now Juan, though no coxcomb in pretence, Was not exactly pleased to be so caught; Like a good ship entangled among ice— And after so much excellent advice. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 6 Boswell, we know, was "a dunce, a parasite, and a coxcomb"—and therefore immortal. Studies in Early Victorian Literature His "Gull's Hornbook" is written against coxcombs, and he says their "vinegar railings shall not quench his Alpine resolutions." History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour He entered with an air of confidence, composed of something between a martyr and a coxcomb. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 61, No. 376, February, 1847 Some lie out of custom, as lovers, coxcombs, footmen, sailors, mechanics, merchants, and chambermaids; and others lie out of complaisance or necessity, as courtiers, chaplains, &c. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. - Volume 07 Historical and Political Tracts-Irish When he sings his own praises, his reader feels that reflections are being thrown on himself, and in a natural revenge he calls the writer a coxcomb. Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country Boswell, he says, was immortal, "because he was a dunce, a parasite, and a coxcomb." Studies in Early Victorian Literature The court had been thronged with a troop of impertinent Parisian coxcombs, who had pretended to despise everything English, and who treated the natives as if they were foreigners in their own country. The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 1 I knew well the conceited coxcomb would never seek the presence of Mademoiselle until he had shed the rags he wore on entering the Fort. When Wilderness Was King A Tale of the Illinois Country It is true, that, in the city parts of London, the trading people have an affected manner of pronouncing; and so, in my time, had many ladies and coxcombs at Court. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. - Volume 07 Historical and Political Tracts-Irish Faith! but it would have pleased me then to put hand upon the false coxcomb and choke him back to decency and duty. Prisoners of Chance The Story of What Befell Geoffrey Benteen, Borderman, through His Love for a Lady of France At this—God forgive me!—my jealous wrath broke bounds and I cursed him for a beardless coxcomb who must needs think he stood alone in the eye of every woman he should meet. The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady Savary, on his return, informed his master that the Russian prince was surrounded by a set of young coxcombs, whose every look and gesture expressed overweening confidence in themselves and contempt for their opponents. The History of Napoleon Buonaparte She effectually silenced a coxcomb, who aimed to annoy her by saying, "Oh! wit runs in the street nowadays," by the retort, "Too fast for fools to catch it, however." Great Singers, First Series Faustina Bordoni To Henrietta Sontag You may well be ashamed, young man," he cried, with some triumph over me, "you are the biggest of all fools, as well as a conceited coxcomb. Lorna Doone A Romance of Exmoor Sometimes it was only a stiff red coxcomb or a little stemless geranium that had escaped the early frost. The Story of Dago To coxcombs averse, yet most civilly steering When they judged without skill, he was still hard of hearing. The Book of Art for Young People "These coxcombs with their epaulettes and gorgets," said she, "care nothing for us; provided they feed well and fatten, we may starve." The History of Napoleon Buonaparte Notwithstanding which, being, like all men, a bit of a coxcomb, he imagined that she was often rosier than usual when she chatted with him. The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 4 The American coxcomb and the pretty Canadian exchanged glances. Atlantis Next we come to “Cockney impudence” and “coxcomb.” Interludes being Two Essays, a Story, and Some Verses Even the coxcombs, self-duping knaves, simpletons, braggarts, and other evil or pitiful types whom he selects, are drawn with unstrained and simple conformity to reality. Critical Miscellanies (Vol 2 of 3) Essay 1: Vauvenargues Schlegel, though he too had some touch of genius in him, was half pedant, half coxcomb, and full of intellectual and moral faultiness. Corinne, Volume 1 (of 2) Or Italy Women of all classes with one consent had done their best to turn him into a coxcomb and a beast. Beyond The Rocks A Love Story So the interests of millions are in the hands of about twenty coxcombs, at a place called Leibach! Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 5 With His Letters and Journals Children, instead of freeing us from taxes increase the weight of them, and matrimony is become the jest of every coxcomb. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 337, November, 1843 He was no fool, if he was a coxcomb. From the Ranks The purple and yellow of goldenrod, wild sage, gallardia, and coxcomb are to be seen everywhere—the strong, bold colors of the harvest. The Next of Kin Those who Wait and Wonder Do you think me a coxcomb or a madman, to be capable of such an exhibition? Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 4 With His Letters and Journals Then he was such a delight, such a coxcomb, such a jewel of a man! Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 5 With His Letters and Journals Maturin's tragedy.—By your account of him last year to me, he seemed a bit of a coxcomb, personally. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 3 With His Letters and Journals But we knavish coxcombs and villains are to know, say my authors, that "a vote is the opinion of that House." The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 07 Our fair friend Mrs. H—— says, “Colonel Rivers wants nothing to make him the most agreeable man breathing but a little dash of the coxcomb.” The History of Emily Montague They were of a very various kind, and no bad epitome of the mind of a gallant and crackbrained coxcomb. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 340, February, 1844 A man of genius cannot well be a coxcomb; for his mind is too full of other things to be much occupied with his own person. Lectures on the English Poets Delivered at the Surrey Institution Fop, coxcomb, fool, are thundered through the pit; And this is all their equipage of wit. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 05 Who could better arrest the attention of the coxcomb than the archæologist who has knowledge of silks and scents now lost to the living world? The Treasury of Ancient Egypt Miscellaneous Chapters on Ancient Egyptian History and Archaeology Take care, my dear, you don’t spoil me by this excess of civility, for my only merit is that of not being a coxcomb. The History of Emily Montague Poor guiltless I! and can I choose but smile, When every coxcomb knows me by my style? English Satires These two factions, when they met, whether at fair or market, wake or wedding, could never part without carrying home on each side a dozen or two of bloody coxcombs. The Hedge School; The Midnight Mass; The Donagh Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three Indeed, at this time, I was as great a young literary coxcomb as ever lived, my vanity being high and inflated exactly in proportion to my ignorance, which was also of the purest water. The Ned M'Keown Stories Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three No, for he has sense enough to conceal the coxcomb. Trumps You are right, my dear Bell, and I am a prating coxcomb. The History of Emily Montague In each she marks her image full exprest, But chief in Bays's monster-breeding breast, Bays, formed by nature stage and town to bless, And act, and be, a coxcomb with success. English Satires He wore no distinctive dress as jester—the bauble and coxcomb having been long discontinued—but was simply clad in the royal livery. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest He ought to have been kept at school, for he was a vain empty coxcomb, much disliked by the people upon the island. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 17 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time I see, sister, you are infinitely taken with Benito's wit; but I have heard he is a very conceited coxcomb. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 04 This coxcomb says he was sent specially by Sir Henry to obtain from you some papers of great moment, which will ensure his immediate release. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 His fools have their follies so lost in a crowd Of virtues and feelings, that folly grows proud; And coxcombs, alike in their failings alone, Adopting his portraits, are pleased with their own. English Satires So by false learning is good sense defac'd; Some are bewilder'd in the maze of schools, And some made coxcombs, nature meant but fools. Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations He indulged in none of those mischievous flatteries of women, which satisfy narrow observers, or coxcombs, or the uxorious. Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol 1 of 2) Then while the coxcomb, pert and proud, The politician, learned and loud, Keep one eternal clack, I'll tread where silent Nature smiles, Where Solitude our woe beguiles, And chew thee, dear Tobac. Pipe and Pouch The Smoker's Own Book of Poetry Come, prethee come, art thou so pure a coxcomb To be undone? do not dissemble with me, Tell me I conjure thee. Rule a Wife, and Have a Wife Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (3 of 10) He, that foul ill-favoured brute, A fevered age's most repulsive fruit, The murderous coxcomb, the assassin sleek? Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, April 23, 1892 And therefore, sir, I left it to prodigals and coxcombs, that could afford to pay for it; and in its stead, sir, mark! The Man of the World (1792) "I hope, sir," said the professor, with great assumption of dignity, "that you now see the necessity of forbidding that impertinent young coxcomb the house." The Missing Bride You would swear it pierced the sky: It but reach'd the middle air, Bursting into pieces there; Thousand sparkles falling down Light on many a coxcomb's crown. The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 1 "To this Colonel Arwit rejoins: 'Faith, my lord, you served the coxcomb right enough; and therefore I wish we had a bit of your lordship's Oxfordshire cheese.'" The Complete Book of Cheese But even the Earl's long forbearance had its limits; and these were reached when he saw the insolent coxcomb, Buckingham, a man whom he had always detested, usurp his place. Love Romances of the Aristocracy We shan't be able to edge in a word, now this coxcomb is come. 2d Gent. The Works of Charles Lamb in Four Volumes, Volume 4 Whereupon Kitty protested with fire that other men were jealous of such a famous person because women liked him—because— "Because the man's a coxcomb and the women spoil him?" The Marriage of William Ashe Here no conceited coxcombs pass, To scratch their paltry drabs on glass; Nor party fool is calling names, Or dealing crowns to George and James. The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 1 This pleases coxcombs, who never consider whether they do this to no purpose, or at an unseasonable time. The Works of Horace I am not a scoundrel or a coxcomb. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 31, October, 1873 For as I came I met that coxcomb Lafleur riding back with a message from the duke’s guests that they would not come to-day! The Indiscretion of the Duchess For the proud young nabob beside her, or for the good-humored little coxcomb over here? The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 2, November, 1884 You feed her lust as well as pride, Enticing coxcombs to adore, And teach her to despise thee more. The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 1 But am I not myself an egregious coxcomb? Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II In other respects he was equally a coxcomb. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I There is a young man, a third-rate coxcomb, whose first care is always to flourish a white handkerchief and brush the seat of a tight pair of black silk pantaloons which shine as if varnished. Twice Told Tales He is of that order of men who has much honour and merit, but withal a coxcomb; the other of that set of females, who has innocence and wit, but the first of coquettes. The Tatler, Volume 1, 1899 He keeps his distance in the gallery, Till banish'd by some coxcomb's raillery; For 'twould his character expose, To bathe among the belles and beaux. The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 1 Come sit, says my lady; then whips up her scissar, And cuts out his coxcomb in silk in a trice, sir. The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 2 Hence it is, that we see a man of merit sometimes appear like a coxcomb, and hear a man of genius talk like a fool. The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant For in truth, though he was no coxcomb, he could not help seeing—all the more because of Pamela's variable moods towards him—that she was at least incipiently interested in him. Elizabeth's Campaign And as this passion always changes the natural man into a quite different creature from what he was before, the love of Chloe makes coxcombs; that of Clarissa, madmen. The Tatler, Volume 1, 1899 Their faction is five hundred odds, For every coxcomb lends them rods, And sneers as learnedly as they, Like females o'er their morning tea. The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 1 The tall sycamores or pendent willows shaded the houses, with caterpillars swinging, in long silken strings, from their branches, or moths, fluttering about like coxcombs, in joy at their gay transformation. Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists It creeps into the heart of the wise man, as well as that of the coxcomb. The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant However, the jury thought that he went too far in his phrase "nearly approached the aspect of wilful imposture," and probably the word "coxcomb" was fatal, for it was irrelevant. Our Stage and Its Critics By "E.F.S." of "The Westminster Gazette" His brother Will, shall go to Oxford with all speed, where, if he does not arrive at being a man of sense, he will soon be informed wherein he is a coxcomb. The Tatler, Volume 1, 1899 Alas, yes!That quaint old cruel coxcomb in his gullet Should have a hook, with a small trout to pull it. The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions Joints In Our Social Armour "He is a coxcomb," said the old Marquis. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 339, January, 1844 An affectation of courage will make a man pass for a bully; an affectation of wit, for a coxcomb; and an affectation of sense, for a fool. The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant Think not that I was a mere idle coxcomb, arrogantly basing his expectations upon his wishes. The Youth of the Great Elector It must be owned also, that Dactyle has almost vigour enough to be a coxcomb; but Spondee, by the lowness of his constitution, is only a blockhead. The Tatler, Volume 1, 1899 Well, do my readers remember the honest milk-maid's retort to the coxcomb who said he wouldn't marry her? Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, February 21, 1891 He was then a coxcomb, but a clever one, full of animal spirits, and intoxicated with the honour of having survived the German bullets, of being appointed to a company, and wearing a croix. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 339, January, 1844 He dresses as fashionable and well as persons of the best families and best sense; if he exceeds them, he is a coxcomb; if he dresses worse, he is unpardonable. The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant The Tatler" Steele wrote: "Letters from Hampstead say, there is a coxcomb arrived there, of a kind which is utterly new. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 09 Contributions to The Tatler, The Examiner, The Spectator, and The Intelligencer Change helmets into coxcombs, swords to baubles, And what a figure is poor chivalry! Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: Francesca da Rimini The said Abbé was rather a coxcomb; he had a handsome face, and wrote poetry. Memoirs and Historical Chronicles of the Courts of Europe Marguerite de Valois, Madame de Pompadour, and Catherine de Medici Not by dandies and coxcombs: my little girl over there adores her. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 90, June, 1875 The vanity I mean, is that which, if given way to, stamps a man a coxcomb, a character he will find a difficulty to get rid of, perhaps as long as he lives. The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant As the poet died in 1642, Swift ridicules the statement that this kind of coxcomb was "utterly new." The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 09 Contributions to The Tatler, The Examiner, The Spectator, and The Intelligencer But yet endeavouring to avoid being thought proud, makes herself cheap, and is the subject of the attempts of every coxcomb of eminence; and with much ado, preserves her virtue, though not her character. Pamela, Volume II I had lost my wife and family, and my home had become the resort of a crew of empty-headed coxcombs. The "Goldfish" It seems you would be a fine capricious, mathematically jealous coxcomb; take the height of your own horns with a Jacob's staff, afore they are up. The White Devil If such a thing should happen once in an age, from some pert coxcomb, or some flippant woman, it is better not to seem to know it, than to make the least reply. The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant It roused, not the fatuous coxcomb, nor the Lothario, but that in him which was honest and high-spirited. The Price of Love Was the lady a woman of taste?" we condemn every man who dresses well, and is not a sloven, as a fop or a coxcomb?" Pamela, Volume II They aim at the air and the mien of the drawing-room, but the holy-day smoothness of a 'prentice, heightened with some additional touches of the rake or coxcomb, betrays itself in everything they do. Cowper After which he repeated the lines that concerned him with great emphasis; said 'I was mistaken in one thing, for he assured me he was no booby, but owned himself to be a coxcomb.' The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 04 Swift's Writings on Religion and the Church — Volume 2 I was besides, like every other young infidel whom it has been my fate to meet, a conceited coxcomb. J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 4 I do not think it decent to manufacture the sweet liquor myself, and I hate a coxcomb, whether in dress or print. Yesterdays with Authors We should now call the man a coxcomb who considered his precious ego so important that he had to carry on, year in and year out, a yard-long correspondence about himself. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 08 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes Dorothy thinks otherwise, and writes of him as "the vainest, impertinent, self-conceited, learned coxcomb that ever yet I saw." The Love Letters of Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple, 1652-54 "Bulwer and Disraeli are literary coxcombs," he said, "who ought not to be encouraged, and who are trying to undermine wholesome English literature." Miriam Monfort A Novel I endeavored to associate with Miss Wharton, but found it impossible to detach her a moment from the coxcomb who attended her. The Coquette The History of Eliza Wharton "Sir Giles is impatiently expected by us," a spruce coxcomb near him replied. The Star-Chamber, Volume 1 An Historical Romance He is a young coxcomb, and you, Baldassare, are a parrot, and repeat what you hear. The Italians Some idle coxcombs, vain Of the nice conduct of a clouded cane, amuse themselves with switching off their lovely heads. Flowers and Flower-Gardens With an Appendix of Practical Instructions and Useful Information Respecting the Anglo-Indian Flower-Garden "O God!" he cried, between praying and swearing, "must this alabaster-box of