self-applauding

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Religious truth is not reached by "quick turns of self-applauding intellect," nor by demonstrations.

From The Jesus of History by Glover, T. R.

The well-known line, "Sum pius Æneas, famâ super æthere notus," occurs too frequently to render it possible to take any interest in such a self-applauding character.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845 by Various

"Ve've got summat, at last," said the Tinker, with a self-applauding glance at his friends.

From Auriol or, The Elixir of Life by Ainsworth, W. Harrison

But bade the self-applauding crow, fill'd big With hopes of favor for his faithful tale, With snowy-plumag'd birds no more to join.

From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II by Howard, J. J.

Mrs. Troyle paused again, with the self-applauding air of one who has detected an asp lurking in an apple-charlotte.

From The Chronicles of Clovis by Saki