They might think it all utterly vain; we may think much of it was in vain: but it was always the very heart's blood of a rare genius and a noble soul.

Had she not been inordinately vain, this woman, like many, would have been extraordinarily clever.

'Harte was excessively vain.

"Well," he resumed in his ridiculously vain, scoffing way, "we are going to Paris too.

"Quoique tu te revêtes de pourpre, que tu te pares d'ornemens d'or, et que tu te peignes les yeux avec du fard, tu t'embellis en vain.

She could not reach that height where Emily moved serenely; she could not see that Vain are the thousand creeds That move men's hearts: unutterably vain.

He was perfect of that type of cowboy which she detested most: handsome, lithe, childishly vain in his dress.

1. All profane jesting, all speaking loosely and wantonly about holy things (things nearly related to God and religion), making such things the matters of sport and mockery, playing and trifling with them, is certainly prohibited, as an intolerably vain and wicked practice.

Self, and after self a friend; the rest may go to the devil; and be sure that when any man is more stupidly vain and outrageously egotistic than his fellows, he will hide his hideousness in humanitarianism.

Judged morally, every character in in these playsthe few exceptions only are mistakesis alike essentially vain and worthless.

The art of the School divines (said Luther) with their speculations in the Holy Scriptures, are merely vain and human cogitations, spun out of their own natural wit and understanding.

If for every [Greek], "idle," or vain, "word" we must "render a" strict "account," how much more shall we be severely reckoned with for this sort of words, so empty of truth and void of equity: words that are not only negatively vain, or useless, but positively vain, as false and spoken to bad purpose?

Adelaide was not notably vain, had a clear sense of her defects, tended to exaggerate them, rather than her many and decisive good points.

She flushed and paled continuously, and was acutely self-conscious and somewhat vain, but not offensively vain.

What if he was personally vain, pompous, irritable, jealous, stubborn, and fond of power?

If for every [Greek], "idle," or vain, "word" we must "render a" strict "account," how much more shall we be severely reckoned with for this sort of words, so empty of truth and void of equity: words that are not only negatively vain, or useless, but positively vain, as false and spoken to bad purpose?

Delusive hope, and wishes sadly vain, Unless to sharpen disappointment's pain.

1 Poets may boast, as safely vain, Their works shall with the world remain: Both, bound together, live or die, The verses and the prophecy.

After the magnificent work done by Ruskin in art up to his fortieth year, that he should turn, for practically the remainder of his life, to the seemingly vain and profitless task of a social reformer and regenerator of modern society, has to most men been a riddle too elusive and enigmatic to solve.

They are sometimes proud, very seldom vain, and never affected.

* THE ANT AND THE CATERPILLAR As an ant, of his talents superiorly vain, Was trotting, with consequence, over the plain, A worm, in his progress remarkably slow, Cried"Bless your good worship wherever you go; I hope your great mightiness won't take it ill, I pay my respects with a hearty good-will.

But awhile, Here let me stand, and gaze upon the scene, Array'd in living light around, and mark The morning sunshine,on that very shore Where once a child I wander'd,Oh! return (I sigh,) "return a moment, days of youth, Of childhood,oh, return!" How vain the thought, Vain as unmanly!

We went and looked at the castle, where Cardinal Beaton was murdered, and then visited Principal Murison at his college, where is a good library-room; but the Principal was abundantly vain of it, for he seriously said to Dr. Johnson, 'you have not such a one in England.'

Home, maids, home! Prepare me widow's weeds For he is dead to me, and I must soon Die too to him, and many things; and mark me Breathe not his name, lest this love-pampered heart Should sicken to vain yearningsLost!

All other restrictions are comparatively vain.