Word: conceitedness
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"Then," said she, and those two bumps of combativeness rose up and peered over the tips of her ears, "You're conceited; you know you are. You need n't say you're not."
THE Harvard man does not conform to any fixed pattern in thought, word, or action. He has none of the bubbling effervescence springing from the rock of faith in self and college that characterizes those who have dwelt within the sacred precincts of Novel Harbor. Nor has he any of...
My OWN DEAREST LILIAN, - I have so much to tell you that I can't write half. I only wish you were here. Cambridge is such a queer place, - the people are all so intellectual and that sort of thing. They carry books in the horse-cars, and the girls...
He abhorred the theatre; for he had frequently heard his good pastor (who had never been inside one in his life, and so was a very competent judge) say that the Devil lurked behind the scenes. Percy had no desire to encounter that gentleman prematurely, and stayed away. Billiard-rooms...
If you do poorly in an examination, say nothing about it, or you will be set down as a fool. If you do well, say still less, or you will be considered a conceited grind. If you decide to go into athletics, take rowing, for you know it has become...