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Oh that thou wert but with me! but I grow The fool of my own wishes, and forget The solitude which I have vaunted so Has lost its praise in this but one regret.

From The Friendships of Women by Alger, William Rounseville

How complacently might I not then have vaunted in the beginning, have caracoled through the middle, and glorified myself at the conclusion of this my autobiography!

From Rattlin the Reefer by Marryat, Frederick

It is not just to depreciate the merit of one, who, had he been of our nation, we should have vaunted as a hero.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 05 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Kerr, Robert

You have vaunted her beauty and never crowned it.

From Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard by Farjeon, Eleanor

The technique of the brothers Van Eyck is a marvel, but I cannot discover in their Adoration of the Lamb the charm and mystery that some have vaunted.

From Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels by France, Anatole