vaingloriousness

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Dim moon-eyed fishes near Gaze at the gilded gear, And query, "What does this vaingloriousness down here?"

From Time Magazine Archive

Now I allow you to laugh at my vaingloriousness, and then you may pin it to Mrs. Best's satisfaction in the dedication to Dowager Majesty.

From The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) by Kenyon, Frederic G. (Frederic George), Sir

"They will put it all down to vaingloriousness and affectation."

From A Hungarian Nabob by Bain, R. Nisbet (Robert Nisbet)

His vaingloriousness was shown by his habit of having his coat of arms placed on bells, ikonostasi,* and windows of the churches he built.

From Russian Rambles by Hapgood, Isabel Florence

Mr. Gates was the only genius fit to conduct the war; and with a vaingloriousness, which he afterwards generously owned, he did not refuse the homage which was paid him.

From The Virginians by Thackeray, William Makepeace