| 单词 | self-complacent |
| 例句 | When we take all these facts into consideration it certainly is high time that we arouse from our self-complacent attitude and consider the whole question of immigration most earnestly. Being Well-Born An Introduction to Eugenics 2012-05-22T15:16:53.140Z And what a lively effigy—short, stout, hardy, and self-complacent, perfectly satisfied, and perhaps even proud, of his profession, and content to be exhibited with all its insignia about him! Curious Epitaphs 2012-04-26T02:00:22.397Z Far wiser than their rivals, the French never ruffled the self-complacent dignity of their guests, never insulted their religious notions, nor ridiculed their ancient customs. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z In the book there are several persons: the disgraced student Yourii, who is self-complacent to the point of morbidity; his lovely sister, and her betrothed. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z These remarks, accompanied by a very self-complacent grin, proceeded from a young gentleman whose half-recumbent position in the tonneau was possibly more comfortable than dignified. The Auto Boys' Quest 2012-03-12T03:00:25.647Z A burning reproach was on her lips, but found no voice; for somehow, seeing him sit there so straight and cold and self-complacent, her courage oozed away. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z Art was as self-complacent as if nature had never been invented. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z The singular and senseless defense of your now tottering system we have known to be attempted by members of your order, by the self-complacent soliloquy "Christianity, whether divine or human, is good enough for me." The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ 2012-01-19T03:00:18.027Z All the self-complacent chatter about self-annihilation during the Buddhist upheaval some decades ago has been translated into a veritable annihilation. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z "Seems likely to me that they may have gone west,—away out through Sagersgrove and beyond," observed young Mr. Perth, after a minute or two, a self-complacent twinkle in his eye. The Auto Boys' Quest 2012-03-12T03:00:25.647Z But that is too long a time in the future, the average self-complacent American says, to be of any immediate interest. Our National Defense: The Patriotism of Peace 2011-12-14T03:00:16.577Z Yet Christian churches, with all self-complacent superiority to which many of them are prone, are not free from the sins of indifference and superfineness. English Secularism A Confession Of Belief 2011-11-24T03:00:50.030Z A man who knows that he is humble, and is self-complacent about it, glancing out of the corners of his downcast eyes at any mirror where he can see himself, is not humble at all. The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon 2011-09-09T02:01:07.157Z She folds her arms across her bosom, and, with a self-complacent smile, watches the diamond jet break against her lithe body as the swaying hammock cuts across it with its charming burden. 'Midst the Wild Carpathians 2011-09-09T02:00:57.830Z He was so boyish and impulsive, so gay and self-complacent that her anger gathered strength from his sheer light-heartedness. The Triumph of Jill 2011-08-31T02:01:25.060Z This is true, and these virtues are becoming artificial, and so false, as soon as they grow self-complacent. The Gospel According to St. Mark 2011-08-20T02:00:14.427Z She had little sympathy with the self-complacent temperament which is not subject to atmospheric influences; and Mrs. Maclaughlin’s society seemed to her several degrees less desirable in Manila than it did in Maylubi. The Locusts' Years 2011-08-16T02:00:41.777Z In one of Browning's noblest poems, Rabbi Ben Ezra—of whom I must say that he strikes me as being a little too self-complacent—puts a relevant question. Social Rights And Duties Addresses to Ethical Societies Vol II 2011-08-05T02:00:45.557Z He was not one of those self-complacent and easy theorists, who readily support their favorite doctrine by a few ambiguous texts, or an arbitrary construction of a mooted passage. Biography of Rev. Hosea Ballou 2011-08-04T02:00:22.900Z The thought of what he might have done, and could have done, breaks out sometimes in the midst of all his self-complacent na�ve exultation over what he has done. Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. I (of 3) 2011-07-24T02:00:11.383Z It were easier to change the burglar of the slums, the brigand of the hills, than to change this self-complacent and pachydermatous householder who represents nine-tenths of the ruling classes. Critical Studies 2011-07-21T02:00:20.463Z “I dare say he did want me,” was Harriet’s self-complacent remark. Peggy Owen at Yorktown 2011-07-17T02:00:35.830Z It was not until Grace Conroy whispered a few words in his ear, that the gallant Colonel lifted his dilated breast and self-complacent face above the level of the seated counsel. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z Having thus happily launched himself, Theodore proceeded in his best Parliamentary style: holding forth with a power of self-complacent and steady boredom beyond his years. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 1 2011-04-26T02:00:29.063Z No; assuredly nothing could have transformed Alcala into the self-complacent worshipper of Mammon, who assumed to himself the title of a Protestant Christian. The Spanish Cavalier A Story of Seville 2011-03-31T02:00:19.850Z This practicing often stood in the way of pleasures, and Jane, who had urgently entreated not to learn music, had many self-complacent little observations to make on her own prudence. All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart 2011-03-31T02:00:16.763Z He was a striking instance of the importance which self-complacent mediocrity can obtain in a newly-settled community, in spite of ponderous stupidity. Mississippi Outlaws and the Detectives Don Pedro and the Detectives; Poisoner and the Detectives 2011-03-28T02:00:28.167Z Indeed, the present excursion was one of Mr. Rollingstone's famous fetes champetres, and the present company was composed of the �lite of San Francisco, and made self-complacent and appreciative by an enthusiastic Eastern tourist. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z All along our sympathy is rather with the proud beauty, than with the irritable self-complacent poet. The Romance of Biography (Vol 2 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. 2011-03-01T03:00:48.107Z Without waiting for the end of this self-complacent tirade, Neil went forward. A Song of a Single Note A Love Story 2011-02-24T03:01:01.930Z No doubt there were cliques and cabals and claqueurs, noisy admirers and cold critics, the supporters of the old, and the lovers of the new, devotees and skeptics, wondering foreigners and self-complacent citizens. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z But what right have civilised men to exclaim, and look sublime and self-complacent about the matter? Sketches in Canada, and rambles among the red men 2011-02-10T03:00:51.280Z Alas for the self-complacent ignorance of irresponsible rulers, be they monarchs, classes, or nations! The New Irish Constitution 2011-02-06T03:00:57.247Z The expression of inquisitive, self-complacent cunning in the woman’s face, and her actual blindness to the real facts of the matter, combined to arouse in Muriel an uncontrollable hostility. Burning Sands 2011-01-17T03:00:53.930Z Alex felt a dull anger at her sister's self-complacent statement of what she knew to be the truth. Consequences 2011-01-14T03:00:53.047Z It is usual for our self-complacent generation to consider that it was not until our own time that rational measures for the care of the insane were taken. The Popes and Science The History of the Papal Relations to Science During the Middle Ages and Down to Our Own Time Denin’s nerves had been on edge for the last few weeks, and he felt an unreasonable impulse of anger against the fat, self-complacent man. Where the Path Breaks "Very possibly," said Belle, with a self-complacent smile. Beatrice Boville and Other Stories Call me a renegade from your self-complacent culture. The Tempering The Lord Chancellor had spoken with balanced unemotional sentences now self-complacent, now in derision. Reveries over Childhood and Youth Such natures impress and arouse me; one cannot remain languid, brooding or self-complacent, while in his society. On the Heights A Novel She was evidently a cold woman; in addition, she was self-righteous, self-complacent; such women were always perfectly satisfied with themselves, they had excellent reasons for everything. East Angels Generally he wore spectacles; his hair was always arranged so as to do justice to his phrenological development; on his mouth there always played a smile, half sarcastic and half self-complacent. The Religious Life of London His expression is that of a man who appreciates and delights in his own value, and is thoroughly self-complacent. Dürer Artist-Biographies "Last is best of all the game," chirped Jones in his own blithe, self-complacent way as he saw 25 that he was bringing up the rear, as often he had done before. The Auto Boys' Mystery He felt satisfied with himself, and looked about him with a self-complacent air. On the Heights A Novel His poetry attracted customers to his shop, while his bookselling in turn brought him in contact with social celebrities, whose good offices the self-complacent poet would not suffer to be lost for lack of application. Allan Ramsay Famous Scots Series The prospect of death sanctified the woman who had been so hard to her, and turned her cold, self-complacent pardon into a blessing. The Galaxy, May, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—May, 1877.