Word: conceits
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...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
...work. By this means the cocoa-nut was successfully cracked, and a small cavity, no larger than a tennis-ball, was laid open. The matter therein examined was viscous, sprinkled with a fine metallic dust resembling brass. One of the surgeons, a clever psychologist, thought that undue conceit had caused the viscosity of the brain tissues. Another attributed the contraction of the cerebral cavity to the course of study pursued by the Senior. A third, with a powerful microscope, found a small particle of knowledge acquired before the subject came to college; the present tense of the verb video...
...from being terrified, I felt amused at this action so characteristic; it reminded me again of a parent's gayly decking his infant before burying it in the mould. I became gay, and laughed at the conceit. I looked at the crowd for an answering laugh, but heard...