Word: conceited
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...Roger D. Lapham's administrative assistant, David Lewis: "We are taking up Romans' now because that Book is an exposition of the law of a Christian. There are some attorneys in the group and we decided to start there. It is a thorough going-over of self-conceit and pride."* The group, organized 14 weeks ago, began reading Romans, hoped to discuss a chapter a week. But some discussions were so long the group has only reached Chapter...
...free love--late and irregular hours--overwhelming conceit; all are closely associated with the average jazz musician by the general public. However, we who have known Charley Vinal can certainly point with pride to a man who was not only a credit to his profession but also an outstanding example of clean-living American youth...
...Caldwell example: a U.S. manufacturer, with "unutterable conceit," ran a picture of his plane over the headline...
...those who have interest in Mr. Santayana the last letter I received from him [was] dated Dec. 4, 1941. "The longer I live," he wrote, "the more I lean on nature at large and the less on the conceit of human beings...
Heroine and Marling daughter, Lettice Watson, is the widow of a naval officer killed at Dunkirk. Lettice lives in the Marling stables, which are fitted up with electricity, a drawing room, nurseries. She is courted by three youths: a poet, covered with long hair and conceit; an R.A.F. officer; an Army captain. This wooing is all the plot there...