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Hansei reported that the farm was a fine one, and that it would be quite a fair purchase, although not so wonderfully cheap as the uncle had vaunted it to be.

From On the Heights A Novel by Auerbach, Berthold

Death, to do him justice, he had met with none of the cowardice he had vaunted, and consistently with his arid cynical soul.

From Ancestors A Novel by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn

The physical force which they had vaunted was called into action, and proved to be utterly inefficient.

From Diary in America, Series Two by Marryat, Frederick

He looked around in quest of him whose greatness he had vaunted, as if he sought succor.

From The Bravo by Cooper, James Fenimore

The sweet English country had yielded up her secrets to me; I knew her spring whimsies, her soft summer moods, her autumn dreams, her wintry tempers, and I had vaunted my faithfulness and love.

From The Princess Passes by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)