—No. 5. The self-complacent, mock humility of this speech was all too apparent. The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly Had this business possessed any sort of flavour of sentiment for Grace, it must have vanished under the slow, somewhat husky, self-complacent, deep-sea delivery of old Parsons. A Marriage at Sea He looked out at the landscape with a self-complacent smile, while, in his day-dreams, various images appeared and vanished like the smoke clouds of his cigar. On the Heights A Novel The baker was a sensual, self-complacent man, who had a habit of smiling and moving his lips, as if he were smacking them at the thoughts of a feast he had just been enjoying. Waldfried A Novel I recognised him at once by his corpulency and self-complacent air. The Marvellous History of the Shadowless Man and The Cold Heart Nothing is too sacred for his self-complacent grasp; he is as free and unrestrained in God’s presence as in man’s. The London Pulpit Mr. Kirkpatrick was one of those bland, simpering, self-complacent men, who, unshakable from the high tower of their own self-satisfaction, look down upon your arguments from their magnificent elevation. Old and New London Volume I "And yet," thought she, with a self-complacent smile, "Baum's a well-mannered person, after all; and why shouldn't one crack a joke, now and then?" On the Heights A Novel I do not know whether it was shrewdness or arrogance towards his companion or ourselves, that induced Schweitzer-Schmalz to assume his wonderfully self-complacent air. Waldfried A Novel The English have always been the most self-complacent of peoples, and 1851 was perhaps the one year in the whole of our history when this little weakness reached its climax. George Borrow Times Literary Supplement, 10th July 1903 If he were filled with the knowledge of God as he should be, and as many secure, self-complacent spirits imagine themselves to be, he would not thus fear and make outcry. Epistle Sermons, Vol. III Trinity Sunday to Advent And everybody will recollect the story of the self-complacent cardinal who went to confess to a holy monk, and thought by self-accusation to get the reputation of a saint. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 90, April, 1865 His manners had become rustic, and it was with a self-complacent feeling Sixtus thought of the difference in their positions. On the Heights A Novel All about him was pragmatical and self-complacent, from his turned-up nose and elevated chin to his clerical black gaiters, his somewhat short, strapless trousers, and his square-toed shoes. Shirley Instantly she realized what she had done, but it was useless to go on acting after the self-betrayal of that moment's agitation, and even Rowlett's self-complacent egotism read the whole truth of its meaning. The Roof Tree After due deliberation on the importance of the occasion, To begin the organization, Mr. Pompous took the floor With an air quite self-complacent, strutted up and took the floor, As he'd often done before! The Wit of Women Fourth Edition The expression upon Mrs. Delarayne's face when she peered into this formidable reflector of her own image was scarcely self-complacent or serene. Too Old for Dolls A Novel To recognise or to fail to recognise the value of the human soul in other nations, determines its real greatness and grandeur, or its self-complacent but essential vacuity. The Higher Powers of Mind and Spirit However this may be, his conduct drew upon him blows that would have ruffled the composure of any less self-complacent or less amiable man. A Book About Lawyers An expression, not too often seen elsewhere, rests in the eyes of most of the cottage women—an expression neither self-complacent nor depressed, nor yet exactly docile, though it is near to that. Change in the Village She’s more!—she is the most arrogant, self-opinionated, self-complacent, vapid piece of humanity in this town or any other town. In Her Own Right He began to feel a little self-complacent, and to reflect that he had underrated his own courage. The Young Adventurer or Tom's Trip Across the Plains If so, we are sorry to have to dispel an illusion which would go far to justify the self-complacent tone of her lecture. Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) "A bird that is new to me is to all intents and purposes a new bird," is his self-complacent mode of reasoning, though it may not be distinguished for its logic. Our Bird Comrades But if Mr. Satchell had feared that the young man who tells the story might be found a little too self-complacent no protest would have been sounded by me. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, August 5th, 1914 She was self-complacent, but she was also a woman with an unmistakable physical appeal. The Prairie Mother He was a self-complacent man, and he brought Winn the wrong luggage. The Dark Tower Better the unloosed rage of the fiend than the scrabble of self-complacent idiocy. On the Old Road Vol. 1 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature Unfortunately it is the philosopher, not the protozoon, who gives us this assurance, and we can have no security that the impartial outsider would agree with the philosopher's self-complacent assumption. Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays Enter Mr Howe at last, Earl Grey and Mr Hawes looking very grim and self-complacent. The Tribune of Nova Scotia A Chronicle of Joseph Howe Let me here premise, that, in dwelling on this topic, I should revolt at the thought of administering to a vain, self-complacent spirit. The Young Maiden We are not so self-complacent as to rest satisfied with our improvement either as regards our minds or our circumstances. