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Dim moon-eyed fishes near Gaze at the gilded gear, And query, "What does this vaingloriousness down here?"

From Time Magazine Archive

Mr. Gates was the only genius fit to conduct the war; and with a vaingloriousness, which he afterwards generously owned, he did not refuse the homage which was paid him.

From The Virginians by Thackeray, William Makepeace

She could not help holding herself with dignity, if not with a trifle of vaingloriousness, as, between half-a-dozen eager hands and admiring eyes, she stepped down into it.

From Sisters by Cambridge, Ada

Now I allow you to laugh at my vaingloriousness, and then you may pin it to Mrs. Best's satisfaction in the dedication to Dowager Majesty.

From The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) by Kenyon, Frederic G. (Frederic George), Sir

With this was united a tendency at times to oscillate to the other extreme of vaingloriousness.

From Great Italian and French Composers by Ferris, George T. (George Titus)