The impression made was that he summoned the conferences to satisfy the amour propre of the Commissioners rather than out of any personal wish to do so.

The Montenegrin makes a question of amour propre in attacking his enemies face to face and by preference with the cold steel.

LÉVRIER, m., chien à hautes jambes, propre à la chasse du lièvre.

and would not the very best tonic that could be given to the individual be to pique his amour propre by the danger of being excelled by one of the opposite sex?