...If this were a war of aggression, of mere vanity, of conquest, then we Socialists would bethink ourselves of our anti-militarism...
Vicente Blasco Ibanez Charlotte Brewster Jordan 「The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse」
...It would need more, however, than lack of success to abate the fellow's monstrous vanity...
Rafael Sabatini 「Captain Blood」
... Thus argued vanity and ambition with her better self and to her vast annoyance her better self would not admit entire conviction...
Rafael Sabatini 「Scaramouche」
...I suspect this insistence upon his philosophic detachment—for which I confess he had justification enough—to betray his besetting vanity...
Rafael Sabatini 「Scaramouche」
... “I place the confession as an offering on the altar of your vanity...
Rafael Sabatini 「Scaramouche」
... “Permit me, monsieur, to suffer from a similar vanity...
Rafael Sabatini 「Scaramouche」
...The illustration at which I opened showed Faithful goingup to Heaven from the fire of Vanity Fair like a woodcock that has just beenflushed...
John Buchan 「Mr. Standfast」
...He had me at his mercy,and was wreaking his vanity on me...
John Buchan 「Mr. Standfast」
...and you shall decide if a scratch or two or a more serious wound shall be sufficient to avenge Mademoiselle Candeille's wounded vanity...
Baroness Emmuska Orczy 「The Elusive Pimpernel」
...This had pleased Candeille's vanity, and all day, whilst arranging the finery which she meant to wear for the occasion, she had ceased to think of England and of Lady Blakeney...
Baroness Emmuska Orczy 「The Elusive Pimpernel」
...He growled it, as some men speak to dogs, because growling soothed his ruffled vanity...
Talbot Mundy 「King--of the Khyber Rifles」
...He was ready enough to sacrifice his wife if by so doing money might be gained, but he felt somehow hurt in his vanity at the idea of this ugly, slow-witted Northerner usurping his place...
Various 「Stories by English Authors: Africa」
...It is curious to observe among these wild savages the consummate vanity displayed in their head-dresses...
Samuel White Baker 「In the Heart of Africa」
..." The besetting sins of the three volumes are inordinate vanity and inconséquence, but these should not obscure our vision as to their solid and remarkable merits...
Richard F. Burton 「Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2」
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