precious ointment be broken upon the head of an infernal coxcomb?" The Mystery of Metropolisville A change quite indefinable except as the visible transition from coxcomb to gentleman passed over the young lieutenant’s comely face. Between the Dark and the Daylight This withered coxcomb affected the mincing gait of a young man; and though rather an object of derision than admiration with the fair sex, persuaded himself they were all captivated by him. The Star-Chamber, Volume 1 An Historical Romance You speak like a fool, a coxcomb; he shall have annual means to buy him Books, and find him cloathes and meat, what would he more? The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher Volume 2 of 10: Introduction to the Elder Brother Mrs. Porter and your Dumesnil surpassed him in passionate tragedy; Cibber and O'Brien were what Garrick could never reach, coxcombs, and men of fashion. Letters of Horace Walpole — Volume II In a matter of affection, a conceited coxcomb, full of flattering speeches, was too strong for him. The Mystery of Metropolisville The Tato, in the fits of rage of a bullying coxcomb, proposed to behead all the canons in the choir some evening and then to set fire to the Cathedral. The Shadow of the Cathedral Follow that blow, my friend, there's at your coxcombs, I fight to save me from the Surgions miseries. Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (2 of 10) - the Humourous Lieutenant A starched, conceited coxcomb! what would I give he had fallen in my way! Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 7 And then, of course, she would marry Frank Randall; and all the money which he, Stephen, had amassed, by the sacrifice of every pleasure in life, would enrich that supercilious young coxcomb. Fenton's Quest Must not a man be a vain coxcomb now, to think this creature follow'd one? The Palmy Days of Nance Oldfield "Of course," said the coxcomb, "I don't mean the 'Almacks,' for they are uncommonly select." The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 380, July 11, 1829 He's neither more nor less than a gossip—a gossip flanked by a coxcomb and an egotist. Stories by American Authors, Volume 5 Thou, indeed, art an exception; dressing like a coxcomb, yet a very clever fellow. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 7 Her father wanted her to marry Clodio, a coxcomb, but she preferred his elder brother Carlos, a bookworm, with whom she eloped. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook A very prince of coxcombs, with his soft smile and conscious air of superiority—a mere bag of vanity, whose emptiness is partly hidden by gorgeous raiment, gold embroidery, rings, snuff-box, muff and what-not. The Palmy Days of Nance Oldfield Hark ye, Mr Ark, I've a mind to furnish the coxcomb a lesson in respect for his superiors and give him a row to whet his appetite. The Red Rover Richardson was one of those men who are not at their ease in other men's society, and whom other men, to put it plainly, are apt to regard as coxcombs and fools. English Literature: Modern Home University Library of Modern Knowledge It may indeed, and I believe it does, resemble the generality of the fops and coxcombs about town. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 7 Lord Foppington pays her amorous attentions, but she utterly despises the conceited coxcomb, and treats him with contumely. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook Sometimes the dear creatures went for a stroll in the Mall, there to meet the English coxcombs with French manners, or else they paid a few visits. The Palmy Days of Nance Oldfield Let the young coxcomb go! he will have all the better appetite for his supper. The Red Rover No, Rupert," answered Lucy, in a tone which I thought could not fail to bring the heartless coxcomb to some sense of the feeling he ought to manifest; "I am going to no Springs. Miles Wallingford Sequel to "Afloat and Ashore" That, I was resolved, she should never do; nor was I quite coxcomb enough to suspect her of the desire for a moment. No Hero Bostock, a coxcomb, cracked on the point of aristocracy and family birth. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook We have said that Lord Byron is a sublime coxcomb: why should we not say that Mr. Hunt is a delightful one? The Spirit of the Age Contemporary Portraits We may still notice a "repercussion" of words from one coxcomb to another; though somehow the words have been changed or translated. Samuel Johnson Should I not appear a most arrogant and shallow coxcomb if I gravely represented that there was any danger of her falling in love with me? Nicholas Nickleby Heart, I am glad to see she has given you a bloody coxcomb. Maid Marian Brisk, a good-natured conceited coxcomb, with a most voluble tongue. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook To dream of a coxcomb, denotes a low state of mind. Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition Marcel, most mad for Franconnette, tortured the other girls, Made her most jealous, yet she had no chance, The swelled-out coxcomb called on her to dance. Jasmin: Barber, Poet, Philanthropist "I know no such thing," answered the Friar; "and defy thee for a meddling coxcomb!" Ivanhoe Robin, jolly Robin, he buys a jest dearly that pays for it with a bloody coxcomb. Maid Marian He could neither write nor read, but was a great coxcomb, and set up for a tip-top fine gentleman.—Rev. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook What! you are attempting the coxcomb, are you? Wuthering Heights Notwithstanding this, being, like all men, a bit of a coxcomb, he imagined that she was often rosier than usual when she chatted with him. Selected Writings of Guy De Maupassant The officer in command of the Federals was a young coxcomb of a captain with a waxed mustache and blond hair. The Underdogs, a Story of the Mexican Revolution There are thousands upon thousands of coxcombs and charlatans in the world, made up of just such a jumble of wornout, forgotten, and good-for-nothing trash as he was! Mosses from an Old Manse and other stories Peace had the modesty and reticence of the sincere artist; Butler the loquacious vanity of the literary or forensic coxcomb. A Book of Remarkable Criminals This human monument of learning happened to be travelling in the same coach with a coxcomb who sought to air his pretended learning by quotations from the ancients. The Love Affairs of a Bibliomaniac It requires a singular art, as well as the vantage-ground of age, to deal these stunning corrections among the coxcombs of the young. Memories and Portraits Why is a handsome wife adored By every coxcomb but her lord? The Certain Hour "No sister," cried Lucy, "you are mistaken there, our favourite beaux are NOT great coxcombs." Sense and Sensibility There would have been either the ostentation of a coxcomb, or the evasions of a mind too weak to defend its own vanities.—No, Emma Then the coxcomb, not at all abashed, said that he meant not Sophocles, but Euripides. The Love Affairs of a Bibliomaniac "He's a cursed white-blooded pedantic coxcomb," said Will, with gnashing impetuosity. Middlemarch He is the greatest coxcomb I ever saw, and amazingly disagreeable. Northanger Abbey "A great coxcomb!" repeated Miss Steele, whose ear had caught those words by a sudden pause in Marianne's music.— Sense and Sensibility He will send an ambassador to Hunston—unaccredited, of course, a man, young, not married, who—don't think me a coxcomb—but who might be able to arouse the daughter's interest. Captivating Mary Carstairs So there was no doubting it longer: and Captain Stanley Lake, late of Her Majesty's —— Regiment of Guards, idler, scamp, coxcomb, and the beautiful Dorcas Brandon, heiress of Brandon, were man and wife. Wylder's Hand Why, the sight of this idiotic engraving, the mere name of that coxcomb of a singer, have made my heart beat and my limbs turn to water like a love-sick hobbledehoy. Hauntings "Miss Wharton, would you have me a coxcomb—make me contemptible in my own eyes, by boasting with the hope of raising myself in your estimation?" The Spy Having been a coxcomb in his youth, Fox was now degenerating into the sloven. Beaux and Belles of England Mrs. Mary Robinson, Written by Herself, With the lives of the Duchesses of Gordon and Devonshire I hope I shall not be considered an overweening coxcomb for saying that, on the whole, I found more favor with the ladies than with the gentlemen; especially at supper-time. Peter Ibbetson Stanley was taking these hard terms very meekly for a savage young coxcomb like him. Wylder's Hand A coxcomb in fine clothes, bedaubed by accident in foul weather, is a ridiculous object, because his general apprehension of excellence and esteem is referred to the splendour and expense of his dress. Poetical Works of Akenside Except the booby his son, he is the most prating, forward, ignorant coxcomb of my acquaintance; and that is a bold word. The Adventures of Hugh Trevor And is not mine, my friend, a sorer case, When ev'ry coxcomb perks them in my face? The Rape of the Lock and Other Poems By thee protected, I defy The coxcomb's sneer, the stupid lie Of ignorance and spite: Alike contemn the leaden fool, And all the pointed ridicule Of undiscerning wit. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 2 "Curse on the drunken coxcomb!" said Albert,—"There is a tester for thee, boy, and tell thy master to break his jests on suitable persons, and at fitting times." Woodstock; or, the Cavalier He is as frivolous in his sentiments as in his language: so that no person who is acquainted with his writings, need to seek any farther for a coxcomb. Cicero's Brutus or History of Famous Orators; also His Orator, or Accomplished Speaker. To the south and west of the Foreign Countries, States Buildings and Gardens, a graceful contour of hills extends, sloping onward to Golden Gate, and having a coxcomb of pine and eucalyptus. The Architecture and Landscape Gardening of the Exposition A Pictorial Survey of the Most Beautiful Achitectural Compositions of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition A nice boy—a very nice boy—not half such a