Word: priggishness
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...fear I cannot aid in the circulation of any periodical which bows to the demands of 100% "respectability" plus priggish intolerance in so supinely a manner. Our Gods are of different clays...
...years later, prison has not softened his virtue, nor lowered his priggish eyebrow. He will not have her even now. Thereupon she slaps him, and forgives him. So that is the way things happen when people love each other, as Miss Dane assures us that they...
...know much about Harvard yet," was the answer, "but if its system is as complicated as Oxford, I am certainly glad I don't. Oxford and Cambridge are so entirely different, any way, from most sorts of universities. They are institutions for making a Jolly aristocracy instead of a priggish one. Harvard, I understand, aims to make the students work, while the atmosphere of Oxford is merely to have a nice time and learning is very little forced on the men who go there. This Oxford idea, you know is a great deal better than having a lot of priggish...
...Erasmus Montanus" is a much older play than the other, and as such is de- pendent for its effect largely upon a vivid portrayal of character. Erasmus, the principal character, is a young man who has been educated out of his station, and returned, priggish and conceited to his humble parents. The fall of his pride and his final humility are the themes around which the play is built. V. P. Williamson Unc., as Peer, who is a pretentious deacon, also plays an important role. Jeppe, Nille, and Jacob, in the parts of rustic country people, take a large share...