Exceeding 150 pages, Beecher's introduction reads as a monograph on the Characters, offering extensive discussions of Overbury's life (with emphasis upon his reputed murder-by-poisoning and the subsequent court scandal), the generic influences upon charactery, the collection's publication history (particularly the ways that its editor, Lawrence Lisle, sought financially to exploit Overbury's life and writings), and the courtly, "
conceited" style of Overburian contributors.
Despite his ready wit, in conversation he often vacillated between appearing
conceited and lacking in self-confidence.
Maybe you haven't incorporated this practice into your life for fear of sounding
conceited. "This isn't about proclaiming your greatness to the world or thinking you're better than anyone else," says Patrick L.
Another century passes and the gifted, but
conceited British virtuoso Frederick Pope (Jason Flemyng) takes possession of the violin from the descendants of gypsies who stole the instrument from Kaspar's grave.
Geon van der Wyst was perfect as the beautiful,
conceited Prince.
Jordan provides the service of pulling together a wide variety of voices, famous and obscure, from a time when Hayek's fatal conceit was still
conceited. Consider the following gems:
His masterpiece is Le Glorieux (1732; The
Conceited Count), which examines the conflict between the nobility and the bourgeoisie.
Where the original says, for instance, "My conceit won't reach that extent," the English is transformed into "I am not that
conceited."
Following the 7-1 World Cup humiliation by Germany, Wagner Ribeiro branded Scolari: "An old jerk, repulsive and
conceited".
To discuss Stuart coteries, Schleiner emphasizes the development of wit and gossip in allusions to Ben Jonson, John Donne, and Anne Southwell as players of "
conceited newes," a game based on sententiae and rhetorical balancing.
If bacteria had a brain, Gould joked, they'd be laughing at us
conceited humans.
But
conceited Campbell can berate people and get off lightly.
