| 单词 | self-complacency |
| 例句 | From ‘the frigid heights of an infallible egotism . . . wrapped in sublime self-complacency,’ Davis ‘has alienated the hearts of the people by his stubborn follies’ and ‘his chronic hallucinations that he is a great military genius.’ Book review: ‘Embattled Rebel,’ Jefferson Davis, by James M. McPhersonA Leader in Defeat The self-complacency of virtuous men, 64, 65, and note. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) 2012-04-27T02:00:34.267Z It must have been no common stock of self-possession and self-complacency which enabled M. Thiers to present himself before the great Prussian Chancellor as a messenger of peace. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z This self-complacency produces admirable patience and docility in certain particulars, besides charity and toleration towards others. Winterslow Essays and Characters Written There 2012-03-27T02:00:25.647Z They stood sedately looking on, with evident self-complacency, yet ashamed and afraid to take their places among the aged chiefs and warriors of repute. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z The autobiography in Latin verse, with its playful humour, occasional pathos and sublime self-complacency, was thrown off at the age of eighty-four. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z If the temptations were removed, the soul would soon be wrapped up in self-complacency and self-satisfaction. Ortus Christi Meditations for Advent 2012-03-23T02:00:31.917Z The objector may of course be reminded that religion tones down the self-complacency of morality. Hegel's Philosophy of Mind 2012-03-07T03:00:14.327Z He takes the part which he thinks in most need of his support, not so much out of magnanimity, as to prevent too great a degree of presumption or self-complacency on the triumphant side. Winterslow Essays and Characters Written There 2012-03-27T02:00:25.647Z Add to this Napoleon's opinion that the American was the superior of the English seaman, and national self-complacency may safely rest on two such eminent authorities. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z The slightest manifestation of jealousy or self-complacency is enough to261 mark a second-rate character of the intellect; and I fear that especially in Goethe, such manifestations are neither few nor slight. Modern Painters. Vol. III (of V) Containing Part IV. Of Many Things 2012-02-20T03:00:15.843Z The mother was gratified--the father looked on the picturesque group with a broad smile of self-complacency. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z His self-complacency was possible only in a stage of evolution when the saint and the assassin were not altogether clearly differentiated. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z She, Masago, and Tomoy� had got on so splendidly that, as she thought of the past, a faint blush of self-complacency tinged the Abbess's ascetic cheek. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z If we may believe the psychologists, the great object of acquiring wealth and power is the achievement of self-complacency. Behind the Mirrors The Psychology of Disintegration at Washington 2012-02-11T03:03:55.693Z A set of people less framed to provoke national self-complacency than the latter it would be hard to imagine. The Letters of Henry James (volume I) 2012-02-08T03:00:15.197Z The feelings which need to be repressed are anger, fear, self-complacency. The Moral Instruction of Children 2012-02-02T03:04:33.057Z On the other hand we must not with smug self-complacency think that our generation is so much better than those of the past. The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries 2012-01-28T03:00:21.937Z A smile of self-complacency crossed her wasted face as she told me that a very few interviews had served to dispel all Lady Maria's prejudices against her. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z And as for being a metaphysical Jack Horner, the thing is contradictory, as no metaphysician whose studies are sincere ever felt tempted to self-complacency or disposed to reckon himself a good boy. Notes of a Son and Brother 2011-12-29T03:00:14.087Z In the active virtues nature can have a large share, and a dangerous self-complacency, or satisfaction in their effects, may easily glide into them. Light and Peace Instructions for devout souls to dispel their doubts and allay their fears 2011-12-22T03:00:27.660Z In dealing with self-complacency let him discriminate between vanity and pride, between pride and dignity. The Moral Instruction of Children 2012-02-02T03:04:33.057Z He had discovered a wholly new argument, to which he gave utterance with evident self-complacency. Letters From Rome on the Council 2011-11-25T03:00:11.447Z Often, after a hard day's journey, I have asked myself this question, but seldom with the same self-complacency 254and the same determination to have mine ease as at Cracow. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, 7th ed. Vol. 2 of 2 2011-11-11T03:00:31.270Z How needful, then, it is to raise a warning voice,—to seek, by faithful testimony, to counteract man's pitiable self-complacency. Notes on the Book of Genesis 2011-11-05T02:00:10.317Z The immoderate desire of sensible sorrow comes from self-love and self-complacency. Light and Peace Instructions for devout souls to dispel their doubts and allay their fears 2011-12-22T03:00:27.660Z Vanity is a feeling of self-complacency based on external advantages. The Moral Instruction of Children 2012-02-02T03:04:33.057Z Its contents were evidently satisfactory: the old man elevated his eyebrows as he read, sniffed twice or thrice, and then yielded to a smile of irrepressible self-complacency. The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z It is not said, of course, that the number of his faculties is limited and unlimited; or that his self-complacency is boundless and constrained; or that his act is conditioned and unconditioned. Know the Truth; A critique of the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation 2011-10-29T02:00:13.723Z It teaches us to concede to others whatever we claim for ourselves; it leads us instinctively to avoid loudness, and self-complacency. Creed And Deed A Series of Discourses 2011-10-12T02:00:40.147Z It is no wonder that such rank filibustering, coupled with the exasperating self-complacency of its originators, should have excited in Whig bosoms every desperate emotion short of homicidal mania. Thomas Hart Benton 2011-10-09T02:00:26.053Z Nay, thank Him for His opportunity, thank Him for His mercy, thank Him for His forbearing patience, but thank Him not where thanksgiving is a mere cloak of self-complacency. Sermons 2011-09-26T02:00:27.830Z Then, in a tone of perfectly restored self-complacency, she produced a packet, and, with a parading look, that said, See what I bestow upon you! ostentatiously spread its contents upon a table. The Wanderer (Volume 2 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:26.867Z The answers were given with a solemn self-complacency, not unmixed with that shrewdness which was an essential attribute to the success of the ancient quacksalver. Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's 2011-09-11T02:00:10.443Z “Not bad, is it?” he queried in a tone the self-complacency of which he did not even attempt to disguise. The Triumph of Jill 2011-08-31T02:01:25.060Z "It's easy to say that sort of thing, to accuse me of self-complacency in the tiny little part I contribute to an enormous whole." The War-Workers 2011-08-25T02:00:32.260Z What becomes of our righteousness, our merit, our self-satisfaction, our self-complacency? Sermons 2011-09-26T02:00:27.830Z She sat very white and rigid, and the Judge felt in her once again the woman who had challenged his old self-complacency. The Locusts' Years 2011-08-16T02:00:41.777Z He then ventured to compare his “First Blast of the Trumpet” to Plato’s work “On the Commonwealth,” observing, with much self-complacency, that both these books contained many new sentiments. Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume I (of 2) 2011-08-14T02:00:25.307Z This is the one question which should be deliberately weighed, instead of being dismissed with a burst of passion or a smile of self-complacency. Memoir of Mary L. Ware, Wife of Henry Ware, Jr. 2011-08-02T02:00:25.157Z He walked backwards and forwards, from his Christ to his bust of Schiller, with an unwearied self-complacency, in which there was something mournful, and yet delightful. Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. I (of 3) 2011-07-24T02:00:11.383Z Even when he satirises himself his irony is only a veil—a very thin veil, which rather suggests than conceals his self-complacency. Sermons 2011-09-26T02:00:27.830Z Such persons will only see in them blasphemies against their honoured gods; for this author is not suited to the smug self-complacency of Philistinism, 'sanding its sugar and praising its Lord.' Critical Studies 2011-07-21T02:00:20.463Z We have travelled far from the self-complacency of the woman of thirty years ago, who based her claims to a thorough knowledge of the up-bringing of children on the fact that she had buried ten. Household Administration Its Place in the Higher Education of Women 2011-07-20T02:00:13.547Z And in that case, the structure which they have built up throughout a decade of years, with such evident self-complacency, collapses “like the baseless fabric of a vision.” The Revision Revised 2011-07-15T02:00:18.897Z He seemed to think so, and I liked him for the self-complacency with which he twined her little myrtle leaf with his own palmy honours. Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. I (of 3) 2011-07-24T02:00:11.383Z Ever and again the stern monitor death rises up an unbidden guest, an unwelcome spectre in the midst of our worldliness and self-complacency, scaring us with the suddenness of the apparition. Sermons 2011-09-26T02:00:27.830Z He stepped, full of self-complacency on account of his important commission, but yet with some anxiety, into the lodging of the bemossed head, and spoke. The Student-Life of Germany 2011-07-03T02:00:09.143Z Incidentally our minds had become a mass of self-complacency and conceit, and the public were coming to regard us as a set of intolerable wind-bags. All Men are Ghosts 2011-06-28T02:00:12.497Z All this he told us with an air of no small self-complacency. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z I well remember with what self-complacency and enthusiasm our Chef walked about in a heavy rain, examining, dwelling upon every trace of this celebrated and unhappy woman. Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. I (of 3) 2011-07-24T02:00:11.383Z Contemplation of self and self-complacency supplanted meditation on God and the humble realization of my need of his constant help. Riches of Grace A Compilation of Experiences in the Christian Life 2011-06-21T02:00:23.800Z We, however, learn by these, that corporeal energies and an indomitable spirit were the glories of the hero-life; and the outbreaks of their self-complacency resulted from their own convictions, after many a fierce trial. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z Every moment he was acutely conscious of having a new cloak on, and smiled with sheer self-complacency. The Mantle and Other Stories 2011-05-29T02:00:07.233Z In his own opinion, he was fully such; for his self-complacency was unbounded. