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His own self-vaunting hope is that he will become not merely a hero for our time, but one who will saunter on and on, wearing his sword and his plumed hat, through the ages.

From The Guardian • Sep. 28, 2012

There was in the man's whole expression such an unconscious look of irrepressibility, his self-vaunting was so spontaneous, he so evidently took his high-flown phrases seriously, that even his foibles made him the more engaging.

From The Road to Paris by Stephens, Robert Neilson