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922 "Guess this ride must make you feel ticklish, too," suggested Peace, looking over her shoulder with a comical, self-complacent air at the crowded rear seat of the carryall. The Lilac Lady The man's usual smiling, self-complacent manner had disappeared, and he now seemed a prey to emotion, his face alternately paling and flushing with excitement, and Barry saw that his whole frame was trembling. Edward Barry South Sea Pearler Nell woke with a start when the stream of self-complacent comment had ceased, and realized that she was being asked to decide. Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden In the later portion of this book Mr. Wile castigates us, not too unkindly, but, perhaps, a little too insistently, for not being ready, for not realising what war means and for being self-complacent. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, May 3, 1916 He debated, therefore, in his self-complacent reveries, whether he should take prompt advantage of the weakness of his victim, or pique her by the malice of suspense. The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851 "Old Drury never, never soar'd so high," So says the Manager, and so say I. "But hold," you say, "this self-complacent boast;" Is this the Poem which the public lost? The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 "Agatha in love with me! really you flatter me," said Major Harper, looking down and tapping his boot, with his own self-complacent, regretful smile. Agatha's Husband A Novel And If you do not find something there that will take all the conceit out of you, it must be because you are very short-sighted, or phenomenally self-complacent. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. It makes us self-complacent, easily satisfied with what we perform. Education and the Higher Life And his discoveries would have decidedly astonished the self-complacent little practitioner. Reginald Cruden A Tale of City Life In this view, somewhat self-complacent it is to be admitted, America is conceived to come into the case as initiator and guide, about whom the pacific nations are to cluster as some sort of queen-bee. An Inquiry Into The Nature Of Peace And The Terms Of Its Perpetuation How he distrusted and feared this smug, self-complacent young man! The Calico Cat That is a great question, which, in an enlightened age, may be fairly asked, but to which even the self-complacent nineteenth century would find some difficulty in contributing a reply. Tancred Or, The New Crusade They sat there as stiff and self-complacent as wooden saints in a plaster church. Villa Elsa A Story of German Family Life Winn knew, and he smiled a little self-complacent smile as he reflected, "This is a little worse than any mess I ever got into." Raftmates A Story of the Great River She made all feel self-complacent, by her unaffected attention causing them to perceive that she wished their happiness and valued their good opinion. The Friendships of Women No doubt there were cliques and cabals and claqueurs, noisy admirers and cold critics, the supporters of the old, and the lovers of the new, devotees and sceptics, wondering foreigners and self-complacent citizens. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 8 Italy and Greece, Part Two Knowing this, I could not but smile at the quiet self-complacent dogmatism with which one of the journals lays it down that “such creations as Helen Burns are very beautiful but very untrue.” Charlotte Brontë and Her Circle There are, of course, self-complacent human beings who cannot realize that past literature has in this domain anything to teach them. Platform Monologues Yet few performers of the day were so liberally favoured with the monitions of dullness and the ponderous patronage of self-complacent folly. Shadows of the Stage Of course it is garrulous, egoistical, self-complacent in a way. Studies in Early Victorian Literature A lop-eared Belgian rabbit was hopping across the floor, entirely self-complacent and smug. Boy Woodburn A Story of the Sussex Downs A self-complacent smile curled her thin lips, as she quietly noted the effects of her somewhat lengthy speech. Clemence The Schoolmistress of Waveland No new invention or increase of power on the part of Christians seems to disturb the self-complacent belief that ultimately all power and dominion in this world will fall into the hands of Moslems. The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume II (of 2), 1869-1873 Continued By A Narrative Of His Last Moments And Sufferings, Obtained From His Faithful Servants Chuma And Susi The civilization of China was already old and self-complacent: not devoid of intellectual curiosity and not intolerant, but sceptical of foreign importations and of dealings with the next world. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 Here there is some genuine ground for the generally baseless and delusive opinion of self-complacent sciolism that he who runs may read Shakespeare. A Study of Shakespeare We do not usually admire self-complacent religious teachers. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII The mild tragedy of the thing is that London is infinitely too self-complacent even to suspect that it is London and not the exhibition which is making itself ridiculous. Books and Persons Being Comments on a Past Epoch 1908-1911 He would never have been so muscular and healthy had his life not been an undisturbed and self-complacent one. Bressant That self-complacent gentleman had not expected this visit, although he had suggested it. Sevenoaks He put her down again in the chair with a laugh that was not wholly self-complacent. The Keeper of the Door The story was a smiting blow to the proud exclusiveness and self-complacent contempt of prophetic warnings, which marked the entire history of God's people. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII Froude had no more sympathy with the self-complacent "agnosticism" of modern thought than he had with Catholic authority or ecstatic revivalism. The Life of Froude "Certainly," said the self-complacent girl, hardly conscious of her words, so great was the joyous tumult in her heart, "I should have known." Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall "That is just as I have planned matters should stand before the convening of the delegates," replies Nevins, with a self-complacent smile. The Transgressors Story of a Great Sin Oh, what a shame it is for intelligent people to decry Southern Christians in this way, and to erect their own moral sense into such self-complacent superiority! The Sable Cloud A Southern Tale With Northern Comments (1861) His self-complacent reflections were cut short by the entrance of his daughter. Scottish sketches He put spokes in everybody's wheel, behaved as the autocrat of the Congress and felt as self-complacent as a saint. The Inside Story of the Peace Conference But this Arnold Forster—with his dry, self-complacent, self-sufficient fanaticism—is intolerable and hateful. Sketches in the House (1893) Stolid and self-complacent, theirs was an unquestioning faith, accepting, as they did, the Divine decrees as a Mohamedan accepts his fate. Lancashire Idylls (1898) Meanwhile, Mr. Manning was looking from an upper window down the fine avenue, and his eye ranged from left to right over the ample estate with a glance of self-complacent triumph. Making His Way Frank Courtney's Struggle Upward He is something plebeian: he suffers a slightly self-complacent good-fellowship to creep into his pictures. Since Cézanne What a lively effigy--short, stout, hardy, self-complacent, perfectly satisfied, and perhaps even proud of his profession, and content to be exhibited with all its insignia about him! The Parish Clerk In that perky, retroussé-nosed, self-complacent, confidently smiling man you saw all the flippancy—so-called realism—the petty commercialism of the end of the middle of the nineteenth century. Sketches in the House (1893) Christianity elevates the standard and raises the ideal of moral excellence, and thereby disturbs the self-complacent feeling of the stoic, and the moralist. Sermons to the Natural Man The roué, to conceal the chagrin of discomfiture, laughs at the promises of a virtuous love, calls himself a gay deceiver, great monster, and is once more self-complacent. The Cross of Berny "Excellent!" murmured that gentleman, with his self-complacent smile. The Shadow of the Rope The absence of these latter qualities is supplied in his case by the self-complacent good faith in which he puts forth his monstrous assumptions and the stolid assurance with which he maintains them. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 04, February, 1858 Mary tried to make me confess that we were coming home in a self-complacent fakir state of triumph in our headaches, much inferior to her humble revelling in cool sea, sky, and moonlight. More Bywords The opposite school was too self-complacent, too comfortable, too secure in its social and political alliances; and he was bent on shaming people into severer notions. The Oxford Movement Twelve Years, 1833-1845 There are two degrees of pride--one, wherein a man is self-complacent; the other, wherein he is unable to accept himself. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 09 — Lives and Letters All his self-complacent smiles were gone in an instant. The Uttermost Farthing A Savant's Vendetta Her English individuality stands out embonpoint, rosy, genial, self-complacent, calm, serene, happyfying, and happy. A Walk from London to John O'Groat's Sneering and self-complacent mocked he The rights and customs of our land, He could not understand our glory, Against which he has raised his hand. Russian Lyrics We will content ourselves here with the king's own words, striking in their precision, brevity, and freedom from any self-complacent gasconading on the narrator's part, respecting either his party or himself. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 5 Yet the self-complacent Pharisees of our Savior's age were as far from the love of God, he assures them in the text, as any of those who had never heard of His name. The world's great sermons, Volume 03 Massillon to Mason Neither could this self-complacent feeling be much allayed, by the vague and abusive ribaldry with which his satire was repaid. The Dramatic Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 With a Life of the Author It is easier than sulking, and it always makes the other party so self-complacent that it is amusing as well as convenient, and—and—and—I found I was very, very fond of Harold Beecham. My Brilliant Career He looked clean, with the cleanness of a tree after the measureless drenching of a storm; he had a careless, easy air, which completely concealed his assiduous and self-complacent self-consciousness. The Second Generation The Dutch girl brought hers in public, and, bridling her short chin with a self-complacent air, observed she had bought it for me. Summer on the Lakes, in 1843 I believe that many a man whom you would take to be ambitious, pushing, and self-complacent, is ever pressed with a sad conviction of inferiority, and wishes nothing more than quietly to slip through life. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 49, November, 1861 It has furnished facts which do not seem to fit our self-complacent theory, so that now our writers and speakers are inclined to vent their spleen upon the unhappy cities, perhaps too unreservedly. Civil Government in the United States Considered with Some Reference to Its Origins But, beside this, there is no true and substantial happiness but for the self-complacent. Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the Author Arthur was mystified by the complete transformation of the self-complacent, superior Ross of a few minutes before. The Second Generation Even my uncle was momentarily embarrassed, I think, by that invincibly self-complacent expression. Tono Bungay She became less and less attentive to his meditative, self-complacent fragments of talk as she told herself this. Ann Veronica, a modern love story It was self-complacent, yet there was small apparent ground for such complacence. The Woodlanders She herself, on the wings of her daring young fancy, could soar into a realm of luxury, of beauty and exquisite comfort, that made these self-complacent mansions seem very ordinary indeed. Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise And what self-complacent claiming of remote, powerful ancestors who had founded their families, when those ancestors would have disclaimed them as puny nonentities. The Second Generation That which under the old order could be asserted only by self-complacent thoughtlessness, is a truth among us--namely, that economic morality is nothing but rational egoism. Freeland A Social Anticipation And for a small detail, grace before and after meals seemed to me especially self-complacent and iniquitous, when there were so many with scarcely ever a meal to say grace for. Peter Ibbetson For some time she was satisfied with her own self-complacent reflections: but presently she began to be displeased that Mad. de Coulanges and Emilie did not see the full extent of her sacrifice. Tales and Novels — Volume 06 "I wouldn't for the world do anything to hurt her feelings," continued Lottie with the self-complacent righteousness of a deacon telling the congregation how good "grace" has made him. Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise She had none of those self-complacent delusions which lure vain women on in slothfulness until Love vacates his neglected temple. The Second Generation And indeed his state of excitement and agitation appeared nothing less than pitiable to the friend who remembered the self-complacent young orator, the budding legislator of early April. The Coryston Family A Novel But my inquiries shall be more minute; and my resolves will then be more permanent and self-complacent. Anna St. Ives The turbid elements in the character were settling down; the permanent lines of it, strong, vulgar, self-complacent, emerged. Helbeck of Bannisdale — Volume II But that was not so largely responsible for his self-complacent expression as the deference he had got from babyhood through being heir apparent to the Wright fortune. Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise Having thus successfully covered her daughter's retreat, our skilful manoeuvrer returned, all self-complacent, to the company. Tales and Novels — Volume 05 Notwithstanding the revolt which Goethe and Schiller had themselves led against the self-complacent rationalism of the century, the old spirit was still potent even in Germany, where the reaction first gathered force. The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller "I know better," retorts the critic, settling himself in his seat, with sullen but self-complacent immovableness. Main Street (From: "The Snow Image and Other Twice-Told Tales") Another self-complacent bell asserts— “If you have a judicious ear, You’ll own my voice is sweet and clear.” English Villages "You can tell in a minute if a man knows what he's about," said Ivanoff, with a self-complacent air, as he filled the glasses with the greenish liquid. Sanine Oh, hideousness of self-complacent, unbending, cheaply bought virtue; thou art almost more revolting than the frank hideousness of vice! Dream Tales and Prose Poems He did not know what a terrible trial was preparing for this goddess and her self-complacent worshippers. The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller Alexey Sergeitch had a little nasal, piping voice, and an invariable smile—kindly, but, as it were, condescending, and not without a certain self-complacent dignity. A Desperate Character and Other Stories Yes, it was an astonishing thing to see the Mississippi rolling between unpeopled shores and straight over the spot where I used to see a good big self-complacent town twenty years ago. Life on the Mississippi, Part 7. The character was flourishing, self-complacent, and, above all, easy to read. The Gentleman A Romance of the Sea There is the unloving, cleanly, respectable, self-complacent Pharisee, with all his contempt for 'this woman.' Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke That young Polynesian chief had in him the secret to regenerate a world which has only a self-complacent smile for his faith. Impressions and Comments A hearsay God and a self-complacent beholder—a God really seen, and a man down in the dust before Him! Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah They fitted into the surroundings, they did their part toward making those surroundings luxurious—a "wallow of self-complacent content." The Great God Success Again, may not this thought somehow take down our easy-going and self-complacent estimate of ourselves? Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes If we might suppose a tacit reference to the Pharisees in the blind guides, their self-complacent censoriousness would be in view here; but the application of the saying is much wider than to them only. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke The self-complacent ignorance with which this remark was made was ludicrous in the extreme. The Englishwoman in America It looks so self-complacent, as if it knew its own beauty—the curves are too immovable. Daniel Deronda His expression was keen and experienced yet too self-complacent to be highly intelligent. The Great God Success The speech ends with a somewhat self-complacent exhortation to the poor, tortured man: 'We have searched it, so it is.' Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes The liberties of the emigrants themselves were not specifically enlarged, but they were at least emancipated from the paternal solicitude of the stingy and self-complacent pettifogger who graced the English throne. 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 It went sadly against the comfortable self-complacent grain of a Shafton to feel himself under such mortal obligation to any one. The City of Fire The other was well fed and well dressed, and looked like a prosperous and self-complacent farmer. The Wonderful Adventures of Nils Howard did not assent to these self-complacent excuses. The Great God Success And have you ceased to talk about yourself and to regard yourself with self-complacent pride? The Way of Peace Such was the vile, self-complacent habit of the Athenians, that I suspect the best fellows then were not good fellows at all. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 15, January, 1859 To the self-complacent eighteenth century those doctrines came as “a salutary shock, dislocating the compact mass of one-sided opinion.” A History of Freedom of Thought The attitude of that timid man in the corner, therefore, was peculiarly exasperating, and she retorted with sarcasm destined to completely annihilate her self-complacent interlocutor. The Old Man in the Corner When Mr. Fitzgerald received the message, he adjusted his necktie at the mirror, and smiled over his self-complacent thoughts. A Romance of the Republic On their side, they regarded him with a dim but always self-complacent curiosity; had he not been a consul, they would probably not have regarded him at all. Hawthorne and His Circle Anger and astonishment kept Mrs. Lilias silent,—while her old friend, in his self-complacent manner, was making known to her his political speculations. The Abbot A pause for self-complacent contemplation of his own fun and generosity checked the flow of Ricardo's speech. Victory An Island Tale Yes, I understand him, because for most of the time I myself am supremely dull, childishly dogmatic, beautifully self-complacent. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 06 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Artists Not that I did not always believe the Spook Society was doing necessary work in supplementing the crude treatises of our psychologists, who are the most fatuous and self-complacent scientists going. Without Prejudice The contents of the report are not such as we are in the habit of expecting in financial documents, but are rhetorical and self-complacent. The Eve of the French Revolution So time passed on, and every day, when they visited the garden, the self-complacent Pea-hen became more and more sarcastic, the Jackal more and more savage. Tales of the Punjab Once more, in my self-complacent simplicity I felt that the time had arrived for me to rise up and be a reformer. Sketches New and Old, Part 5. A venial wickedness, a self-complacent malice, is an enjoyment for those who have neither resources in themselves nor a wholesome external activity. Autobiography: Truth and Fiction Relating to My Life His wife was to him a type of the average American woman,—pretty, self-complacent, so nervous as to require kind, even treatment, content with feminalities, and sufficiently intelligent to talk well upon every-day affairs. An Original Belle What an amount of stolid, self-complacent, ignorant, stupid, conceited respectability, is wrapped up in the declaration concerning any person, that he is "too clever by half!" The Recreations of a Country Parson The swamp pheasant also utters a contented, self-complacent chuckle, that resembles the "Goo! goo! goo!" of a happy