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z "Don't know nothin' and don't care a darn," was the reply, given in perfect self-complacency; "only the all-fired things will be tarnally in the way when we come to thrash." Silent Struggles 2011-05-05T02:00:16.850Z Don Quixote pursued his journey with the pleasure, satisfaction, and self-complacency already described; imagining, because of his late victory, that he was the most valiant knight the world could then boast of. The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z In many individuals the separation between the ego and the ego ideal is not very far advanced; the two still coincide readily; the ego has often preserved its earlier self-complacency. Group Psychology and The Analysis of The Ego 2011-04-17T02:00:02.907Z There is too much puerile violence and loud self-complacency, too much aggravating childishness and wilful eccentricity, not to offend and even disgust. Essays 2011-04-15T02:00:16.160Z “Figure it out for yourself,” said Red Vallon, a sort of eager self-complacency in his voice. Doors of the Night 2011-04-12T02:00:23.287Z The narrative which the great civilian Viceroy thus left for his successor was full of encouragement, but by no means one of unmingled self-complacency. The Earl of Mayo Rulers of India 2011-04-11T02:00:13.067Z Still, however, the great secret of his distinguished oratorical eminence was, that notwithstanding his vanity, he never fell into the apathy with regard to farther improvement, by which self-complacency is so often attended. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z If a single line of this little work should seem calculated to cajole its readers into self-complacency rather than instruct them, I beg them to believe that their impression wrongs my purpose. What I know of farming: a series of brief and plain expositions of practical agriculture as an art based upon science 2011-03-29T02:00:08.937Z Two lackeys, who seemed to have little to do save to wear their blue liveries and striped waistcoats with due dignity, and self-complacency, were standing in the gateway, peering into the gathering darkness. 'Gloria Victis!' A Romance 2011-03-26T02:00:13.597Z No one can view his self-complacency and assumption of righteousness at this time without feelings of detestation. The Radicalism of Shelley and Its Sources 2011-03-08T03:00:45.010Z Had Powell been a sleek, smug personage like Brother Jackson, veiling profound self-complacency under the technical announcement of himself as a miserable sinner, she might have turned from him in disgust. A Charming Fellow, Volume III (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:27.467Z And her self-complacency was of too solid a kind to be much affected even by ruder rubs than any which could be given by James Maxfield's uncouth bluntness. A Charming Fellow, Volume II (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:26.237Z There is no foundation, save self-complacency, for such a surmise. The Bridling of Pegasus Prose Papers on Poetry 2011-02-26T03:00:51.130Z All the time he stroked his long beard, divided it, and put it together again, yet all was done with dignity and with self-complacency. Withered Leaves. Vol. II. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:17.540Z Yet, in some ways, he was a corrective to the self-complacency of his generation, a vast dilettante, lover of “Gothic,” of curios and antiques, of costly printing, of old illuminations and stained glass. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z "Oh, for the present I must decline to accept congratulations," smiled the Assessor, with indescribable self-complacency. Under a Charm, Vol. II. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-14T03:00:34.173Z This thought, whenever it crossed her mind, would cause her to look around upon her maiden companions with proud self-complacency, They were still upon the shores of expectancy. The Home Mission 2011-02-12T03:00:30.217Z The present age can hardly be reproached either with an absence of admirers or with a lack of self-complacency. The Bridling of Pegasus Prose Papers on Poetry 2011-02-26T03:00:51.130Z If I were to make comparisons they would certainly not all be drawn in favour of the deeply learned doctor of medicine, as he, in his self-complacency, may dream. Withered Leaves. Vol. II. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:17.540Z It may be in fact almost regarded as the reverse or complement to the excess of self-complacency in Macaulay. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z He found nothing there, but a vapid self-complacency. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 2011-02-11T03:00:30.570Z It is impossible to describe the air of perfect self-complacency with which this youth strutted about. Sketches in Canada, and rambles among the red men 2011-02-10T03:00:51.280Z "All in all, a man with whom one might live happily," wound up the doctor with great self-complacency. 'Clear the Track' A Story of To-day 2011-02-09T03:00:49.283Z It was imposing, of great physical size; his features expressed perfect self-complacency, a healthy colour lay upon his cheeks, and confidence of success flashed from his eyes. Withered Leaves. Vol. II. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:17.540Z "Oh, Alec," laughed Flora, "you certainly have accumulated a pretty good stock of self-complacency, and have cultivated a fine opinion of yourself." The Hazeley Family 2011-01-24T03:00:16.447Z There was a certain air of self-complacency about him, as he stroked a pair of most desirable curling whiskers, that said, as plainly as words, he was "somebody," and knew it. The Actress' Daughter A Novel 2011-01-23T03:00:14.117Z The dandyism of some of these Pottowottomie warriors is inexpressibly amusing and grotesque: I defy all Regent Street and Bond Street to go beyond them in the exhibition of self-decoration and self-complacency. Sketches in Canada, and rambles among the red men 2011-02-10T03:00:51.280Z The young lady raised her head with an unmistakable air of self-complacency. Success and How He Won It 2011-01-23T03:00:12.077Z Among the young men there was only one who remained a stranger to the self-complacency of the others. The Children of Alsace Les Oberl?s 2011-01-16T03:00:19.697Z We are prone to think that such work of original investigation was reserved for our time, but that is only because of the foolish self-complacency which blinds us to what other generations did. Education: How Old The New 2011-01-14T03:00:54.370Z "It has turned a few other heads," replied the young magistrate, with an air of mingled self-complacency and annoyance. Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z "Oh, we shall soon know all about it!" said the justice, with self-complacency. The Village Notary 2011-01-03T03:00:57.863Z Emily's words on that night had pierced his self-complacency like a barbed arrow. Problematic Characters A Novel 2010-12-26T03:00:15.780Z This self-complacency proved the very first step to his ruin. True Christianity 2010-12-25T03:00:12.817Z It is easy, as we have said, and apparently congenial to some writers, to dwell on the vanity and self-complacency of the writer of these letters. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius The truth is that our sacred egoism, strong and exacerbated as it is, has not yet touched the sublime heights of British selfishness and self-complacency. The Sacred Egoism of Sinn Féin Modern learning is gradually losing something of the self-complacency that characterized it in so constantly harboring the thought that the most important discoveries in physical science came in the nineteenth century. Catholic Churchmen in Science But Adolphine approached triumphant, trailing her satin train, which she thought magnificent, and, radiant with self-complacency, asked: "Adeline, tell me now, what do you think of my party?" Small Souls A series of immense and tragic events have shattered the self-complacency and challenged the will and intelligence of mankind. The Salvaging Of Civilisation We are apt to forget, in our modern self-complacency, that, at least among civilised races, human nature in its broad features remains pretty much the same from age to age. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius For the first time his unshadowed self-complacency had deserted him. The Romance of the Canoness A Life-History It seemed, perhaps— this was the nearest he could get to it—that something in him had weakened, some sense of security, of confidence, of self-complacency given way a little. The Wave An Egyptian Aftermath We would not, however, disturb the sensitiveness of the little monk by arguing the matter, and indeed, it would have been difficult to lower his self-complacency. Glories of Spain To that was added a harmless self-complacency, and just sufficient enjoyment of the present moment, as was necessary to make his success valuable and the persecutions of his opponents bearable. Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. I. There must be no pauses of self-complacency until the work is done. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius I will not recount to you the ridiculous details of our pride and self-complacency. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. II He was standing near the entrance, observing with great self-complacency how the workmen in his employ submissively cast their votes for Shund and his associates. The Progressionists, and Angela. Thus always do the gods, in their severity, send only unforeseen evils to stultify our self-complacency. The Dramatic Works of G. E. Lessing Miss Sara Sampson, Philotas, Emilia Galotti, Nathan the Wise Queer fellows!—One great champion of the Fox nation had a short pipe in his mouth, smoking with great self-complacency as he marched out of the City Hall: another was smoking a cigar! Henry Wadsworth Longfellow All her self-complacency of a moment before now deserted her. Patricia Brent, Spinster The self-complacency of the Author’s countrymen on this head is too deeply seated to be attacked without offence. Satan Absolved For though he tells us that pure self-complacency is the highest thing we can hope, yet from this self-complacency all regard to the finite individuality of the subject is eliminated. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" And in a fit of generous self-complacency the holder of the winning cards felt inclined to blame Violet for having given any encouragement to his now discomfited rival. Renshaw Fanning's Quest A Tale of the High Veldt So hidebound was the self-complacency of Trask that even George found it profitless to cheek him with any effect, although in justice to George I am bound to say he tried his level best. A Veldt Vendetta When that is alcohol, its action on an average individual is first to fill him with a serene and perfect self-complacency. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" It is thus an authoritative rebuke to Jewish self-complacency. St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, Vol. I A Practical Exposition The audacious self-complacency of the announcement astonished him, and seemed out of keeping with Miss Grey's character and ways. The Galaxy, May, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—May, 1877.