coxcomb as he looks. Sir George Tressady — Volume I "No," thought our hero; "Heaven forefend I should be such a coxcomb as to fancy every woman who speaks to me has designs upon my precious heart, or on my more precious estate!" Tales and Novels — Volume 06 Scout," replied the lady, "is an impudent coxcomb; I will have no lawyer Scout interfere with me. Joseph Andrews, Volume 2 In each she marks her image full express'd, But chief in Bayes's monster-breeding breast; Bayes formed by nature stage and town to bless, And act, and be, a coxcomb with success. The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2 He felt a desire to tell this coxcomb just what he thought of him. The Cruise of the Dry Dock Wouldst thou think a highwayman could be so foolish a coxcomb as to rob in a bright scarlet coat, and to ride a light grey horse? Anna St. Ives I am not disposed to believe that girls often die or destroy themselves for love; nor am I a coxcomb enough to suppose that love for me must be extraordinarily desperate. Tales and Novels — Volume 03 Somebody says, that nature may make a fool, but a coxcomb is always of his own making. Tales and Novels — Volume 04 Or, if to wit a coxcomb make pretence, Guard the sure barrier between that and sense; Or quite unravel all the reasoning thread, And hang some curious cobweb in its stead! The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2 I suspected you yesterday morning of bearing malice against that coxcomb, who deserved to be laughed at, but not to be shot. Tales and Novels — Volume 05 Godwin is dull, but then he has a dash of affectation, which smacks of the coxcomb, and your coxcombs are always agreeable. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 Heart, I took it for granted, he had none; how should a coxcomb come by a heart? Tales and Novels — Volume 03 In his stead another coxcomb came to offer himself, who, with an incomparably easy air, begged to know whether I wanted a man of figure or a man of parts? Tales and Novels — Volume 04 I fear that I was coxcomb enough to fancy myself beloved that day we parted in Kensington-gardens. Birds of Prey A superlative coxcomb, and an epicure more from fashion than taste, he gloried in descanting, with technical precision, on the merits of dishes and of cooks. Tales and Novels — Volume 05 "You never saw such a philosophic coxcomb, nor any one play the Romeo so unnaturally." The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 You must know that Lawless, fool and coxcomb as he was, had some magnanimity, and showed it—as some people do from whom it is least expected—on his death-bed. Tales and Novels — Volume 03 He is not delicate enough for your niceness; because I suppose he dresses not like a fop and a coxcomb, and because he lays not himself out in complimental nonsense, the poison of female minds. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 1 There is a young man, a third-rate coxcomb, whose first care is always to flourish a white handkerchief, and brush the seat of a tight pair of black silk pantaloons, which shine as if varnished. Sunday at Home (From "Twice Told Tales") "And how could Captain Walsingham go on with such a coxcomb?" Tales and Novels — Volume 05 It was at his table that Dr. Johnson made that excellent reply to a pert coxcomb who baited him during dinner. Life of Johnson, Volume 3 1776-1780 But a coxcomb in fashion," said Sir Ulick; "and a coxcomb in fashion is a useful connexion. Tales and Novels — Volume 09 That is a question upon which no man ever deceived himself, unless he were a fool or a coxcomb. The Golden Calf He was a good-natured fellow, not without information or literature, but a most egregious coxcomb. The Life of Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1838 In a conversation after dinner, when the ladies had retired, Mr. Clay had boasted of his successes with the fair sex, and had expressed many sentiments that marked him for a profligate coxcomb. Tales and Novels — Volume 07 In short, that he meant to make a remark quite different from that which a celebrated gentleman made on a very eminent physician: 'He is a coxcomb, but a satisfactory coxcomb.' Life of Johnson, Volume 3 1776-1780 Ormond was surprised, for he well recollected the manner in which his guardian had formerly, and not many months ago, written and spoken of Connal as a coxcomb and something worse. Tales and Novels — Volume 09 He was no coxcomb, ready to believe every woman in love with him. The Golden Calf But Bramston, in the assumed character of an ignorant coxcomb, maintains that all scholars are blockheads on account of their scholarship. Life of Johnson, Volume 1 1709-1765 I cannot think I shall become a coxcomb, To ha' my hair curl'd by an idle finger, * * * * * Mine eyes look'd babies in. p. The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume II The epithet in the original MS. was "coxcomb," but becoming acquainted with Gell while the satire was in the press, Byron changed it to "classic." Byron's Poetical Works, Volume 1 |
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