vainness

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Shakespeare says:— 'I hate ingratitude more in a man Than lying, vainness, babbling, drunkenness, Or any taint of vice whose strong corruption Inhabits our frail blood.'

From The Hero of the Humber or the History of the Late Mr. John Ellerthorpe by Woodcock, Henry

His was a curious temperament, and this sentimentality, born of vainness and idle hours, by no means expressed it all.

From Lysbeth, a Tale of the Dutch by Haggard, Henry Rider

"If only we could have a cup of good hot coffee first, before we start," said Beth, and she smiled at the vainness of the thought.

From The Furnace of Gold by Marchand, J. N.

What is a life in vainness spent, That will not bear the common test, When, laid to rest In earth's cold breast, We sleep at last, insentient?

From The Call of the Mountains and other Poems by Pickering, James E.

But this was a position the vainness of which I couldn't join: it was no part of my disposition to combat, or even regret, the inevitable.

From San Crist?bal de la Habana by Hergesheimer, Joseph