—No. 5. He was pleased to see the people look out of the windows, and bid them all "Good-day" with great self-complacency. Black Forest Village Stories But it was with great self-complacency that he spoke of his having dwelt in the very palace which, during his student years, he had never passed without a feeling of awe. Waldfried A Novel Their neatness, smallness, and self-complacency irritate him excessively. A House-Party Don Gesualdo and A Rainy June How can St. Paul, who insists continually that he is one of the apostles, call them, without self-complacency, God's holy apostles? St. Paul's Epistle to the Ephesians A Practical Exposition Routed horse, foot and dragoons, Abigail fled in confusion, and Red grinned in self-complacency as Miss Carter's silvery laugh tinkled in diminishing crescendo. The Song of the Wolf “By treachery to your comrades, I suppose,” said Hansford, disgusted with the conceit and self-complacency of the man. Hansford: A Tale of Bacon's Rebellion "Oh, anybody can talk sense, but it takes a heap o' sense to talk nonsense sensibly," he said suavely, with a fine air of self-complacency. Crestlands A Centennial Story of Cane Ridge Boswell describes his feelings with delightful sincerity and self-complacency. Old and New London Volume I Comedy loses its ideal universality: wit succeeds to humour; we laugh from self-complacency and triumph, instead of pleasure; malignity, sarcasm, and contempt, succeed to sympathetic merriment; we hardly laugh, but we smile. English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century Sometimes you may hear him, with an air of self-complacency, give utterance to his profanity, as though he regarded it an ornament of rhetoric, giving spice and condiment to his thoughts. Talkers With Illustrations There is nothing, I conceive, that excites so little sympathy as this inordinate egotism; or so much disgust as this everlasting self-complacency. Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature To Ibsen's An Enemy of the People he is evidently under certain obligations; Professor Bernhardi is a variation of Doctor Stockmann, plus not a little irony and self-complacency. Ivory Apes and Peacocks Eventually he was coaxed home and got upstairs, but then, in a gush of politeness, he insisted on seeing the chairmen out; after which he retired with self-complacency to bed. Old and New London Volume I For to carve our own 220 work, and set it up for admiration, is a miserable self-complacency, a contentment in our own wretched doings, when we might have been looking at God’s doings. The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) At these moments, too frequent in his life, he contemns authors, and returns to sink back into all the self-complacency of aristocratic indifference. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors Cradled at last in blissful self-complacency, she took her knitting, and sat down tranquil. Shirley They indulge in a righteous self-complacency if you are unfortunate, and pity you grandly; but to own themselves mistaken is the one bitter flavor in the cup. Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart As he grew old, this assurance became more and more essential to his self-complacency. Mabel's Mistake After this rather abrupt toilet, she drew herself up with a grand air, and marched forward to receive the strangers in a glorious state of self-complacency. A Noble Woman Admit no reflections in regard to the good you have accomplished, so that all that nourishes self-complacency may die. Letters of Madam Guyon Such reminder, in forcing on them a sense of their own incapacity, or a more painful sense of an obligation to make some unpleasant effort, troubles their ease and shakes their self-complacency. Shirley No moan for a lost ideal under all that self-complacency. Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart But Harrington had gone, leaving him in a state of humiliation which no self-complacency could soften or conceal. Mabel's Mistake It would please Denasia, and he was himself in that reckless mood of self-complacency which delights in testing its influence. A Singer from the Sea This was a prodigious sentence for Wade, and he leaned back and smoked his pipe with considerable self-complacency, 95 but it impressed none of his hearers as he expected. A Waif of the Mountains In his moments of self-complacency he could compare his Johnsoniad with the Odyssey; and he will not repress his 'satisfaction in the consciousness of having largely provided for the instruction and entertainment of mankind.' James Boswell Famous Scots Series His self-complacency was more than touched,—it was shattered, completely broken up. Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart The financial burden and its relation to the limits of the allied nations’ capacity to bear it is a fit subject for meditation when we feel uplifted in self-complacency. England and Germany Broadbent—typifying the self-complacency of the well-meaning but Philistine Victorian who had solved to his own satisfaction all mysteries in earth and heaven—he regarded as a masterpiece of creative art. War Letters of a Public-School Boy In this way the guide's vivid imagination saved the travellers from the fury of the Alban people, by preventing that fury, and supplying in its place self-complacency. Among the Brigands All my little day-dream of growing self-complacency was shattered, scattered; the old feeling of soreness, smallness, wounded pride, and bruised self-esteem came back again. The First Violin A Novel We can conceive of his writing these sentences carefully in his comfortable study, in an easy chair, by the side of a cheerful fire, with a smile of self-complacency, as he selects each striking expression. Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors The self-complacency melts away, as the object becomes dearer, and there is a slight fear that some obstacle may spring up between him and his hopes. The Elm Tree Tales The levity, the ignorance, the hasty and superficial irritability of these reformers, their enormous conceit and imperturbable self-complacency revolted him. The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice Not until she had reheated it and consumed five cups, sweetened with molasses, did she recover any measure of self-complacency. The Backwoodsmen For a minute he held up his arms, looking tensely at the sky, struggling to overcome the emotion that long had been boiling up in his heart, rending the self-complacency of his mind. The River Prophet It jarred the college out of the self-complacency they had begun to feel over the prospects of the team. Bert Wilson on the Gridiron The sense of duty and independent self-complacency may gradually be substituted in the place of weak, ignorant vanity. Practical Education, Volume II The selfishness of vanity is corrected by this association; and the two pleasures of sympathy and self-complacency should never, when we can avoid it, be separated. Practical Education, Volume I The poor dotard!' exclaimed the philosophic infidel Voltaire, in the self-complacency of his pity. Notes and Queries, Number 193, July 9, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc As soon as any one is near me, his personality disturbs my self-complacency and restricts my freedom. The Brothers Karamazov In her countenance there was such an expression of blended affectation and self-complacency, that it was impossible to look upon it without feeling an inclination to smile. The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 Immanuel Romi, for example, at his best, is an exponent of Proven�al versification and scholastic philosophy, while his lapses testify to the self-complacency and levity characteristic of the times. Jewish Literature and Other Essays Theodore produces the untouched treasure to her mother, from time to time, with great self-complacency. Practical Education, Volume I This does not imply self-complacency, self-indulgence, self-justification, but simply encouragement, strength, and fortitude. Gold Dust A Collection of Golden Counsels for the Sanctification of Daily Life As he uttered the last word of his tirade, Miüsov completely recovered his self-complacency, and all traces of his former irritation disappeared. The Brothers Karamazov Adrian felt all the satisfaction of the most approving self-complacency. The Flower Basket A Fairy Tale The signal victories obtained by her in that war did not induce any sentiment of self-complacency. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era When we have formed a high opinion of a friend, his approbation becomes necessary to our own self-complacency, and we think no labour too great to satisfy our attachment. Practical Education, Volume I “I am no singer or harpist,” returned the statesman, with a self-complacency he never concealed. A Victor of Salamis One would imagine that it was a mirthful cackling of hens; and he developed his theory with that self-complacency which is generated by the consciousness of success. Sentimental Education, Volume II The History of a Young Man Pomposity is sin, because it is egoism; self-complacency and contemptuousness are sin for the same reason. The New Theology Look at your type of success, your self-made man, swelling out of his white waistcoat in snug self-complacency, your pattern British merchant, your millionaire financier, what is he but a slave-dealer, a slave-driver, a blood-sucker. The Sign of the Spider Our exertions are not fatiguing, because they are associated with all the pleasurable sensations of affection, self-complacency, benevolence, and liberty. Practical Education, Volume I "Well, Jamie, there you are!" she cried, in that hard, metallic voice which to James betrayed so obviously the meanness of her spirit and her self-complacency. The Hero No adverse criticism could disturb Wordsworth’s sublime self-complacency. Old Familiar Faces The man's self-complacency outraged him, and yet something, he knew not what, made him insist. The Trembling of a Leaf Little Stories of the South Sea Islands When the young man came with such self-complacency to ask what more he could do, how kindly he was received, how gently convinced of his great deficiency! An Essay on Slavery and Abolitionism With reference to the duty of American females I cannot say there was much room for compliment on any visible improvement in their costume; for they still wore with much self-complacency some ill-assorted portions of European attire. A New Voyage Round the World, in the years 1823, 24, 25, and 26, Vol. 2 But when one shares common opinions, the whole authority of civilisation backs one up, and the reward is an ineffable self-complacency. The Hero The display of costume, as the congregation strolled homewards in groups, with the greatest self-complacency, through the beautiful broad avenue, their psalm-books under their arms, was still more strikingly ludicrous than in church. A New Voyage Round the World in the Years 1823, 24, 25, and 26. Vol. 1 “Ah, you poor bloke, you want to know the very latest, don’t you?” she snarled, and then grinned with blatant self-complacency. The Goose Man I deliberately do not say "self-complacency"; for all Christians would repudiate that word; I say, complacency in his spiritual condition. Philippian Studies Lessons in Faith and Love from St. Paul's Epistle to the Philippians He troubled the self-complacency of its master by teaching his consort and his heir-apparent to question his infallible wisdom. Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography They have solid and excellent qualities, but their self-complacency is exorbitant and unparalleled. Glances at Europe In a Series of Letters from Great Britain, France, Italy, Switzerland, &c. During the Summer of 1851. This is a very fearful view of our natural state, and one which contradicts all the conclusions of our own vanity and self-complacency. The Wesleyan Methodist Pulpit in Malvern Sermons Preached at the Opening Services of the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, in 1866 In his heart of hearts he admired the manners of the aristocracy, their indifference and self-complacency, their irrefragable traditions and their noiseless and harmonious behaviour. The Goose Man She heard it again at the Dyckmans', and is now far up the pinnacle of self-complacency. Floyd Grandon's Honor It is better to have the self-complacency knocked out of you than to have it left in. Mornings in the College Chapel Short Addresses to Young Men on Personal Religion It is very possible that some future generation will look back in wonder at our self-complacency, which feels no care or responsibility for the women who are forced, in our system, to renounce sex. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals And this, I suppose, may give us a hint at the absolute incomprehensible blessedness, self-complacency, and delight of God. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning But as she drew nearer, Richard the while making no effort to go forward and receive her, buoyant self-complacency and self-congratulation suffered diminution. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance All other thoughts for the future were forgotten, buried under the repeated vow that I would repay Gladys Todd a thousand times for this momentary coldness and would deal a stinging blow to Boller's self-complacency. David Malcolm "That creature" he was calling her while in her ridiculous self-complacency she was drinking to her Supreme Moment. The Lady Doc The Archbishop was a tall, stout, portly man, with a round, fair, fat face, on which sat an expression of extreme self-complacency. The White Rose of Langley A Story of the Olden Time And I don’t say, myself, it will do Harry any harm to have his masculine self-complacency disturbed a little, by just the bare possibility of disappointment. Janet's Love and Service A solitary Italian policeman, swaggering jauntily over the paved roadway, was suddenly startled out of his self-complacency. The Albert Gate Mystery Being Further Adventures of Reginald Brett, Barrister Detective It hardly ruffled the calm stream of his self-complacency, and, for some reasons, he was rather glad that it had happened. Julian Home When he looked at her he forgot the caution and distrust and sardonic self-complacency his southern training had given him. Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 11, No. 26, May, 1873 There may have been much of the Pharisaic spirit of self-complacency among the disciples and some of it even among the Twelve. Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern Wealth of ceremony and poverty of spirit, self-complacency mixed with scorn for others and with hostility to new light and love, roused in him a wrath which broke in lightning-flashes. The Chief End of Man Yet I had still an intolerable vanity and self-complacency, which has been my most grievous and obstinate sin. The Autobiography of Madame Guyon But it is hard to see his self-complacency.' The Carved Cupboard Their self-complacency was prodigious; they eyed each other with dignified approbation, and strutted with the air of provincial mayors and aldermen newly arrived from the presence of royalty. The Frozen Pirate Many factors have gone into the making of this modern mood of self-complacency. Christianity and Progress I knew him instantly by his portly self-complacency. Peter Schlemihl The bishop, when he heard of it, was astonished, and had no little self-complacency to think that I had thus risked my life to obey him so punctually. The Autobiography of Madame Guyon She had her brother’s self-complacency, and an air of encouragement which Mrs. Gordon seemed to find most gratifying. The Daughters of Danaus "Well, sir," with some self-complacency, "the barber has always been held an oracle, but as for the obscurity, that I don't admit." The Confidence-Man New democracy also has helped in this development of self-complacency. Christianity and Progress But such a wig was the idol of fashion, and they were performing perpetually their worship with infinite self-complacency; combing their wigs in public was then the very spirit of gallantry and rank. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 What a naïve question of this calibre reveals only too plainly is that self-complacency which is the most deadly foe of the spiritual life. Problems of Immanence: studies critical and constructive Upon this, with a smile of self-complacency, he took the pipe from his mouth and gave it to me, pulled up his moustaches, and stroked his beard. The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan The belief that almost all medical and surgical knowledge is modern, though flattering to our self-complacency, is disturbed by the study of the state of knowledge in the time of Hippocrates. Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine Undoubtedly, the new theology has helped to encourage this modern mood of self-complacency. Christianity and Progress Immediately opposite to me sat two dandies of the first water, dressed in white greatcoats and Belcher handkerchiefs, and each with a cigar in his mouth, which he puffed away with marvellous self-complacency. Catharine's Peril, or The Little Russian Girl Lost in a Forest And Other Stories When they extolled his works and called him the greatest painter in the world, he took their irony for truth, and strutted with greater self-complacency. Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art, (Vol. 2 of 3) “Am I shallow?” she asked herself, with an uneasy doubt creeping over her self-complacency. The Fortunes of the Farrells He feels no self-complacency, but rather the self-dissatisfaction which comes of the consciousness of possessing faculties which he can but imperfectly use. Education and the Higher Life Has not every person some Matthews and James in their acquaintance—one all passion, and the other all indifference and vapid self-complacency? The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 These spiritual assets of self-complacency are, indeed, to be rated as grounds of high-minded patriotism without afterthought. An Inquiry Into The Nature Of Peace And The Terms Of Its Perpetuation When the slave had reached this wise and satisfactory conclusion he had also reached the end of his journey, and with much self-complacency retired to his humble cot to dream of his dusky sweetheart. The Kentucky Ranger I suppose I must have looked quite miserable, from the efforts he made to restore my self-complacency. Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author This costs little to self-love, which it rather feeds by entertaining a secret vanity, or self-complacency, in those who are not very careful in watching over their hearts. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March Only seek by watching and prayer more and more to be delivered from all vanity and self-complacency, by which even the true believer may be ensnared when he least expects it. A Narrative of Some of the Lord's Dealings with George Müller Written by Himself, First Part Our delighted guide, whose eyes sparkled with self-complacency, asked us if we had ever seen a prettier Virgin Mary, or one dressed more handsomely. The Stranger in France or, a Tour from Devonshire to Paris Illustrated by Engravings in Aqua Tint of Sketches Taken on the Spot. Mary Ann's dress was very much overtrimmed, her hair was frizzed into a spiky bush across her forehead, and her somewhat freckled face was composed into an expression of serene self-complacency. Hunter's Marjory A Story for Girls More knowledge, however, of the history of surgery has given a serious set-back to this self-complacency, and now we know that the later medieval surgeons understood practical antisepsis very well, and applied it successfully. Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages By perfect humility and obedience, he banished the dangerous desire of self-complacency in his actions. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March She said things of that kind, astounding in self-complacency, the assumption of quick success. The Tragic Muse Not altogether displeased with his recent conduct, his self-complacency assisted his convalescence. The Young Duke They were warned, but they smiled in derisive self-complacency. Lord George Bentinck A Political Biography But, while we may be satisfied with our own skill and taste, the happy lot of all ignorance, our customers will not have the same self-complacency, to induce them to become purchasers. Recollections of Europe We all felt somewhat relieved one night when we heard that the German fleet was bombarding the English coast, hoping that it would shake the country out of its feeling of smug self-complacency and lethargy. On the Fringe of the Great Fight Her dainty little hat was trimmed with white ribbons, which streamed behind her in the breeze, and, altogether, she was as complete a picture as one would wish to see of youth, health, and self-complacency. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 80, June, 1864 He dined with them every day, and recounted his extraordinary adventures with considerable self-complacency. Sketches All happens that can contribute to our perfect satisfaction, and can ensure our complete self-complacency. Henrietta Temple A Love Story A good deal," said Sturm, with self-complacency; "it is a custom of ours—it always has been so—porters must be strong men, true men, and beer-drinkers. Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag Very different was the measure he received from Herder, who showed no mercy for "whatever of self-complacency, egotism, vanity, pride and presumption was latent or active" in him. The Youth of Goethe But the saving grace of poetry, at least of the love of poetry, still abides in Vienne: as was proved in a manner mightily tickling to our self-complacency as we swept past the town. The Christmas Kalends of Provence And Some Other Provençal Festivals That idolatry was bad for England; it buttressed our perilous self-complacency by making us think that we alone had, not merely a great poet, but the one poet above criticism. George Bernard Shaw The dogmatism was more than compensated for by the picturesqueness of the scene; his self-complacency was exceeded by his wonderful ability. James Fenimore Cooper American Men of Letters The doomed man, ruined by his own self-complacency, merely smiled in his superior manner, not noticing the eager look with which Doyle awaited his answer. The Triumphs of Eugène Valmont I was looking at him the other day, and I never saw calm, serene, self-complacency more clearly depicted upon the human countenance. Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris But there was neither movement nor remark among his listeners, and with a disdainful little smile of self-complacency he resumed. Tales of Destiny The character you sketch belongs to a class I peculiarly esteem: one in which endurance combines with exertion, talent with goodness; where genius is found unmarred by extravagance, self-reliance unalloyed by self-complacency. Charlotte Brontë and Her Circle He had another cause, a secret one, for self-complacency. Prisoners Fast Bound In Misery And Iron Anxiously he searched himself to see if in the beginning of his work there had not been some vain self-complacency. Life of St. Francis of Assisi Great artists who have taken liberties with traditions and precedents have done much to prevent the critics from falling into a state of self-complacency over their scientific methods and formulas. Early Reviews of English Poets Even Mittie's self-complacency could not veil from her his changed face, his blank disappointment. The Empire Annual for Girls, 1911 With all his artless self-complacency in his own success, Trollope took a very modest estimate of his own powers. Studies in Early Victorian Literature Had not the very smoothness and prosperity of her life, and her self-complacency in her own good management, been a snare to her? Lucy Raymond Or, The Children's Watchword My self-complacency was destined to a rude shock. Medoline Selwyn's Work He amused and fixed my attention, by his intelligent conversation, his assiduity, and solicitude for my comfort, and the naïveté and self-complacency with which his information was conveyed. The Diary of an Ennuyée She received her guest with perfect ease, and apologised for the injury done to him in the preceding week, with much self-complacency. Phineas Finn The Irish Member Then when he understood that after all the little creature was only an animal, on a different and a lower plane, to be patronised and bullied and ragged, he resumed his self-complacency. Boy Woodburn A Story of the Sussex Downs But, mingled in her aspirations, there was an unconscious desire for pre-eminence and an insidious self-complacency—"little foxes" that will spoil the best grapes. Lucy Raymond Or, The Children's Watchword Suppress every rising of self-complacency, on account of what you do, and of the success which attends your efforts. A Practical Directory for Young Christian Females Being a Series of Letters from a Brother to a Younger Sister When Mrs. Jameson finally closed her book there was a murmur which might have been considered expressive of relief or applause, according to the amount of self-complacency of the reader. The Jamesons St. Teresa relates her life with the well-known long-winded self-complacency of the hysterical subject. The Evolution of Love To acquire a thorough knowledge of these matters, and to put that knowledge into practice with perfect ease and self-complacency, is what people call good breeding. Our Deportment Or the Manners, Conduct and Dress of the Most Refined Society In truth they were somewhat pleased that Miss Arabella had at last been jarred out of her rigid self-complacency. Rod of the Lone Patrol If we have overcome any of the corruptions of our hearts, or any temptation, he excites a secret feeling of self-satisfaction and self-complacency. A Practical Directory for Young Christian Females Being a Series of Letters from a Brother to a Younger Sister Self-analysis, that rude guest who comes sometimes, as unbidden and unwelcome as a constable, to set all one's favorite vanities out of doors and evict one's self-complacency, had intruded upon her thoughts. Destiny This restored Rupert's self-complacency, and he bowed and continued the lecture. A Great Emergency and Other Tales But his self-complacency was well armoured, and he did not hear the jokes of which he was the subject, especially by the little clique of which Black Paul was the centre. Kate Bonnet The Romance of a Pirate's Daughter This self-complacency makes us forget that whatever truth there may be in the5 great theory of evolution, certainly the validity of the theory is not confirmed by the intellectual history of the human race. Dante: "The Central Man of All the World" A Course of Lectures Delivered Before the Student Body of the New York State College for Teachers, Albany, 1919, 1920 Dryden has remarked, with self-complacency, the art with which they are made to 282 depend upon the serious business. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 07 I departed to the City filled with self-complacency. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-01-21 This truth-telling voice which leaves us without a particle of our self-complacency? Winter Evening Tales It doesn't do to disturb the self-complacency of people who have the control of the milk-jug. Brothers of Pity and Other Tales of Beasts and Men This was no light task; for Châteaubriand's self-complacency was not of that imperturbable sort which, however intolerable to others, has at least the merit of keeping its possessor content and tranquil. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 84, October, 1864 Contentment and a comfortable self-complacency were written on her comely face. Uncle Max As the result of its systems and of its efforts, it would seem that socialism, notwithstanding all its self-complacency, can scarcely help perceiving the monster of legal plunder. Essays on Political Economy They had to be rudely shaken out of their self-complacency and taught that the livery of the King was purity, and the preparation for His coming, penitence. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII Her laugh was pleasant, and she had a general air of good humour and self-complacency about her which some people mistook for exceeding amiability. Hetty Gray Nobody's Bairn I never in all my life witnessed such an exhibition, nor one in which the performer evinced such self-complacency. Jorrocks' Jaunts and Jollities The thick armor of Prince Karl's self-complacency had been pierced as it were by a tiny needle that stung, however tiny, as if its point were laden with poison. The Hosts of the Air The disillusion has struck our self-complacency in its most vital spot. Outspoken Essays Indolence, self-complacency, and inborn conservatism join forces in resenting the presence of such inconvenient enthusiasts, who upset everything and want to 'turn the world upside down.' Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII Her reasons for everything she said and did were so ready and so plausible, that it required a rather clever and far-seeing person to detect the deep-rooted pride and self-complacency that lay beneath them. Hetty Gray Nobody's Bairn Mr. Belcher retired from the glass with two or three profound bows, his face beaming with restored self-complacency, and, taking his chair, he resumed his cigar. Sevenoaks Perhaps it was that she had too much pride—or that in general she saw life with too much self-complacency, or that she was not in the habit of yielding to disappointment. Nocturne Such is the self-complacency of the old Tory hag, that in her wildest moments would bite excessively,—if she only had teeth. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, October 2, 1841 All self-esteem and self-complacency are like a hedgehog, as some one has said, 'rolled up the wrong way, tormenting itself with its prickles.' Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII The injury she could least forgive was a hurt to her self-complacency. Hetty Gray Nobody's Bairn When he went out from her inspiring and gracious presence he found his self-complacency restored. Sevenoaks "Why do I always make trouble?" she said, with plaintive self-complacency. Red Pottage I who sat there beside you preaching platitudes in strong self-complacency, instructing you how morally edifying it is to be good and unhappy. The Younger Set Be careful not to let that dynamic quality change into the static element of self-complacency. Certain Success The studio, the lamp, Rosamund with her miraculous self-complacency, Nick with her soft, mad eyes and wistful voice, the blundering ruthless Miss Ingate, all seemed intensely absurd to her. The Lion's Share Mr. Belcher, in his self-complacency, waited, fancying that Talbot was representing his own importance and the desirableness of so rare a customer, and endeavoring to secure reasonable prices on a large bill. Sevenoaks Already are the railroads displacing the companionable cheer of crackling walnut with the dogged self-complacency and sullen virtue of anthracite. The Function of the Poet and Other Essays It was in his time that Philistinism met its match in Oscar Wilde, and for the first time in its history felt its self-complacency shaken. George Du Maurier, the Satirist of the Victorians While Hamet was exulting in his conquest, and his heart was overflowing at once with self-complacency, and affection to his brother; he was told, that Omar was waiting without, and desired admittance. Almoran and Hamet Then she saw the tall and calm Rosamund, with her grey hair and black attire and her subduing self-complacency, making a way between the rows of stalls towards her. The Lion's Share His self-complacency, fed and flourishing in his country home, had taken the place of society; but this had ceased to be all-sufficient, even before the change occurred in the atmosphere around him. Sevenoaks Being personally identified with the institution which they extol, their self-complacency is neither unnatural nor unpardonable. The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 3, December, 1884 Other leading journals, though with less of patronizing self-complacency, struck the same note as the Times. Great Britain and the American Civil War Even the self-complacency of Sherwood Branciforte could not fail to note his utter indifference to the presence and opinions of his companion. The Happy Family He has a languishing expression and a smile of self-complacency. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 5 Erotic Symbolism; The Mechanism of Detumescence; The Psychic State in Pregnancy This last rumor was not calculated to increase his appetite, or restore his self-complacency and self-assurance. Sevenoaks With self-complacency unshaken, they assume in due course charge of Church and State, the Press, and in general the leadership of the country. Cambridge Essays on Education It seems to me in my moments of self-complacency that this extensive biographical Work, however inferior in its nature, may in one respect be assimilated to the 'Odyssey.' Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 5 It helps to awaken women from that shallow dream of self-complacency into which flattery lulls them. Women and the Alphabet A Series of Essays I particularly detest Dover for the self-complacency with which it goes to bed. The Bed-Book of Happiness As the greatest cities are most provincial, so the self-complacency of aristocracies is most frankly plebeian. The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce — Volume 2: In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians It is interesting to note in Modern Oxford, attempts to re-establish those local connections, which the wisdom of our ancestors established, and which the self-complacency of Victorian reformers "vilely cast away." The Charm of Oxford The father had a Scotch look of shrewd narrowness, and entire self-complacency. Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume I We are affected with the gratification of a benevolent desire, with self-complacency, and with undefined hopes. Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics He was of those whom no beauty in others, no grace, no sweetness, could greatly impress, so filled was he with self-complacency. Running Water I recognized the man at once by the lustre of his corpulent self-complacency. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 05 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English No," she said, decisively; "that sympathy must be superficial which can pass almost immediately into self-complacency. A Young Girl's Wooing For one, I passed the interval in praying for him, that the thick film of self-complacency might be removed from the eyes of his spirit, so that he might no more degrade religion.' Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume I His countenance bespoke a degree of self-complacency and satisfaction. The Young Captives: A Story of Judah and Babylon No more powerful dissolvent for the self-complacency of humanity was ever composed. Landmarks in French Literature Levity, inattention, and self-complacency are obstacles harder to be overcome than the violence of evil passions—the transition from hate is easier than from indifference, to love. J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 4 It will do Stella no harm to have her self-complacency jostled a little. A Young Girl's Wooing Zeal is not a very popular quality because it is always disturbing the equanimity and self-complacency of lukewarm people. Our Lady Saint Mary His sense of proportion, his social sense, his self-complacency, grew restive under the pressure of it. Deadham Hard A lady, who is most active in visiting the houses of these outcasts from the means of grace, gives me an amusing instance of self-complacency arising from performance of the duty. Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character I hated him cordially, and had to control my feelings not to show him the contempt which I felt for his fatuousness and his air of self-complacency. Castles in the Air "I thought they suggested some self-complacency, which was lost before the morning was over," added Mr. Muir, dryly. A Young Girl's Wooing His manner was entirely changed now—from one of gloomy depression, and absence of mind, to jaunty self-complacency, and even a degree of defiance was blended with his habitual coolness. Miriam Monfort A Novel Hence it added considerably to Tom's recovered self-complacency to find a smart two-wheel dog-cart awaiting him, drawn by a remarkably well-shaped and well-groomed black horse. Deadham Hard Motioning to his companions to be seated, he placed his own compact person in a chair, crossed his legs with an air of self-complacency, and resumed the discourse. The Water-Witch or, the Skimmer of the Seas If we except occasional touches of self-complacency, which betray, perhaps, a trifling foible, it may be said that everything is pleasing which is known concerning him. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 63, January, 1863 I must bring some opposition to bear against them; they have too little wit and too much self-complacency--stupid and audacious. Bismarck and the Foundation of the German Empire Dismal Science, Carlyle's name for the political economy that with self-complacency leaves everything to settle itself by the law of supply and demand, as if that were all the law and the prophets. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge His supreme self-complacency gave her no occasion to pity him. The Mystery of Metropolisville It would have added somewhat to her self-complacency as well as importance in their eyes, could she have quoted Mrs. Richard's sayings, and, described Mrs. Richard's dress, the very first day after her arrival. Ethelyn's Mistake The strongest of the many strong proofs of her inward perfection is her serene self-complacency. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 04 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes Nothing is so wounding to the self-complacency of a man of indolent habits of mind as to call in question any of the moral principles on which he habitually acts. Progressive Morality An Essay in Ethics Mrs. Cadurcis' self-complacency was not only less shocked, but more gratified, than before; and this was the secret of her happiness. Venetia You who are so censorious of self-complacency in others, and indeed of all other people's faults, real or imagined, should endure to have your vanity rebuked. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 330, April 1843 "I said," said Mr. Bensington, with the self-complacency of a man who has produced a good significant saying, "Why solitary?" The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth The smugness of his self-complacency, his life-long hypocrisy in the shirking of truth, are broken up. The Soul of the War Though his face beamed with Christian kindness, there was a twinkle in his eye which seemed not entirely superior to mundane self-complacency, even to a sense of earthly merriment. Collections and Recollections Count Manuel's face was of remodeled stuff: youth had gone out of it, and the month of years had etched wrinkles in it, success had hardened and caution had pinched and self-complacency had kissed it. Figures of Earth Augustus had the expression of one of those negro pages Thackeray drew in The Virginians—a mixture of pride and self-complacency—a he held the red silk ropes. The Reflections of Ambrosine A Novel It is possible that other men have felt quite as vain of their own exploits, and on far less grounds; but surely no man ever paraded his self-complacency like Cicero. Cicero Ancient Classics for English Readers People certainly stared a little, but this my vanity easily converted into looks of admiration directed towards my new hat, and perhaps also my improved beauty—and came home more full of self-complacency than ever. A Grandmother's Recollections He bit his lip, like one who was over-reached either by excessive ignorance or exceeding cunning; but the self-complacency of Mrs de Lacey spared him the necessity of an immediate reply. The Red Rover At any rate, something or other in the way of pique urged me to stir him out of his self-complacency, just as one feels urged to prod a bull-frog to watch him jump. Jimgrim and Allah's Peace The badness of his official productions indeed is something really wonderful,—though not more so than the amazing self-complacency and self-praise with which they are given to the world. Famous Reviews Neither in his letters nor in his poems does a single word of self-complacency escape his pen. The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti On first casting his eyes over his picture, a feeling of self-complacency and pride stole over the soul of the artist. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 399, Supplementary Number Was not your feeling a singular mixture of humiliation and self-complacency? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 46, August, 1861 A few days after the sham duel, Harrison determined to play a trick on another emigrant, a shrewd, tolerably well-informed young man, who had evinced a great deal of self-complacency and immodest pertinacity. Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers Self-abasement or humility is a feeling of pain arising from the consideration of our weakness and impotency; its opposite is self-complacency. History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time We can, therefore, set down as a contrary to pride an emotion which I will call self-abasement, for as from self-complacency springs pride, so from humility springs self-abasement, which I will accordingly thus define: XXIX. Ethics — Part 3 I particularly detest Dover for the self-complacency with which it goes to bed. The Uncommercial Traveller And then, when the detective had answered in the affirmative, he went on speaking in tones ponderous with self-complacency; and, now, his eyes held sharply, craftily, on the woman. Within the Law ‘People must know that, some time or other—within a year, I imagine,’ said Mr. Calton, with an air of great self-complacency. Sketches by Boz, illustrative of everyday life and every-day people It is agreeable, and perhaps pardonable, to indulge in a little self-complacency when our right to it is thoroughly established. Reprinted Pieces In order to impress these transient observers, and to retain one's self-complacency under their observation, the signature of one's pecuniary strength should be written in characters which he who runs may read. Theory of the Leisure Class Without self-complacency in the agent no generous enterprise is to be expected, and no train of voluntary actions, such as may purchase honour to the person engaged in them. Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the Author Such a gleam there was in me at the serene self-complacency of that "NOW!" Tono Bungay Sir Percival looked over her shoulder familiarly at the new card which had already transformed Miss Fairlie into Lady Glyde—smiled with the most odious self-complacency, and whispered something in her ear. The Woman in White By this pregnant speech the farrier had re-established his self-complacency, and waited with confidence to hear himself named as one of the superlatively sensible men. Silas Marner It then begins aggressively to shape men's views of what is meritorious, and asserts itself at least as an auxiliary canon of self-complacency. Theory of the Leisure Class How much then of self-complacency and self-confidence do his undertaking and performance imply! Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the Author Never had she seen such intense self-complacency coupled with such utter mediocrity. Baron Trigault's Vengeance He was looking at me with a self-complacency which would have been odious in any other man. The Shadow Line; a confession While Rochefort toils and ponders and hesitates, do you suppose a doubt as to his own astuteness ever dims the self-complacency of White Waistcoat? Worldly Ways and Byways From the bar of the booth came a large, hairy, red-faced man, whose face showed fatuous self-complacency. Three Elephant Power and Other Stories The subject of my present disquisition relates to the feeling of self-approbation or self-complacency, which will be found inseparable from the most honourable efforts and exertions in which mortal men can be engaged. Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the Author Their waistcoats were less open, and their clothes did not fit them as perfectly; on the other hand, there was something else than a look of idiotic self-complacency on their faces. Baron Trigault's Vengeance Mrs. Bry's admiration was a mirror in which Lily's self-complacency recovered its lost outline. House of Mirth He is free from self-display, and therefore he shines; from self-assertion, and therefore he is distinguished; from self-boasting, and therefore his merit is acknowledged; from self-complacency, and therefore he acquires superiority. The Tao Teh King, or the Tao and its Characteristics Consider the China pride and stagnant self-complacency of mankind. Walden The instructor of youth, as I have already said, is called upon to use all his skill, to animate the courage, and maintain the cheerfulness and self-complacency of his pupil. Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the Author It's rather a strong check to one's self-complacency to find how much of one's right doing depends on not being in want of money. Middlemarch Lily, who considered herself above narrow prejudices, had not imagined that the fact of letting Gus Trenor make a little money for her would ever disturb her self-complacency. House of Mirth "Even here," he iterated with a maddening manner of supreme self-complacency, producing the bronze box and waddling over to drop it into Rutton's hand. The Bronze Bell With all her personal charms, virtues, and mental gifts, she shows, in many of her letters, a precision, formality, and self-complacency, which suggest the female pedant. The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 2 Mr. Dodge disregarded both; but, turning to the place, he read aloud with his usual self-complacency and unction. Homeward Bound or, the Chase Should you imagine I have any self-complacency or caprice to gratify, by delay, you will do me great injustice: I solemnly protest I have none. Anna St. Ives It has, in truth, a very good opinion of itself as a valorous, not to say heroic, place; nor can it be denied that its title to this self-complacency has been fairly earned. Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places This taste Mr. Hervey perceived, whenever he showed her prints and drawings, and it was a fresh source of delight and self-complacency to him. Tales and Novels — Volume 03 It is, perhaps, from this sense of humiliation, that individuals combine together, to obtain by their union that importance and self-complacency, which separately they could never enjoy. Tales and Novels — Volume 05 The dunce subjective is a very inoffensive animal, contented, happy, and harmless; and, as you justly remark, inspires no horror, but rather an amiable and genial self-complacency. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 29, March, 1860 But let us, dear Julia, exchange the word vanity for a less odious word, self-complacency; let us acknowledge that we wish to please, because the success raises our self-complacency. Tales and Novels — Volume 08 We are told that pride must have a fall, and there came an episode in Miss Sommerton's career as an artist which was a rude shock to her self-complacency. One Day's Courtship The perception that his talents were called out, and that he appeared to unusual advantage, made him excellent company: he found that the spirits can be raised by self-complacency even more agreeably than by burgundy. Tales and Novels — Volume 03 The first time he had an opportunity of speaking to her in private, he expressed this idea in the manner that he thought the most delicately flattering to her self-complacency. Tales and Novels — Volume 05 She received my compliments with a great deal of self-complacency. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 1 Then, Julia, the wish to please becomes only a secondary motive, subordinate to the desire I have to secure my own self-complacency. Tales and Novels — Volume 08 He was clean-shaven, and there was in his sleek head and determined little face that smooth, compact self-complacency which is to be noted in the head of a hawk. The Slave of the Lamp She had no secret to keep—no part to act; her reconciliation with her husband and with his friends restored her mind to ease and self-complacency. Tales and Novels — Volume 03 How Lady Bradstone contrived to make her aristocratic pride of birth agree with her democratic principles, it may be difficult to explain; but fortunately the idea of preserving consistency never disturbed her self-complacency. Tales and Novels — Volume 05 I have known great servants of God who would not on any account allow their portraits to be painted, imagining that their doing so must involve some degree of vanity and dangerous self-complacency. The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales I cannot say that I ever passed two hours with more self-complacency than I did those two at Lichfield. Life of Johnson, Volume 3 1776-1780 Having nothing to be proud or vain of, they cannot endure that others should enjoy a self-complacency they cannot have. The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth, Volume 2 And while thus the censure of a fellow-mortal meets no internal testimony to own its justice, this insensate self-complacency is undisturbed also on the side toward heaven. An Essay on the Evils of Popular Ignorance Did Mr. Clay choose to leave out all intellectual pleasures—all the pleasures of self-complacency, self-approbation, and sympathy? Tales and Novels — Volume 07 It seems to me, in my moments of self-complacency, that this extensive biographical work, however inferior in its nature, may in one respect be assimilated to the ODYSSEY. Life of Johnson, Volume 1 1709-1765 As for Jason, he was entirely satisfied with the answer of Herman Mordaunt, and often alluded to the subject afterwards, to my prejudice, and with great self-complacency. Satanstoe Verily the good have their reward here below in a coat of self-complacency which is as impervious to the buffets of life as to the sarcasm of the worldly. From One Generation to Another He despised himself, and nothing could make him amends for the self-complacency that he had lost. Tales and Novels — Volume 02 "Thus," exclaims the author with triumph and self-complacency, "then vanishes this Herculean argument which induced the Epicureans to discard the good Deity, and the Manicheans to substitute an evil one." The Fallen Star, or, the History of a False Religion by E.L. Bulwer; And, A Dissertation on the Origin of Evil by Lord Brougham I smiled at the self-complacency of this reasoning, but did not contradict him. Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 1 He was fairly beaming with self-complacency and gratification. The Philistines He had ceased to be humble and human, self-righteous self-complacency again loudly announcing itself. The Far Horizon That our self-complacency should not increase the complacency of outsiders is not to be wondered at. Among My Books First Series Placed at the head of the most opulent house in Rome, no symptom of pride, of haughtiness, or of self-complacency, ever revealed itself in her looks or in her actions. The Life of St. Frances of Rome, and Others Now mark the presumption which follows the self-complacency of the last act! Literary Remains, Volume 1 He took himself very seriously, moving through life with a sunny-faced self-complacency so inoffensive and sincere as to be positively delightful. The Philistines Speech and patronage consequently tended to the restoration of self-complacency. The Far Horizon About himself and his own exploits there is not one word of self-complacency or self-admiration. Caesar: a Sketch Our discernment of others' faults must be compassionate, not to be followed by condemnation nor self-complacency but by loving efforts to help to a cure. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke His savage waste of human life he recounts with perfect self-complacency. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities Only one thing disturbed his self-complacency,—Margaret treated him indifferently, coldly. Together Indeed she had convinced herself of this, and went out with an air of great self-complacency. The Old Homestead We all know how hackneyed the charge of spiritual pride and Pharisaic self-complacency is, and, thank God, how unjust it often is. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Mark Every word in the Pharisee's prayer is reeking with self-complacency. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke The worst enemy of the sinful heart is the voice that either tempts it into sin, or lulls it into self-complacency. Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII Discontent is the condition of progress, and Chicago is not in the slightest danger of relapsing into a condition of inert self-complacency. America To-day, Observations and Reflections If ever he betrayed a little self-complacency on first turning out in a new suit, it may perhaps have been because he felt as if he had achieved a triumph over his ugliness. Oliver Goldsmith A Biography Furthermore, Totten's self-complacency assured him that the mayor of Marion was leaving the affairs on Capitol Hill in the hands of the accredited commander on Capitol Hill. All-Wool Morrison If he had heard some of the whispers and remarks, as he entered and moved about, his self-complacency would scarcely have been gratified. Endymion To begin with, they ought to take down our self-complacency, if we have any, and to make us feel that, after all, our characters are very poor things. Expositions of Holy Scripture Psalms In summing her up, it may be as well to compare this with the unmixed self-complacency of Mrs. Drake. A Terrible Temptation A Story of To-Day There is nothing that so blinds a man to the real moral character of actions as that obstinate self-complacency which approves of a thing because it is mine. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes But there was nothing to disturb their pleasing self-complacency—no mocking skeleton to spoil their rare intellectual feast. Fan : the story of a young girl's life It somewhat disturbs our self-complacency to learn that they have spent more for public improvements than has any city of the United States, with the exception of New York. Through Five Republics on Horseback, Being an Account of Many Wanderings in South America A bland expression of self-complacency spread over his features as he surveyed his grapes, his peaches, his figs. Coningsby It is not identical with self-complacency, nor yet with conceit. An American Politician Only because He knew that he needed to be led to that thought by having his own self-complacency shattered, and the clinging of his soul to earth laid bare. Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII "Yes, it is only the feeling of self-assertion that rises against the self-complacency of the English," said the Warden. Doctor Grimshawe's Secret — a Romance Latterly while in the open air I have abandoned the principal part of the superfluous remnant, to the enjoyment of additional comfort and the increase of self-complacency. My Tropic Isle He was incapable of perceiving the vileness, cruelty, or folly of what he did; the almost incredible murders in Scotland never for a moment disturbed his clammy self-complacency. The History of the United States from 1492 to 1910, Volume 1 From Discovery of America October 12, 1492 to Battle of Lexington April 19, 1775 The foe of good work is too easy self-complacency, too ready self-satisfaction, and the tendency to a pleased and relaxed contemplation of life and one's surroundings, growing out of a well-to-do state. Dr. Heidenhoff's Process This discourse, delivered with prodigious volubility, and a great appearance of self-complacency, as he recollected his own advice and predictions, gave little promise of assistance at the hands of Mr. Jarvie. Rob Roy — Volume 02 It is difficult to read without impatience the rough words that are applied to the early Christian writers and to contrast the self-complacency in which our own superior knowledge is surveyed. The Gospels in the Second Century An Examination of the Critical Part of a Work Entitled 'Supernatural Religion' Something of self-consciousness is perhaps inevitable in the diary and examination of his own conscience by one who sat on such a lonely height; but self-complacency there is none. Seekers after God Lord Melcombe was an aristocratic Dombey: stultified by his own self-complacency, he dared to exhibit his peculiarities before the English Aristophanes. The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 2 Now, conscious of entertaining some common opinions which seemed to fall under the mildly intimated but sweeping ban of Lentulus, my self-complacency was a little concerned. Impressions of Theophrastus Such It seemed to her that Mr. Skellorn and the cottages mysteriously resembled each other in their primness, their smugness, their detestable self-complacency. Hilda Lessways In its self-complacency, the busy world is too apt to fail to notice unusual abilities in children,--abilities that perhaps too often remain undeveloped from lack of opportunities. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 14 The New Era; A Supplementary Volume, by Recent Writers, as Set Forth in the Preface and Table of Contents There were attempts to show that British self-complacency was not altogether justified. Britain at Bay We are but men: no gods are we To sit in mid-heaven, cold and bleak, Each separate, on his painful peak, Thin-cloaked in self-complacency! The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 10, August, 1858 To undeceive him is to deprive him of the most tickling morsel within the range of self-complacency. