Word: conceit
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...quote one passage, however, which, although splendidly positive and indicative of vigorous individual taste, might well be moderated. "Thackery as a personality and a social philosopher I cannot abide: his point of view being expressive of the mixture of ignorance, snobbery, humbug, and conceit, which has made the British Empire in more than one sense the wonder of the world...
...went to "Major Pendennis" at the Hollis Theatre with feelings of the warmest expectation. Thackery as a personality and a social philosopher I cannot abide, his point of view being expressive of the mixture of ignorance, snobbery, humbug, and conceit which has made the British Empire in more than one sense the wonder of the world. But as an atmospheric artist Thackery is quite otherwise, and it was this quality of atmosphere one expected to encounter in Mr. Langdon Mitchell's adaptation of "Pendennis." Superficially it is attained, owing to the well known talent in production of Mr. Iden Payne...
About the verse in general little need be said except that it is distinctly undergraduate work. The sonnet "To a Sea Gull," by Mr. Thayer, voices a graceful enough conceit; whether he is at sea or on land one is not quite sure, but one gets a true though faint breath of poetry and forgets defects...
Self-centered conceit is another dominant characteristic of the Chinese. They have an innate feeling that they are superior to other nations in every respect. They regard their civilization as exclusively their own, and have never wanted to borrow anything from outside. Again, China's evolution has been very slow--so slow that hasty observers have made the mistake of thinking that it has never changed at all. It has undergone great transformations, however, for there was once a time when it had no silk, tea, rice, pagodas, or any of the things which are typical of China today...
...author of this article, as he suggests, goes in search of humor with a hundred horse-power telescope and a couple of Stetson bloodhounds it is not surprising that he fails in the attempt. Still, such hunting is a quaint conceit...