infant, and occasionally a succession of grating, discordant, mocking sounds, "Tcharn! tcharn! tcharn!" Confessions of a Beachcomber Red-haired girl, who was remarkably ugly and self-complacent, had been a wallflower all the evening, but thought none the less of herself on that account. Madame Midas "I am not surprised you are astonished at the sight of the vessel, Rosy," observed the self-complacent aunt at one of her niece's exclamations of admiration. Jack Tier To Mrs. Hunt he was positively brutal; nor could he tolerate her self-complacent husband, who, while he had voyaged far and wide in literature, had never wholly cast the slough of Cockneyism. Percy Bysshe Shelley "I thought I'd lost some of my gifts if I could not talk a body to sleep," said Sally, in a satisfied and self-complacent tone. Ruth This self-complacent soliloquy was cut short by the appearance of her brother, who carried a case of surgical instruments in his hand. Beulah His elegant and self-complacent but far from unamiable scepticism, long since brought to perfection, never failed him. Marius the Epicurean — Volume 2 Don't look at me in that self-complacent way. Candida Occasionally he caught her eye and conveyed to her the anguish of his soul in a glance of self-complacent softness. Sybil, or the Two Nations He would summon first his virtue and his religion, and twenty years of abstinence would soon reassert their sway; then he would slip back into the old, lazy, self-complacent being that he had been before. The Captives You will find him," lisped the Cardinal to me, "the most self-complacent dog in Italy. The Strolling Saint; being the confessions of the high and mighty Agostino D'Anguissola, tyrant of Mondolfo and Lord of Carmina in the state of Piacenza The minister's welcome was kind, but there was a tinge of self-complacent pride in it. The Man from Glengarry; a tale of the Ottawa Lexy Mill, his eyes sparkling, and his bearing denoting unwonted elevation of spirit, enters with Burgess, who is greasy and self-complacent, but has all his wits about him. Candida "It's as good as a grand tommy day," said the comely dame with a self-complacent smile as she strutted about smiling and dispensing patronage. Sybil, or the Two Nations Vivid portraitures of the outcast, shrewd, converted publican and the supercilious, self-complacent, critical Pharisee were drawn with a few deft touches. The Sky Pilot, a Tale of the Foothills Thus secure, self-complacent retrospect to what is done is nothing, while the anxious, uneasy looking forward to what is to come is everything. Table Talk Essays on Men and Manners The strong, self-complacent Luther declares with an emphasis not to be mistaken, that "God himself cannot do without wise men." Essays — Second Series I fear even the deft graciousness of the highest art could not have softened the rigid angularities of that youthful figure, its self-complacent vulgarity, its cheap finery, its expressionless ill-favor. Tales of the Argonauts Even those glances that offered me a cordial welcome and good wishes had something self-complacent and condescending in them. The Rise of David Levinsky Can there be anything more odious," he burst out, "than such a self-complacent blindness? Villa Rubein, and other stories He sat motionless, looking at the heights visible above the mist, and his cold face wore that special look of confident, self-complacent happiness that one sees on the face of a boy happily in love. War and Peace Had she really grown stouter and more self-complacent? The Three Partners A select party of three or four perch on the bushes which skirt a small grassy plain, and cheer themselves with the music of their own quiet and self-complacent song. A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and its tributaries And of the Discovery of Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa, 1858-1864 Van," he said, "I used to be rather self-complacent. A Face Illumined He was naturally so self-complacent as to be seldom disposed to anger, but its rarity was not due to kindliness of nature. Michael Over in her private pew, ablaze with jewels, and decked with fabrics from the deft hand of many a weaver, sat Mrs. Miriam Steuvisant as imperious and self-complacent as a queen. The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: American Certainly, whoever would consult history on such points must not depend on sundry battle steeds of historical critics, on their wise dicta and self-complacent terminology, but look at facts with his own eyes. On War — Volume 1 Jauntily self-complacent, as confident of himself as if Rome were burning and he the garlanded fiddler, Seward braced himself for the task of recreating the Union. Lincoln; An Account of his Personal Life, Especially of its Springs of Action as Revealed and Deepened by the Ordeal of War These objective-minded folk, the bulk of the brawn and in lesser degree of the brain of the world, are apt to be "materialists," to value mainly quantity and to be self-complacent. The Foundations of Personality The face of Inspector Clayton, blandly self-complacent, leaped out from the paper to meet Jimmie Dale's eyes—and with it a column and a half of perfervid eulogy. The Adventures of Jimmie Dale |
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