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia She had a vision of the Five Towns as a smoky blotch on the remote horizon,--negligible, crass, ridiculous in its heavy self-complacency. Hilda Lessways She was one of those fortunate persons who never see themselves as others see them, but move through existence surrounded by a halo, or a haze, of self-complacency, through which their perception cannot penetrate. The Velvet Glove But, believe me, Lieutenant Stewart," he said, when I had finished, "it was not self-complacency which urged me to take up the foils that day. A Soldier of Virginia No, no, old man," he continued, with great self-complacency, "your arguments appear plausible at first, but when closely considered, they will not stand the lest of experience. A Voyage to the Moon Many passages of his correspondence, at this period, show a whimsical mixture of self-complacency with a consciousness of the ludicrous figure which he made in "exchanging the Muses for Mars." The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 2 Their noses are unspiritual, thick at the end; and there is an expression about the mouth of enormous self-complacency. Memories of Hawthorne I almost think he has been jarred out of his self-complacency. Cytherea The prince was temporarily broken-hearted at the death of his favourite, but his mercurial spirits soon reasserted themselves, and a round of visits to the various German courts restored him to his accustomed self-complacency. Little Memoirs of the Nineteenth Century Here the doctor paused, and looked around with some self-complacency. A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder Clarendon is none the less lovable, because a good conscience preserved for him his old self-complacency. Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon — Volume 02 "You are right, you are right!" cried the trapper, laughing with inward self-complacency at the recollection of his former skill. The Prairie His low-toned self-complacency, like the faded banner of an obstinate fort, still flies unconquered. A Modern Utopia There was something rather engaging in the round face, brisk air, and enjouement of the young man; but his conscious dandyism and unparalleled self-complacency spoiled the satisfaction, though they increased the inclination to laugh…. Little Memoirs of the Nineteenth Century Even his self-complacency had not led him to think that she regarded him in any other light than that of a very agreeable and useful summer friend. Nature's Serial Story They are descended from the same stock, and inherit the same self-complacency. Cecilia; Or, Memoirs of an Heiress — Volume 1 Long ago I was warned that my danger was spiritual pride, but self-complacency blinded me.' The Pillars of the House, V1 Comedy loses its ideal universality: wit succeeds to humour; we laugh from self-complacency and triumph, instead of pleasure; malignity, sarcasm, and contempt succeed to sympathetic merriment; we hardly laugh, but we smile. English literary criticism Success came faster than he was able to endure it, and he fell a victim to fatty degeneration of the cerebrum, and died of an acute attack of self-complacency. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 06 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Artists Chief of all, it was a portion of the home I had had some part in saving, and we instinctively love that which ministers to our self-complacency. A Day of Fate Her self-complacency on such an occasion was habitual, her coolness and repose those of a veteran. What Can She Do? He spoke with a self-complacency that convinced me that he had studied this address, by way of making reprisals for my conduct at the ball; I therefore bowed slightly, but made no answer. Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World The attention she had received the day before had developed this self-complacency still more, and the nice balance of her moral life had been disturbed. Opening a Chestnut Burr Both of us had inspected our hosts with much self-complacency, when she announced the onset. Autobiography: Truth and Fiction Relating to My Life There was the Bourbon face fully marked, with a good deal of fair hair in curls round it, and a wonderful air of complete self-complacency. Stray Pearls But it occurred too often for even my self-complacency, did that exasperating "It is nothing--it is of the Renaissance." The Innocents Abroad — Volume 03 What is there to choose between a face distorted to hideousness by anger, and one distorted to silliness by self-complacency? A Double Story Well, he may not carry as much self-complacency back to town as he thinks he will. Taken Alive As he went to his work he endeavoured to bathe himself in self-complacency; but, at the bottom of it, there was a substratum of melancholy which leavened his prospects. The Way We Live Now Truly, wife," rejoined the major, assuming an air of great self-complacency, "we military politicians had needs keep our wits whetted, and be careful how much honey we mix with the brimstone. The Life and Adventures of Maj. Roger Sherman Potter "Oh, entirely," said the earl, with considerable self-complacency; "that affair is entirely over." The Kellys and the O'Kellys Mr. Hueston's self-complacency was gone; he knew how it would be with Eldridge from the first, but he didn't know how it was going to be with himself. Words for the Wise Such self-complacency is a fearful shield against criticism, and particularly so because it gives as a rule so few opportunities for any outside person, however intimate, to expose the obliquity of such a temperament. At Large The little woman caught the great man with the everlasting hook, and the discussion ended in "claw me and I will claw thee," and in the mutual self-complacency that follows that arrangement. Love Me Little, Love Me Long The general said this with so much simplicity of manner that the officers were astonished at his self-complacency. The Life and Adventures of Maj. Roger Sherman Potter Something in the discourse had struck at the foundations of self-love and self-complacency. All's for the Best In an age of prosperity and self-complacency the affirmative answer was readily received, and the term evolution attracted to itself in common speech the implications of value which belong to Progress. The Idea of Progress An inguiry into its origin and growth This sudden enlargement of his resources, and also of his sphere of operations, caused him to feel additional satisfaction, together with a natural self-complacency. Lost in the Fog With all his self-complacency he began to appreciate that he had much to learn. David Crockett His Life and Adventures The general tugged up his breeches, and with an air of self-complacency truly admirable, spoke as follows, the lawgiver acting as interpreter. The Life and Adventures of Maj. Roger Sherman Potter But partly it's given to annoy the Unco Guid, as they pass to their Sabbath banquet of self-complacency. Touch and Go It may be noticed that the self-complacency of the age was promoted by the popularisation of scientific knowledge. The Idea of Progress An inguiry into its origin and growth There I sat in my den, and, with long-drawn puffs, I smoked and I dreamed in blissful self-complacency. The Master Builder That long chapter of the cruelty of the Roman public shows may, perhaps, leave with the children of the modern world a feeling of self-complacency. Marius the Epicurean — Volume 1 His face ordinarily must have indicated extreme self-complacency; but at the present moment it wore a really ferocious expression. The Honor of the Name It betrays no end of self-complacency, combined with poverty, if we try to prop up these earlier attempts. Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 1 They were never, by their achievements in art or literature, in mathematics or philosophy, exalted into self-complacency or lured into setting high hopes on human capacity. The Idea of Progress An inguiry into its origin and growth Society for you will become a great confederation to deprive you of self-complacency. Sybil, or the Two Nations Even her little self-complacency is pretty, like a child's vanity. The Devil's Disciple It flatters his self-complacency, like the lion, to play a little with the puppy he is about to devour. Henry VIII and His Court In a little way, not as a soldier, but as a correspondent, taking only a thousandth part of the risks of fighting-men, I found myself using this self-complacency. Now It Can Be Told The existing inequality seemed an injustice which rendered the self-complacency of the age revolting. The Idea of Progress An inguiry into its origin and growth And even in the parish church the frigid spell of Erastian self-complacency fatally prevailed. Sybil, or the Two Nations But it occurred too often for even my self-complacency, did that exasperating "It is nothing—it is of the Renaissance." The Entire Project Gutenberg Works of Mark Twain I think this unmoved self-complacency, this cavalier, smooth, simpering indifference is more annoying than the extremest violence or irritability. Table Talk Essays on Men and Manners I lack the self-complacency necessary to the orator in any surroundings, and that golden certainty which has enchanted me in the outpourings of great men, whether in ink or speech. The Burning Spear The Paladin was suddenly become his ancient self again, and was swaggering up and down, a very monument of self-complacency. Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc — Volume 1 The ridiculous self-complacency of this record in the face of a man who was evidently a dweller on the mountain apparently struck her for the first time. The Twins of Table Mountain Harry Glen's perfect self-complacency did not molt a feather when the victors returned to camp flushed with their triumph, which, in the eyes of those inexperienced three-months men, had the dimensions of Waterloo. The Red Acorn There is no blindman's-buff, no conscious hints, no awkward ventriloquism, no testimonies of applause, no abstract, senseless self-complacency, no smuggled admiration of his own person by proxy: it is all plain and above-board. Table Talk Essays on Men and Manners If, to the general surprise and comment it excited, he contributed only a smile of cynical toleration and superior self-complacency, the reader will understand and not blame him. A Protegee of Jack Hamlin's and Other Stories We settled to our work with fatuous self-complacency, and no suspicion of the trouble in store for us, or the storm that was to presently hurtle around our devoted heads. The Bell-Ringer of Angel's When Charmolue had installed himself in a magisterial manner in his own, he seated himself, then rose and said, without exhibiting too much self-complacency at his success,—"The accused has confessed all." Notre-Dame De Paris His vanity and self-complacency vanished before this crushing realization of the hopelessness of his existence. Openings in the Old Trail For a while he walked on in satisfied self-complacency. The Man Depend upon it, it is a fiction created either by papa's hopes or Philip's self-complacency, or else the unfortunate youth must have been brought very low by strait-lacing and milk-and-water.' The Heir of Redclyffe Her old self-complacency was ebbing away faster than ever. A Face Illumined Adoring her father as she did, she must have soon accustomed herself to take his fine speeches for fine actions, to accept his self-complacency in the place of a conscience. Our Village |
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