Word: conceit
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...Junior's Recipe for "Man Cake." - 1 cup of conceit, 3 cups of flattery, 1/3 cup of brains, 2 cups of self-esteem, 1 cup of small talk. Mix with a little "cash;" when done stir in a little love of notoriety, and you have the man of the present age. - [Lasell Leaves...
...Chelsea faience. Going up stairs one finds a fair collection of paintings, a pleasant relief from the black and white exhibit just left. Among the most noticeable, are a saloon picture, by Chester Loomis, a well handled figure-piece by the French artist, Doyen, and lastly, a happy conceit, by Boston's young artist, Gaugengige. Last to be visited, the oldest of Boston's art stores, is that of Williams & Everett; here can be seen three pictures owned by a Boston gentleman, who is said to have paid $25.000 for them. The largest one is a characteristic sketch by Detaille...
Piercing with pen your queer conceit's cuirass...
...cannot be made; for he neither says what he will do nor does he do what he has done. Volition is developed in him to a very high degree. Precedents do not influence him; instructions and regulations do not find him - and yet he is not erratic. He is conceited - but his conceit is not vanity. He has assurance - which seldom degenerates into impudence. He is a paradox, - a man who has no distinctive characteristics, but is nevertheless entirely "sui generis...
...conceit then bereft