"Vainness" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... could have a cup of good hot coffee first, before we start," said Beth, and she smiled at the vainness ...
— The Furnace of Gold • Philip Verrill Mighels
... Nor know I you by voice or any feature. I hate ingratitude more in a man Than lying, vainness, babbling, drunkenness, Or any taint of vice whose strong ...
— Twelfth Night; or, What You Will • William Shakespeare [Hudson edition]
... his way. So let him land, And solemnly see him set on to London. So swift a pace hath thought that even now You may imagine him upon Blackheath, Where that his lords desire him to have borne His bruised helmet and his bended sword Before him through the city. He forbids it, Being free from vainness and self-glorious pride; Giving full trophy, signal, and ostent Quite from himself to God. But now behold, In the quick forge and working-house of thought, How London doth pour out her citizens! The mayor and all his brethren ...
— The Life of King Henry V • William Shakespeare [Tudor edition] |
