self-applauding
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The self-applauding bird, the peacock see:— Mark what a sumptuous pharisee is he!
From Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature by Zeitlin, Jacob
The spectators who feel no abhorrence at a public execution, but rather a self-applauding superiority, and a sense of gratified indignation, are surely excited to the most inauspicious emotions.
From A Defence of Poetry and Other Essays by Shelley, Percy Bysshe
The self-applauding bird, the peacock see:— Mark what a sumptuous pharisee is he!
From The Spirit of the Age Contemporary Portraits by Hazlitt, William
"That's because they have nothing to lose," said mine host, with the chuckle of a self-applauding wit.
From Rob Roy — Volume 01 by Scott, Walter, Sir
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
